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...bullet. Moreover, said Roger Young, the bureau's official spokesman in Washington, hitting Jordan would have been an easy matter for even an average marksman, particularly if the rifle had a telescopic sight; the big man (6 ft. 4½ in., 225 Ibs.) was only 40 yds. away from the matted grass where the assailant lay in ambush...
...scene of the shooting, police discovered a .30-06-cal. shell casing on a grassy mound in a triangle formed by an exit ramp from Interstate 69, about 40 yds. from where Jordan collapsed. Three patches of matted grass were found in the area, indicating that at least one gunman had been waiting for Jordan with a hunting rifle. But the FBI refused to speculate about whether more than one assailant was involved. Police scoured the area by helicopter and on their hands and knees. They searched nearby trash bins and sewers and interviewed guests but turned up only...
...grants have spurred energy innovation, the program has also collected its critics. Last December Senator William Proxmire awarded his monthly Golden Fleece award to the DOE for spending $1,200 to build and test "an above-ground aerobic and solar-assisted composting toilet," an outhouse elevated 2 yds. or 3 yds. above ground, where the human waste is caught on a wire mesh and exposed to sunlight to aid decomposition. Developer Douglas Elley of Lupus, Mo., plans to market his invention as "The Skycrapper," and he proudly praises "the pleasing and aesthetic moments of meditative contemplation in a small sunlit...
...missing Flamingo crewmen continued, the U.S. Coast Guard kept the Cuban border guard informed of U.S. participants, including Coast Guard Helicopter CG1438. The crew of 1438 was startled when two Cuban MiGs roared in on the helicopter and made three dangerously close passes. The first two came within 100 yds. of the U.S. craft. On the third pass a MiG zoomed a mere 50 ft. under the helicopter, which was only 300 ft. above the water. The MiG pilot then fired his afterburner, causing the chopper to shake and its crew to tremble. From Key West Naval Air Station...
...that afternoon was like a festival. Thousands of civilians waited in high excitement as Doe's motorcade arrived. Workmen busily mounted five telephone poles in the ground alongside four that were already standing. In the meantime, the 13 condemned men were locked in a small white minibus 200 yds. away. The officers' tribunal had sentenced only eight of them to death, recommending life sentences for the other five. Nonetheless, the 17-member Peoples' Redemption Council, headed by Doe, decreed that all 13 should die. The council showed clemency, however, in sparing the life of a 14th defendant...