Word: crouching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Telling his story later to police, Berkowitz destroyed some misconceptions that had been spread, sometimes by authorities, more often by frenzied New York tabloids. No, he did not always fire his jolting .44 Bulldog revolver with two hands from a crouch. "The first three times I shot with one hand." No, he was not a skilled marksman. "I was lousy." No, he did not always keep one of the five bullets in his revolver in reserve in case he faced capture. He twice emptied the gun in his attacks. No, he did not look only for dark-haired girls, haunt...
...shooting, detectives were tailing twelve top suspects. Remarkably, seven or eight were present or former cops; one was a former FBI agent. The killer showed he was familiar with police work in his note to Breslin; he also fires his .44 in the police-approved two-handed, legs-apart crouch. "We're dealing with someone with training, a policeman, a former MP, an FBI agent," insists one veteran detective. Ironically, as the killings continue, the clearing of suspects gets easier. Anyone being followed in one place at the time of a shooting elsewhere or who can prove that...
Died. Hondo Crouch, 60, self-proclaimed mayor of the central Texas town of Luckenbach (pop. 21); of a heart attack; in Johnson City, Texas. Crouch bought deserted Luckenbach "lock, stock and parking meter" five years ago. He invited visitors to such celebrations as a Susan B. Anthony Chili Championship and the Luckenbach World's Fair, which drew 10,000 last year...
...Ronald Baker, 35. It was Baker who wrote That's Where the Happy People Go, the group's biggest hit. They are a congenial trio who have their eyes ever on the latest trend. The Trammps feature the new disco dances like the Abbey (danced in a crouch) and the Sly (mostly a series of jumps, splits and kickouts) and teach them to their audiences. Says Young: "We sort of look at ourselves as the Johnny Appleseeds of disco...
...ball would be available for transferring passengers to rescue craft in case the shuttle is marooned in space. Because they will not be equipped with the expensive space suits that are now being considered for the shuttle, passengers could zip themselves into the cheaper, airtight ball. As they crouch in fetal position, the ball, made of layers of synthetic fabrics, will be inflated with pure oxygen to its full 34-in. diameter. The passenger may find it a tight fit, but he (or she) will be able to look out on the world through a small peephole as the ball...