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...recalled on the witness stand last week, the man was weeping when he entered Detroit's Second Precinct at 2:35 a.m. on May 8. "I want to turn myself in." "For what?" asked Jasinski. "For murder," the man said, as he displayed two handguns tucked in his waistband. "I just murdered my daughter and her hippie friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Joe and Arville | 12/7/1970 | See Source »

...Theory. Frazier next appeared at the home of his estranged wife Delores, carrying a .38 cal. Smith and Wesson revolver in his waistband and a backpack with food for several days. When he left, he handed her his wallet and driver's license with the remark: "I won't be needing these any more." Among the personal possessions he left behind was a book on tarot. A warrant was issued for Frazier's arrest and a watch put on his cabin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Mass Murder in Soquel | 11/2/1970 | See Source »

...dead and maimed, the terribly burned crying out for death. It took him a day and night to reach the place where his home had stood. Nothing remained but a pile of charred and smoldering debris. In it, Miyoshi found a cremated skull and bits of a maternity waistband, the remnants of his wife, who had been expecting their sixth child. Three of his children, who were at home, had simply vanished. A fourth died a week later of radiation poisoning. Of the original family of seven, only Miyoshi and his eldest daughter, who had been away from home, survived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Japan: To Count the Dead | 8/10/1970 | See Source »

Since then, Renwick has had little time to produce anything but chastity belts. Orders for his belts-decorated with a frilly flower design and diamond-shaped cutouts around the waistband -keep arriving from the U.S., France, the Low Countries and Scandinavia. A Mr. Fung of Hong Kong wanted one with a 32-inch waist. A dealer in Italy asked for 150 of them and in Kuwait, Renwick's agent reports that a few sheiks are interested in his wares. "I'd much rather make a weather vane or a fat cow than reproduce something as inherently horrid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antiques: Iron Belt | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...Moving on to tie and shirt, he explained that clothes should be worn only to ward off the cold. Per next removed his pants, discoursing the while on how mamma and pappa make babies. Standing up in two-piece long Johns as the monologue continued, Per fiddled with the waistband, finally pulled them off to reveal-a pair of shorts. As viewers gripped their armchairs, the shorts came off too, disclosing a striped bathing suit. "I'm just an impulsive person by nature," said Oscarsson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 6, 1967 | 1/6/1967 | See Source »

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