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...Otis Morrison, 31, was creating a disturbance next door to a police precinct in 1982 when four policemen mistook pliers in his hand for a gun and killed him. No one was even disciplined, let along charged with a crime...
Radio Commentator Herbert Morrison was chattering thus idly into his microphone at the Naval airbase in Lakehurst, N. J. The Hindenburg had made ten round trips to the U. S. in 1936 and this arrival was being "covered" by radio only because it was her first of 1937, nothing sensational...
Sliding into third base one game last week, Andy Van Slyke of the Cardinals could not see that Jim Morrison of the Pirates had missed the throw from the plate and was only pretending to tag him. Exasperated, Cards Third Base Coach Chuck Hiller tugged Van Slyke to his feet and sent him sprinting down the base line. But the rookie outfielder was waved out before he reached the plate. The reason for the rare judgment call? According to Rule 7.09 (i), a coach cannot "assist" a runner. Given the circumstances, the regulation seemed unnecessarily strict. In this season...
...many times do I have to tell you not to smoke in my office?"). Otherwise, Deadlines is honest, unpretentious and informative. Breasted and Weinraub should have taught Ryan the third rule of journalism: don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. -By Donald Morrison...
...days. Unlike the engineer who got a raise, though, nearly all must settle for less money. For the others, the centers provide a place to go during the day and swap notes. As they talk, workers show a strong resolve to avoid depending on any one job. Wilfred Morrison, 31, a former management trainee, has set up his own distributorship for hose and hose fittings. Says he: "No one will control my destiny again." Everyone seems determined to follow the hopeful dictum of a new sign in the lobby of one of the centers that says THERE IS LIFE AFTER...