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Thomas Delahanty, 45, had received more than 30 letters of commendation in his 17 years on the Washington, D.C., police force. When his canine patrol partner, a German shepherd named Kirk, became ill last week, Delahanty was a natural choice for the Hilton assignment. The trio's diverse paths led them, for two tragic seconds last week, into the line of fire between John Hinckley's revolver and the man he allegedly intended to assassinate...
Randy's extreme emphasis on weight control has particularly rankled females in the past. Last year, in an effort to get rid of the excess pounds on some his women swimmers. Randy introduced "Fat Patrol"--a policy that forced overweight women to swim 1000 yds. freestyle. interspersed with sit-ups or push-ups--after workouts...
...defense of his methods and the attitudes of some of the male swimmers--who often jeered and whistled during the "Fat Patrol" exercise--Randy says. "The guys felt that there was a non-effort among the heavier girls towards losing weight and it was starting to affect them in the pool. I feel that if I look at a girl and she doesn't appear fit, then she has a responsibility to the team to slim down...
...counseled 1,500 veterans in 14 months. One veteran stopped by to talk on his way to commit an armed robbery. He was dissuaded. Another, Daniel Parker, 30, tries to exorcise his nightmares. Sometimes when he sees his three children sleeping, he flashes back to the day his patrol swept a village. Trained to shoot at anything that moved, he fired at a basket. When he turned it over, he found three dead babies. After being wounded and returning to the U.S. in 1969, Parker had difficulty keeping a job. In the past year, counselors have talked with him about...
Some Atlantans-to the consternation of police and the delight of worldwide TV crews-have come together to form armed vigilante groups. Israel Green, 55, a retired postal worker, set up one such patrol three weeks ago when rumors started circulating that Techwood Homes, a downtown project of over 1,200 apartments, would be next on the killer's agenda. Techwood's "bat patrol" consists of about 50 members ranging in age from 13 to 55, half of whom are women. Most of the patrollers have armed themselves with baseball bats, though some have carried guns. "The patrol...