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community theater, from across the street a Vietnamese suddenly rushed the entrance. Holding the butt of a rusty pistol tightly in both hands, he fired two bullets point-blank into the lone MP guard, Army Pfc. Peter Feirben, 18, of Milwaukee, killing...
Familiar Target. It was high time a decision was reached. Greece has just come through its second national elections in four months, and Turkey last week was stunned when a politically disaffected gunman fired three shots point-blank at Premier Ismet Inonu but missed. On Cyprus the British troops, who have been desperately trying to prevent Cypriots from slaughtering one another, were reinforced by 1,500 men, bringing the garrison to a total...
...Point-Blank. During the fast-breaking hours and days that followed, Dallas newsmen, familiar with the city, managed to beat visiting correspondents repeatedly. OSWALD'S ROOM YIELDS MAP OF BULLET'S PATH headlined the News in a copyrighted story; the News also interviewed the cab driver who had taken Oswald home after the shooting, copyrighted the driver's account...
...assassin's bullet, photographers from both Dallas papers recorded his murder with a clarity and drama that television cameras on the scene missed. For the News, Photographer Jack Beers snapped a picture, a split second before the killing, that showed Jack Ruby's gun aimed point-blank at Oswald. Times Herald Photographer Bob Jackson caught the actual moment of shooting and the grimace of pain on Oswald's face, the looks of horrified disbelief on the faces of his police escorts...
...President's hand. Czolgosz, dressed in his best, simply stepped in among them. None of the 50 guards present noticed the gun he held wrapped in a white handkerchief. McKinley extended his hand as Czolgosz drew up to him. The killer slapped it away and fired two shots point-blank into the President's chest and abdomen Guards and soldiers pounced on him and beat him with rifle butts until McKinley called out, "Be easy with him boys." McKinley died eight days later. Czolgosz told his disgusted lawyers that he would take no part in his defense...