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...Mark Gilmore, 36, freshly shaven and wearing a black T shirt, crumpled white trousers and red, white and blue sneakers. His neck, waist, wrists and feet were loosely bound to the chair. Twenty-six feet away hung a sailcloth partition with five slits. Hidden behind the curtain stood five riflemen armed with .30-.30 rifles, four loaded with steel-jacketed shells, the fifth with a blank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law 1977:Gilmore Dies The Death Penalty Is Revived | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...Guard riflemen fired on TIME'S Richard Woodbury and two Associated Press newsmen, despite the fact that their car was covered with press markings. Freelance Cameraman Carl Hersch was driving in the city of Esteli when national guardsmen opened fire without warning; his passengers were wounded. The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung, the Chicago Tribune's Mark Starr and two Brazilian reporters escaped a mortar attack on the guerrilla-held town of Leon. In Managua last week, TIME Mexico City Bureau Chief Bernard Diederich and three other reporters were caught in an artillery bombardment as they attempted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Murder in Managua . | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...suddenly picked up guns and began firing at the people near the Otter. Before he could seek cover, Ron Javers of the San Francisco Chronicle was hit in the left shoulder. He crawled behind a plane wheel. NBC Cameraman Bob Brown stayed on his feet, filming the approaching riflemen. "He was incredibly tenacious," Javers reported. "Then I saw him go down. And I saw one of the attackers stick a shotgun right into his face?inches away, if that. Bob's brain was blown out of his head. It splattered on the NBC minicam. I'll never forget that sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightmare in Jonestown | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...colonial victory-with trucks, walkie-talkies and Port-O-Sans Under a scorching sun, long lines of blue-coated colonial troops and fringe-shirted riflemen advanced shoulder to shoulder through the fields of New Jersey to attack the forces of King George III. Skirmishers darted ahead to draw the redcoats' fire, then rejoined the ranks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Second Battle of Monmouth | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

...Mark Gilmore, 36, freshly shaven and wearing a black T shirt, crumpled white trousers and red, white and blue sneakers. His neck, waist, wrists and feet were loosely bound to the chair. Twenty-six feet away hung a sailcloth partition with five slits. Hidden behind the curtain stood five riflemen armed with .30-.30 deer rifles, four loaded with steel-jacketed shells, the fifth with a blank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: After Gilmore, Who's Next to Die? | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

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