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...Thus a man could still be hanged if he stole from as well as killed his victim, or if he killed a policeman or a prison official, or more than one person, but not for other forms of murder. This resulted in ab surd situations where a killer who slew little children got away with imprisonment; yet if he took as little as a shilling from his victims, he was hanged...
Paul Earle Carlson, 36, caught a slew of bullets through head and back as he tried to escape the slashing gunfire...
Cancer, said the doctors in 1821. But Frenchmen have always suspected that it was his British captors on St. Helena who slew Napoleon Bonaparte at the age of 51. Now a British scientist, Hamilton Smith, thinks he has proved it: he subjected samples of Napoleon's hair to nuclear bombardment in Britain's Harwell reactors and found arsenic! Only, being an Englishman, he says that his associates believe it was Napoleon's French chamberlain, General Charles-Tristan de Montholon, who poisoned the Emperor. French historians hooted down the theory as so much old lace. The hairs were...
PROTESTANT AND ORTHODOX CENTER. For an eloquent little film called Parable, Writer-Director Rolf Forsberg chose a setting much like the fair itself. A sad-eyed clown in whiteface trails behind a circus troupe, collects a host of friends and a slew of enemies. Finally, when he frees some human puppets from their cruel manipulator, he is symbolically crucified...
PROTESTANT AND ORTHODOX CENTER. For a wordless but eloquent little film called Parable, Writer-Director Rolf Forsberg chose a setting much like the fair itself. A sad-eyed clown in whiteface trails behind a circus troupe, collects a host of friends and a slew of enemies. Finally, when he frees some human puppets from their cruel manipulator and takes their place, he is slain. Forsberg's film is thoughtful and beautifully handled...