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...desk next to the glass-paneled door that opens onto the observation deck, he encountered Receptionist Edna Townsley, 47, a spirited divorcee and mother of two young sons. Whitman bashed her head in, probably with a rifle butt, with such force that part of her skull was torn away, also shot her in the head. Then he left her behind a sofa...
Azikiwe was overthrown as President in last January's military coup, but Nigerians last week had ample cause to recall his warning. Another coup had just rocked the nation, and as the details began to emerge, they confirmed the fears that Nigeria, traditionally torn by regional rivalries (see map), had gone through another violent tribal uprising. As a nation, in fact, Nigeria seemed perilously near disintegration...
...Avenue of the Americas and 54th Street, the Ziegfeld Theater, which opened in 1927, last week also received its death warrant. It will be torn down to make way for a new 50-story structure, fifth new building to be built in three blocks along the avenue, making it a rival to Park Avenue for glossy new office buildings...
...Mafia's monopoly of menace might have grown greater forever, but along came a bulkier bully: Benito Mussolini. On his orders, suspected Mafiosi were drenched with brine and whipped, their hair and nails were torn out, their soles were burned. By World War II, the Mafia was practically moribund...
...There was a large laceration of his scalp and injury to his brain," reported Surgeon James C. Drye of Louisville. "His right lung was torn and there was a fair amount of blood in his chest. His spleen was ruptured and bleeding. There were about three quarts of blood in his abdomen. His left leg was almost amputated. His pelvis was fractured. He was not hit by an artillery shell in Viet Nam, as one might think from the extent of his injuries. He was wounded while riding a motorbike on the streets of our community...