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...King of the Cowboys! Out into center ring rode Roy Rogers, 53, handsomely astride a white circus-trained stallion. He should have stayed on Trigger. Appearing with the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Greensboro, N.C., Roy got saddled with a spirited nag that objected to Western spurs. Or perhaps it was the way Roy sat the English saddle. The stallion reared and a crowd of 6,000 gasped as the King, like any dude, tumbled off, landing on his rump in the sawdust...
Acting City Labor Commissioner James McFadden is checking into the question and his report could trigger action by either the Brooklyn or Queens District Attorney...
...letting the world in on its every detail. This week's press tours include many foreigners. A large sign has been erected beside a highway near Cheyenne Mountain blatantly informing motorists that they are approaching the heart of North America's air-defense system. The message to trigger-happy aggressors should be as obvious as that roadside sign: NORAD's invulnerable new mountain of preparedness guards some of the most impressive products of modern science and technology. And with the aid of some of the most sophisticated gadgetry in the world, the COC promises immediate and devastating...
...Desert's heavenly heroes are sordid, then its earthly characters are their embodiment in life. The Old Cowboy now wants his home on the range (but he keeps close guard on the stolen bank money), The Gunny nervously keeps his hand on the trigger, his mind on his belly, and his sanity with injections of the needle. The red-blooded Young Cowboy gets the banker's daughter in trouble, and reveals the scene of his home-leaving when his father caught him with his sister: "I was but twelve, but I faced him down even then. I had my colt...
...nation. Smith and Hickock are neither judged for what they did, nor vulgarly presented as anti-heroes. With courageous and incisive honesty Capote focuses on the dynamics of the two personalities, but never lets the tensions and momentum of the killers' relationship obscure the outward drama their characters trigger...