June 1, 1961
In Atherton, Calif., an armed burglar broke into the bedroom
of Dr. and Mrs. William W. Tevis, snatched a wallet from the night
table and, disappointed at its meager contents, ordered...
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June 1, 1961
Rt. Rev. Msgr. D.A. Lemieux, a skilled hunter, reached for a
12-ga. shotgun and a cal. .32 revolver after hearing glass break in
his Chicago, Ill., rectory. He surprised two men...
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June 1, 1961
Beaumont, Tex., liquor store owner Earl R. Hudson ran for
his pistol when a knife-wielding holdup man panicked and began
stabbing Hudson's teen-age son. Hudson fired five shots and...
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June 1, 1961
A 16-year-old boy entered Joseph LaCour's St. Louis, Mo.,
drugstore and asked to see some watches. As LaCour turned the youth
pulled a cal. .32 revolver and said, "This is a holdup."...
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June 1, 1961
When Rufus Freeman caught two safecrackers in his store near
Minter City, Miss., and one turned on him with a shotgun, Freeman
killed him with his own shotgun. The pistol-armed accomplice...
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May 1, 1961
In Jamaica, N.Y., Mrs. Elizabeth Solano, who learned how to
handle guns as a hunter in her youth, got a pistol permit and began
wearing a holstered gun under her apron after the drug...
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May 1, 1961
Six months ago, John Shivel killed a bandit who tried to
hold him up in his Huntington Park, Calif., liquor store. During
the recent holiday season, when a bandit threatened Shivel's...
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May 1, 1961
Attorney Alston Jennings, his wife, and two sons were in
their Little Rock, Ark., home when a former mental patient broke in
swinging a sickle. In the melee that followed, Jennings...
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May 1, 1961
Mrs. Patricia Davidson and her 12-year-old son were alone in
their Hawthorne, Calif., home, when a prowler tried to break in.
Mrs. Davidson fired one shot from her cal. .22 rifle...
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May 1, 1961
In Spokane, Wash., as John J. Reeder prepared to close his
tavern, the sole customer clubbed him with a bottle and ordered him
to a rear room while he looted the place. Reeder went...
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May 1, 1961
Hearing sounds of a scuffle in the front of their
Wilsonville, Oreg., food store, Terry Lowrie grabbed a cal. .22
revolver and ran from the back to aid his father who was grappling
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May 1, 1961
Near Des Moines, Iowa, tavern keeper Edward Mercier ran for
a revolver kept under the bar and fired one shot at a bandit who
slashed the bartender with a switchblade knife after announcing...
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May 1, 1961
In Dover, Del., when Mrs. Laurin Seaman, Sr., awakened to
find a burglar ransacking her bedroom, her screams aroused the
household. Mrs. Seaman's 16-year-old son grabbed a 16-ga....
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May 1, 1961
When Californian Bruce Ployhar heard a window crash in his
Palm Springs home, then saw a hand reach inside to unlock the door,
he grabbed his cal. .22 pistol and fired. Ployhar then...
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May 1, 1961
After wrecking a stolen car in suburban Memphis, Tenn., two
armed felons shot their way into the nearby home of Mr. and Mrs.
Holmes V. Winford and pistol-whipped Mr. Winford when...
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May 1, 1961
In Jacksonville, Fla., clothier Wade D. Raulerson grappled
with two knife-wielding bandits until he fought his way to the
counter where his cal. .38 revolver lay hidden. Raulerson...
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May 1, 1961
In Center Line, Mich., Mack J. Miller ran to his wife's aid
with a cal. .22 rifle when a masked intruder tried to force his way
in the kitchen door. As Mrs. Miller struggled to keep...
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May 1, 1961
In Indianapolis 17-year-old Gerald Watson stood near a
policeman who questioned a robbery suspect when the suspect's
accomplice appeared on the scene and shot the officer down. Watson,
...
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April 1, 1961
When the customer at the counter in Mrs. Daisy Parker's
Philadelphia luncheonette menaced her with hand in pocket and
announced a stickup, Mrs. Parker edged away, grabbed her cal....
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April 1, 1961
Two bandits menaced 25 patrons in a Denver bar when the
tavern owner, James V. LaBriola, burst from the back room with his
cal. .25 pistol. LaBriola felled one bandit who was looting...
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April 1, 1961
Three stocking-masked bandits herded Baltimore pharmacist
Joseph Freiman to his narcotics supply, divided the drugs, and
turned to clean out the till. Mr. Freiman grabbed the cal....
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April 1, 1961
After four burglaries in as many weeks, John T. Craig set a
burglar alarm in his Munford, Tenn., restaurant and waited in his
nearby home with a 12-ga. autoloading shotgun at hand....
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April 1, 1961
St. Louis sundry store owner Charles Brown was bound by
three armed bandits and thrown into a rear room. Brown freed
himself in time to seize his hidden cal. .45 pistol and open...
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April 1, 1961
Jerry Jackson, a 62-year-old Chicago bartender, exchanged
shots with three gunmen who tried to hold up the saloon. Jackson,
who sufferd a leg wound, killed one and sent the other...
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March 1, 1961
Pete Smith, wearied by a series of burglaries that were
"picking him clean," began sleeping in his Rockingham, N.C., grill.
About 3:30 A.M. Smith heard tampering at the door and,...
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March 1, 1961
After beating and kicking 61-year-old Benjamin Bailer in his
Philadelphia tavern, three bandits cleaned out the register and
sauntered to the door. Bailer crawled to a shelf where...
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March 1, 1961
After a rash of drug store holdups by armed thugs who
pistol-whipped several of their victims, Montreal pharmacist Wilfred
Gagnon kept his cal. .38 revolver handy. When two men entered,...
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March 1, 1961
After fourteen burglaries in twelve years, Fred Williamson
set a burglar alarm in his Indianapolis restaurant and rigged it to
ring in his nearby home. When the alarm recently sounded,...
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March 1, 1961
In Arjay, Ky., general store owner Curt Mills was shot in
the shoulder by one of two masked bandits who fled when Mills
grabbed for his pistol. Before they could make their getaway,
...
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March 1, 1961
An ex-convict entered a St. Louis dry goods store, struck
owner Clarence E. Skala on the head with a brick-filled sack, and
bound and gagged him. After looting the store, the felon...
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February 1, 1961
A Sing Sing parolee with a prison record dating from 1940
invaded the Brooklyn pharmacy of Joseph Longo, herded the proprietor
to the rear, then rifled the cash register. As the...
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February 1, 1961
In Troy, Mont., when the burglar alarm sounded in his store
next door to his home, Les Coffman got his cal. .38 pistol, ran to
the shop, and caught an intruder inside. When Coffman...
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February 1, 1961
Van F. Sims, who lives in a Kansas City, Kans., apartment
next to a dry cleaning shop, awoke to the crash of glass and saw a
burglar entering the store. Sims grabbed his cal. .22...
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February 1, 1961
Orval Stoner closed his Charlestown, Ind., gas station and
headed for his car with the day's receipts. Hiding behind the
station, an ex-convict, armed with a rifle, demanded the...
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February 1, 1961
Delicatessen owner Stanley Wasik snatched his cal. .38
revolver from under the counter and shot two bandits who entered his
Chicago shop brandishing guns. One was captured at the...
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January 1, 1961
Harry Shrago stood just outside the door of his Omaha
grocery and heard daughter Florence shriek from inside the store
when two men leveled guns at her. Shrago, who carries a gun...
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January 1, 1961
Stan Baker went to the rear of his Seattle gun store to get
a box for the rifle selected by his two customers. Hearing the
click of his handgun display case opening, Baker hurried...
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January 1, 1961
When two holdup men entered a pawnshop outside Ft. Campbell,
Ky., proprietor Andrew F. King told the one with the gun, "Son, you
can't get away with it. They'll get you sooner or...
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