People, May 10, 1976

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who is pushing for a city ordinance to bar youngsters under 18 from seeing violent movies, has drawn the fire of a premier gunslinger. Actor John Wayne, who has been drilling Hollywood bad guys for nearly 50 years, showed up in Chicago last week and defended his brand of movie gunplay. "I've shot as many people on-screen as anybody, but I haven't shot them — like they do today — with snot running out of my nose, sweating and with my pants torn open," said Big John in an interview...

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