non-chuck (1972), nunchuck (1974)

[Victor]

OK, how about this one, allegedly from 1971?

 >>>Although the groups have considerable latitude of choice with regard
to operations, their use of weapons is subject to obvious restrictions.
Almost no groups admit to carrying guns, although police said that two
of the groups did.  Boston's Jewish Defense League carries (in addition
to Mace, nightsticks, and Alsatians) a weapon they call a
_nunchuck---two sixteen-inch-long oak sticks connected by a short length
of nylon cord_.
http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/citizens.html

The page comes from Gary Marx's personal bibliography at MIT and
identifies the source as

Citizen Involvement in the Law Enforcement Process:  The Case of
Community Police Patrols
American Behavioral Scientist, 1971. vol. 15, no. 1, pp.52-72. Special
issue on decentralization and citizen participation.
By Gary T. Marx and Dane Archer

If the reference is correct, it predates the NJ court records by a year.

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