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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kamov Ka-25 helicopters. The Forger rises and descends on a vertical column of air blown downward by two jet engines. Western analysts have not yet fully evaluated its functions, but it seems to carry antisubmarine weapons and both air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles. The copters appear to be designed primarily to attack submarines, but also have equipment that can guide surface-to-surface missiles launched from the carrier itself. The vessel has four launchers that can fire missiles with a range of 300 nautical miles and can launch antiaircraft missiles...
...that enable doctors to follow the paths of substances through the body. For example, iodine 131, given orally or intravenously, is accumulated by the thyroid, which uses iodine to produce hormones. An imaging device detects the gamma rays given off by the isotope and translates them into dots that appear oij a TV screen. Result: help in diagnosing such disorders as hyperthyroidism and cancer...
...They may have talked of fiscal prudence and strong defense in Peoria, but here in the cradle of liberty, the only state that voted for McGovern in '72, the home of hundreds of thousands of college students and young professionals, the three fell over each other in trying to appear as the real hope of the broad left wing of the political spectrum. Kennedy and Carter campaigned for the JFK nostalgia vote while Brown went for the anti-nuke, anti-corporate inner space forces...
...will not become a threat to any country in the Caribbean or elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere." Thus the burden of proof is put on the Administration, not the Soviet Union. The White House interpretation is that the brigade can remain in Cuba as long as it does not appear to assume a combat role...
Hunt said a score achilles tendon almost kept Beckford from competing yesterday, but the injury did not appear to affect his star runner, as she recorded the fifth fastest time (17:22) ever run on the 5,000 meter Franklin Park course...