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...debt, divided the figure by the number of citizens, and came up with $1,825. He decided that was his share of the burden, and sent the Government precisely that amount. A woman left $17,761.19 to the Government in her will "for the partial construction of an airplane bomber." Many contributors like to remain anonymous. Last March, for instance, a $1,000 bill arrived at the IRS center in Covington, Ky., with a note that read simply: "Somewhere along the line I shortchanged...
...successor with greater contrast to the elegant Richardson. A hefty, rumpled man who chaws tobacco and plays the washtub fiddle for relaxation, Saxbe grew up on a farm near Mechanicsberg in southwestern Ohio, where he still maintains a home and a herd of prize heifers. He served as a bomber pilot in World War II and ran successfully for the state legislature in 1947, while he was a law student at Ohio State University...
...Israelis also had available a small number of American-made Mavericks, one of the "smart" bombs first used in Viet Nam. Carried aboard a fighter-bomber, it has a small TV lens and computer in its nose. The pilot can fix the target (usually a tank) in his sights, and lock onto it. The Maverick will then hit the target even if the at tacking plane takes evasive maneuvers or leaves the area. About 200 more Mavericks are being shipped to the Israelis in the current U.S. airlift...
...swing-wing fighter-bomber being tested as a tank killer in Syria. Several have been caught on the ground and destroyed by the Israelis...
...Kelt, a 200-mile-range, winged, supersonic rocket that is fired at a ground target from a bomber a safe distance away. In the first week of the war, an Israeli pilot in an F-4 intercepted a Kelt flying toward Tel Aviv and shot it down...