Word: cannon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...real issue is that the Russians wantonly shot down an unidentified, and perhaps unwarned (let us wait until the black box is found before trying to decide if the cannon bursts fired to warn the Korean pilot were even noticed--the Russians botched the rest of the operation, so why not this?) plane intruding in its airspace, have refused to admit error or to apologize, and have brazenly stated that they would (and will) do so again. This is the truly repugnant aspect of the entire affair--the utter barbarity of the Russians, the callous disregard for human life...
...standard procedure in such a case. It was immediately publicized by the State Department even though it somewhat undercut the American position. A remark by the pilot of the Su-15 that shot down the airliner, originally said to be unintelligible, was revised to read, "I am firing cannon bursts." This seemed to buttress the Soviet claim that its pilot had fired tracer shots to warn the Korean jetliner away from Soviet airspace...
There was no indication, however, that the cannon shots in question were indeed warning tracers rather than part of an actual attack. The cannons carried by Soviet interceptor jets do not normally carry tracer ammunition. In any case, the Korean pilot apparently did not see the bursts, because even after they were fired he made no mention of anything unusual when he contacted controllers in Tokyo. The scrambling Soviet fighters generally stayed to the rear of the passenger plane and made no apparent attempt to get close enough to signal their presence. Indeed, one of the other revisions...
SENTENCED. Billy Cannon, 46, former pro football star and a living legend in Louisiana, where he earned a 1959 Heisman Trophy as running back for L.S.U.; to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, the maximum penalty, after he pleaded guilty to involvement in a massive counterfeiting scheme; in Baton Rouge. A successful Baton Rouge orthodontist after he retired from football in 1970, Cannon appeared to be a model citizen until federal investigators in July traced a staggering $6 million in bogus $100 bills...
...black leadership family endorsed the concept of a black candidacy but did not name Jackson. Because of Jackson's grass-roots popularity, however, few prominent black leaders oppose him openly, though many do privately. "I just don't trust him. He's like a loose cannon," confessed one black Southern official. "He's never finished anything he's started...