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...communications technicians and the White House advance people, and then the TV people and newspaper and magazine reporters, and next the curious from other towns, and finally the firemen and troopers and deputies from other towns too. One TV crew got up at 5 a.m. to video-tape a Delta sunrise, and in front of Owen Cooper's house on Grand Avenue, for which Mr. and Mrs. Cooper bought new carpets, drapes and sheets for their overnight visitor, I sighted a TV crew shooting another TV crew at work...
...Soviet Union's strength on NATO's northern flank has a direct bearing on the East-West nuclear balance. The Soviets have been sending their highly sophisticated Delta-class 14,000-ton nuclear submarines, armed with SSN8 missiles (range: nearly 5,000 miles), ever deeper into the Arctic Sea. Says Willy Østreng, research associate at the Norwegian Arctic Research Institute: "For the first time the Soviets have direct access to the high seas, even if under ice, without having to go through international straits. From that area, their Delta-class subs can shower any part...
...looks like an Oldsmobile, bears the Oldsmobile name plate and is sold by an Oldsmobile dealer, is it in fact an Oldsmobile? Chicagoan Joseph Siwek thought so until his mechanic looked under the hood of Siwek's new Olds Delta 88 last winter and found a Chevrolet engine. His discovery led to the revelation that General Motors has been using Chevrolet engines, not only in Oldsmobiles, but in Buicks and Pontiacs as. well. To date, 40 suits alleging fraud have been filed against GM-14 by states, acting on behalf of all buyers of GM cars in their jurisdictions...
...packed with intricate warning devices?one now sounds the alarm if the proper wing flaps are not extended on takeoff?and every major control system has backups in case it should fail. Pilots wax eloquent about the aircraft they fondly call "Fat Albert." Says one Delta captain: "Old Albert is straightforward and honest on the ground and in the air. I've got about 200,000 Ibs. of thrust on four little levers. You've got to be careful because you can blow a hangar off the ground. Another thing, you've got 350 tons of momentum when...
Chances are the two men should get along well. Among other things, Sadat is as devout a Moslem as Carter is a Baptist. Moreover, both are small-town boys who talk about the inspiration they still gain from their home towns. Sadat's Plains is a Nile Delta village named Mit Abou Alkoum (the Place of the Heap), which Sadat has called "an unfailing source of morality, common sense and perspective...