Word: flew
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There was abundant additional evidence of U.S. determination to increase the cost of what it calls Hanoi's "continuing aggression" against the south. U.S. jets continued to bomb and strafe Viet Cong guerrillas within South Viet Nam-something they had not been doing until two weeks ago. Others flew over Laos regularly in raids aimed at demolishing the jungle roads that the Reds are building to facilitate troop and supply movements. Moreover, U.S. pilots were flying missions under new "rules of engagement" authorizing hot pursuit of enemy jets right into Red China, if necessary...
...pilots downed during the week's raids, the only one still missing at week's end was 1st Lieut. Hayden J. Lockhart Jr., who was seen parachuting into the southwest corner of North Viet Nam after his Super Sabre was hit by ground fire. U.S. reconnaissance jets flew over the area daily, taking photographs and listening for radio signals, while rescue choppers made risky low-level runs. On several occasions, the choppers drew fire from Viet Minh patrols in the area-an indication that the Communists too might be looking for Lieut. Lockhart...
...Visited the Smithsonian Institution to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the designation of The Star-Spangled Banner as the U.S. national anthem. Standing before the flag that flew over Fort McHenry, Johnson declared: "A number of Americans have complained that The Star-Spangled Banner is not the easiest song to sing. I must admit that I have had a little trouble with a few parts of it myself. But the senti ments attached to that sturdy old song are overwhelming...
Bottomley came away with no easy answers. Shortly before he flew back to London last week to report to Wilson, he told reporters that he had been trying "to find a way for the British and Rhodesian governments, and the African nationalists, to arrive at a solution whereby there could be a peaceful transition to majority rule." Added he: "I do not say how or when...
...fall, skis in the winter, and in spring helps make maple syrup with the other children. It sounds remote from Hollywood and the Riviera, but it isn't, really, because "Yassy" is Princess Yasmin, 15, daughter of the late Aly Khan and Cinemactress Rita Hayworth, 46, whom she flew down to visit in Manhattan last week. Rita had just finished making The Money Trap for MGM, and seemed almost relieved to report that Yasmin hasn't yet shown any interest in acting. "She came to visit me in Madrid last winter when I was making Circus World...