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...airlift runs a delicate course between the thunderstorms always encountered at night, and the radar-directed anti-aircraft fire which grows heavier as the storms fade. When he began flying for the outfit, it had six Constellations and one DC-7. Of the Constellations, one was hijacked and flown to Madrid; a second was impounded when it made a forced landing on Malta (when its flight plan said it was going to New York). A third crashed in the jungle killing all aboard, and a fourth was blown up in Bisau, reportedly by a South African...
...materials aboard Apollo (grease, wire insulation, spacesuits, etc.) have been checked for flammability and replaced if they failed to meet NASA's new fireproofing standards. Flammable plastic-foam pads and nylon in the astronauts' spacesuits and seat belts have been replaced by Fiberglas "Beta cloth," which is heavier and more bulky but also more fire resistant...
...Administration's arguments against a bombing halt rest on both military and political considerations. Understandably, U.S. generals want to take no more chances than they absolutely have to, and they want to keep allied casualties as low as possible. Stopping the bombing, they reason, would only result in heavier Communist infiltration, increasing the danger to allied fighting men-particularly the U.S. and Vietnamese troops in northernmost I Corps, which borders on the Demilitarized Zone. President Johnson reflected that view in a speech last month when he asserted that "we are not going to trade the safety of American fighting...
Nixon and the G.O.P. put heavier emphasis on the law-and-order issue than did Humphrey and the Democrats. The Democrats came out for putting into effect the radical and expensive proposals of the Kerner commission report. And if necessary, the Democratic platform says, the Government must become the "employer of last resort" of those unable to find work in private industry. The Republicans stressed fiscal responsibility and propose to combat urban problems primarily through private enterprise...
...airlift runs a delicate course between the thunderstorms always encountered at night, and the radar-directed anti-aircraft fire which grows heavier as the storms fade. When he began flying for the outfit, it had six Constellations and one DC-7. of the Constellations, one was hijacked and flown to Madrid; a second was impounded when it made a forced landing on Malta (when its flight plan said it was going to New York). A third crashed in the jungle killing all aboard, and a fourth was blown up in Bisau, reportedly by a South African...