Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stationed in Japan were unavailable because a status-of-forces agreement prevented their use in any combat mission without the Japanese government's consent. The only U.S. Navy ship in the area was the nuclear aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise, which was cruising 600 miles from Pueblo. But, said Johnson, since Enterprise was based in Japan, her jets were similarly locked to the flight deck by the status-of-forces agreement...
This Catch-68 scenario might have been hilarious as fiction, but it did not amuse the court's presiding admirals. As Rear Admiral Marshall White told Johnson: "You had a contingency plan to use forces that did not exist." His face flushing, Johnson admitted that this was so. He noted, however, that even if he had had the ships and planes at his disposal, he could not have dispatched them until a request had filtered up through the Air Force and Navy chains of command to the Pentagon and, presumably, the White House...
Howard Hughes Bet. Why had an experienced naval officer allowed this condition to exist? Johnson had been lulled into complacency by many factors. His principal argument was wholly unrelated to strategy or circumstance. No U.S. Navy ship, declared Johnson, had been captured in peacetime in 150 years. Thus, in his view, Pueblo's seizure was "highly improbable"-regardless of the belligerent mood of North Korea. "I would suggest," said Johnson, "that a bookmaker would give you such fantastic odds [against the possibility of capture] that someone as rich as Howard Hughes could not pay it off." Admitting that...
Most teams sought to shore up their weak spots, though the Cleveland Browns, who already have an explosive running attack seemed to be padding when they opted for Michigan Halfback Ron Johnson. Green Bay's choice of unheralded Richie Moore, a 6-ft. 7-in., 290-lb. defensive tackle from Villanova, was based on more obvious logic. Aware that the current college crop is rich with running backs but thin on pro-caliber linemen, the Packers were apparently anxious to stock up on as much beef as they could...
...views the way the U.S. governs itself and elects its officials. The U.S., "once the fastest-moving nation in the world," in 1968 was "like a champion sprinter trying to do the hundred-yard dash with a ball and chain around his ankle." They likened the failings of President Johnson to those of Harold Wilson. "Both had an almost messianic sense of their own importance. Both understood politics better than they understood principles, and both understood principles better than they understood people...