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Walker was allegedly following KGB instructions at the time of his arrest. According to testimony at Arthur Walker's trial, FBI agents learned from telephone wiretaps that John was going to make a drop last May 19. They trailed his van by car and helicopter as it wound through the...
Not so, said Republican Congressman Denny Smith of Oregon, a veteran pilot who flew 189 missions over Viet Nam. Smith pointed out that the unmanned planes used in the $54 million test came in higher and slower than they would in a battle. Worse, when he investigated further, he learned...
The incident illustrates the sometimes impossible task Speakes faces in balancing the questions of a properly inquisitive press against the wishes of the First Family. Though Speakes initially had replied "sure" to a journalist's query about whether a biopsy would be done, Nancy Reagan remained adamant that as little...
Most of Mydans' work was done for LIFE, which he joined in 1936 as the first issue was going to press. But he took his first pictures of consequence in the preceding year. At the age of 28, he joined the fabled team of photographers for the historical section of...
How sweet it was earlier this month when Elliott Dixon scratched off the concealing film on one of California's new instant-winner lottery tickets and discovered he had won $1,000. How bitter he was when he learned that none of the money would be his to enjoy. All...