Word: loadings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...windows wire-meshed to ward off rocks and grenades, rolled through the gate into Tan Son Nhut Air base on the edge of Saigon. Special police and South Vietnamese air force guards?ordinarily sticklers for formality?barely glanced up as they waved the vehicle on. Among the mixed load of American and Vietnamese passengers was Howard Hagen, an aircraft technician from Odessa, Texas, and more recently from Danang, South Viet Nam. "I just wish it hadn't turned out this way," said Hagen. "I'm leaving with a sad heart...
...come in from more than 50 cities in the U.S. and Canada asking for information about learning-exchange systems. Meanwhile, Detzel and Lewis have earned praise from the educational establishment. Says B.J. Chandler, dean of Northwestern's school of education: "The formal educational system is groaning under the load put on it. We've got to lend our support to this kind of alternative...
Harvard captain Danny Williams got to first at the expense of Driscoll as Driscoll was tagged at third on a fielder's choice. Thomas singled to load the bases, and two runs scored on a single by Durso, Durso came home on a shot by Hogan...
Recognizing that the gold might be part of South Viet Nam's and Cambodia's reserves, Balair refused. It claimed that such a high-density cargo posed dangerous weight and balance problems for the plane. A 16-ton load of gold placed in a 5-ft.-square section of the cabin could crash through the floor and out the fuselage...
Nick was a veteran of the drug years. His jobs included: lifeguard in nearby Ormond until thrown off the corps for dereliction of his tower (he took long lunches); mate on a charter fishing boat; bagman for a big lettuce caper; treasure hunter for a load of cocaine left in the ground by dealers near an old launching pad near Cape Canaveral (foiled by a flash flood); and stunt car driver for a shoestring film that ran out of money. His heritage was Greek, and he knew all about fencing things in underground Daytona, and who burned down what restaurant...