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...airspace over northeastern El Salvador, U.S. OV-1B MOhawk and RU-21J Beechcraft reconnaissance aircraft based in nearby Palmerola, Honduras, are conducting discreet surveillance missions. The flights, manned by pilots from the U.S. 224th Military Intelligence Battalion, have been under way since last month. Supplementing similar missions by longer-range RC-130 reconnaissance aircraft from Howard Air Force Base in Panama, the flights are intended to help fend off an anticipated increase in guerrilla activity as the March 25 election approaches. For the Reagan Administration, the Honduras-based forays have another advantage: they do not violate the self-imposed...
...house-to-house battle for the town late last month lasted three days. Only with the support of OV-10C aircraft, which strafed the dense surrounding jungle, were the government forces able to defeat the opium mercenaries, who fled across the border into Burma. At least 51 mercenaries and 16 Thais were killed in the fighting. When the Thai soldiers picked their way through the rubble afterward, they were amazed to find that Ban Hin Taek in no way resembled a jungle village. It was a modern town with tennis courts, a soccer field and shops stocked with electric guitars...
...least 100 Charter 77 members have been forced to quit even the lowly jobs they were formerly allowed to hold. The movement's current leaders-Singer Marta Kubišová, Philosopher Ladislav Hejdanek, and former Regional Party Secretary Jaroslav Šabata-are under constant surveillance. Nonetheless, in a gesture commemorating the invasion anniversary, a small group of Charter 77 members managed to meet in secret this month with their Polish counterparts to discuss possible future cooperation...
...dream of making space a routine human habitat took a dramatic leap toward reality last week. Like a fledgling leaving the nest for the first time, NASA's new space shuttle OV (for Orbiter Vehicle) 101 cut loose from the 747 mother ship and maneuvered safely to earth on its own. As NASA officials-and much of the nation via television-watched with ringers crossed, the shuttle, christened Enterprise after the spaceship in Star Trek, swooped in graceful arcs down through the clear desert air over Edwards Air Force Base in California. Then, as if both ship and crew...
When moving day arrived, OV (for Orbiter Vehicle) 101, christened Enterprise to the delight of thousands of Star Trek fans, was jacked up and loaded onto its transporter. Then in predawn darkness, officials gave the signal to start. Led by vehicles from the Los Angeles County sheriffs office (including a bomb-squad truck), accompanied by an extra tractor and back-up generator, and followed by two busloads of blue-vested Rockwell "handlers," who took turns walking alongside the craft, the convoy set out at a stately 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) per hour for Edwards...