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...flying weather was poor, air traffic heavy and hazardous, and there were rumors about the infiltration of SAM antiaircraft missiles south of the DMZ. Nevertheless, U.S. Air Force Captain Donald E. Waddel, 26, was elated as he walked away from his F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber. "It was unbelievable," he said. "I've never seen anything like it-columns of tanks, columns of trucks, even men marching along the road...
...made clear in other ways. Military aid to Jordan was increased $10 million, to $55 million, and it included M-16 rifles that Hussein had asked for together with needed tanks for his armored forces. The Pentagon did, however, turn down Hussein's request for F-4 Phantom jets, which the U.S. supplies to Israel. It suggested that the Jordanian air force, with limited missions, might do better with the less sophisticated F-5s and F-104 Starfighters...
...sophisticated but by no means risk-free telephone polling. Becker's first poll in January showed Edmund Muskie receiving 65% of the Democratic vote, a figure that soon became a target in election stories and drew cries from the Muskie camp that their candidate was running against a phantom, i.e., the numbers...
Israel received substantial benefits for agreeing to take part, so much so that Israeli-American relations have risen from an alltime low last fall to a new high. For one thing, the U.S. decided to deliver 40 or so Phantom jets that Premier Golda Meir had sought to buy for a year. The Administration has indicated that the planes will be shipped piecemeal and for only as long as Israel continues to be cooperative. In an election year, however, Nixon is not likely to hold back on jets that have become a symbol of American support for Israel...
...recent days U.S. officials have indicated that to counter the upcoming communist offensive, two aircraft carriers are on their way to the Vietnamese coast, and one squadron of F4 Phantom bombers and two squadrons of B52s are en route to bases in Thailand...