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...they scored moderate-to-heavy damage to the run way, control tower and oil-storage tanks, but apparently caught few, if any, MIGs in their hardstands; an orange cloud of billowing smoke was visible al most 20 miles away. Flying out of bases in Thailand, a dozen Air Force Phantom jets then scorched the new MIG base at Hoa Lac, damaged or destroyed at least seven of the dozen or so MIGs on the ground in one raid, and then returned later in the week for a second attack. All told, the U.S. lost eleven attack planes in the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Viet Nam: The New Targets | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

...been hermetically sealed in the joint since last December when he arrived amid reports that he was dying. Since then, Phantom Billionaire Howard Hughes, 61, has been shelling out $250 a day for the privacy of the ninth-floor penthouse atop the Desert Inn in Las Vegas. A bit steep, perhaps, but now Hughes will be paying the rent to himself. For $13 million, he has bought a 50-year lease on the entire 600-room Desert Inn, along with its casino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 31, 1967 | 3/31/1967 | See Source »

...year corporation. With his performance in the manufacture of Mercury and Gemini space capsules, he gave U.S. astronauts an essential boost into space. His jet planes were among the few ready to carry U.S. airmen into combat in Korea; for Viet Nam he has produced the F-4 Phantom, the hottest fighter yet flown in combat by any air force in the world. By his dedication to technical precision, he has turned his company into a sudden and surprising front runner in one of the most complex and competitive of modern industries. Yet, as its chairman and chief executive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aerospace: Mr. Mac & His Team | 3/31/1967 | See Source »

...phantom of the night she was. All dressed in black. She done come in through the back window slick as you please with this big pile of papers. I says "Can I help you, Miss?" and she takes out this long knife and threatens molest me if I don't let her run the presses. She had me strip naked and watch her as she printed up this book of hers. I read it myself later. It's only my opinion but it didn't seem like much to me. Our next door neighbors are far more interesting, nights. Even...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: THE STORY OF F | 3/4/1967 | See Source »

...boss says this phantom was literary which I guess excuses it all. I'm not sure she wasn't a man. She looked like a seal in all that black leather...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: THE STORY OF F | 3/4/1967 | See Source »

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