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...means for enforcing those rules were in the control of a group of men who had dominated Texas politics for decades--the conservative Democrats. Although their specific interests had changed since the post-Civil War days when they had finally managed to wrest control away from the Republican Recon-structionists, these men only became more sophisticated in their dealings rather than more responsive to the needs of the people whom they had supposedly been elected to serve...
...next month on a de facto basis. This is far from certain, however. The Israelis have intercepted several Egyptian reconnaissance teams in Sinai, and last week four Egyptian Sukhois made two spy sweeps over Israeli lines on the Suez Canal. Earlier, Cairo complained that Israeli jets were making similar recon flights over Egyptian lines. Without a formal ceasefire, a single, accurate burst of antiaircraft fire by either side could swiftly get the hot war started all over again...
...long buildings that hold missiles, computers, radar and other electronic controls. One radar system, which requires a 65-ft. tower, is code-named "Squat Eye" by NATO; another is called "Low Blow." Both are fully visible from the air, and also are detectable by electronic reconnaissance. Yet neither Israeli recon flights nor U.S. electronic snooping devices have so far uncovered evidence of missile sites along the canal. Moreover, there are indications that the Russians are having difficulties with the SA-3s that have already been placed in position in the rear; they are intricate devices that have never been fired...
...photography," but their war is as risky as any other airman's in Viet Nam. Over the past year, the wing has lost the equivalent of a squadron - 20 Phantoms. One crew out of seven can expect to be shot down during its tour of duty, for recon missions, unlike the swift, darting thrusts of fighter-bomber strikes, often require four to five minutes of straight and level cruising at low altitude...
...been receiving reports that the Viet Cong were preparing the peninsula as a staging area for an attack on the Chu Lai airbase. Marine patrols had been sent out on almost daily probes around the peninsula's five coastal villages, all named Van Tuong, and last week a recon company brought back word that a large new force of V.C. had just arrived from the south. Within 24 hours, "Operation Starlight" had begun...