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...fundamental firepower of the U.S. continues to be in missiles. Al though men like LeMay and McConnell will continue to argue for the manned bomber (and while SAC's flocks of B-52s and B-58s are still a valuable part of the nation's nuclear delivery force), the decision has been to discontinue further development of manned bombers, such as the controversial RS-70. Instead, enormous amounts of money are being spent to beef up the Minuteman batteries and nuclear submarine-launched missiles, among them Poseidon, which will double the megatonnage of Polaris. In Omaha, the Joint...
...right to be shocked: both men are parents of cadets who were suddenly dropped from the roster of the U.S. Air Force Academy last week in the wake of the widening, deepening stolen-exam scandal. At Colorado Springs, academy officials sealed off the grounds as tightly as a SAC base on alert, while special investigators from Washington grilled an estimated 700 members of the 2,500-strong cadet wing. By the end of the week 93 students had resigned from the academy - and before the investigation is completed, anywhere from 100 to 300 more cadets may be bounced back...
Students at Lake Worth Junior High School near Fort Worth have for years been learning the hard way. Their school lay directly in the approach path of SAC's Carswell Air Force Base, and every day there was a 10% loss in teaching time as the B-52 jet bombers thundered over. Last week Lake Worth had a clever solution to the problem...
...stories deep, the building has 18 classrooms, all completely soundproofed. The air is changed every three minutes, and with the elimination of dirt, windows and exposed walls, maintenance costs are drastically reduced. The school, which is also tornadoproof, looks best from the air. Zooming in to land, SAC pilots see only a neatly landscaped plot beneath which 475 pupils peacefully study, full time...
...there has been a cerebral thrombosis." Though he had rallied with astonishing vitality from earlier illness, including two previous strokes, Churchill at 90 was feeble and weary; his illness, said Moran, was "very serious indeed." In a chilling wind and rain, sorrowing Britons gathered quietly in the cul-de-sac outside Churchill's red brick house at 28 Hyde Park Gate...