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...sunup on the third run and dodging dawn-patrol Nigerian MIGs. But three flights are almost impossible. Diversions because of the Intruder eat up time; so does the fact that Uli can accommodate only eight planes easily and gives priority to the gunrunners. Weakened by hunger, Biafran ground crews sag noticeably unloading second or third flights. When the Ilyushin drops one of its bombs, the Biafrans vanish, leaving the plane crews and church officials to offload the cargo themselves. Twenty-four missions in one night is the squadron record. The average is closer to half that many...
...with nothing worthwhile. Then, after drilling through the permafrost to 9,500 ft., a consortium of Atlantic-Richfield and Humble Oil last spring brought in a well named Prudhoe Bay State No. 1. When high-grade oil in sufficient flow was located seven miles away at a second well, Sag River State No. 1, oilmen knew that they had struck a major field...
Missouri's Lieutenant Governor Thomas F. Eagleton, 39, has been running so hard that he has lost 16 pounds since January, and his trousers sag around his hips. A moody six-footer who chain-smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, Eagleton toppled scandal-tainted Senator Edward Long in a primary tussle. Now the liberal Democrat is pitting his flamboyant campaign style against nine-term Congressman Thomas B. Curtis, 57, a sobersided, moderately conservative Republican who does his homework so assiduously that he is widely known as the hardest-working man in the House...
...attached mural surface are gently peeled off together. The back of the fresco is then remounted on a panel, and the canvas protecting its front is removed. It is a delicate operation, and until Masonite and Fiberglas came along, no backing could be found that did not sag, warp, wrinkle or crack...
...Muskie does well in both places, for he needs all the help he can get. His strategists do not expect his campaign to hit its stride until early October. They hope that he will hit a well-timed peak just before Nov. 5, and that Nixon will start to sag by then. All the same, there is some question whether this would leave him enough time to shake off the L.B.J. collar and do some persuasive barking...