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...last week, both Lockheed and Boeing extolled their planes in a flurry of splashy full-page ads in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. Smooth-tongued Georgians led the House forces for the C-5B, which is to be built in Marietta, Ga., while a squadron of Boeing backers from Washington and Kansas derided Lockheed's plane as the Edsel of the air. Democratic Representative Thomas Downey of New York echoed Boeing supporters: "The C-5B is in the top five of turkeys. The alltime turkey hall of fame...
...Navy plans to continue denying Argentine ships and aircraft access to a 200-mile zone around the Falklands. The exclusionary zone may be maintained at least until the end of August, when British military engineers expect to complete expansion of the runway at Port Stanley for use by a squadron of Phantom jet fighters and Nimrod reconnaissance planes. Britain intends to establish a permanent garrison of some 2,500 troops in the Falklands, as well as a naval force that will include two submarines and three frigates. As a Thatcher aide put it, "We shall be keeping our guard...
...pilots of the Argentine squadron that sank the British destroyer Coventry last month flew into battle repeating the prayers of the Rosary over the open microphones of their radios. An Argentine antiaircraft gunner in Port Stanley described how he shot down a British Harrier: " 'Holy Mother of God'-and bang, bang, I knocked it down from heaven." A wounded 18-year-old Argentine conscript lay dying this week, but confided to the medic treating him, "I pray to God that I get better soon and go back to fight...
...Beagle Channel at the southern tip of Argentina, for example, was to them of compelling interest. Yet the Strait of Hormuz and the waterways through the Indonesian archipelago, industrial Japan's lifeline, were perhaps more important. I did not, I said, soon expect to see an Argentine squadron in the Indian Ocean, though it would be welcome. The faces of the admirals were wreathed in smiles...
...segments between, however, Viewpoint lost some of its humility. When challenged about the facts in a report on alleged Israeli mistreatment of Palestinians living in the West Bank, Correspondent Tom Jarriel failed to answer specific charges; rather, he aggressively interrupted his questioner, Howard Squadron of the American-Jewish Committee, until Koppel rebuked him. Said Koppel: "I think it'll be most useful to everyone if Mr. Squadron is given an opportunity to make his points, Tom." London-based Anchor Peter Jennings answered a question about the Falkland Islands dispute with a lame joke that the unmentioned "pawns...