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...loaded with Texas-sized steaks, low-calorie Dr. Pepper soda, tapioca pudding, and tons of communications gear. Ahead flew a jet cargo plane carrying the bubble-top limousine and the Secret Service's ponderous "Queen Mary." Behind flew two jets with 130 newsmen. Below, U.S. Navy vessels were strung out at protective intervals of 100 miles; all land-based U.S. military establishments en route were on alert until the presidential craft passed...
...solo, but just as he built to a climax, the roar of a Boeing 727 jet drowned him out. Handy pressed on, but then the reed in his alto sax went sour, grounding the high-register flights that he plays so well. Undaunted, he introduced Blues for a High Strung Guitar-but wait, where was the guitar player? Unstrung backstage, as it happened, where he had to dash to repair a snapped string...
...Road. Trained for a year at a special Air Force school in Denver, the photo interpreters can tell whether a dark patch in the foliage is the cover for a V.C. truck-or the product of a jungle spring. A one-eighth-inch telephone wire strung across a jungle clearing can betray the location of an enemy field-communications system; a jungle trail that suddenly peters out can pinpoint the entrance to a labyrinth of V.C. tunnels; a road that goes nowhere can lead the photo interpreters to a hidden oil dump. It requires infinite patience. "A road ends...
...enemy's major troop units had faded away, and the U.S. and South Vietnamese battalions were sweeping forward almost at will. They overran an enemy regimental staging area, a base camp, a 100-bed hospital with 1,200 lbs. of medical supplies, and a V.C. reception area strung with banners reading "Welcome to the National Liberation Front...
...volt power lines and towers, was resolved by Government intervention and esthetic power engineering. The AEC exercised the right of federal eminent domain and was fully supported by Congress and President Johnson. To soothe Woodsiders, power engineers designed and erected unobtrusive, green, one-legged towers, and strung power lines through the trees instead of hacking out the usual lane that is used during construction for maintenance and protection against fires...