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...against flying shrapnel and searing heat. Airman George Conditt, 21, of Chicago tried to pull a Phantom away from the fire. "While I was hooking up," he says, "a big piece of shrapnel flew through the plane. Fuel started running out and caught fire. I jumped out of the tractor, and in a minute, both plane and tractor were blown to bits...
...Fatah's signal, a band of Arabs sets out across the Jordan River on rafts made from tractor tires, carrying their Russian-made Kalashnikov assault rifles in waterproof inner tubes. In the darkness they land, make their way inland, plant a mine, ambush an Israeli patrol or throw a grenade, then scramble as best they can for home. The odds are heavily against their making it back, for many are caught or killed by efficient Israeli security forces. But the rewards are high, as posthumous compensations go. They are martyrs to all Arabs, their photographs and tales of their...
Floating on air and practically freed from friction, a 160-ton Boeing 747 can be pulled effortlessly around airports; it can even be shoved sideways in a cramped hangar by a small tractor. The awkward task of calibrating a plane's compass* will also be eased by the new device. The big planes will be floated onto a 46-ft. diameter turntable that will be suspended 3 in. above the ground on air bearings. A tractor will then turn the plane to any angle on the freely rotating turntable, eliminating considerable maneuvering and excessive wear on the tires...
...romance held firm until Dowling left the Mid-West to come to Yale. "I almost died," Sue said at the time. "Yes, it was hard leaving her," Brian recalls, "but I wanted to go to Yale and play football." Sue has since married, Marvin Plumb, a tractor salesman...
...operation. He used to look sort of vacant, but his whole face has changed. Only a year and a half after his operations, he's doing seventh-grade work. He still has a bit of trouble with his right hand, but he's learned to drive a tractor and he looks after his own cattle -20 head of steer-and he's learned to do his own bookkeeping...