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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Over the Suez Canal one day last week, Israeli pilots angled in to shoot up Egyptian positions in what has become an almost daily operation. When the Egyptians retaliated by sending planes across the canal, Israeli antiaircraft gunners shot down one plane and an Israeli pilot bagged another. The two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: The Soviet Squadron | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

One reason for the uneven score may be what Israeli pilots proudly refer to as their "Soviet Squadron." The squadron includes three MIG-17s and one MIG-21. Two of the 17s were set down in Israel by blundering Syrian pilots. The third was shot down and repaired with parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: The Soviet Squadron | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

Four months after the murder of Kenya's brilliant young Economic Planning Minister Tom Mboya, prison officials in Nairobi announced tersely last week that Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge, the Kikuyu tribesman convicted of the shooting, had been hanged secretly "in accordance with the law." The officials refused to disclose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: Unanswered Questions | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

No subcommittee of the Senate has launched an investigation yet, but what about the U.S. presence in Cambodia? There is one, and it is growing. Since last summer, when Washington and Pnompenh resumed diplomatic relations after a four-year hiatus, the official American community has increased to nine, including two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cambodia: The Micro-Presence | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

In an interview some months ago, pretty Peggy Fleming, queen of the figure skaters, was deploring the low caliber of today's folk heroes. "Look at Joe Namath," said the Olympic champion turned Ice Follies star. "He's a mess." Last week Peggy made a guest appearance on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 5, 1969 | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

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