Expensive TFX project ends after costly test flight
The Pentagon says a bomber version of the swing wing plane based on the F111 design underwent a 600 mile per hour test flight. Once hailed as a joint Navy Air Force effort, the TFX faced cost spirals from 2.9 million to 11 million per plane. With six built, one crashed. the remaining five never flew from a carrier, and the project was abandoned amid high costs and congressional opposition.
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Pentagon
Air Force
TFX
Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Navy
Associated Press
Washington
Sec
McNamara
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Overlooked Negro Contributions in American History
A columnist argues historians ignore both minority and white achievements, noting inventors like Jan Matzeliger and Elijah McCoy alongside white figures such as Charles Kettering and Robert Goddard. The piece questions the political thrust of history teaching, cites Crispus Attucks and a Hoosier school named for him, and asks who among whites died in the Boston Massacre remains known.
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America
Jan Matzeliger
L. Dickinson
Hyram B. Thomas
George F. Grant
Thomas W. Stewart
Arthur Schlesingers
Elijah McCoy
Charles
Ross) Kettering
General Motors
Henry Leland
Cadillac Company
New York Times
Revlon Harris
Robert H. Goddard
Crispus Attucks
Boston
Indianapolis
Hoosierland
Historians omit key figures shaping American life
The piece argues historians neglect everyday contributions by Black and white inventors such as Lyman Blake and Augustus Jackson, and overlook figures beyond political and military heroes. It cites Booker T. Washington and critiques the portrayal of race and justice in American heritage while urging broader, factual inclusion.
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Lyman Blake
Blake
Gordon McKay
McKay
General College
Supreme Court
Booker T. Washington
White House
Teddy Roosevelt
Wallace's Rising Polls Spark GOP and Dem Concerns
Wallace's growing share in public opinion worries both major parties about his impact on the election. Republicans fear a big Wallace vote could cost them the presidency, while Democrats worry he could win enough Electoral College votes to push the result to the House.
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Willard H. Mobley
Associated Press
Washington
George Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
House of Representatives
Electoral College
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Stones in salivary gland duct and ear noises query
Readers submit medical questions to Dr. Molner. A lump near the parotid gland is described as a stone that can cause swelling and pain, with lemon juice sometimes helping to expel it. Surgical removal may be needed if unresolved. Other letters discuss ear noises in seniors, zinc in diet, and bleeding after intercourse with cautions to seek medical evaluation.
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Mother
J.M.E
Letters Editor asks if gun laws can curb crime
A readers letter questions the impact of gun legislation on reducing crime and criticizes moral decay in America. The writer cites capital punishment, famous crimes, spending patterns, censorship, and religious concerns, warning of divine judgment as described in Psalms 9 17.
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Robert Kennedy
Mr. Speck
Illinois
Sirhan
Kennedy
America
Reminiscence notes and local notices in Yesterdays column
A montage of items from past years lists magazine recipients, a publisher rumor, and a 75 year old note. It also mentions Dr D P Johnson traveling to Waverly Iowa to visit a brother and notes a rumored suspension of West Liberty Enterprise.
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Burnett
Harper
Putnam, Goodey
D.P. Johnson
Waverly
Iowa
West Liberty Enterprise
Muscatine
Today in History fragment highlights major events
On this date July 19, 1968, notable past events are listed including the start of the Franco Prussian War in 1870, the 1948 Seneca Falls women rights convention, Allied WWI actions in 1918, Churchill's V for Victory broadcast in 1941, and later notes such as Rams bombing in World War III in 1943, a 1965 charge about French nuclear facilities, and other historical markers.
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Associated Press
France
Prussia
Prussian
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Marne River
Europe
Britain
Winston Churchill
Rams
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