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Antennas in Bushes. Bugs, the small, easily hidden radio transmitters favored by most supersnoopers, are much safer. Usually they have a battery, a microphone to pick up sound waves, and FM circuitry, and they commonly broadcast on 50-100 megacycles, penetrating walls and other obstructions. Their range may be half a mile or a few feet. The electronic eavesdropper, who may be a blackmailer, a divorce detective or an FBI agent, sets up his ultrasensitive receiver in a rented room or a car parked close enough so that bugged voices come through loud and clear...
...house on 6 acres wdlnd, stream, pond in Peekskill, N.Y.; furn comb air cond & heat; bit 1959 by Owner Jackie Gleason for $650,000, now avlbl because "my work has me bouncing around too much, pal"; includes 400-rcrd hi fi, grnd piano, elec organ, sht wv, lng wv, FM radios, many TV sets, 60-ft TV-radio antenna tower, rnd bthtub-shwr, 8-ft diamtr rnd bed with rnd sheets & rnd blnkts, 2 rnd bars (1 professional-sized), rnd card rm, pool tbl, and comfrtbl 7½-rm house near by for living...
...Army classics which have enjoyed a wide circulation are FM 21-13, Department of the Army Field Manual: The Soldier's Guide, and The Combat Leader's Field Guide. The reader should not be put off by the austerity of their titles, for each of these books is a masterpiece of the field manual genre, written in a distinctive style...
...FM 21-13 is as epic in scope as the Army itself. It includes chapters on Military Science, Individual Interests, The Soldier's Code, and Army History and Organization. The anonymous author underestimates himself when he advises his readers merely to "use this book somewhat as a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan uses his official baseball guide--to look up facts and broaden your information on specific subjects...
...style of FM 21-13 is most influenced by Reinhold Niebuhr and Pat Boone, the style of The Combat Leader's Field Guide is derived primarily from Ernest Hemingway. Consider this passage from a section on probing for mines: "Echelon men 15 to 25 M to minimize casualties." This tone of taut realism is characteristic of the book. Its author, also anonymous, gives these instructions for testing for the presence of poison gas: "Nerve agents being quick killers, make test with detectors, then have 2 or 3 men unmask for 5 min.... If no symptoms, unmask...