That’s EXACTLY what I’m talking about. Somehow it got shifted or even the ball lagged. If it was on a ball type.
Folks, please calm down. It’s way too early to celebrate anything. This picture of the document is in the hands of a California federal judge. Please do not prematurely celebrate anything. There is no reasonable basis to assume anything about this document’s authenticity.
Haven’t you all learned a single thing from the last year??
I’m not sure the process I described would ever happen with a ball, because they were newer and had fancier stuff, like half line spacing and half letter spacing too. Come to think of it, the “basket” type machine, at least the 1950’s model I’m familiar with, had a button on the carriage so you could go up/down only (to any line position). The relocking switch was something that freed the paper completely in every direction. Still, document people would probably get used to the latter, freeing the paper completely.
Gawd, this is boring stuff!
FWIW, if we can just get past the problem of “Republic of Kenya” in February of 1964, this doc has a very good chance of being the real McCoy. Then it would get very interesting for everybody!