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Yelp. Although it was buckhead who made the connection, it was Howlin that created the new thread and brought attention to it,
Had just made the comment that my parent owned one of the IBMs with changable ball fonts...There where only four choices. We owned two. Very expensive.

I still own an IBM selectric, but they will not do proportional spacing. Only a PC could duplicate what was presented.

Photo copy was so poor quality they thought they would not get caught.

I actually worked for a time with Bill Burkett. Many years before the RatherGate incident. Bill was always a died in the wool tattooed on the butt Dem. He was a National Guard officer when I knew him. He was the guy who made the connection for Dan Rather to get the forgery. It was copied at Kinko’s in Abilene, TX. Dan Rather’s daughter was involved in the scam.

An IBM specialist was posting that evening also... can't remember their name... but a day or two later... they also pointed out factual characteristics that proved in every way possible... that there was not a single machine available... when those documents were to have been typed.... that could duplicate the variable unique details present in those forgeries. That was a beautiful moment in time. Someone even traced down the brand and model type writers used in the very NG office in which those forgeries were supposedly typed. Someone on FR had even worked in that very office... so that also confirmed those same unique details could not have been made on one single machine. It could be done... but it would have taken three different machines to do it and a rare ball like those that you mentioned in your post.

LLS