Well, I didn't join the USAF until 1981, but the formats were there same (or very close) until 1992 when we radically changed our memo formats. The early 70's era memos that CBS tried to pass off were in the new 90's format.
Funny, isn't it?
That type of information might be called military paperwork factual trivia.
Buckhead's comments about proportional fonts might be called civilian paperwork factual trivia or computer nerd factual trivia.
Those were the extremely mundane non-political facts that brought Ms. Mapes' world crashing down around her.
Yet, Ms, Mapes characterizes her downfall, courtesy of FreeRepublic's collective life experience, as "political jihad".
When non-political facts are called "political jihad", you are dealing with an individual that is, indeed, on a "political jihad" herself.
It's interesting that in the year since we brought old Rather down, not one document of any kind from the 1970s has surfaced with the kind of typography found in the CBS memo. And not one typewriter or type ball with the necessary characteristics has surfaced.
I was one of those urging caution on the night in question, because I had used a Composer in 1974. I knew, of course, that no military secretary could possibly have access to a Composer, or could use it to type routine memos, but I was worried about a setup.
It wasn't until the next day when the detailed analysis demonstrated the fonts were different that I was absolutely certain. All in all it took about 24 hours to demolish 60 Minutes.
That could make the title of a movie: "60 Minutes: Gone in 24 Hours."