Talk:John Tower

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I've focused mostly on Tower in retirement. This page could use a lot more information about Sen. Tower's nearly quarter-century in the Senate.

Any chance someone who knows about this could rewrite this sentence into something coherent? "An investigation determined that the crash resulted from failure of the plane's propeller control unit, but was a very mysterious and still unsolved plane crash which caused the pilots to lose control of the aircraft." The latter half of that makes literally no sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:579:9220:100:451F:8D11:40AA:A5BF (talk) 18:43, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm no expert on things political, but wasn't Tower rejected by Congress after Bush appointed him secretary of defense? If true, this should probably be included, as it is exceedingly rare for a Cabinet appointment to be rejected. I'd add it to the article myself, but I really know nothing of the background surrounding the situation. Clemenjo (talk) 23:53, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Family Life section was inserted in May by Maestroh, diff.

What's the source for this statement:

As the embittered Lila lay near death from cancer, she refused to accept flowers sent to her by John Tower, according to Tower's former assistant Ken Towery.

It really needs to have one. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:49, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Found a reference. I expanded the quotation because Towery's point is to demonstrate Tower's civility and gentlemanliness. I'm not sure this incident belongs in the article; what do others thing? Dpbsmith (talk) 19:04, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not only does this section not cite any of the opinions expressed (about the way Tower handled the arms talks, etc), but it glosses over the SecDef nomination - the overwhelming reasons were Tower's alleged personal problems (testimony about his drinking and womanizing torpedoed his nomination) and, to a lesser extent, his close ties to defense contractors. This section claims - without any sources - that it was a political hit job. If anyone has any neutral sources to back this up, please come forward; otherwise, I think that sentence should be removed or heavily reworded. Anyone?--71.252.13.111 07:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing is mentioned on his relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald. ☆ CieloEstrellado 01:28, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was no relationship; Oswald wrote to Tower for assistance in getting out of the USSR and Tower forwarded the letter to the State Dept.Dynzmoar (talk) 22:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]