Bribery Rules in Mideast Arms Sales Warned by Pentagon
A Pentagon memo for U S arms makers argues bribery of foreign officials is sometimes essential to win Middle East sales. It notes multi million dollar payments and high level influence, cites Northrop payments and a Saudi contract for F5SE Tiger II jets, and compares U S and European practices.
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France
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Midwest
Record winter wheat harvest seen at 1.62 billion bushels
USDA Crop Reporting Board projects a 1.62 billion bushel winter wheat harvest for 1975, up 16 percent from 1974 and 1 percent above December estimate. Total wheat output could reach about 2.1 billion bushels with spring wheat near 525 million, as stocks and exports adjust to large supplies.
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Budget Conferees Approve 68 Billion Deficit Plan
Washington conferees reach final agreement on a 367 billion dollar federal budget for 1976 with an 68.8 billion deficit. Treasury Secretary Simon signals tolerance for congressional figures while warning against deficits approaching 80 to 100 billion.
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Laotian Protesters Demand U.S. Pullout and Cabinet Resignations
More than 1,000 demonstrators marched on the U.S Embassy in Vientiane demanding Americans leave Laos and urging the resignation of five right wing ministers in Premier Souvanna Phouma's coalition. Three ministers resigned, two generals quit, and police retrieved a seized U.S. flag as protests continued.
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Senate panel backs 30.3 billion defense bill with cuts
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a 30.3 billion dollar weapons procurement and development authorization covering 18 months from July. The panel trimmed 5.5 billion from Pentagon requests, deeper than the House plan. The measure includes a 3 month transition before the October 1 1976 fiscal year shift.
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Weekend Outlook Lowdown
Partly cloudy conditions with a slight thunderstorm chance through Sunday. Highs near 80 today and Sunday, with a low around 50 tonight. Wind shifts, 5 to 15 mph. Probability of precipitation at 20 percent for today and tonight.
October Hearing in Amarillo City Redistricting Suit
U S District Judge Halbert O Woodward schedules the single member district case for the week of Oct 13 in Amarillo federal court. Five Amarillo voters seek city elections by districts to replace at large voting, claiming equal protection violations under the 14th and 15th amendments.
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Amarillo
John Drummond
Kathrine Wilson
L. Ray Vahue
Jerry Hodge
Houston Deford
Clay Briggs
Monte Rosenwald
John Stiff
Wahue
Deford
Charley Wilson
Teresa Moore
Lupe Rosas
H. Wayne Sorge
Morris Reddin
U.S
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