Navy Backs Down On Contracts
The Navy will seek competitive bids for 81 500 rocket launchers, reversing earlier plans to award all contracts to Alsco Inc. tied Techfab Division of St Louis amid prior indictments and a long term sole supplier status. The move comes as the government opens development for new suppliers to design and test launchers.
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Eckhardt Calls for Dredging Study of Galveston Bay
U S congressman Bob Eckhardt urged the Interior Department to launch a major estuary study, blaming shell dredging for silt pollution harming Galveston Bay shallow grasslands where shrimp and menhaden mature. He cited 3,500 acres of oyster reefs polluted from fishing losses totaling about 3.12 million dollars annually.
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Foreign Aid Debate Faces Deep Cuts in 20 Years
The Senate House compromise authorizes 1.9 billion in foreign aid, the lowest in two decades and likely to be trimmed further when Congress sets final funding. The House Appropriations Committee weighs about 1.5 billion as the Marshall Plan era program, begun in 1962, continues under AID administration.
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