M16 saga and delays with SPIW weapon program
The article traces the M16 rifle development from AR15 origins and Colt rights hurdles to multiple funding and supply decisions. It covers Army reluctance to purchase a second source, Lynde’s ties to Colt, and later steps to authorize new manufacturers. It also notes SPIW delays, the M14 versus M16 testing outcomes, and Senate warnings about armament readiness.
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Colt Industries, Inc
Advance Research Projects Agency
Secretary of Defense
U.S
Vietnam
Paul D. Harkins
U. S
Harkins
Army
H. D. Felt
Pacific
Accont
Military Assistance Command
Felt
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Colt
Air Force
Army Weapons Command
Nelson M. Lynde Jr
Lynde
Ichord
Colt Interoffice
Manufac
Turing
McNamara
Congressional
John F. Kennedy
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Ente
Cyrus R. Vance
Strike Negotiations Pause in 20th Day of NE Telephone Walkout
Negotiators from the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers and New England Telephone met separately with federal mediators and took a recess, with no new talks planned. The union seeks a $20 weekly raise and a no-supervisor promotion mechanism, while the company cites a secret offer and a $12 weekly raise. Meanwhile Boston police vow to curb cable sabotage as the strike enters its third week.
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Associated Press’ Boston
New England Telephone Company
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
IBTW
BTW
Boston
Edmund L. McNamara
Secrets drama on privacy and secrets in a CBS Playhouse
AP review notes Tad Mosess play Secrets explores a middle aged businessman's secret past and its impact on marriage after a jury duty refusal. Cast includes Arthur Hills Barbara Bel Geddes Barbara Hershey and Eileen Heckart. Also Boston a Maine man donates 1 million to New England Center Hospitals Fund aiding a 10 million goal.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York (Ap
Tad Moses
Bryan Gray
Moses
Arthur Hills
Barbara Bel Geddes
Barbara Hershey
Eileen Heckart
Boston
Ogunquit
Maine
New England Center Hospitals Fund
Cameron Biewend
John Q. Adams
E R Warren Lions Babe Ruth Team Plans Evening Practice
The E R Warren Lions Babe Ruth squad will practice at 6 PM tonight on the high school field. Roster cuts reduced from 18 to 15 will occur before submission deadline. Col and Mrs Robert Marx attended Bangor Republican Convention, Friday session. A Tidewater Court social featured Mrs Evelyn Berry as demonstrator.
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E. R. Warren Lions
Robert Marx
Kennebunk Beach
Bangor
Sylvia LaPierre
Tidewater Court
Kennebunk
Scholarship Fund Set Up By Beach AL Post
Old Orchard Beach A scholarship fund is being created by C Fayette Staples Post American Legion for the local high school The post voted to give 50 to the High School as The American Legion scholarship to aid a veteran's child planning college Cmdr Joseph Cyr leads the project A district meeting June 1 at Old Orchard Beach Legion Hall and the joint installation of post and auxiliary officers is set for June 5 at 8 p m Delegates were named for the Bath state convention June 20 to 23
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Old Orchard Beach
C. Fayette Staples Post American Legion
American Legion
Cmdr
Joseph Cyr
Samuel Jacks
Earl Scott
Cmdr. Cyr
Richard Simard
Scott
York County Council
Kennebunkport
Cumberland County Council
Westbrook
Richard Doe
Balaguer predicts heavy turnout in Dominican municipal elections
In the Dominican Republic President Balaguer urged strong voter turnout for up to 70 municipal councils amid opposition boycotts. His Reform party expects a large majority, including Santo Domingo. the PRD, boycotting, cites a climate of persecution by the military. In France a jury issued a suspended sentence for a father who killed his mentally retarded daughter, calling it a mercy killing, the third such case since 1966.
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Associated Press
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Balaguer
Reform Party
Juan Bosch
Revolutionary Dominican Party
PRD
Paris
Fourteen Miners Rescued From Jade Mine in Formosa
Fourteen miners trapped in an eastern Formosa jade mine since Monday were rescued today. Police said none worked for the mine owner China Precious Stone Co. The mine had been sealed by a court order after litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
China Recious Stone Co
Mobile teachers groups approve merger to form single system
Members of the white Mobile Education Association and the predominantly Negro Mobile County Teachers Association vote to merge. The combined Mobile city county school system would become Alabama's largest, with about 2,600 teachers and 75,000 pupils.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile County Teacher Associations
Mobile Education Association
Mobile County Teachers Association
Mobile City County
Alabama
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Fred Bunnell
Florence
Lawrence Hatch
Smuggler’s Cove
Cape Elizabeth
Hazel Ellis
South Portland
Albert Tremblay
Charles Morelock
Aterra
White Mill
Mill Street
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Sears
Great May
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Beach AL Post
Ing
London
Labor Party
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
William Fitzgerald
Milton
MBTA
Fitzgerald
Beverly Hills
Calif
Charles Caballero
Superior Court
James P. Natoli
Caballero
Saco
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