GAO warns shipbuilder costs may exceed Navy estimate
Congress experts say settling 1.9 billion in shipbuilding claims could cost far more than the Navy's 747 million estimate. GAO Deputy Comptroller General Robert Keller testifies that no assurance four major shipbuilders will drop all claims, and the final settlement could exceed 1.9 billion. Clements' emergency plan aims to revise escalation clauses to pay actual costs, while Keller notes possible losses turning into profits and uncertain outcomes until talks finish.
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Washington
Congress
General Accounting Office
Navy
Robert F. Keller
House
Armed Services Committee
Charles Bennett
D-Fla
Keller
Bennett
William P. Clements
GAO
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division
Litton
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
National Steel and Shipbuilding Co
Clements
Paint Spraying Stuns Princeton as Vandalism Probe Broadens
Princeton police chase multiple paint vandalism incidents starting May 19 at Princeton High School and spreading to homes a church and a camper. Officers arrest 18 year old Alton B. Mitchell on reckless driving and siren charges after a high speed chase. two juvenile females jailed for a church break in. warrants issued for a passenger.
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Lynn Jewell
Princeton
Edison Belcher
Princeton City Police Department
Princeton High School
KKK
Belcher
Mercer Street
Futher
Allen Archer
Alton B. Mitchell
Harrison Street
Mitchell
Athens Road
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Hearings to Start on GOP Platform
The Republican Resolutions Committee will begin hearings in Los Angeles on June 14 to draft the 1976 platform. Iowa Governor Robert Ray said sessions continue June 22 in Washington, D.C., then Ames at Iowa State University, with the final meetings set for August 9 to 11 in Kansas City.
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Washington
Republican Resolutions Committee
Los Angeles
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
Washington, D.C
Iowa State University
Ames
Kansas City
Mercer County Real Estate Transfers Noted
Courthouse records list multiple real estate transactions in Mercer County with owners including Grace Miller William Miller Acey Alger Flora Alger and Sonia McPherson Helen McPherson Paula Burrell Gertrude Burrell amid parcels in East River Rock and Quail Valley Estates. Transfers involve amounts from 2 000 to 16 000 and include The New Hope Development Corporation and Blankenship family deeds in various districts and tracts.
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Rew
Mercer County
Menme Grace Miller
William W. Miller
Acey E Alger
Flora E Ager
East River District
June MA Roberts
Gerland Roberts
Barpere M. Tucker
L. H. Tucker Jr
Mame M Farley
Coyle Farrey
Dorsiad J. McePnersor
Freda McPherson
Sonia K. McPherson Jr
Helen W McPherson
Pauli E Burrell
Gertrude MA
Jury Recesses In Theft Case Involving Richard Pence
A Wood County Circuit Court jury recessed after one and a half hours in the embezzlement case against attorney Richard F. Pence. Prosecutors say Pence stole 68000 in 1974 from a 116000 wrongful death settlement awarded to Ada Yvonne Riser. Pence's team argues the funds were a loan and produced a loan agreement.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Richard F. Pence
Wood County Circuit Court
Pence
Ada Yvonne Riser
Riser
Orville Hardman
Hardman
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D-N.y
Stratton
Robert Mollohan
D-W. Va
Bluefield
Roy Avenue
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Loyal Order of Moose
Fairmont Moose Lodge
Gunnee
Kroger Co
Kroper
U.S. Govt
V. S. Govt
Clover Valley Margarine
Kraft Miracle Whip
Country Club Ice
Hi-C
Kroger
Holly Farms
U.S.C.A
Avondale French Fries
Idaho
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