Pentagon Underestimates Vietnam War Costs Admit Shortfall
The Defense Department told the Senate House Economic Committee that March expenditures rose to 6.7 billion from 6.4 billion due to factors like a third pay period, while maintaining the full year projection of 65 billion dollars. Committee chair William Proxmire criticized prior cost estimates as inaccurate and urged better forecasts to avoid inflicting tax and spending strain.
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Washington
Defense Department
Vietnam
Defense
Robert N. Anthony
Senate
House Economic Committee
Anthony
Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Joint Committee
Proxmire
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Goodyear Plant Picketed Amid Rubber Labor Dispute
Pickets from URW Local 532 protested at Goodyear Tire & Rubber in Akron amid industry wide talks. The strike affected Uniroyal Firestone and Goodrich as contracts expired, with about 599 Goodyear workers striking while talks continued.
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Akron, Ohio
Chicago
Inca
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers Union
URW Strick Uniroyal
B. F. Goodrich Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
URW
Ccoodyear
North Chicrood
Leval Jeavors
Geedyear
Sit
Gendyear
B'S
Nazatiatier Goodyear Repredent
Cincinnati
Un'revel
Tirestone
Goodrich
Un'reval
Iirne
Weather Halts Plane Search Over Maine Snow
Worsening weather forced suspension of a Civil Air Patrol search for a missing private plane with two New Jersey men aboard. Six Maine Wing planes spent seven hours aloft before snow and low clouds ended the effort. the Cessna 172 departed Jackman for Asbury Park Sunday with pilot Wendell Boyer and passenger Morris Nelson.
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Auburn
Maine
Civil Air Patrol
New Jersey
Gerald Lallier
Lallier
Jackman
Asbury Park
Wendell Boyer
Morris Nelson
Bricktown
CAP
Waterville
FAA
Augusta
New England
Maine Cap
New Hampshire
Buy Bonds Where You Work In The Payroll Plan Message
A motivational piece encouraging Americans to support freedom by buying U S Savings Bonds through payroll savings plans. It highlights a man with multiple roles including comforting children and defending liberty, urging coworkers to join in purchasing bonds monthly.
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U.S
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