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Navy payroll in Narragansett Bay tops 285 million
The 1970 annual report shows Navy civilian and military payrolls in the Narragansett Bay area totaling about 285.5 million, up from the prior year. The report notes 9,861 civilians and 32,500 military personnel assigned locally, with significant spending in Newport and Quonset Point, plus contracts and construction projects worth tens of millions.
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Narragansett Bay
Navy
Rhode Island
Joseph B. Tibbets
Fleet Air
Newport
Naval Supply Center
Naval Air Station
Quonset Point
Naval War College
Quonset
Little Rock
Navy Exchange
Destroyer School
Weakley
Davisville