Army did not consider rifle contract price in awards
Maine politicians accuse the Army of bias toward large firms in awarding the M16 rifle contracts. Maremont Corp. of Saco lost to Harrington & Richardson and GM's Dramatic Division as the Maine bid rose to 36 million for 240000 rifles. Army says speed and capacity mattered as pricing was dropped to meet a tight Tet-driven timetable.
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Washington
Maine
Army
Peter N. Kyros
Dmaine
Tam
Edmund S. Muskie
Walter Woolwine
Army Materiel Command
Muskie
Kyros
Maremont Corp
Saco
Ro‘cantly
Mies
Maremont
Harrington & Richardson Co
Worcester
Mass
General Motors Corp
Pontiac
Mich
Kytes
House Armed Services
Richard Schord
DMO
Woolwine
North
Local Man's 22 Year Tour as VFW Installing Officer
Butch M. Gordon of 229 East South Street installed newly elected officers of the John Krol Post Veterans of Foreign Wars in Union City. Gordon, a past commander of the Lt Archie W. Thompson Post and VFW posts in Erie, is a life member and charter member of three Pup Tents of the Military Order of the Cooties. Colleagues said his 22 year tour as installing officer is likely a national record. Officers installed include Rudy Wojtecki commander Leon Briggs senior vice commander Raymond McCrillis junior vice commander Alfred Breault chaplain Russell Hall quartermaster and Robert Jansen trustee for three years.
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Zina
Butch M. Gordon
East South Street
John Krol
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Union City
Gordon
Archie W. Thompson
VFW
Erie
Pup
Military Order of the Cooties
Rudy Wojtecki
Leon Briggs
Raymond McCrillis
Alfred Breault
Russell Hall
Robert Jansen
Job Survey Planned by Census Bureau in May
The Census Bureau will interview area households May 13 to 18 about current employment and unemployment as part of the monthly population survey. Director John G. Gibson said the sample is national and confidential, with data used by the Labor Department to track the job market.
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Census Bureau
John G. Gibson
Bureau
Philadelphia
U.S
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Young builder crafts wild jalopy from junk in two weeks
With under 50 dollars and spare time, Al Catalfu of Turben's Auto Columbus rebuilds a smashed 1960 car into a two seat buggy. He relocates the engine, adds roll bars and a plywood hood, tests it near Elgin, and plans to add a street legal positive traction drive. Other locals join in, taking to the woods in improvised jalopies.
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al Catalfu
Catalfn
Turben's Auto
Columbus
Catalin
Catal
Elgin
Opin
One Hour Power Loss Hits Erie County Area
About 1,500 Penelec customers lost power for nearly an hour in the McKean area after a substation trip. A Penelec spokesman cited an unknown cause and said crews reset circuits manually beginning at 9:20 a.m. The outage briefly paused travel as crews worked to restore service.
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Erie
McKean
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Treasurer Hurt In Car Crash
Erin Erie County Treasurer Neil McLaughlin 41 of Mil Village is listed in good condition at Hamot Hospital after a two car crash near the scene shortly before 1 am. He suffered multiple rib fractures in the accident.
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Erin — Erie County
Neil McLaughlin
Hamot Hospital
McLaughlin
Mil Village
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Charmglow Gaslights and Gasgrills
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Gas Co
Pennsylvania Gas
Robertshaw
Cory Coffee Maker
Barney's Kixsanne
Barney's
North Center St
Corry
Meerhoff’s TV & Appliance
North Main St
Cory
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