Navy backs off sole-source rocket launcher contracts
The Navy will seek competitive bids this week for 2.75 inch rocket launchers once produced by Alsco Techfab, despite prior claims the items were proprietary. The move comes after a grand jury indictment against Alsco and related firms, with the government previously saying development time would be prohibitive to new suppliers.
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Associated Press
Wasiington
Navy
St. Louis
Techfal
Alsco Inc
Pentagon
Alsco
Commerce Department
Naval Air Systems Comand
Air Systems Command
Air Force
Alsco-Techfab
House
Techfab
Grand
Agnew Calls for Ramsey Clark Removal and Crime Plan
Spiro Agnew urged removing Ramsey Clark as US attorney general and outlined a five point crime plan if Nixon wins. He pressed wider wiretaps, narcotics crackdown, a model crime free DC, mandatory gun sentences, and stricter federal leadership. He criticized Clark and urged replacement with a tough crime fighter.
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Toledo, Ohio
Spire T.agnew
Ramsey Clark
Onset
Clark
Maryland
Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
District of Columbia
Fired Official Clashes With Governor Over Loan Scandals
Former Arkansas securities chief Clint Jones, fired May 1967, answered Gov. Rockefeller’s charges by alleging conflicts of interest involving PL&I and AL&T. He claimed attorney fees for Haley on PL&I cases, questioned AL&T’s authority to sue loan firms, and cited a 1966 governor letter denying pre‑talk with Jones.
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Little Rock
Clint Jones
Winthrop Rockefeller
Jones
Rockefeller
Arkansas Loan and Thrift Co
van Buren
Arkansas
Arkansas Loan and Thrift
Peoples Loan and Investment
John Haley
State Board of Correction
People Loan and Investment Co
Fort Smith
Crank
Haley
Pl&i
Pl&ai
State Bank Department
Al&t
Bill Darby
Darby
Clint
Don Smith
Securities
Securities Department
Smith
Reuther Charged by Rival Union in Labor Rift
The Machinist union accuses Walter Reuther of raiding unions to form a rival labor movement aiming to challenge AFL-CIO leadership. P L Siemiller says Reuther’s drive to split units could plunge U S labor into the law of the jungle. He cites ties with the Teamsters and dissident Auto Workers as stakes in the broader power struggle.
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NBL
Gilbride
Washington
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
P. L
Roy” Siemiller
Reither
Houston
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Siemiller
Uto
Teamsters
ACIO
Menell Douglas Corp
St. Louis
Autow Kors
Ther 4On
Stemiller
Outhor
Challe
A -Cio
UAW
Auto Workers
Alliance For Labor Action
Aflcio
Reuther
Reds Warned Against Side Talks
The United States urged the Soviet Union to take Middle East peace proposals to the United Nations General Assembly and avoid bilateral side talks. The reply to Moscow's four point plan emphasized reviving UN mediation under Gunnar Jarring, warning that side bargaining could muddle the issue.
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Endre Marton
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
U.N. General Assembly
Moscow
Israel
Gunnar Jarring
U.N
U Thant
U.S
USS
Jarring
United Nations UN
United Nations
Lucius Battle
State Department
Battle
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Communications Satellite Corp
Parker T. Hart
Turkey
Czecholovakia
Mascow
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James L. Ross
Wilbern Ross
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Hope, Ark
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
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Hope
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Louis
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Fulton, Arkansas
Onsay
Scotts
Ravel Deaves
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Leme of
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Nasser
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