Corruption in North African air base project exposed
An Army auditor testified that bribery, collusion, logging, and shakedowns marked a $300 million air base project in French Morocco. The probe, urged by House executives, claims at least $25 million was wasted and tax-funded payroll fraud was found in Atlas Constructors invoices.
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Army
Williamn J. Cassidy
Amy Corps of Engineers
Cisauly
Frenely
Morocco
Vie Auditor Agreves
Parliar
Lee Vasis Dy
Atlas Constructors
John S. Bragdon
Army Engineers
Atlas Construction Co
William J. Cassidy
Aine Pevyn Telephones
Duped by Gold Plotters Robbery Suspect Claims
Beverly Hills police charged a gang with staging a string of holdups to fund a gold smuggling scheme. Robert Tord, son-in-law of reportedly wealthy Mexican-based buyer W. O. Jenkins, claimed he was duped by the gang. Also jailed were Glenn Spaulding Law Moore Harrison Rotheberg and David Hutton in Las Vegas. officers said an undercover officer aided the investigation.
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Robert Tord
W. O. Jenkins
Mexico
Clinton FL Anderson
Lord
Glenn Spaulding
Lord Jay
Law E. Moore
J Harrison
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David Hutton
Las Vera
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Anderson Borders
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A Question of Morale in Armed Forces Criticism
Military officials push back on charges of wastefulness amid branch competition driving up costs for all. Navy purchasing chief says publicity harms morale as veterans wonder why wasteful spending wasn’t halted earlier. Text references World War III and camp construction. Continued on Page BOA.
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Navy
U S Japan sign military base pact in Tokyo
Tokyo February 28 United States grants air, naval and army forces the right to maintain bases in Japan for defense against communist expansion in the Pacific. The base agreement implements the US Japanese security treaty with Ambassador Rusk and Assistant Secretary Johnson involved.
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Japan
Todas
United States
Wapin
Pacific
Rusk
Ar Johnson
Armiy
Nor'easter Strands Ships and Halts Travel Across New England
A powerful third nor'easter in 10 days dumps 20 inches of snow on Cape Cod, blocks roads with 12 foot drifts, and sends waves that strain two ships in distress. Coast Guard cutters path to aid Evelyn Anne and others as inland areas endure near freezing temps and widespread snow.
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Evelyn Anne
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Theelyn Anne
Youton
New London Can
Bibb
Newport
Ryt
Swallow
Cape Cod Canal
Lee
Spar
Carolinag
Georgia
Virgina
Alabama
Mippi
Oil Strike Vote Delayed in West Coast unions
West Coast oil workers convened in San Francisco to seek settlement through collective bargaining. If talks fail to secure raises and differentials, OWIU-CIO plans to hold an immediate strike vote after a one-day meeting led by District Director Charles J. Armin to back the national wage drive.
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San Francisco
Lo Oi
Jocals
Owiu-Cio
ONCOL
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Charles J. Armin
Unions File Pay Demands in Southern California
About 200000 AFL construction workers in the Southern California area filed wage demand notices with the Southern California chapter of the Associated General Contractors and the Building Contractors Association seeking raises up to 50 cents per hour.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
Southern California
Mhions
Associated General Contractors
Building Contractors
Asan
Reds Fire War End Leaflets Over Korea Front
Tokyo February 27 The Eighth Army said Communist artillery and mortars shelled Heartbreak Ridge and Punchbowl in eastern Korea while dropping two leaflet types urging end to war. Allied planes hit Communist positions, downed a MiG-15, damaged another and destroyed supply lines and trucks despite snow.
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Korea
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Heartbreak Ridge
Punchbow
United Nations
Kaesong
Panimi- Joy
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