M16 costs to be probed by House subcommittee
A House Armed Services subcommittee will reconvene to probe what it calls unrealistically high prices in two new M16 rifle contracts. The panel will question why a low bid from Mare mont Co. was rejected in favor of contracts to Harrington & Richardson and General Motors Hydra-Matic Division, despite lower offered prices. The Army issued a fact sheet saying prices will beNegotiated after costs are set and cited wage and tooling differences for price gaps.
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House
Armed Services
Richard H. Schord
Army
General Motors
Schord
George S. McGovern
D-S.c
Senate
Maremont Co
Saco
Maine
Harrington & Richardson
Worcester
H&r
Labor Department
Detroit
Defense Department
This Day in History May 9
May 9 marks events from 1926 Byrd and Bennett first North Pole flight to 1963 through 1968 political changes. Notable items include Columbus fourth voyage, Franklin’s Join or Die cartoon, Nazi book burnings, Mussolini in Ethiopia, Sevastopol recaptured, Italy’s monarch abdication, and desegregation progress in Birmingham.
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U.S. Navy
Richard E. Byrd
Floyd Bennett
North Pole
Christopher Columbus
Cadiz
Spain
New World
America
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania Gazette
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Italy
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Victor Emmanuel III
Crown Prince
Humbert
Yugoslavia
China
Birmingham
Ala
Zakir Husain
India
Madison Population Projected At 284000 By 1990
Madison city planning officials project the population will reach 284000 by 1990. The January 1 estimate places current population at 174000, up 16500 since October 1964.
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Madison
City Plan Department
Fence Fails To Stop Ni viet Infiltration At DMZ
The Pentagon refused to confirm cost effectiveness studies for the McNamara Wall barrier while acknowledging ongoing infiltration into South Vietnam. Officials say 8,000 to 100,000 enemy troops may have moved toward or into the country this year as the system spans the DMZ and Laos border with electronic features and manned strongpoints.
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Washington
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Defense Department
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Laos
McNamara
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Spectra
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Florentine
Lady Petite
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Doerflinger
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