Rickover criticizes Pentagon waste and profiteering
Adm. Hyman Rickover told a Joint Economic subcommittee that defense contractors harvest about 2 billion annually from Pentagon contracts due to toothless procurement rules. He urged Congress to overhaul procedures, citing examples of excessive profits, biased approvals, and unequal design charges.
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UTW Return To AP Posts and Guild Voting
United Telegraph Workers members are to return to Associated Press bureaus as the Wire Service Guild votes on a new management proposal to end the strike. The AP offers include a 37½ hour week, eight holidays, cost of living adjustments, higher hospitalization and longer vacation. Guild members rejected the offer, seeking stronger terms.
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