FEC Plans Overseas Expansion Into Europe and Asia
Lincoln Brown, president of the ITT Subsidiary operating the Air Force Western Test Range facilities, announces a major push to expand FEC international operations. He cites currency devaluations and global demand for upgraded communications and air defense systems, with initial focus on Europe the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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Federal Electric Corporation
Lincoln Brown
ITT
Air Force Western Test Range
FEC
Western Test Range
Brown
FEC Management Association
Holiday Inn
Europe
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Half-Cent Tax Cut Proposed in California Budget Clash
Sacramento Republican Assemblyman William Bagley proposes a one half cent reduction in the six cent sales tax for one year starting Jan 1, 1973, arguing the surplus guidance justifies tax relief and a six month suspension of the tax hike. State Controller Houston Flournoy cites a $826.8 million surplus for 1972-73 and favors using funds to buy out unissued construction bonds. Bagley aims to amend AB341 and seeks a Aug 6 hearing.
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Sacramento
UPI
William Bagley
San Rafael
Houston I. Flournoy
Flournoy
Bagley
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Skylab 2 launch on track for July 28 lift off
Launch director Walter Kapryan reports no problems delaying the Skylab 2 mission. Astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma prepare at Johnson Space Center for a 56 day stay aboard the space station and a smooth countdown continues.
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Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Walter Kapryan
Diablo Canyon plant halfway to completion and costs
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Project in California reaches 50 percent completion with Unit 1 at 70 percent and Unit 2 at 30 percent. The two unit plant, costing over 650 million dollars, could save 24 million barrels of fuel oil or an equivalent amount of natural gas yearly.
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Pg&e
Diablo Canyon
California
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pacific Ocean
San Luis Obispo
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Cape Kennedy
Space Station
Kapryan
Uey
Ogee
Lompoc
BY Bob Lilley
McCall’s Magazine
Wm. Nolen
M.N
Nolen
Ralph Nader
Eety
Insurance - Realtors
Florida
Tennessee
Panama Canal
Port San Luis
Avila Beach
Raymond D. Ramsay
Washington
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Reagan
I. Mi
ABBEY
Santa Maria
Calif
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