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aia.led.oreUmatilla'stied1Depot MayBe ClosedLourHe ton Ihouspourwansaidght.ar-m-TACOMA (AP—The states of ited I Oregon and Arizona are due to ose Army ordnance depots, the ana I Tacoma News Tribune said Saturday. *' 'IThe paper said the doomed de-riedipots were the Umatilla, Ore., Ordnance Depot, employing 500 persons, and the Navajo, Ariz., Arsenal, employing 415. |Like Mt. Rainier Ordnance De-, pot here and the Benecia, Calif., Arsenal, their facilities will be! consolidated at Tooele, Utah, and the Sierra Depot at Herlong, Calif., the paper said.The tipoff on the Arizona and Oregon closures came from the assistant secretary of defense. Thomas Morris, the paper said.The Defense Department has announced it will close 71 bases at home and abroad, but Umatilla and Navajo were not among I them. More closures are forthcoming. the paper said.riz.,feltlian,seen
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Walla Walla, Washington, US
Sun, May 14, 1961
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