Pentagon Purchasers Told To Think Small By Panel
A House Armed Services subcommittee grilled Defense Department buyers over small purchases where prices far exceeded market value. Witnesses admitted buyers often do not know item costs or specifications, while costlier small items were found in catalogs at lower prices. Examples shown included a plastic dial bought for 275 on a 1.62 list, a 50 cent shaft at 25.55, and a $23 wrench at 123. The panel urged tighter pricing and accountability to curb wasted taxpayer money.
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Washington
APD
House
Defense Department
Otis G. Pike
D-N,y
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
Armed Services Subcommittee
Lsted
Col. Allen
Pike
Penn students threaten sit-ins over campus recruiters
A group of University of Pennsylvania students opposed to the Vietnam War say they will resume sit-ins unless military recruiters are barred from campus by 5 p.m. Friday. They presented the demand to the vice provost for student affairs on Tuesday and also want CIA and Dow Chemical visits banned, with CIA reps on campus today through Friday and Dow on November 8.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Vietnam
Armed Services
Central Intelligence Agency
Dow Chemical Co
CIA
Dow Chemical
Bent gasoline card leads to mistaken replacement
In Albuquerque Mrs Miramn Millers card was bent and a service station filed for a replacement. The home office sent a new card addressed to Badley Bent at 3221 Rio Grande Blvd NW Albuquerque NM, highlighting a mistaken misreading of the customer name on the form.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Miramn Miller
Badiey
Woman in LA County telephones from Saigon cost her job
A Los Angeles County employee, described as young and lonely, ran up a long distance bill by calling Jackson Mississippi since June while stationed in Saigon. She was fired after authorities noted the $1,264 charge and County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn confirmed the termination on Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Saigon
Jackson
Miss
Kenneth Hahn
BYU Professor Settles Grievance With Tennis Match
Professor Joseph Wood at Brigham Young University settles a student dispute through a tennis contest. Wood loses the best two of three to freshman Roy Prescott of Jerome Idaho, prompting fewer exams in Wood’s classes.
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Provo
Utah
Joseph Wood
Brigham Young University
Wood
Roy Prescott
Jerome
Idaho
Prescott
The Big Heist in Miami Stolen Braslares Recovered Reward
A Miami importer offers a substantial reward for information to recover 3,900 bras lares stolen from a truck, as noted in a Herald classified ad. Authorities seek tips on the heist and the missing shipment.
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Miami
Fla
Herald
Mrs Kennedy Heads to Cambodia After Bangkok Visit
Mrs. John F. Kennedy arrives in Bangkok with Lord Harlech and Charles Bartlett to join Chicago Sun Times columnist and others for a trip to Cambodia. A U.S. Air Force flight will take the party to Phnom Penh then return to Bangkok for a street dedication in Sihanoukville before a three day stay in Bangkok.
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Bangkok
Thailand
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Charles Bartlett
Kennedy
Lord Harlech
Rome
Bartlett
Chicago Sun-Times
Michael Forrestal
U.S
Cambodia
Angkor Wat
Prince Norodom Sihan
Ouk
United States
Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Presidential Restraint Topic of Senate Talks
Senate Foreign Relations Committee env geometry grapples with how far Congress can curb presidential use of U S military power. Amid internal debate, leaders seek language to express prior influence over commitments like Vietnam, weighing a treaty or declaration versus executive powers.
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Senate
Washington
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Vietnam
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Ford Loses Big Dough in Third Quarter 1967
Ford Motor Co reports a third quarter loss of 73.9 million dollars, 68 cents a share, eclipsing 1966 profits. The deficit is blamed on a strike that began Sept 7, with overtime practices facing UAW threats to strike at GM and plant-level disputes to be settled. The UAW warned of possible plant and companywide action if overtime continues. Canton Ohio parts plant settlement reduced outstanding disputes to 17 as GM and UAW met for bargaining.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Henry Ford
Arjay Miller
Techni
Cally
Canton
Ohio
Monroe
Woodhaven
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Kansas State Has Goal Keep The World Well Fed
Kansas State University will receive more than 5 million dollars in nonstate funds to combat world hunger. President James A. McCain said the university will become a major world center in the fight against hunger, funding research to enrich wheat and feed grains and to solve storage transport and distribution challenges. Agricultural extension thus plays a key role in the effort.
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Kansas State
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
James A. McCain
McCain
Kansas
Ottawa Herald Briefs November 1, 1967
Local briefs from the Ottawa Herald report on community notes dated November 1, 1967. Short items cover civic updates, events, and notices affecting residents in Ottawa and Franklin County.
Economic Boom Surges. Views on Indefinite Rise Improve
Washington AP reports the U.S. economy is in an 81st month of expansion with top adviser Gardner Ackley saying chances to sustain growth indefinitely are greatly improved, contingent on Johnson's 10 percent income tax surcharge and reductions in nonessential spending. He urged self-discipline to restrain inflation when needed. The expansion reached 80 months as of Tuesday, tying WWI-era peaks, dating back to February 1961.
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Washington
U.S
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
Ackley
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Col
Stanley Allen
San Antonio
Leonle
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Fulbright
Ottawa Herald
U.S.D.A
Western
Swift
Shurfresh
West Pac
Morton
U. S
Shurfine
Folger’s
Florida
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