Defense bill scraps critics aims to curb arms program
Washington reports negotiators reconciled a $20.7 billion military authorization bill with broad Pentagon inclusion. Congress pared some proposed limits while keeping or increasing ship and weapons funding, auditing, and research provisions, setting stage for a larger defense appropriation bill and a Nixon signature.
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Navy Identifies Eight Destroyers for Mothballing and Two Air Units
The Navy named eight destroyers to be mothballed and two aviation squadrons to be disbanded as part of a $1.8 million yearly savings. Destroyers Pritchett Ingersoll Hopewell Bailey Zellars Massey Nicholas O Bannon listed at San Diego Mayport New Fort Pearl Harbor. Squadron 52 based at Quonset Point Rhode Island and VP-21 based at Brunswick Maine will be disbanded.
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Antiwar protest permits denied in Washington
The Justice Department refused a permit for a mass protest on Pennsylv ania Avenue on November 14 citing potential violence. NEW MORE claimed talks broke off while the department offered a small symbolic parade on November 15 and granted a 40 hour March Against Death from Arlington National Cemetery to the Capitol, with about 60,000 expected to march.
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Defense Department rescues Main Battle Tank and ABM authorization
The Defense Department secured the controversial Main Battle Tank Project in a joint effort with West Germany. The House previously cut funds, but the conference report allows $30 million for R and D and $20 million for production. An authorization for a modified Antiballistic Missile System, debated last summer, is untouched by the conference despite prior passage.
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