Defense report finds weak security at most military contractors
A Defense Department study faulted contractor security programs as largely ineffective against espionage. It notes rules are confusing and inflexible, urges wholesale reform, and highlights gaps in oversight, training, and control at 14 000 contractors nationwide.
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Virginia
John
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Defense Intelligence Service
Block seeks 11 billion conservation reserve plan
AP reports Secretary John Block unveiled a 10 year 11 billion Conservation Reserve Program to return fragile highly erodible Illinois farmland to nature. The plan could idle up to 20 million acres nationwide including 2.9 million in Illinois Iowa Indiana Missouri and Ohio. It aims to save 95 million tons of soil annually and urges immediate farm bill action.
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Reagan
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Illinois Farm Bureau
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Farm prices steady after three month decline
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department preliminary index shows prices paid to farmers declined for three consecutive months then leveled off in June. The overall index was 10 percent below June 1984 and the May level, the lowest in over two years.
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Agriculture Department
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Navy admiral linked to surgeon Billig in Sims case
Washington AP report details Rear Adm. William McDermott Jr. telling relatives that surgeon Billig was a fine physician who would provide the best care. Sims died on the operating table after Billig’s Be thesda Naval Hospital privileges were questioned.
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William M. McDermott Jr
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Navy
Monmouth
N.J
Joanne Bilbo
Thesda Naval Hospital
Bilbo
Billio
Ms. Sims
Bilbos
Steve Pietropaoli
Vets clash with ruling on benefits and legal aid
Veterans denounce a 6-3 Supreme Court decision that keeps a $10 cap on attorney fees for VA service connected claims. Justices hint the law could be overturned if veterans prove legal help would have changed outcomes. Debate renews about access to counsel for complex disability and radiation exposure cases.
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National Association of Radiation Survivors
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Sandra Day O’connor
Harry A. Blackmun
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