Pentagon buys billions in last minute contracts
The Pentagon rushed a 4.2 billion one day spree to close fiscal 1983, awarding 234 contracts and wiping out a projected surplus. Highlights included Lockheed C-130 deals, Honeywell torpedoes, and Pratt & Whitney GE engine work, amid a mix of sole source awards and competitive bids.
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Clevelanders join freeze march in Nuclear Weapons event
More than 1,000 protesters marched through downtown Cleveland in a Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign event. Speakers included U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes and City Council President George Forbes. The march urged Congress and the Soviet Union to halt testing and deployment of nuclear arms and fund a verifiable freeze. The Cleveland effort was led by the Greater Cleveland Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign Inc. Polly Duncan led the organizing group. The march ran from Cleveland Stadium to the lakefront.
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