Cost Of Weapons Under New Attack
Wisconsin lawmakers target military spending with GAO figures showing 26.3 billion in cost overruns across 55 weapons. Defense figures claim Indochina aid eclipses Soviet and Chinese support, with 107.1 billion spent since 1966. Overruns include DD963 destroyers rising to 3.1 billion and per ship cost up 76 percent.
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Randolph E. Schmid
Associated Press
Washington
Wisconsin
Indochina
William Proxmire
Les Aspin
Defense
United States
Soviet Union
China
Proxmire
GAO
UTTAS
Aspin
Defense Intelligence Agency
South Vietnam
North
Congress
Army
Sweepstakes Winners List Sought for Colgate Contest
J R from Magerstown asks for names of voters who won a separate sweepstakes prize tied to a Colgate Palmolive popularity contest. The source notes a winners list is on its way, and requests for the list have gone unanswered.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co
J.R
Magerstown
Roof repair delay after new room addition
Cascade reader complains of a roof leak after a local firm completed a February room addition. He says repairs promised by the company have not yet occurred and carpeting has been soaked, while a company spokesman vows a crew within two weeks.
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Cascade
Atwater-Kent Radio Company Still Out of Business Since 1936
A reader from Mercersburg Pa notes Atwater-Kent radio and speaker parts are unavailable locally. The company, once based in Philadelphia, has been out of business since 1936, and the search yielded no spare parts or replacements. Residents are urged to check antique shops and junk stores for legacy components.
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Atwater-Kent
Philadelphia
J.S
Mercersburg
Thailand
Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
Souh
Vietnam
Change Of Address Creates TV Guide Delivery Delay
Mrs N C Sharpsburg reports she moved her mother’s TV Guide subscription from West Virginia to her address. Publishers have not responded to the address change letter and magazines have not arrived. TV Guide says they will hand mail issues to the current address while the change is checked and will notify when regular service resumes.
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Din March
TV Guide
West Virginia
Senate begins debate on 214-billion military procurement bill
The Senate opens debate on a 214 billion military procurement measure focusing on weapons accuracy and yield enhancements for nuclear arsenals. Sen. McIntyre warns of provoking a Soviet first strike amid fears of a nuclear arms race as midweek votes loom.
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Harrison Humphries
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Defense Department
Thomas J." McIntyre
U.S
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Flixborough Explosion Triggers British Probe and Rebuilding
Britain orders a major inquiry into the Nypro chemical plant blast at Flixborough England that killed 29 people and injured 105. Fire and toxic fumes forced evacuations across Lincolnshire as about 100 homes were ruined and 30,000 nylon jobs in northeast England faced jeopardy. The plant, producing caprolactam for nylon, was owned by British and Dutch interests and the disaster area covers hundreds of acres with thousands displaced.
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England
Nypre Ltd
Flixborough
London
Nypro
Environment
Gordon Oakes
Brian Harvey
Ken O'Riordan
Lincolnshire
Britain
Kennedy Leads Ford in Gallup Poll
In a May 10 13 Gallup survey of 1543 adults Kennedy leads Ford 50 to 39 with 1 uncertain. Women were top choices among Democratic and Republican voters for their parties nominations while 24 percent Republican 42 percent Democrat and 34 percent independent.
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Princeton
Edward M. Kennedy
Gerald R. Ford
Gallup
Kennedy
Ford
Rocket attack on Bien Hoa air base kills prisoners and wounds police
A night rocket assault by Communist gunners on Bien Hoa air base 15 miles northeast of Saigon kills 29 prisoners at Tan Hiep Correctional Center and injures 64 others while damaging the runway. Five nearby villages suffer blasts as 30 rockets hit the area before dawn.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Tan Hiep
Associated Press
Dan van Phuoc
South Vienamese
Cambodia
Kompong Seila
Phnom Penh
Thailand
U.S
United States
Lawyers Seek Testimony In Calley Case
Attorneys for William L. Calley Jr. ask the court to compel government testimony from Army and congressional panels that investigated the My Lai massacre. Briefs argue the court should overturn Calley’s court martial conviction for 22 Vietnamese villagers. Arguments proceed with a June 24 hearing before Judge J. Robert Elliott.
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Kathryn Johnson
Associated Press
Columbus, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
U.S. District Court
Calley
J. Robert Elliott
Army
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