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...leaked document says that nuclear weapons would also be shipped to Spain, the Philippines, Portugal's Azores and the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. According to Arkin, the weapons are ten-kiloton nuclear depth charges that would be dropped from P-3C Orion planes. The State Department last week asked its embassies to emphasize that no nuclear weapons would be shipped to any country without its permission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weapons: U.S. Allies Get a Nuclear Surprise | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...item in question was not precisely a toilet seat but a corrosion- resistan t plastic case that fits over a toilet. It is used aboard the Navy's P-3C Orion antisubmarine planes. Republican Senator William Roth of Delaware, chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee, which looks into suspected cost overruns, had been conducting an investigation of the accessory. Roth was tipped off by a contractor in Washington State who had been asked to bid on the toilet unit in January. When the contractor learned that Lockheed Corp. was charging $34,560 for 54 toilet covers, he wrote a letter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adjusting the Bottom Line | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

...Because Cambridge is such an intellectual, ethnic and diverse community, its citizens want to make their own programs rather than subscribe to canned or packaged shows," says Susan Peck of the Cambridge Cablevision Corporation (3C...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Cambridge to Pick Cable Franchise | 2/12/1985 | See Source »

Both Cable Plus and 3C said they expect to wire the City within 24 months, while American said the job could be completed within one year...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Cambridge to Pick Cable Franchise | 2/12/1985 | See Source »

...flutter," in which vibration was transmitted from an engine to a propeller and then to a wing, which would sometimes shake loose. Lockheed spent $25 million to modify the design and strengthen the plane. Gradually, most pilots lost their fear of the aircraft, and a military version, the P-3C Orion, has proved reliable in tracking submarines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crash of a Troubled Bird | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

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