Word: contractors
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This week in Boston retired Contractor Dino Di Carlo, 61, will don colonial-style breeches, waistcoat and peruke. Then he will mount a horse and head northwestward through suburban Middlesex County, re-enacting Paul Revere's ride 200 years earlier to warn Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming to seize the colonists' military supplies. Di Carlo's trip will be the first major commemorative event since the U.S. Bicentennial celebration officially began on March 1. It promises to be a gigantic birthday bash that will involve millions of Americans, from the largest cities...
...quickly dubbed the "arms contract of the century." Last week the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands and Norway announced jointly that the best and least expensive contender for the prize was the $6 million American-built F16, designed and manufactured by General Dynamics Corp., the largest defense contractor in the U.S. Final approval by the four governments, expected by mid-May, will mean about $2.1 billion in sales for the St. Louis-based company...
Last week, with Phnom-Penh cut off by land and water, the U.S. stepped up its airlift to the besieged city. For months the U.S. has been sending ammunition into Phnom-Penh through a private contractor, Bird Air of Seattle, which uses twelve C-130s leased from the U.S. Air Force. .By last week, through Bird Air and four additional firms, the U.S. was sending in 1,200 tons of food and supplies a day aboard 17 cargo planes that made a total of 30 daily flights from Thailand and South Viet...
...Cadillac Gage Co. was given a civilian contract to build armored cars for Faisal's troops. No fewer than eight U.S. companies submitted bids for the troop-training contract. It was won by Vinnell with a bid of $76.9 million, of which the Pentagon as primary contractor, in keeping with standard practice, will keep 2%. Part of the Pentagon's fee will be earned by using a U.S. officer in Saudi Arabia to monitor and control the Vinnell activities in the field for the Saudis...
...Export with a plaque on a door and all mystery within. The privately owned company, headquartered in a Los Angeles suburb, was incorporated in 1945, and has specialized in large-scale building and engineering projects in the U.S. and in more than 40 countries abroad. Vinnell served as the contractor for Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, paved highways in several Western states, and for a time was a large steel fabricator in Southern California. The company has also enjoyed a lucrative and thriving relationship with the U.S. military for the past 30 years. In addition to building emergency landing strips...