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...congressional crackdown on defense spending was much in evidence last week. The National Defense Authorization Act for 1989 passed by the House and Senate would increase defense spending only 2.8% next year, to $299.6 billion. That would not even match the expected 4% inflation rate. Another sign of seriousness about cutting the Pentagon budget came when the House passed a measure to expedite the process of closing 20 domestic military bases believed to be obsolete. The moves are expected to save anywhere from $2 billion to $5 billion a year...
...Northrop, Teledyne, Unisys and United Technologies. Since the raids, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., has been delving into charges that some of these defense contractors and their consultants bribed Pentagon officials for inside information vital in bidding for contracts worth billions of dollars. As part of the crackdown, Carlucci last week ordered 16 defense firms to certify on future contracts that they have received no inside tips relating to the deals...
...them from billboards by 1991. (As in the U.S., cigarette makers in Canada do not advertise on TV.) Beginning next year, every pack of cigarettes sold in Canada will contain a leaflet explaining the dangers of smoking. The tobacco industry fears that the Canadian legislation will inspire a similar crackdown by Congress...
California environmentalists are marshaling their forces against the ATVs. In May the state parks and recreation commission renewed a ban on off-road vehicles in California state parks, except for those areas specifically designated for their use. And California conservationists are continuing to push for an even bigger crackdown. Desert legislation proposed by Senator Alan Cranston would create 3 million acres of new national parks, where access would be limited to existing roads, and 4.5 million acres of protected wilderness that would be closed to all motorized vehicles...
Emboldened by Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's calls for reform, the new party had demanded free elections and independent trade unions. The crackdown underlined that there are limits to the amount of glasnost that the system will tolerate. Said TASS: "The group is nothing more than a bunch of scandalmongers...