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...special panel charged with recommending to the President and Congress which military bases should be closed announced its final painful round of cuts. Hardest hit state: California, which stands to lose McClellan Air Force Base and the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, among other facilities...
Defense Secretary William Perry said the Pentagon may oppose the findings of the federal base closing commission . The announcement is good news for President Clinton as he searches for a way to keep open California's McClellan Air Force base and Long Beach Naval shipyard without appearing too political. Closing the bases would cost nearly 27,000 jobs in a state whose 54 electoral votes the President needs. "What Clinton would like is to get cover from the Pentagon saying that it is militarily necessary to keep these bases open," saysTIME's Mark Thompson. But the Pentagon may have...
...Defense Base Closure Commission has voted to eliminate the Long Beach Naval Shipyard and the jobs of its 4,000 employees. California has been hit especially hard in the latest round of cuts. Yesterday, the commission recommended closing Sacramento's huge McClellan Air Force Base, eliminating 12,000 jobs. The closings are bad news not only for California but for President Clinton, saysTIME's Mark Thompson. "This is a real political problem for Clinton. He has to take California to win the 1996 election, and approving these cuts isn't going to make him very popular there." The entire list...
...next challenge for the Crimson came at the outdoor Heptagonal Championships staged in Annapolis, Maryland and the U.S. Naval Academy. The team placed a disappointing sixth having earned only 41 points. Penn finished first with 151, followed by Princeton (132) and Dartmouth...
Following the war, Hiestand became a recalled for the Korean War, however, and served as assistant to the supervisory cost inspector for the 11th naval district...