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George Washington established the Springfield (Mass.) Armory in 1794 as the first small-arms-manufacturing arsenal for his army. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized the place 50 years later in his poem "The Arsenal at Springfield," where "from floor to ceiling, like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms." After several generations...
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara was not half so impressed. Along with nearly a thousand other large and small military facilities, Springfield was ordered closed as an economy move; its weapons development and pilot production were to be turned over to other, armories or private companies. Last week with a symbolic burst from four M-14 rifles, one of the last weapons developed at the armory, McNamara's order went into effect...
...Springfield (pop. 170,000), the loss of 2,400 jobs and $27 million in annual payrolls and other expenditures from the city's third largest industry could have been catastrophic. "The whole economy of Springfield," says Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Paul J. Greeley, "was based on George Washington's decision to build an armory here...
Last week that racial refrigeration nearly dissolved in smoke. Not far from Springfield Avenue, site of last sum mer's worst rioting, flames emptied a three-story tenement, then rapidly blew through the area. "Most of these houses are nothing more than reinforced card board," said one tenant. The worst fire in Newark's history razed 1½ blocks and left more than 500 residents with out shelter...
Fielding made the difference. The Springfield pitcher held the usually booming Crimson bats silent, and it was only on errors and close fielding plays that the home forces were able to get on base. The Yardling defense, as usual, was airtight...