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Federal Government: Contracts, 1964 January-June

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1

Scope and Contents

A collection of letters, telegrams, memorandum, reports, press releases & other items. Examples are: "Department of Defense Prime Contract Awards By State March 1964" (5 pp.); news release (5/6/64) from Southwest Division Bureau of Yards and Docks re/ "construction contract in your Congressional District will be issued to the press on 13 May 1964;" notice to Congressment Wilson by the Dept. of Defense (5/6/64) that General Dynamics/Astronautics, San Diego was being issued "a definitive contract. . . . We estimate that the total amount of this contract will be $6,000,000;" a packet of corresp. Ap.-May, 1964) re/ discussion concerning the contract award for the barber and beauty shop concessions" at Camp Pendleton; subsequent packets of corresp. in this folder cover such topics as -- the Naval Repair Facility; Ryan Aeronautical Co. & their air-drop glider systems; Continental Rent-A-Car & the DoD; the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Cubic Corp. & PL 87-653; press release from the Martin Co. re/ $300 million spent for goods and services in 1963; NASA News re/ negotiate with six companies for launch support services; extensive discussion on Defense Contract Pricing and PL 87-653 & concerns of Lynch Communi-catons Systems, Inc., San Diego; Press Release from SBA re/ 93 prime government contracts valued at $3,667,362 during March 1964 for So. CA, AZ & southern Nevada; Bureau of Yards and Docks fixed price contract to G.L. Cory, Inc. of San Diego for the construction of an aircraft maintenance hanger at NAS, Miramar in the amount of $1,637,400; Dept. of the Air Force contract notice re/ General Dynamics/Astronautics, San Diego for ATLAS missile gnd. support equipment "bringing the total amount obligated to date to $151,067,854;" a large packet of corresp. re/ General Services Admin., the V.R. Dennis Const. Co. of San Diego & airport and roadway seal coat work; other topics in this folder include -- HEW & the Buena Sanitation Dist.; the AEC & Data Science Corp.; The Spasors, Inc. Corp., San Diego & their RADAR ALTIMETER WARNING SYSTEM (RAWS); more news releases from the Bureau of Yards & Docks, the Air Force and the Dept. of Defense; & corresp. (Dec. 1963-Jan. 1964) re/ opposition from CA. Lathing and Plastering Contractors Association and Union against an attempt "to change from lath and plaster construction to an inferior product on the walls and ceilings of the Family Housing Project at the Amphibious Base, Coronado, California."

Dates

  • created: 1964 January-June

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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