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Box MS419.01

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Newspaper clipping: UPI. About Army's contribution to the 40th World Shooting Championship, Oct. 17-26,1970

 File — Box: MS419.01, Folder: MS419.01.39
Identifier: MS419.01.39
Scope and Contents UPI clipping; "Army Agrees to Help World Shooting Match" Article written in Aug. The Army said yesterday it had agreed reluctantly to help support the $3 million 1970 World Shooting Championships with more than $70,000 worth of personnel and equipment. "Unfortunately," one officer said, "we are just better equipped than any civilian agency to support a large shooting match." The decision to provide support, a spokesman said, was made under pressure from the NRA and some members of...
Dates: Oct. 17-26,1970