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Show World Briefs Army rebes, claims power in Uganda WASHINGTON--AP-The agency charged with eliminating excessive profits on space and defense contracts has reported that during fiscal 1970 it found private contractors overcharging the federal government by nearly $33.5 million, the highest overcharge over-charge total in a decade. The Renegotiation Board, in its annual report to Congress, said that during the last fiscal year it made 123 determinations of excessive ex-cessive profits totaling $33,453,457. In 68 cases, the board said, contractors made voluntary refunds or price reductions reduc-tions of $18,168,705. KAMPALA, Uganda AP-Army dissidents claimed the overthrow of President Milton Obote Monday, Mon-day, as he was heading home from the commonwealth summit in Singapore, and warned other governments not to interfere. A few hours after Radio Uganda announced the takeover, Obote arrived in nearby Nairobi, Kenya, and associates said he had established radio contact with Kampala. "The army takes over power and warns all foreign countries to keep noses out of Uganda's internal in-ternal affairs," said the Uganda broadcast. It made the victory claim after 12 hours of fighting with a rival faction of the armed forces in which an undetermined number of persons were reported killed. WASHlNCTON-AP-Hoping to rekindle the peace movement, the National Student Association Monday announced plans to ask every American to endorse a "People's Peace Treaty" negotiated ne-gotiated with North and South Vietnamese student groups. NSA President David Ifshin said the document would be presented wherever possible to voters, city and town councils and state legislatures, legis-latures, and to religious and civic groups, campus organizations and other public forums. |