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Funding Approved for Graham, Ky., Plant's Military Work.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2001

By David Blackburn, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 21--GRAHAM, Ky.--The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed part of a defense spending bill that will increase funds for military work at the Ensign-Bickford Co., although the amount of money is lower than initially planned.

The Defense Appropriations Conference Agreement, passed Wednesday by the House, allocates $3.5 million for the local plant's manufacturing of the Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS) for fiscal year 2002.

The amount is the result of negotiations between conferees in the Senate, which had asked for $5 million in its version of defense spending, and the House, which had no additional funding in its version.

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