The Nation - News from March 19, 1986

Lockheed Corp. marked down its price on a toilet seat cover for the Air Force C-5 jet transport to $1 from $317. A Lockheed spokesman said that the item, which Pentagon critics had publicized as a symbol of government waste, had been discounted to “take toilet seats out of the headlines.” But regulations require some payment. The agreed price was $1 each for 31 toilet seat covers.