The State - News from Feb. 13, 1989
Rep. George Brown (D-Calif.) asked the Pentagon to keep the Norton Air Force Base stores and clinic open after the rest of the base closes as part of a proposed nationwide cutback in military installations. Brown said in a letter to Acting Air Force Secretary James McGovern that nearly 10,000 retirees living nearby rely on the facilities. A special commission has recommended to Congress that Norton and 85 other installations be shut down because they are unneeded.
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