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...REPORT on Black Rock Forest is unacceptable not only for its bizarre self-contradictions but also for its quick willingness to betray principles traditionally considered inviolable. The report recommends that Harvard abandon its nine-year stand and permit the sale of 240 acres of the area to Consolidated Edison. Con Ed, the New York power utility, needs the land to build the Storm King pumped storage hydroelectric plant, a project that has drawn the opposition of local residents, the City of New York and every major American conservation organization...
...sentence letter to a member of the Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference, the project's most active opposition. "There has been no change in Harvard's attitude about Black Rock Forest," Pusey wrote, "We have no desire to have land under our trusteeship used for the purposes proposed by Con Ed." The committee's failure to include any consideration of the former President's position in its recommendations is hardly surprising in light of its self-confessed lack of "stamina". This admission appears to serve as a convenient excuse for not delving into the detailed environmental, aesthetic, and technical aspects...
...Minister Dom Mintoff. The fiery Mintoff, in rebuffing the routine payment from the Bank of England, 1) demanded higher rent from Britain; 2) intimated that he would evict the troops unless he received it; 3) flew to Tripoli seeking support from Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi; and 4) tried to con other NATO nations that share in the rent payments into putting more pressure on London. What made the whole thing so familiar was that Mintoff had followed essentially the same script a year ago in a comic-opera confrontation that rocked on for nine months before it was eventually resolved...
Wilson said that Harvard will set some "nasty restrictions" on the building and usage of the power facility. He said that Con Fd will have to agree to abide by these restrictions before it buys the land...
However. Wilson said. the "local citizens should take a move extreme position" in dealing with Con Ed if they was the facility to be completely safe...