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These savings are Pentagon nickels and dimes compared with the sums involved in one of the key decisions immediately facing Carter: whether or not to build the supersonic B-l bomber, at a projected cost of $22.9 billion for a fleet of 244. Ford has ordered production to start on the first three, but Carter can scrap that plan any time in the first half of 1977. During the campaign he opposed production of the B-l "at this time" but wanted R. and D. to continue while he rethought the future need for manned bombers. His decision will shape...
...Mostly low-cost housing...
...projects, he was nicknamed Dr. No, for the James Bond character. He helped kill the B70 bomber, which was vulnerable to Soviet air defenses. He also was involved in two expensive mistakes: the FTX fighter-bomber, and the Air Force's C-5A transport, whose construction resulted in cost overruns of $2 billion...
...benefit of China's 800 million men and women who live a spartan existence, clothed in the ubiquitous unisex padded jacket and trousers. It has been alleged that Chiang Ch'ing secretly ordered two dozen custom-made dresses in the space of one month, at a total cost of 760 yuan ($400). On a visit to the agricultural commune of Tachai, Chiang Ch'ing "arrived by special train with an entourage of 100 persons," recalled a local official. "Her personal effects had to be carried by several trucks, and she occupied the entire guesthouse, which...
...Security Council, was furious at learning that the FBI had tapped his telephone. He filed suit against the half-dozen top officials whom he felt had to be held responsible. He even sued the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Last week Morton Halperin won a resounding victory that could cost his tappers, starting with President Nixon, nearly $1 million in damages...