Word: drives
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Faced with the growing opposition of conservatives in his home state, the normally dovish Church has taken a tough line on the Kremlin since he revealed the presence of the troops. As chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Church had been counted on by the Administration to direct the drive for the two-thirds vote SALT II needs for Senate approval. But Church now threatens to hold up the treaty until the issue of the Soviet troops has been settled. Protested one pro-SALT Senator: "The s.o.b. has sold us out for his own private purpose." Said another: "Whatever credibility...
...proposed nuclear waste-dumping site near Carlsbad, N. Mex., to a planned sit-in at the site of a nuclear power plant being built in Seabrook, N.H. But for Fonda, 41, and Hayden, 38, the New York City rally was the launching pad for another crusade: their drive to publicize Hayden's anti-Big Business Campaign for Economic Democracy...
...financially straitened Chrysler Corp. got a felicitously timed lift last week in its drive to persuade Washington to approve federal guarantees for loans from private banks. The Economic Development Administration decided to guarantee loans totaling $111.1 million for the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. to install pollution control equipment. Though that guarantee was granted under a special Administration program to help steelmakers meet the heavy cost of complying with environmental rules, Chrysler officials are sure to cite it as a precedent in their push for much bigger guarantees...
...Orioles, who now hold a 2-1 lead in the A.L. Championship Series, entered the bottom of the ninth with a 3-2 lead. However, with one out, Rod Carew doubled and scored the tying run when Oriole centerfielder Al Bumbry dropped a Bobby Grich line drive for a two-base error...
TODAY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE will pour into Seabrook, N.H., to occupy its now famous nuclear reactor site in an attempt to halt further construction of the plant. Only an hour's drive from Cambridge, the plant deserves the attention of the Harvard community. Even more directly concerned are the residents of Seabrook, who have tried to stop construction, twice voting against the plant in town meetings and filing numerous lawsuits--all to no avail...