Word: nuclear
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Apart from the price tag, the bill as passed contains the fiat that the Pentagon must build "as soon as practicable" two new nuclear-powered guided-missile frigates similar to the Navy's Bainbridge. The measure also provided twice as much money as the Defense Department had requested in order to accelerate development of the so-called advanced manned strategic aircraft, a new long-range heavy bomber...
...dispute with McNamara were barely discussed. The Pentagon's original request for $16.9 billion had already been fattened by the Senate, which authorized an extra $243 million to further a number of projects presently unwanted by McNamara, notably a new fighter, an antimissile system and a single nuclear frigate...
...WORLD LAW & POWER: "Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford."-U.N. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg at the Catholic University of America...
...Ruhr and battled against truncheon-swinging police in Belgium (toll: two dead). Behind this unrest is an upheaval in the sources of energy that are at the root of Europe's economic strength. As it has in the U.S., coal is losing its primacy to gas, oil and nuclear energy. The result is fewer jobs for miners but more opportunities for those who can exploit Europe's new power...
Gone Fission. Nuclear power is also creating a profound reaction in Europe. From nearly three dozen plants, Europe last year generated nuclear energy equal to 2,000,000 tons of coal; by 1980, the figure is expected to rise to 125 million tons. Britain now has more nuclear-produced power than all the rest of the world; France, which is short of other power sources, is trying to catch up. The Fifth Plan provides for starts on five to eight reactors...