Word: partnership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...PARTNERSHIP POWER dams may be approved for Idaho's Clearwater River. Federal Power Commission has given Pacific Northwest Power Co. (a combine of four private power companies) a preliminary go-ahead on dams at Bruce's Eddy and Penny Cliffs (combined capacity: 532,000 kw.; estimated cost: $320,351,000). In keeping with the Administration's partnership policy (TIME, July 26), the Federal Government may share flood-control costs...
Healthy Climate. Partnership means simply that Interior will help power projects, where possible, and might pay part of construction costs (for flood control and navigation benefits, both federal responsibilities). Henceforth, McKay said, the Federal Government will build only projects too big for any other outfit. Example: the $1.2 billion five-state Upper Colorado project...
...McKay, partnership is based both on principle and on practical sense. The Northwest alone requires $3.5 billion worth of new power by 1974, and no conceivable Congress would pungle up that much money for one region. "This country," said McKay, "is growing so rapidly that we must have the effort of everyone. The Federal Government cannot do it all." And a federal dog-in-the-manger attitude holds off private capital...
...Partnership may be paying off. Presently planned new projects in the Northwest alone total a thumping 5,249,000 kilowatts capacity. Construction cost: $1.5 billion, not at federal expense...
Power Politics. McKay's partnership power policy is a hot issue in several states. In Kentucky, concern for TVA could defeat Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper, although he does not share his party's position. In Wyoming, ex-Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney is trying to come back with an all-out attack on McKay. In Idaho, where Hell's Canyon is a burning issue, some pro-McKay candidates lost last week's primaries. In Montana, Fair-Dealing Senator James Murray is campaigning against McKay rather than his opponent. In Washington, two Republican Congressmen (Walt...