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With the leaders of both parties in the House behind them, backers of a drive to restart the SST project won an initial test by 201 to 195 and naile it down by 201 to 197 on a second vo? Eight weeks ago they lost...
Needle's Eye. For all of Connally's efforts, however, the project cannot continue unless Congress agrees to underwrite $250 million in financing for Lockheed. That lobbying job may tax the Secretary's persuasive powers-as he knows, having argued unsuccessfully for the SST. This week Connally is expected to recommend to the Government a guaranteed loan to Lockheed...
Nixon had good reason to join the party. With the exception of his Administration's support for the abortive SST, the President has done his bit for ecoactivism over the past year. His Administration suspended potentially destructive projects like the Cross-Florida Barge Canal and deferred acting on the Alaska oil pipeline. It created the Environmental Protection Agency, an important new federal watchdog. It introduced 18 environmental bills in Congress, most of which deserve speedy passage...
...Senate has scored its coup de grâce against the SST. Now then, let's see if Senator Proxmire will have any second thoughts after he sees all of the Anglo-French and Soviet SSTs coming into and leaving J.F.K. Airport in New York City while our commercial airline industry withers on the vine. I think the anti-SST forces have made a very serious mistake...
...Your article, "William Proxmire, the Giant Killer," [March 29] is misleading. Senator Proxmire has not killed any giants. He has simply caused 42,000 more aerospace employees to lose their careers (not jobs). The SST money will now be spent on more "worthwhile" welfare projects. Please tell me again how welfare helps our balance of trade...