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...applauded yesterday's Senate vote to refuse further Federal funds for the SST...
...talking about putting money into the movement of people, there are a lot better places you can spend it than on the SST," he said. Hickel called for strong government support for public, rapid-speed, mass transit. "The technology is there," he said, to solve the transportation problem...
...Senate voted yesterday, 51 to 46, to stop Federal funding of the supersonic transport (SST), despite administration, labor, and industry pressure for continued appropriations...
Yesterday's action follows last week's 215 to 204 House vote against the SST...
...SST may yet get off the ground. The House, which approved further funding last year by 14 votes, is expected to do so again. The showdown will be in the Senate, where more money was rejected by an eleven-vote margin. Not at all certain that the Senate will repeat that opposition, Proxmire is urging states to ban SSTs of any nation from their airports. Five states are considering such legislation. Concedes Proxmire about the pro-SST assault on the Hill: "It's the kind of campaign I've seen pay off again and again in Congress...