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...priorities nearly doomed continued development of the U.S. supersonic transport aircraft. After the Senate voted nay, the plane was temporarily saved by a House-Senate compromise extending funds through March of this year. With that mandate about to expire, the battle has been joined once more. This time the SST's supporters have mounted a highly professional counterattack that threatens to overwhelm the aircraft's critics...
...House decision was a severe rebuff to the Nixon Administration which had asked for $290 million for the development of two SST prototypes. President Nixon telephoned several undecided congressmen Wednesday afternoon in an attempt to insure passage of the proposal...
...vote climaxed a bitter debate between the Administration and Senator William Proxmire (D-Wise.). Proxmire charged Wednesday night that the SST will increase the incidence of skin cancer by thinning the protective shield of ozone in the stratosphere. In response, the Administration accused Proxmire of trying to create fear among congressmen over the SST's threat to the environment...
Wassily W. Leontief, Lee Professor of Economics and a leading opponent of the SST, hailed the House vote. "As an attempt to improve transportation, the SST is barking up the wrong tree. The U.S. does not need a plane which benefits only a few rich people," Leontief said...
Expressing his faith that the political system would "peacefully end the Indochina War," McCloskey said, "I am tempted to say that a House of Representatives that can vote down the SST can also end the war this year...