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...roots of the Concorde conflict run deep. The U.S. launched a program in 1963 aimed at developing its own SST, but then dropped out of the race in 1971 when Congress cut off funds. The lawmakers decided-over the objections of the Nixon Administration-that money for the expensive project could be better used for more important federal programs; they also feared that the SST would endanger the environment...
Those arguments did not deter the Soviets, who were hard at work on their TU-144, or the French and British, who had already ridden out an SST crisis...
...their SSTs (nicknamed "Concordski" by Westerners because of design features obviously copied from the British-French plane) into service on a domestic cargo and mail run from Moscow to the central Asian city of Alma-Ata. The Concorde is not far behind. The French plan to start SST service later this month from Paris to the Senegalese capital of Dakar (2,860 miles) and then on to Rio de Janeiro (another 3,189 miles). At the same time, Britain will launch Concorde flights from London's Heathrow for the 3,162-mile trip to the oil-rich island...
Concorde opponents have a new ally in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Reversing its earlier position in favor of allowing limited SST flights into the U.S., the EPA last month declared that environmental considerations made flights into New York's J.F.K. "undesirable," and those into Washington's Dulles "increasingly questionable." At last week's hearing, Roger Strelow, EPA assistant administrator for air and waste management, told Coleman that "introduction of Concorde service runs directly counter to the noise abatement and other environmental policies and programs of the U.S." He was backed by New York Conservative Senator James...
...episodes as well as Enterprise Skipper James T. Kirk knows his Operations Manual ("Nature and Duration of Mission: Galaxy exploration and investigation: five years"). Thus 16,000 Trekkies who paid to attend last week's Chicago convention, the biggest ever held, have spent considerable time writing SST (Save Star Trek) letters to Paramount Television, which owns all rights to the series. Their campaign has swamped Paramount's in boxes since production was halted in 1968. Star Trek addicts argued that its popularity would ensure profits if it could be revived...