Word: transports
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Schlesinger about getting the equipment. He implied that this time Schlesinger would be more accommodating." Later on Thursday afternoon, they write: "Kissinger argued forcefully with Schlesinger about the need to correct the military imbalance in the Middle East. He again urged his colleague to charter 20 American transport planes to fly emergency supplies to Israel. Schlesinger resisted Kissinger's appeal. The Defense chief argued just as forcefully that even a limited American airlift to Israel would so infuriate the Arabs that they would impose an oil embargo on the United States. The argument was resolved only after Kissinger...
Flabbergasted. "By 9:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12, Dinitz still had heard nothing about the 20 charters. A half-dozen Israeli planes had transported military equipment from the United States to Israel, but that was, as [Dinitz] put it, 'a drop in the bucket.'" When Dinitz called Kissinger to complain, the Kalbs report, "the Secretary seemed surprised and angry. Kissinger immediately called Schlesinger and, in the President's name, instructed him to arrange for the charter of 20 civilian transport planes. Schlesinger said the Pentagon had tried to hire civilian charters but failed. Most [airline] companies...
...biggest problem is the airport's vaunted Airtrans, a 13-mile computer-controlled system of tracked trams designed to transport passengers around the terminal perimeter. Because the system was apparently oversensitized, the cars grind to a dismaying halt if even a light bulb fails. The trains often skip stations or fail to open doors after stopping, while passengers inside bang on the windows to get out and those waiting to board bang on the glass to get in. Houston Industrialist Howard Purvis says that he was recently trapped aboard Airtrans "for two complete circuits. Finally, I got off close...
Already in September the University had spent $30,000 to initiate a shuttle bus service. Egged on by the protests of many, including Radcliffe students who were often too frightened to attend evening meetings away from the Quad, Harvard leased two buses on an experimental basis to transport students, free of charge, between the yard, the Business School and Radcliffe, from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. every day. After a slow autumn, when the buses were usually empty, the program began to gain momentum. By February what seemed like fleets of old rattling buses were careening all over the campus...
Arab Tilt. Some key offices have gone to dependable veterans: Rabin's old comrade-in-arms Yigal Allon, 55, becomes Foreign Minister as well as continuing as Deputy Premier, while former Transport and Communications Minister Shimon Peres, 51, takes over Defense from Moshe Dayan. But Rabin has appointed others, including five newcomers, who may tilt Israel's new government toward more flexible dealings with Arab nations. Perhaps his most controversial Cabinet choice is Mrs. Shulamit Aloni, 45, head of the dovish Citizens Rights Movement, who advocates the return of most occupied Arab lands in exchange for a Middle...