Bennington editor notes SST subsidy cost surge
William M. Allen of Boeing and Fred Borch of GE announce higher SST revival costs as Congress had ended the program. They say resuming development would require substantial federal funding, with Allen estimating 500 million to 1 billion dollars and GE seeking full development cost coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
Santa Claus
William M. Allen
Mr. Allen
Boeing Company
Fred Borch
Sam
Congress
Allen
SST looks like a dead duck after cost blowups
The piece notes a swift political reversal against the SST program as Boeing and GE expose higher renegotiation costs. It questions whether SST proponents knew of the rising outlays and laments inflated figures. It also profiles Joseph Colombo and Rabbi Meir Kahane joining forces, suggesting FBI scrutiny and potential benefits to J Edgar Hoover amid controversial alliances.
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Gerald Ford
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Boeing
Warren Magnuson
Washington
Santa
Rabbi Kahane
J. Edgar Hoover
Messrs. Colombo
Kahane
Mansfield meat-axe aims to curb Europe force presence
Washington column argues Senate leader Mike Mansfield seeks deep cuts in U S forces in Europe amid rising costs and uneven European burden. It notes 2000 plus bases in 30 countries, 1 750 000 personnel and dependents, and 4 5 billion annual cost, with Europe hosting 300 000 troops and 128 generals. It frames Mansfield as frustrated yet not an isolationist, urging reappraisal of policy and alliance reforms.
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Mike Mansfield
Senate
Europe
Mike
U.S
Laird
United States
Congress of the
Mansfield
Washington
North Atlantic Alliance
Organization of World Peace
Britain
Vietnam
China
Asia
John Gardner
Pentagon
Bennington Plans Renting Sacred Heart Classrooms
A letter to The Banner outlines Bennington School District plans to rent three classrooms at Sacred Heart School for the 1971 1972 year. Grades 2 3 and 4 will use the rooms with public school students. Rent will be set per room and on par with similar rentals. Teachers will be district hired and state certified and under the superintendent and the elementary principal.
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Bennington
Sacred Heart
State of
Vermont
Superintendent of Schools
Samuel R. Ogden
Mom
Ivan Illich
Robert W. Santway
Frost Rd
Georgiana Miranda
Domination by utilities and politics in Vermont debate
A Vermont letter to the editor denounces utility backed nuclear expansion as domination aided by Congress and the AEC. It cites the Vermont Yankee permit, calls for public hearings, recalls past secrecy, and questions state and local consent amid national push for reactors. The author urges resident vigilance and frames debate as timeless conquest.
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Atlantic
Politburo
Congress
Vermont Yankee
AEC
John Saylor
House of Representatives
Beatrice J. Brown
Brattleboro
A Bit of History in Searsburg and Skater’s Return
A nostalgic hometown column traces spring’s arrival in Searsburg with daffodils and warm sun after a thaw. Personal notes cover a Florida move, Vermont ties, and a dancer’s lifelong path from ballet in Berlin to vaudeville skating in New York, including a transformative return to ice after a detour into jewelry design.
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Ivo
Hamburg
Germany
Opera
Cecille
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Lighter Side: hookworm learns to love opium plant idea
Washington columnist Dick West notes Rep. Richard C. White's drug control proposal to target poppy crops with pests. He jokes that no natural poppy enemy exists and muses about training insects, like the tobacco hornworm, to attack marijuana fields and disrupt heroin production, raising satirical warnings.
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Washington
UPI
Richard C. White
D-Tex
White
Far East
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Conn
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Fla
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Wilmington
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Florida
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Massachusetts
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