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Reactions Vary Over Government Officials Jet Trips
The AP reports officials including Commerce Secretary Peter G. Peterson and Interior Undersecretary William Pecora took free flights on corporate jets. An ITT lobbyist highlighted such use by Congress members, though no direct conflicts of interest were found. Several senators and representatives were seen using company jets at National Airport, with mixed views on propriety and safety concerns voiced by a pilot.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Peter G. Peterson
Chicago
Standard Oil of
Indiana
William T. Pecora
High Administration
South
Pecora
Dita Beard
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Associated Press
National Airport
Peterson
House
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Milton Young
R-N.d
Lawton Chiles
Dfla
William Spong
D-Va
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Peter Dominick
R-Corp
Dan Daniels
John S. Monagan
D-Conn
Congress
Lynn Mote
Northern Gas
Southern Railway
Standard Oil
Philip Drotning
Commerce Department
Minority Business Enterprises
Sioux Falls
S.C
Young
Mote
Senate
Northern
Interior