Government and Industry Rally For SST Private Funds
UPI reports government and industry seek about 400 million in private capital to salvage the supersonic transport after the Senate cut off funds. Nixon calls the vote a blow to aerospace leadership while companies warn of thousands of layoffs and a likely death of the project. Negotiations consider bond sales, insured loans, or a multinational consortium as options. Projections show remaining costs and potential penalties totaling hundreds of millions if the project ends now.
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Washington
UPI
Wall Street
West Coast
Congress
Nixon
Senate
Japan
Germany
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Ash
Boeing
General Electric
Nixon calls for cabinet reorganization to eight departments
President Nixon urged Congress to consolidate 11 cabinet departments into eight, creating new departments of Natural Resources Community Development Human Resources and Economic Affairs. He argued fragmented agencies hinder coordination and promised deputies and administrators for major programs to improve accountability and reduce disenchantment with government.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Nomic Affairs
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
Department of Economic Affairs
Department of Commerce
Senate
Insurance Resolved and City Transit Lines to Continue
City Transit Lines won approval to resume operations after president A G Oswald announced a solution to the insurance issue. He split coverage between two carriers, reducing annual liability costs to under 24 thousand dollars. The PSC closed the hearing as operations would continue with a 312 thousand dollar city subsidy this year.
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City Transit Lines
A. G. Oswald
Oswald
State Public Service Commission
PSC
City Hall
Red
Drought Drives Peasants Into Brazilian Towns for Food
Recife Brazil AP reports northeast drought forces roving peasant bands into cities in search of food and work. Hundreds of thousands go hungry as a year long drought devastates an area the size of France and Germany. In Pernambuco state a group of five families entered Garanhuns camped in the main square seeking relief and employment. Government work programs have been phased out as too costly. Governor Paulo Barreto in Sergipe requests new work fronts but faces rejection as closures loom by May.
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Recife
Brazil
France
Germany
Garanhuns
Pernambuco
Paulo Barreto
Sergipe State
Proxmire Candidacy Not Likely
Sen William Proxmire D Wisconsin said he would have run for president on the SST issue if it had survived but with the SST defeated he now considers his candidacy unlikely. The Senate voted 46 41 to block further federal financing of the program. Gaylord Nelson sided with Proxmire.
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Macgruder
Wall Street
West Coast
Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson
Proxmire
Layoffs Hit U S Aircraft Industry Across Sector
United Press International reports a Senate vote to halt SST funding devastates the aerospace sector. Boeing plans 7,000 layoffs, including 4,300 SST workers, with Seattle area staffing dropping from about 100,000 in 1953 to 29,000 by year end. North American Rockwell and Northrop Co. also announce layoff impacts on SST related subcontracts.
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United Press International
Boeing Co
Seattle
Senate
Theodore Droppieman Jr
Boeing
Lowell P. Mickelwart
Mickelwart
Los Angeles
Southern
California
North American
Rockwell
Northrop Co
Rohr Corp
Chula Vita
Call
Snowy and cloudy night with flurries expected
A mostly cloudy night with snow flurries is forecast and temperatures will dip to around 25 degrees. Details appear on Page 8.
Neighbors defeat federal beach plan near Nixon home
In Key Biscayne Florida protesters argued the 2000 cubic yard sand fill would harm Biscayne Bay ecology and violate land fill laws while officials cited security needs for electronic gear hedges. Public plans were deferred after area objections and criticism of secrecy from officials.
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Washington
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
Biscayne Bay
J.E. Smith
Atlanta
General Services Administration
Public-Buildings Service
Bay
Florida Department of Natural Resources
State Establishes Two New Parks in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Board of Natural Resources approved creating Buckhorn Peninsula Park in Juneau County with a 450,000 dollar purchase for over 3,300 acres, including a 100 acre island, plus a Brown County park of 25 acres from the Department of Health and Social Services. The Brown County site will be separated from the Reformatory via highway interchange and bridge over the Fox River, housing historic sites such as a courthouse tomb and the Cotton House burn site. An initial development plan for Harrington Beach State Park in Ozaukee County was authorized at 171,600 dollars, and bids for several game management projects were invited at an estimated 583,000 dollars as the DNR reorganizes under six district directors.
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MADISON + UPD
State Board of Natural Resources
Wisconsin
Brown County
Juneau County
Wisconsin River Power Co
Jueau County
Wisconsin and Yellowers
Buckhorn Peninsula Park
Castle Rock
Department of Health and Social Services
Fox River
Baird Law Office
Cotton House
Burt
Harrington Beach
Ozaukee County
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
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Department of Eco
U.S
Ecology
Niewapaprrfachive
Gus Ollos
Association
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