Jul 2 1967
From The Space Library
SSTs would solve sonic boom problem by flying at subsonic speeds where necessary over densely populated areas, Secretary of Transportation Alan S. Boyd said on ABC TV's "Issues and Answers." Since development of SST was "very worthwhile" to national prestige, balance of payments, US. leadership in aviation industry, and advances in related technology, it should be continued despite rising costs of Vietnam war, he said. Citing urban congestion as U.S.'s major transportation problem, Boyd said DOT was trying to develop a balanced system of transporting people to and through cities. Even with expanded airport facilities, relief by aviation would be limited by ground congestion, he said. (Smith, W Post, 7/3/67, A17)
NASA personnel changes: (1) John S. Brown, Division Director in the Office of Legislative Affairs, NASA Hq., became Deputy Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs; (2 ) John P. Jewett, Assistant Chief for Administration, Nevada Extension of AEC/NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (SNPO-N) , became Chief of SNPO-N. (NASA Ann, 7/2/67, 7/25/67)
France exploded nuclear device from a balloon over Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific. Test, originally scheduled for July 14, was last in summer 1967 series of three designed to perfect a trigger for hydrogen bomb France planned to explode in 1968. (UPI, W Star, 7/3/67, B4)
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