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a THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 1, 1967 1 Boeing, GE Designs Chosen GM Asserts It Can't Comply With 5 of 23 Safety Rules I I For U. S. Supersonic Airliner 'DETROIT. Dec.

31 mpiv plane will have a movablei On takeoff, the plane's speed Continued from First Page instrument panels crush on impact so that a child thrown against a panel would not be Co. and the Chrysler and Amer-i ican Motors Corps, previously; criticized the proposals. Chair-j man Henry Ford, 2d, said his company might have to shut! repaid through a formula for that wiU shift vm 3S'iS aim -the amf royalties, plus the favorable ef- the plane goes from subsonic to present big jetliners, about 180 feet of foreign sales on the bal-j supersonic speed. From nose to! miles an hour. But in about 20 ance of payments deficit.

tailf it measuTe 306 minutes, the plane will be cruis- Congress already appropriated about twice the size of the cur-iing at 65,000 feet, so fast is its i I 'ill down some assembly lines if forced to meet them all on 1968 'models. to file comments miuion ior me iirsi six: ihnilHun cnrH iptlinpr5 rpnt Gtneral Motors said on Saturday ltcould not comply with five of the 23 safety standards set for' automobiles by the National' Traffic Safety Agency. jpM said it could comply only' iiKvart with two other and recommended minor modifi-l cation rf six others. Of the re-j training 10 standards, GM said; it-could and would comply "assigning reasonable interpreta-1 tion of the standard." TiM left no doubt that it fore-extreme diffculties unless I months of work on the plane. GM said it had no instruments capable of making tests on panels to conform with such specifications, "nor do we know how to construct an intrument for such measurement." The standard for seat and seat belt anchorages, GM said, contains specifications for i fa-standing pressures so high that the underbody of the car would But Mr.

Johnson could find hard- In terms of speed, the i plane! A General Electric spokesman will make the world a called the award 'extremely smaller place. It would fly fronr Sra-fvmS" and said the corn-New York to Los Angeles jn Pany was ''optimistic that a firm two hours, San Francisco to p-ahead (to build the proto-uii type) will be given shortly. going asking for more funds at a time when he is advocating budget-cutting. In his announcement. McKee president.

D. minntos Whinctnn In Pric in ifMiecu pi v. Lockheed's Ford, Chrysler and AMC arej expected to file formal com-! jments with Haddon next Tues-i day. Haddon said in Washington he! is pleased the various companies! are submitting detailed com-! ments, but that his agency! would have no other comment I before the Jan. 3 filing date.

Haddon is scheduled to an-J nounce the Government's final; have to be stiffened to the point that the ear's energy absorption said the FAA would continue to tw0 hou'rs and 5g minutes Haughton expressed keen disap-explore certain economic as- pointment at losing out the pects of the program." MOVABLE NOSE competition but said the funds many of the standards were substantially changed or dropped altogether, harry F. Barr. vice president- However. Mr. Johnson predict- If the present schedule Is released by tne tAA under tne ed Congress would act promptly prototvDe could he flv- contract will have a favorable in a collision would be reduced.

DELAY RECOMMENDED Of the shoulder harness requirement, GM objected that the public will not even wear currently designed harnesses. GM recommended delay until better once a final decision was made. ling by 1969. The airlines hope effect on earnings and will help The plane's supporters claim for their first delivery in mid- ine lirm pursue auernaie pro- list of requirements on Jan. 31.

He said his agency will spend most of next month evaluating! any decision otner tnan a go-! 1974. "i-cinw ahead would be disastrous to! The FAA estimates the world been delayed or bypassed. enjgineei ing staff, expressed GM's views in a six-page letter and a 172-page report to Dr. William Haddon, administrator of the Government's new Traffic Safety Agency. The Agency disclosed proposed 1968-mftdel standards on Dec.

1. Executives of the Ford Motor U. S. prestige. They see the: market demand for the planes.

harnesses are designed which will "increase level of public acceptance." GM said 20 of the 23 proposed company responses. 5 STANDARDS HIT The five standards GM said it could not meet for 1968 models plane as providing billions of at about 800, but some industry dollars in profits, thousands of officials believe it could go as! jobs, and assuring that the Unit-! high as 1800. The total marketl ed States continues to rule the potential is put at about $50 toil-1 world commercial plane-build-1 lion by some industry officials. standards were either impractical or unreas a 1 e. Minor changes or reasonable interpretation of some of the standards, U.S.

Prime Roast Beef choice of salad and dressings baked potato, $1QR French fried onion 33 rings garlic bread 1 OPEN SUNDAY AND EVERY DAY MUSIC NIGHTLY mm The passenger aboard a supersonic airliner will find flight different from the subsonic jets. For one, he will be cruising at 65,000 feet, nearly twice as high involved new tires, occupant protection against interior impact, head restraints, seat an- jchorages and seat belt anchor- ages. GM said these proposed standards reqiire "more engineering knowledge than is currently available." I GM cited the specification that mg market. NATIONS IN RACE Even before the American SST arrives, a British-French combine expects to have a it said, would make them ac ceptable. The GM statement was partic mom AP Wirephoto Multiple exposure photo of full-scale mockup of Boeing's design for a supersonic transport demonstrates how wings fold from open position to almost a tailfin configuration.

The Boeing design was chosen Saturday by the Federal Aviation Agency over one submitted by Lockheed Aircraft Corp. as the subsonic airlines. Aot supersonic airlines flying about only wiU the wings of his plane xue ouvin jisu but the nose too. The Boe-m the race, and could be the ing design win allow the pilot to Winner. Iraieo anrl Ina-or tho nnco fnr hot- "PHONE TUESDAY EARLY AS 8 A.M.-LO 3-4300- ularly critical of the standards requiring a minimum 20-inch height above ground for all outside lights.

It said 1968 cars had been planned according to General Services Administra i standards that set the minimum height at 16 inches. GM said it could not meet the 20-inch standard for 1968 cars without vast re AJC Opposes Poverty War Cuts But even before the super-jterisibmty as he gets near or 1796 HOUSE NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI). elude increased antipoverty ap the ground. airlines will be using the so- TV A rt nrimn 1 1 i Vi nr rtrocc nvnnf iotiMn- i l-i nnvl 1 called jumbo jets and the 'AST sPEEI) BUILDING called jumbo jets tAJM said saiuraay tne war on oudget.

"stretched" jets. Inside the plane the tempera- poverty at home should not be; "No expenses abroad, military These planes will fly at sub- ture will run a comfortable 75 cut back to meet the cost of the or otherwise, warrant any sonic speeds of today but will degrees, but at speeds of 2000 tooling that would include new; RESTAURAM AT THE DOWNINGTOWN INN On U.S. Rt. 30 minuttt west of Phils, on Lancartsr Avt. Phone: PHILADELPHIA DOWNINGTOWN WA 2-7077 269-1000 designs for grilles.

MORE TIME ASKED The standards set for new FASHION BASEMENT war in Vietnam. reduction in the war against be capable of carrying between miles an hour, outside parts of In a message to the White poverty here," Rabbi Arthur J. 500 and 800 persons each. plane could heat up to tern-House, the Jewish organization Lelyveld, of Cleveland, national The design that won Boeing peratures of 450 degrees Fah-asked President Johnson to president, said in a letter, the competition is a radical SIZES 14V2 to 24V2 and 38 to 52 Special! While KORVETTE tires, GM said, prescribed testing procedures and values based on "pure theory." Barr made a strong appeal for granting automakers more lead time in meeting any future safety standards. He also urged that future standards be set for cars that are completely redesigned and retooled.

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