https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/083dc5b8a882d8eab8046c2ed1dbf37a.pdf ef52ce263776281f8e2ba987596b1a42 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act • c,n u mu ion M E M O R A N 4 3 W t f d i v u l g u e en vertu de la u M$tt&\* "f ' TO l YOUR FILE No. Voire dossier J; OUR FHE No. Notre dossier "\ FROM De FOLD SUBJECT Sujet -16 CHICAGO SUM-TIMES, Wed., Pec. 4, H68 ichester Boari a the audience who were opposed tnented on the p r o p o s e d By Jerry DeMuth | " The Westchester V i l l a g e to locating nuclear missiles missile locations by asking; , Board Tuesday night unani- anywhere in the country to "Why does this site have to be mously adopted a resolution raise their hands. Only about in a thickly populated area? opposing the installation of a 50 persons raised their hands. This, question has not been nuclear missile' site in the Rep. Harold R. Collier (R- answered." Westchester area. 111.), whose 10th D i s t r i c t Wedinger commented to apThe six-man board took the includes Westchester and who plause from the audience, action at a special meeting at arranged the meeting, said he "Most of us Westchesterites High Ridge School attended by invited the Army to attend but would be happier if i t (the 400 area residents. The Army received a letter saying that no missile site) was moved tb had been invited to send a rep- representative would be there Liberty ville or 150 m i l e s resentative to .the meeting but because some of the informa- away." refused, saying some of the in- tion about the missile site is Rep. Sidney R. Yates (D-Ill.) formation on the missile site is classified. pointed to the large number of classified. The Army has previously people who attended the meetThe resolution stated: held briefings about the sites ing and said . it was "The construction of the pro- for local officials, the press "outrageous" that represenposed nuclear missile site and other citizens. tatives from' the Army wouid would be detrimental to the "I think the Army made a not attend. health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Village, of mistake in not having a man Westchester is one' of five here," Collier said after the locations in the Chicago area Westchester. meeting: "There are so many "It would not be in the best questions the public has the which/are under consideration interests of the residents of... right to know the answers to iis sties for a Spartan iongWestchester and its neighbor- that a man could have been runge missile, which will be ing communities to construct a sent here who would have been :i-.-,ied with a nuclear warhead. nuclear missile site in the area very helpful to us." The Chicago site will be part contiguous to the village . . . as of tbe $5 billion nationwide The village board authorized bcntiiiel program, designed as a proposed by the United States sending copies of the resolution "thin" d e f e n s e against a Department of Defense." Before the vote was taken, opposing the missile site to Sen- m i s s i 1 e . attack from ComVillage President Charles Wed- ators Everett M. Dirksen (R- : unist China. inger asked those in the au- III.> and Charles H. Percy CR- T : e program has come un- j dience to raise their hands if 111.), Collier, the Defense De- j ;-:L attack from opponents who they were opposed io the loca- partment and the Armed Ser- I !•.'• • 't is unnecessary. tion of a missile site in the vices committees of the House j The location of a ChicagoWestchester, area. A!! but and Senate. .-. .\i "lte" has also come under about 25 persons raised their Dr. John Schiffer, a physicist ' .••.truck as unnecessarily risky hands. from the Argonne National i vt -ansa of the danger of an acWedinger then asked those in Laboratory, L e m o n t , com-; cidental explosion. 000278 CGSB—6GP22o PP&S Cat. No. 3591 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDBM00186 Title A name given to the resource Transcript from Chicago Sun Times Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/4/1968 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-c, file 27-11-7, "DEFENCE - CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS - ANTI - BALLISTIC MISSILES (ABM) = DEFENSE - ARMEMENTS DE TYPE CLASSIQUE ET NUCLEAIRE - ENGINS ANTIMISSILES (ABM)," vol. 10357, part 4, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Anti-ballistic missiles Description An account of the resource Westchester Board Votes Against Anti-Missile Site Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en