200 BeV and beyond

Right on schedule and contrary to the scoffing predictions of many Washington pundits, the National Academy of Sciences site‐evaluation committee recommended six possible locations for the proposed 200‐BeV proton accelerator. Congress, however, was grumbling over the suggested management for the new machine and over estimates for the 600–1000‐BeV proposals. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic. CERN was having similar problems in planning for its 300‐BeV device