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Show Black Mesa Missile Site To be Retained WASHINGTON Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, It-Utah, said today he his been notified by the Department De-partment of Defense that it is considering retention of the Black Mesa Missile Launch Site near Bland-ing, Bland-ing, Utah through Fiscal year 1971. Sen. Bennett eariicr had asked Secretary of Defense De-fense Robert S. McNama-ra McNama-ra to extend use of the Site, whose testing program pro-gram originally had a sch eduled completion dale a early as 1968. ' "The Army tests the an 0 curacy of the Pershino missiles at the Site," the Utahn said, and "it ha "' proven to be a healthy re! lationship for both tj,a military and the people of f San Juan County." Sen. Bennett said, "T am ,:5 hopeful and confident" th Army will see the benefit in continuing the Pcrsi. (i ing program there." -jJ Missiles fired from : 1 Blanding are impacted in?S Federally-owned land near'' White Sands, New Mex-'iC ico. The Site is one of two '0 in Utah; the other, which tests Athena missiles, i '. near Green River. ji . |