All Talk, No Action On Mass Transit Problems
Editorial comments that mass transit sees more debate than action but notes progress. Metroliner ridership and profitability improve, with half a million passengers and increasing round trips. Cleveland and Columbia projects show ridership growth and early adoption despite small current use. Transit evolution appears encouraging though not yet a full success.
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New York
Washington
Metroliner
Penn Central
Department of Transportation
Cleveland
Rapid
Columbia
Capital
Doct ors Mailbag Pregnancies Improbable After Change of Life
Questions and answers on pregnancy timing and conception. Ovulation occurs mid cycle with highest pregnancy risk in the two to three days after. Conception time is used for dating pregnancy. Miscarriage and postmenopausal fertility are addressed along with safe drug use, late-age pregnancy risks, false pregnancy, and early testing methods. The columnist invites readers to send general interest questions for future columns.
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Wayne G. Brandstadt
4.D
Dr. Brandstadt
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on weather and pretenders
The column mocks the persistently optimistic man and the wealthy who flee south for bad weather. It ridicules a phony who contributes a small amount to charity. It ends with a jab at winter spurring home repairs like fixing a water heater.
Quick Quiz Q words and plant roots in old quiz
A quick newspaper enterprise quiz covers terms like a Chinese homer defined as a short travel home run. It also names lightest President James Madison at about 100 pounds and heaviest William Howard Taft near 340 pounds. It confirms lichens survive without true roots stems or leaves.
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James Madison
William Howard Taft
Newspaper
Enter Rise Assn
Quotes on scarcity and public opinion in 1970s America
Time quotes reflect scarcity driven views on housing education and welfare with Arjay Miller and public figures shaping discourse. Eric Hoffer foresees a policeman president amid middle class frustration while Nixon notes the divide between public opinion and demonstrations.
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Arjay Miller
Ford Motor Co
United States
Eric Hoffer
America
Nixon
Railroads Need Aid To Upgrade Passenger Service Says Columnist
Paul Harvey suggests railroads suffer a 1960s era deficit for passenger trains due to shared accounting with freight. He cites eight major lines posting about 485 million dollars in passenger-related losses and argues for partial tax relief as federal subsidies already favor airlines. He notes potential gains from limited federal support, citing New York routes and future rail renaissance amid crowded skies. He ends with Bible verse and Today In History references.
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U.S
Paul Harvey Baytown
Assn. of American Railroads
New York
Boston
Washington
Missing FCC files expose Hartke Zapple gifts case
Explosive documents accusing Senator Vance Hartke and Senate aide Nick Zapple of accepting gifts from broadcaster Don Burden vanish from FCC files. The notes allege Hartke received free ads on WIFE Indianapolis in 1934 and that Zapple accepted a silver set and Pendleton Mills clothing gifts. Burden denies influence on the WIFE investigation while affidavits and several documents disappeared amid jurisdictional battles between the FCC and House committee.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Senate
Nick Zapple
Federal Communications Commission
Hartke
Indianapolis
Zapple
Pendleton Mills
FCC
Burden
Louise Rudd
Boys' Club
House Commerce Committee
House
Congress
George Smith
Broadcast Bureau
WIFE
Baytown Sun Staff and Publication Details
Editorial and advertising staff listings for The Baytown Sun include Fred Hartman Bill Hartman and John Wadley with editor and publisher roles. Published afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays from 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77520 with subscriptions and mail rates listed.
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Fred Hartman
Bill Hartman
John Wadley
Paul Putmag
Ann B. Pritchett
Dwight Moody
Baytown
Texeo
Baytown Sun, Inc
Memorial Drive
Texas
P.O. Box
Texan Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Finesse Lesson in Bridge by Oswald Jacoby
A student misplays a hand as trumps split 3-1. The professor explains a winning line by leading a diamond to setup a heart ruffing finesse, forcing West to give up a critical club sequence and leaving no defense against the long diamonds.
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East
West
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Bridge bidding puzzle with spade constraints
You are South. After West North East South pass Pass Pass 16 doubled pass pass 2h, your hand is ABCAWZ KIGI BQ1075. With partner unable to ask about spades and current auction, decide your action. Today’s question: you pass as does West. Partner doubles and fast passes. Answer tomorrow.
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West
Across and Down Word Puzzle Clues List
A mixed crossword style list with many misspellings and garbled clues. It includes entries for across and down with partial words and scrambled letters, referencing common crossword terms such as skin eruption and filaments alongside longer thematic hints.
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Victor Burlock
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mid-America
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