Transit costs fuel push for alternative mass systems
Ridership rose 5.7 percent in 1974 amid fuel shortages and urban pollution, but nationwide transit finances remained weak with a $1.3 billion deficit. UMTA and Congress debated subsidies while cities eye light rail and para transit to cut costs and ease congestion.
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Albert Engelken
American Public Transit Association
APTA
Congress
Lanta
Washington, D.C
C. Kenneth Orski
Federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration
UMTA
Philadelphia
Boston
San Francisco
Boeing Vertol Co
William J. Rowan
Port Authority of
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New Jersey
San Diego
Miami
Los Angeles
Rochester
N.Y
Portland
Ore
Transportation
Coleman
Dismissal Criticized Schlesinger Loss Hurts Arabs
A Cedar Rapids editor argues the Ford firing of Defense Secretary James Schlesinger shows the high price of detente. He notes Schlesinger, a Jew, warned that U S support for Israel drains military preparedness and cites Kissinger promising Pershing missiles to Israel to coax Sinai withdrawal.
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Defense James Schlesinger
Ford
James Schlesinger
America
Israel
Schlesinger
White House
Kissinger
Sinai
U.S
Schlesinger’s Fall and Power Shifts in Cold War Era
The text claims Schlesinger warned against a two power world order and argues his removal signals U S government aims to preserve the status quo amid Israeli Arab tensions. It cites Islamic Items reports from 1973 detailing Soviet American influence, Sadat’s role, and broader superpower control over Middle East outcomes.
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Islamic Items
Soviet Union
United States
Schlesinger
Ford
Middle East
America
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Syria
Israel
United Nations
Russia
Qaddafi
Has to be versus must in word usage
The column discusses correct usage of phrases like has to be and must, noting minuscule spelling errors and improper substitutions. It highlights the difference between locutions and proper idioms, advising avoidance of has to be except for true compulsion and explaining how must differs in meaning.
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John Stathius
Philadelphia
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