Editorials Rocky read to Transbus
A 96 page National Research Council report casts doubt on Transbus a decade long effort to build a cheaper more mobile bus for the disabled The DOT investment may not justify production costs The debate hinges on whether a DeLorean backed Transbus could beat U S manufacturers and salvage the mandate The push comes from Frank Bowe and Stuart E Eizenstat who urge saving the DOT rule and expanding access to transportation handicapped people across the country.
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National Research Council
Transbus
Department of Transportation
Neil E. Goldschmidt
Brock Adams
DOT
Goldschmidt
White House
John Z. DeLorean
General Motors
Northern Ireland
DeLorean
U.S
New York
American Public Transit Association
Bowe
Denver
St. Louis
Stuart E Eizenstat
Pennsylvania Ave
N.W
Washington, D.C
Youngstown not dying community says mayor
AP analysis details Youngstown Ohio mayor J Phillip Richley disputing national media depictions of the city as dying after the Campbell Works layoffs. He highlights a plan for a steel technology center funded by federal money, while stressing immediate tasks to preserve and attract jobs and seeking federal support to leverage local investment.
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Youngstown
Ohio
John Cunniff
Youngstown, Ohio
J. Phillip Richley
Mahoning Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Campbell Works
Ridley
Richley
Youngstown-area
Richely
Washington
Mahoning Valley Development Corp
Youngstown Works
R. Wayne Kraft
Lehigh University
Development Corporation
Laird Eckman
Today in history highlights for September 28 1979
This date marks key events including Japan and China agreeing to end hostilities and establish relations in 1972 and Yorktown siege in 1781. Other notes cover Navy flogging abolition in 1850 and a first postwar general aviation milestone in 1924 Seattle flight. Birthday: William Paley at 78. Thought by Carl Sandburg on life.
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Associated Press
Japan
China
Yorktown Heights
U.S. Navy
Seattle
Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
Washington, D.C
Walter Wash
William Paley
Carl Sandburg
Defection and performance: dancers, boats, and Beatles
The piece links Soviet ballet defections to Western opportunities and human crises. It notes stars like Nureyev and Baryshnikov seeking artistic freedom, contrasts with Indochinese boat people in camps, and proposes a capital gains angle with Beatles reunion concerts to aid refugees, while questioning limits of absorption and interest.
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Nureyev
Makarova
Baryshnikov
Aleksandr Gudonov
Leonid
Valentina Koslov
Koslov
Fink
Bolshoi
Ludmilla Semenyaka
Soviet Union
U.S
United States
Southeast Asia
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Ballet
Paranoia and Power Plays Across Cuba and Angola
A review of clandestine Soviet Cuban military activity and Angola’s war impact. Details include 2800 Russian troops in Cuba, MiG-21 pilots, satellite intel on KGB DGI links, and 40 000 Cuban soldiers in Africa. Comments from readers critique oil regulation and federal hurdles for independents.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Havana
U.S
Cuba
United States
Kremlin
Defense Intelligence Agency
San Antonio de Los Banos
Guinea
Atlantic
Central Atlantic
Cuban
mid-Atlantic
Carter
Pentagon
Soviet
KGB
Latin America
DGI
Fidel Castro
Hemisphere
Puerto Rico
Soviet Union
Africa
Angola
Moscow
West African
South Africa
Ussr
West
Ninty
Mr. Anderson
Congress
Phil Kempton
Novata
Okla. A
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