Suburbs Eye Dial-a-Bus Plan for Commuter Service
A Northwest suburb bus firm adopts dial a bus features to serve Arlington Heights and nearby towns including Homewood Downers Grove Elk Grove Mount Prospect Wheeling and Buffalo Grove. With 15 to 22 seat buses and no subsidies the venture targets commuters shoppers and local residents and aims for customized service with separate needs for railroad riders the elderly and youths.
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Chicago
Homewood
Downers Grove
Elk Grove
Mount Prospect
Wheeling
Buffalo Grove
Arlington Heights
Predictions and weather notes from ESP column in 1973
The column cites psychic forecasts on Watergate figures, Russia and China as world powers, and timing for the Equal Rights Amendment. It notes a warm summer with a cold snap in August, predicts no Nixon assassination in July, and offers individual readings on marriage and retirement within 1973.
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Russia
China
America
Illinois
The Piasa Bird Legend Ends In Heroic Strike
A legend of the Piasa Bird on the Mississippi cliff is recounted with a tale of Wassotoga, a false sacrifice, and 20 archers who killed the monster at daybreak. The piece notes the erasure of the painting for a rock quarry and urges caution on the river with changing seasons and storms.
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North America
Iowa
Union
Illinois
Alton
Wassotoga
Finlandization as a Cold War question reshapes U.S. defense costs
The piece frames Finlandization as staying friendly with the Soviet Union while avoiding control, noting Finland’s long border with the USSR and postwar avoidance of Soviet invasions. It suggests the debate could influence U.S. funding to station 300,000 American soldiers in Europe and the broader security stance.
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Europe
U.S
Soviet Union
Finland
Poland
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
Finlandization and European Security Conference Debates
In Helsinki representatives from 34 nations discuss how to secure all states amid NATO and Warsaw Pact blocs. The idea of Finlandization sparks Western fear of Kremlin control while offering Eastern Europe a potential liberalization at home.
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Finland
Helsinki
Moscow
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Kremlin
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Bucharest
Esquire usage sparks debate in legal address styles
Reader letters discuss whether to use Esquire or Attorney at Law in formal addresses. Eleanor advises on elicit versus illicit, Miss versus Ms, and explains Counsellor-at-Law versus Attorney-at-Law distinctions with witty asides about office life.
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Eleanor Harris Q
Eleanor
Sylvia T. A. Awful
Evelyn T. A
Social Security number and survivor benefits questions answered
The Social Security Administration clarifies that new numbers are not issued to all beneficiaries. Widow recipients keep payments, and ex spouses with work history may enable monthly checks for dependents. For Medicare dialysis coverage starting July 1, ask at any Social Security office.
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Social Security Administration
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Muggsy
Evansvile, IN
U.S. Air Force
Lilinows
Mississippi Valley
Potawatomi Chamber of Commerce
Wassatoga
Piasa
McAdams Highway
Carona
Eastern
Gee Whiz, Boss
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