Editorial Viewpoint on Metroliner Success Versus Penn Central
The piece contrasts the Eastern Metroliner Turbotrain boom with Penn Central decline. It cites over a million riders in the first year and 63 percent average occupancy along Boston to Washington, noting new suburban Washington station boosts Metroliner market share to 10 percent. It argues passenger demand, service quality, and initial federal funding explain success, while Penn Central’s rescue costs underline the investment choice.
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Penn Central
Seaboard
Boston
Washington
US Department of Transportation
Metroliner
New York
Washington Beltway
Transportation Department
Daily Meditation on Youth, Dissent and Law
The piece argues most youths avoid crime while some cause trouble in school and urban settings. It urges keeping dissent within legal bounds, avoiding lawbreaking, and seeking root causes of social unrest amid a historically advanced era. It contrasts parental concern with support for lawful expression.
McGovern firsts judged from unconditional Vietnam pledge
William S. White laments McGovern’s pledge to quit fighting Vietnam regardless of enemy actions. The piece argues the vow jeopardizes prisoners of war and U.S. interests, contending the candidate’s stance mirrors television influence and could propel a risky, unserious bid. It contrasts McGovern with Muskie Kennedy and Humphrey while predicting future political outcomes.
Nearby galactic neighbors Maffei 1 and 2 found
Astronomers announce two of the Milky Way’s closest neighbors, Maffei 1 and Maffei 2, at about three million light years away. Thick interstellar dust in our galaxy blocked visible light, delaying the discovery.
Verne Revisited Plans World Tour by 19th Century Transport
S J Perelman now living in London aims to retrace Jules Vernes Around the World in 80 Days using the same means of travel described by Phileas Fogg. He faces hurdles like securing a balloon a steamboat African elephants and other era specific conveyances and crossing modern red tape.
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S.J. Perelman
London
Jules Verne
Verne
Phileas
Atlantic
Winchester Founders Day honors local leaders and club figures
The Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 21st Founder's Day banquet honoring City Manager Lee Grant and E R Huntsberry Jr along with W Eugene Larrick. Separately Glen Burnie Garden Club discussed spring planting at Mrs Frank Yeakle Jr's home.
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E.R., Huntsberry, JR
Lee Grant
W. Eugene Larrick
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
Harold G. Brown
Glen Burnie
Fred F. Sturm, SR
New York City
Questover
T.S. Crockett
Clarke County
Berryville
Winchester
Ed Molden
Junior Board of Trade
Winchester Armory
We Nominate John P. Fishwick for Paperwork Cleanup
As year end awards roll in, we nominate Norfolk and Western president John P. Fishwick for leading a hotel ballroom purge of unnecessary forms. He ordered top executives to trim forms, improve ones kept, and stop pointless reporting, cutting 24 of 60 reports and a 3,000 page daily computer printout. The drive follows his discovery that the railroad spent 2.5 million dollars on paper last year and shows how much time is saved when only essential documents remain. A call to other companies to adopt similar reforms ends with a cheer for Fishwick.
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John P. Fishwick
Norfolk and Western R. R
Fishwick
Railroad
N&w
Stout
Moderation comeback in national mood gains cautious ground
A veteran columnist sees signs that violence as a political tool is waning. He cites the Jewish Defense League moratorium and shifts in Soviet Jewry policy, while noting Weathermen pause and a broader public move toward decency.
Five Ways to Save On Airline Fares
Richard Putnam Pratt outlines how Eastern Airlines and others offer discounted night and special fares to fill seats. Highlights include family plans, excursion and student fares, military discounts, standby caveats, and triangle fares, with tips for maximizing savings and asking agents about available discounts.
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Richard Putnam Pratt
Eastern Airlines
Chicago
Miami
Feastern
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions Daily Test
A self testing quiz presents a ten day scoring plan with daily results. It asks ten questions covering fabrics geography insects aviation and plants asking if batik is a fabric method if a fruit is nicknamed midshipmen butter what are Scotland and Ireland flowers who Marco Polo was where Napa Sonoma Mendocino lead crops from California byproducts in explosives mosquito biting Lindbergh WW II service Taipei island and whether stones grow.
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Scotland
Ireland
India
Italy
Orient
Napa
Sonoma
Mendocino
California
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air Corps
Taipei
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McGovern
Hanoi
United States
Edmund Muskie
Edward Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
South Dakota
Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
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Kennedy
Earl Cather
Round Hill
The
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Jewish Defense League
JDL
Kremlin
Israel
Moscow
Meir D. Kahane
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Leningrad
New York Times
Bernardine Dohrn
Weathermen
Greenwich Village
Revolutionary
Cambodia
Younster
Triangle
Los Angeles
Mexico City
I.Q
Winchester Evening Star
Kent St
Advertising and Business
Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O’connell
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