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...Continent Airlines, with offices in Kansas City, discovered that passengers who flew over a route at least twice a month were entitled to buy "commutation tickets," and thus avoid paying the 15% federal transportation tax. Mid-Continent expects to run eleven commuter routes (sample: Kansas City-Tulsa), sell commuters' ticket books (four tickets, valid for one month) at an 18% discount. At least six other major lines intend to start commuter services...
Obligations of such a unit would be fulfilled in two-month periods of military training and in local weekly meetings. He suggested that anyone wishing to avoid such a duty be allowed to volunteer for immediate two-year service in the armed forces...
Former OPA administrator Paul Porter will follow the Communist forum on October 15 with a discussion of "Can We Avoid Depression?" Porter will be joined on the platform by other speakers, as yet undesignated...
...Architecture: "There won't be room in most small living rooms for both fireplaces and television sets." Because TV sets are best viewed headon, "this mechanical fact may elongate the room, to avoid waste space on either side of the optimum viewing arc. Windows must be disposed to preclude the advent of any glare . . . Furniture groupings will be theater-style . . ." As screens grow larger, light in the room will be reduced. This, naturally, will require the use of luminous knives, forks and china...
Math, however, lately has turned into a bugaboo for McColl, and he plans to avoid it and science as much as possible while planning his program at the College. He intends to stress the liberal arts, with an eye to going on to law school...