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...Washington, the Justice Department asked CAB to go slow on an order which would restrict (and perhaps drive out of business) most small nonscheduled lines. DOJ thought the little fellows did a lot of good. Said DOJ: "The subsidized . . . carriers have little incentive to curtail extravagances in the absence of competition...
...Impressed by the success of cut-rate coach fares, Northwest Airlines said it would ask CAB approval for a coach fare of $96.80 from New York to Seattle (regular fare: $157.85), slightly lower than even nonscheduled lines fare...
Jackson, like the nation, was probably hollering more than it hurt. One cab driver wailed, "I'm slowly starving to death"-but he was making $45 a week. One shopkeeper summed it up: "Business is only fair, but it could be a lot worse." And out on Falihee Road, a gear-cutting company was building a new $4,000,000 plant. That meant 400 new jobs, when it was completed...
...rule I don't agree with Russian viewpoints, but Lieut. Colonel Kotko is right when he says tipping is un-Marxian [TIME, Jan. 17]. I believe it is also undemocratic. I wonder whether all these people, the barbers and waiters and cab drivers, realize that by expecting so eagerly to be tipped, they place themselves in a servile position towards their fellow citizens...
T.W.A. was planning to intervene in forthcoming CAB hearings on Pan Am's request for approval of the merger. It looked as if Damon and Trippe would battle to a decision, with no holds barred...