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...notable victory. Trans World Airlines, British Overseas Airways Corp., Air France and the CAB all announced their support of tourist rates beginning next spring. But there was no final agreement on the rates. Pan Am wants to cut the present $395 one-way fare to $225, with a $405 round-trip rate. The other airlines and the CAB want a $265 one-way fare and $477 roundtrip. The proposed rates would also cut 25% from the round-trip fare during the offseason months when travel is lighter. On all tourist flights the airlines expect to carry about one-third more...
Midnight Sailing. When the two had been missing for three days, Scotland Yard took up the trail together with Britain's M.I.-5 counter-espionage agents. They found that Burgess had booked two tickets for a round-trip excursion steamer to Saint-Malo, Brittany, hired a small sports car for ten days. Headlights blazing, the car flashed through the deserted streets of Southampton just before midnight, screeched to a stop at the dockside. The two men tossed a couple of shillings to the dock attendant, shouted "Buy yourself a drink," and leaped aboard the steamer. "What about...
...trains can compete with buses, planes and autos on short runs by cutting fares and giving better service, the Great Northern Railway slashed fares on its Seattle-Vancouver run by 32% about a year ago. The new rate of 1.5? per passenger-mile ($5.25 for a round-trip ticket) was 10% lower than bus fare. After bus companies also cut fares, Great Northern rolled out two brand-new, speedy diesel "Internationals" which lowered the train trip within a hairbreadth of plane time (including travel to and from the airport). Last week, Great Northern reported "phenomenal increase" in business. Ticket sales...
...poor of Venice, he applied to the Catholic banks for a travel loan, but was turned down as a poor risk. Finally a Jewish admirer lent him the money for the journey, but Cardinal-Patriarch Sarto was so certain he would not be elected Pope that he bought a round-trip ticket. When he died he wrote in his will: "I was born poor. I lived poor most of my life. I wish to die poor...
...also cooperating with the N.S.A. in providing low-cost summer travel for students, will offer scheduled flights to Holland on June 14 and 15 and early in July. The 160 spaces will be disposed of on a first-come, first-served basis, Stern said. Total cost is $310 round-trip...