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...1970s, began negotiations to acquire his old firm as well. He hopes that the Interstate Commerce Commission will approve the merger on the ground that struggling Trailways might otherwise go out of business. To help gain support for the deal, Currey pledged last week that Greyhound would not abandon some 400 towns, including Albany, Ga., and Fort Polk, La., that are now served exclusively by Trailways...
...quit the land of apartheid during the past 2 1/2 years, and last week three big names -- Citicorp, Ford and ITT -- joined the crowd at the exits. The magnitude of the American pullout has raised some crucial and highly controversial questions: What happens to the businesses that U.S. companies abandon? Are South Africa's blacks better or worse off? Has divestiture had any impact on the country's economic and political climate...
...ryong, a spokesman for the main opposition Reunification Democratic Party, vowed that if reforms are not initiated, the party will abandon civil disobedience and "switch to a line of decisive struggle." He did not elaborate...
...trend of progressivism, far from being an invention of the New Deal, was merely brought further by Roosevelt after a start under the Hoover administration....Governor Landon has given no indication that he desires to abandon the reconstructive measures of Roosevelt. His views on social security, farm aid, conservation of resources, and relief all bear the stamp of a man devoted to the needs of the people. His lieutenants are singularly suited to carry forth a progressive program; they would well merit the name "brain trust," were that name not in such ill repute. And who would not prefer William...
...highest priority this time: reduce unemployment by 1 million within two years, at a cost of $10 billion, mainly through public works programs. Kinnock also stood by his party's unilateral nuclear-disarmamen t position -- even though it remains an electoral liability. The Tories charged that Labor "would abandon the defense policy followed by every British government, Labor or Conservative, since World War II." Said Social Democratic Leader Owen: "On defense, Labor remains a menace to its allies and the answer to the Russians' prayer...