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...wish the airlines would abolish all bargain fares. They could then lower the exorbitant regular fares to more reasonable levels, thus sparing themselves the ill will of disgruntled would-be passengers. Margaret Piton Montreal...
...similar threat loomed, the Administration applied intense pressure and the problem seemed settled. After 17 weeks of talks, negotiators for the U.S. Postal Service and three postal unions announced tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. The two key compromises: the Postal Service abandoned its effort to abolish a contract's ban on layoffs; the unions accepted relatively moderate pay and cost-of-living increases of 19.5% stretched over three years. It was the only major union contract this year to be settled on such mild terms, and Administration officials hailed it as a victory over inflation...
...implications of Proposition 13 may have reached their ultimate end in Port Richey, Fla. (pop. 1,600). Two months ago, the voters decided to abolish their $135,000-a-year police force. Instead, they pay $70,000 for protection from the Pasco County sheriffs department, thus saving themselves $65,000. Now, former Councilman Robert Downey has asked why property owners have to pay $195,000 a year to the city. His solution: to abolish the city and make it an unincorporated section of the county. The community would pay only for fire protection and street lights, saving homeowners about...
Another problem concerns the length of sentences. Alaska Attorney General Avrum Gross says his decision to abolish plea bargaining was strongly influenced by a 1975 case in which a "violent killer" plea-bargained a murder charge into manslaughter and was promptly released, since he had already served 18 months while awaiting trial. Instead of violent criminals getting tougher sentences under the ban, only drug offenders and people accused of minor property crimes ended up going to jail, more frequently or for longer terms. "The ones who really got socked were the low-risk offenders," says Clarke, "the ones with...
...conservatism does not emerge like .50 cal. bursts of nonsense-sell TVA, abolish Social Security. True, he recites a solid right-wing litany of tax cuts, spending limitations, deregulation. But almost more important to the candidate is his fervor about the U.S. ("Most magnificent thing man has created"), hard work ("Dependence is not good for anybody"), individualism ("Most talented work force in the world"), hope ("The dream is not over"), fulfillment ("Every job is meaningful") and purpose ("The proper relationship of government...