Word: agee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Youth Fare, appearing as it did after my friends and I had made 18 transcontinental train trips, was an Emancipation Proclamation for the middleclass student. Across the country, youths in the 12-22 age bracket swarmed to the airports; by 1968 six million per year were taking advantage of the reduced fares...
...point of view, is that a statute specifically prohibits unjust discrimination in fares. Discrimination in fare policy consists of offering "a special tariff . . . to a limited class of persons . . . under substantially similar circumstances and conditions as the service rendered to those not eligible for the tariff." In other words, age alone is not justification for offering reduced fares so long as both old and young receive the same basic service--in this case, a plane ride from one city to another...
Despite the arguments in Youth Fare's favor -- and the airlines presented many--neither the court nor the Examiner could find a legal basis for age being used to justify discrimination. As far as air travel goes, there is nothing about the 12-22 group that distinguishes it from any other subgroup of the population--all of whom would like to fly for less...
Under the new census, all residents will receive a questionnaire in the mail just prior to April 1. Age, sex, place of employment, and schooling will be collected for every individual...
...privacy of every citizen will be fully protected, Sullivan said. "All individual data will be grouped with those of other persons and reported as facts about, say youth who are 16-18 years of age. In this way no person can be identified," he explained...