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...with those on garage sales and cocktail parties. In almost every 750-word spurt, Buchwald manages to get in some downright funny lines, and from time to time an entire installment is clever. For example, no one has challenged Buchwald's claim to the invention of the MX missile-Amtrak gag, which has since become an integral part of Op-Ed page vocabulary throughout the nation. Insisting that "nobody wants to fool the Soviets more than I do when it comes to pinpointing our missiles," he proceeds with the definitive explanation of how Amtrak delays and reroutings would provide...
While Japanese and French experts provide safe rail travel at 100 and 236 m.p.h. [Oct. 5], Reaganomics cuts Amtrak, instead of searching for improved ways to move people...
...passenger mile is half that of automobile travel and a quarter that of air travel, according to the French. Since trains between New York and Washing ton run on electricity, they could be powered with domestic coal. Who, then, benefits from the Reagan Administration's cutbacks in Amtrak...
...supposed to come from the levels originally proposed by Reagan last March, not those in the budget bill passed in July. Thus the Administration hopes to cut far more than 12% from certain programs on which he compromised to get his first economic package passed. Examples: Amtrak would be cut 46% from the level approved in July, education assistance to needy children would be cut 29%, guaranteed student loan funds 43%, economic development aid for local public works projects a whopping...
...contrast, the week-old walkout has already proved to be a bonanza for a few lucky businesses. In New England, passenger volume for Trailways jumped 40%. In the Midwest, business for Greyhound was up 55% on some routes, particularly in the Chicago and Indianapolis areas. The troubled Amtrak rail network enjoyed a 5% to 10% bookings spurt. On Amtrak's Metroliner service between New York City and Boston, passenger traffic climbed...