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Among the many requests that the Interstate Commerce Commission gets from railroads anxious to discontinue unprofitable passenger service, the one it ruled on last week was aptly described as "unique." The train that came under the commission's scrutiny operates almost at capacity in peak seasons, remains as plushly appointed as the day it came into operation 18 years ago, and has received virtually no complaints from passengers about deteriorating service. Moreover, noted the ICC, it passes through "some of the most spectacular scenery in the country" and thus is a "national asset." So saying, the commission ordered that...
...company's sales. Last December Bluhdorn hired former CBS-TV President John T. Reynolds, who will now work to expand Desilu's profits as well as Paramount's TV business. Weary of Desilu's $75,000-a-year presidency, Lucille is said to be anxious to sell her 60% shareholding, worth more than $10 million, and devote full time to being Desilu's star performer. >Humble Oil & Refining, Jersey Standard's domestic subsidiary, will pay more than $30 million for California Standard's 1,500 Signal Oil service stations in California, Oregon, Washington...
What makes Sullivan so anxious to participate in labor negotiations at Harvard is that settlements here are the key to contract terms at other colleges. "We live and die," he told some B&G workers, "by what goes on at Harvard, the oldest and most prestigious university." Sullivan feels that his past experience would enable him to get very good settlements out of Harvard, thereby boosting the contract benefits at some of his other area universities such as B.U. and M.I.T...
This long, still unended, battle probably will not be the last. Members of several other small independent unions at Harvard claim to feel at a disadvantage when negotiating with management and they too are anxious for affiliation with larger unions...
Tougher Taxes. The gasoline producers have been anxious to beef up their profit margins ever since 1965, when a long and costly series of price wars finally faded away. Though retail prices, excluding taxes, indeed rose nearly 4% during 1966 to about 22.1? per gal. -matching the high 1957 level - the suppliers have a number of problems. Demand continues strong and refineries are being forced to pay more for crude oil. Labor settlements early this year have increased industry wages by 4%; dealers, also squeezed by higher wages, have long been screaming for fatter prices at the pump...