Word: attractants
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They don't like it. Last week they showed up in droves before a zoning board that had called hearings on the proposal. Complained Thomas D. Quinn of the Chevy Chase Citizens Association: "The chancery would generate severe traffic congestion, attract sightseeing buses and curious tourists, bring pickets to the area with all their concomitant problems, and 1,000 guests or more at least twice a year to special social gatherings at the embassy." Noting that the area is zoned for one-family dwellings, Quinn said that the Russian embassy-chancery will be "a business office-by any definition...
...Room with a Teleview. In Britain, where domestic workers have declined from 517,000 in 1948 to 247,000 in 1961,* one big agency this week began a concerted campaign to attract girls to domestic service. A series of newspaper ads is inviting young people to write for a booklet titled Service in the Sixties, designed to educate them to the advantages and pleasures of domestic employment in these days of liberal vacation schedules, limited duty, central heating and a room with a teleview...
...European airlines see higher fares as the most expedient way out of their financial difficulties. Pan Am and TWA have been making good profits on the North Atlantic run, though steadily losing a bigger share of the market to foreign carriers. They argue that lower fares are needed to attract more passengers to Europe and help to fill up empty seats...
Secondly, the Young Republican national Federation tends to attract a different kind of worker than does the senior party. Despite its image among Democrats, the Republican Party as a whole is broadly based economically and ethnically, through its sociological "bell curve" may be on the prosperous side of the Democrats'. Such diversity is not so characteristic of the Young Republican National Federation-the desire of the present national leadership not withstanding...
...Board Rest Rooms. Despite its computers and coffee shops, Greyhound intends to remain primarily a bus company. Ackerman believes that load factors can be made even more profitable, is trying to attract more riders with soft chairs, glareless windows and on-board rest rooms. To get more passengers away from railroads-many of which are not sorry to see them go-Greyhound is constantly speeding up its schedules. On its 681-mile Canadian run from Vancouver to Calgary, its buses now beat the train by an hour. In some cases Greyhound can even compete with planes: the sign...