Word: bus
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Taxi drivers, bus drivers, and policemen interviewed yesterday all agreed that the new regulations for city bus parking are increasing the Square's traffic congestion and should be revoked...
Rudolph, when contacted last night, admitted that traffic flow in the Square has been upset by the bus parking changes. But he said that new schedules aimed at lessening the congestion will be put into effect at the end of the month...
Martin Luther King was first quoted in TIME in 1956 (March 5), when he was leading the boycott ("This is a struggle between justice and injustice") that eventually ended bus segregation in Montgomery, Ala. This is his third appearance on the cover-the first having been in 1957 (Feb. 18) and the second as our Man of the Year on the first issue of 1964. That choice and story brought us 2,500 letters, more than half of them criticizing our judgment, but all showing the intense interest and involvement TIME readers feel in the issue of race relations...
...little black bag were agreements granting the Congolese government major stockholder participation in 76 Belgian companies (ranging from the giant Union Minière du Haut-Katanga through Sabena Airlines to the Leopoldville City Bus Co.). It also contained a dividend check for $1,840,000 from the all-pervasive Belgian holding company, Société Générale-the first, Tshombe hoped, of many to come. "From this day," Tshombe proclaimed, "the Congo can call itself politically and economically independent...
...balance the outflow of dollars. To narrow the tourist gap-U.S. travelers last year left more than $2 billion abroad v. $1.1 billion spent by foreigners visiting the U.S.-the Government will step up its promotion to lure more travelers from abroad. Among the latest features: $99 bus tickets good for unlimited travel through the nation. To woo more foreign investors, the Administration plans to give them tax breaks on their U.S. stock market profits...