Word: bus
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...Psychiatric Association. "The trouble was that city and state governments failed to set up a safety net for those who don't cope well." On Los Angeles' Skid Row, says Social Worker Herb Lester, "I get a lot of people who say, 'They gave me a bus ticket in Oklahoma and said to come here because they couldn't help me any more...
...blew it." He has spent most of 1983 sleeping where he could around Manhattan. A job has eluded him, but, he says, "I'm trying to prove that I can make it on my own." Indeed, he would rather bunk down in a concrete corner of a bus depot than check into any city shelter. "I went to one once, but there was nothing there but bums. I ain't no bum and it will never come to that. I'm a normal guy," Hanshaw says. "I just ain't got a home...
...Druze militiamen, resulting in the death of eight U.S. Marines near Beirut International Airport. In Beirut itself, a car bomb exploded in a crowded street, killing 14 people. Nobody was apprehended, and as usual, the list of suspects was endless. Next day a terrorist bomb exploded on a crowded bus in Jerusalem, killing five Israelis and wounding 45 others. For this senseless slaughter, two warring branches of the Palestine Liberation Organization, including the mainstream group led by Chairman Yasser Arafat, claimed responsibility. A day later, Arafat's group admitted making the attack but said it had made a mistake...
...Melvin the King And a real Union meal for the one from Peking. For Raymond L. Flynn, we can't help feeling queasy; His job is cut out, but it sure won't be easy. A trip to New York for the King of Nepal-- In an HSA bus leased by young Leventhal. They'll stop on the way to drop off a small mansion To fill all of North House's needs for expansion. New honors for Kleckner, Sulelman and Eck; Let's hope a new trend is just starting its trek. Warm seasonal greetings to artist Frank Stella...
...BUS LINES. After being hurt by the rise of cut-rate airlines, intercity bus companies were given new freedom last year to raise or lower fares. That helped trigger price wars between the two big carriers, Greyhound and Trailways. To trim costs, Greyhound asked that unionized drivers take a 9.5% pay cut and thereby provoked a strike that is now in its second month. Employees rejected a new wage offer last week, and Greyhound said it would continue its effort, started three weeks ago, to rebuild service with nonunion drivers...