Word: cabs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...kidnapers drove Caransa into central Amsterdam and shoved him out of the car. Shivering in the rain, with electrical-wire manacles dangling from his arms and legs, and wearing one patent-leather shoe, the kidnap victim snouted: "I am Caransa, help me, help me!" After hailing a cab, Caransa made his way to police headquarters...
...exceptional jet-age odyssey. It began when his World Airways flight touched down in Bangor, Me. A disembarking stewardess walked past Kreuz, and wished him a "pleasant stay in San Francisco." Startled, he left the plane and went through customs. But then he kept on going, hailing a cab and, without any knowledge of English, reached a hotel...
...four days, Kreuz walked about Bangor. Then he decided it was time to leave what he assumed were the San Francisco suburbs. He grabbed a cab and asked to be taken into the city-San Francisco, that is. But that, the incredulous cabbie told him, was a continent away. When the San Francisco Examiner offered Kreuz a free trip to his original destination, the ruddy-faced bachelor finally did get to see the Golden Gate. But, by all accounts, he left his heart in downtown Bangor...
...profitable or not, will remain in effect for a while-if for no other reason than that the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board has approved them for varied experimental periods. Indeed, bargain fares between New York and London are still proliferating. Last week President Carter overturned a decision of the CAB and in effect allowed British Airways and other airlines to begin immediately offering "Super APEX" fares ($290 round trip, reserved seats bought 45 days in advance...
...case, now that New York-London fares are down, consumer pressure is building up on both sides of the Atlantic for bargain prices on other routes. The CAB has let it be known that it will approve almost any low-fare offer. Says one CAB official: "The doors are open"-and airlines are walking through. KLM, the Dutch airline, has just proposed a $332 round-trip fare from New York to Amsterdam to start late this month; Iceland's airline is seeking a Chicago-Luxembourg fare of $295 and a New York-Luxembourg price of $275. Surely Freddie Laker...