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Long gone is the cozy world in which CAB-regulated carriers were an exclusive and protected club. Since Congress passed the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, the number of interstate airlines has increased from 36 to 125. They range from no-frills discounters like People Express, the fastest-growing company in aviation history, to tiny Regent Air, which plies its passengers on flights from Los Angeles to Newark with caviar, lobster and French champagne. Not all of them have been profitable. Old and new carriers, including Braniff and Air Florida, went bankrupt by expanding routes too fast. Said Daryl Wyckoff...
With visibility poor due to heavy rain and darkness, Mrs. Sarfatti was attempting to cross John F. Kennedy St. around 8:13 p.m.. As she stepped off the curb, the mirror of a passing cab struck the victim. She fell and was hit by a second...
Created in 1938 to regulate airline fares and assign routes, the CAB is scheduled to go out of business on Jan. 1. Its demise will be the final step in the process of airline deregulation that began in 1978 and has led to fierce competition in the industry. Alfred Kahn, who spearheaded the deregulation drive as CAB chairman under President Carter, joined several other former members of the board and dozens of ex-staffers from across the U.S. to raise a glass last week. Kahn said he was always confident that the CAB would be doomed once deregulation got going...
...CAB official emphasized that the sunset celebration was paid for by the agency's employees, not the Government. But, he quipped, "even if we did use taxpayers' money, what could they do-shut us down...
...Gang" faces separation, the one threat to its survival, the film becomes uncomfortably uneven. With all the tackiness represented by the taxi cab Yellow Mercedes, Santa Barbara suburbanites Gladys and Warren Fitzpatrick (Karen Black and Martin Mull) come to buy a child from the Sacred Heart. "We tried a dog." Exuding the charm of a used car salesman and the taste of John Rivers, Sister Serena markets her "kids" like a Romco television ad. "How about a conversation piece?" she asks, singling out her single Black charge. "Something South of the Border?" Our caricatured Ozzie and Harriet demur. "We already...