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...commercial carnival for the race. This year local businessmen successfully lobbied to have the race date moved from Saturday to Monday of the Memorial Day weekend so that they would have two more days of heavy profit. Motel owners charged $150 and up for a minimum three-day stay. Cab drivers were getting $12 for rides to the Speedway that normally cost $2.25. Service stations began charging for the use of lavatories that are normally free...
...Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) yesterday ruled that domestic airlines must discontinue all family and youth fares by June...
...CAB ruled last December that the special fares are illegal because they discriminate against travellers who are ineligible for the discounts. The board postponed outlawing the fares in order to conduct hearings on adjusting normal fares to compensate for the discount cancellations...
According to Bolingbrook police, Fred Flynn, a steel-and-copper salesman, was in desperate financial straits and had been moonlighting as a cab driver when he met Miller, who mentioned his yearning for a child bride. Flynn offered his stepdaughter, Miller offered the $30,000 in bonds, and the sale was concluded...
Bermudians are uneasy discussing the killings with visitors. One popular theory on the murders, held by many cab drivers, bartenders and shopkeepers, is that it was an "outside job." The leader of the minority Progressive Labor Party, Walter N.H. Robinson, a portly black lawyer of 55 who just before the murder demanded the removal of any Governor appointed by London, has closed ranks with the ruling United Bermuda Party in deploring the murders. He privately speculated that the crime stemmed from underworld efforts to bring in narcotics...