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...Classic Detachment. The moving force behind the meetings was Alan Boyd, 39, a lanky, earnest ex-Air Force troop carrier combat pilot, who was a Florida state utilities and railroad commissioner before President Eisenhower appointed him to CAB in 1959. "I don't want to play God," says Democrat Boyd, "but CAB cannot maintain a position of classic detachment. I do not want my administration to be remembered as the one that let the airlines slide into as much trouble as the railroads are in." Boyd told the airline executives flatly: "We have all got to start doing...
...which are costing the airlines money to administer, may be axed. The first casualty: American Airlines cut-rate youth fare, which will not be picked up by other lines. - The airlines are seriously considering lifting coach fares from about 75% of first-class fares to about 80-85% if CAB will agree-though they hope that fewer frills will ultimately make for cheaper, more utilitarian air travel...
Hoffa's pros may soon have a bit more work than they can handle. Last week, Jimmy's Teamster empire had revolts brewing in a number of provinces: >In St. Louis, drivers at one of the city's largest cab companies have voted 100 to 97 to leave Teamster Local 405 and join an independent union. The NLRB has not certified the result because of a challenge to six ballots, but rebel leaders are confident that the vote will stand. > In Chicago, where cab drivers and mechanics recently voted out a Hoffa pal, Hoodlum Joey Glimco...
There was indeed a fire in St. Louis: the cab drivers-who have an election scheduled soon-seem fed up with Jimmy Hoffa's ways, and there are other blazes elsewhere. At least two more Cincinnati locals are thinking about disaffiliation. Happily surveying the ranks of discontent, A.F.L.-C.I.O. scouts estimate that there are at least 25 more locals around the country just itching for the chance to get out from under the gangster-ridden union world of James Riddle Hoffa...
...describes his swings through Europe, Gunther can still be absurdly misled-and misleading. The fact that almost every taxi in West Berlin is a Mercedes-Benz is presented as a sign of prosperity; in fact, as Germany's only diesel-engined car, the Mercedes is favored by cab owners purely for economy. On West Berlin's city council, Adenauer's Christian Democrats are not "the opposition." as Gunther reports, but in coalition with Willy Brandt's Socialists. Benelux currencies are no more or less "interchangeable" than the rest of Europe's money. Another irritation...