Word: cars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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JUNKYARD ALLEY has a crew of regulars who match any pool hall or bar gang for devotion. Curb space along the side streets is often at a premium because these diehards use the curbs to elevate one side of the car so they can get underneath to do their work on the spot. And it's not easy to break into the select group who know the owners and always manage to get wind of the best deals and the latest tips on the wrecked 'Vette coming in tomorrow...
Most who wander into the alley are bewildered victims of the brutal ongoing warfare between Cambridge cars. If they're lucky, one of the yards will have a fender to match the make, model and color of the car; if not, the choice may be between a blue fender on a red car for $25 and a new blue fender...
...that guy, he just got off. Happy as shit. Killed some fuckin' nigger the other day, runned him right over. Hadda go ta court today. We got 'im clean though; fuckin' judge lives right down the street from me. I spent Saturday afternoon over his house, lookin' at his car. Guy runned right over that nigger, but the judge lives down the street from me. Jeesus, he's happy..." And the bald-pated cigar-chomping businessman who looks like Kojak--"Gee son, I'm awfully sorry I can't let that one go for less than...
TIME'S Chicago bureau chief, Benjamin Gate, recently monitored highways in his area with a rented 4-watt set. He reports: "Motorists have discovered that instead of being isolated in a car, listening to some dreary radio station, CB helps them stay alert and puts them in touch with scores of other drivers. A typical transmission we picked up in Illinois went like this: 'Breaker 10 [the emergency frequency], this is Buffalo Bill in an 18-wheeler rolling by Mile 78 on 1-90 North. Got an overturned camper here, lots of smokeys [police] in the area...
...newhouse prices are almost 8% higher than a year ago, and some have risen more than that. In Sharon, Mass., for instance, houses that sold last year for $39,000 carry $46,000 price tags today. Auto sales, though picking up, are still soft. Estimates now are that U.S. car sales, which in 1974 hit 7.4 million units, will slip below 7 million this year for the first time since...