Word: central
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Behind the yellow stone walls of Nicosia's Central Prison last week, three young Greek Cypriots in their early 20s awaited the hangman. Andreas Zakos and Charilaos Mikhail, condemned for ambushing a British army jeep and killing its driver, lay placidly on their cots and listened to records of Bach and Beethoven. Iacovos Patatsou, who had been condemned for killing a Turkish Cypriot policeman (out of uniform), accepted the farewell of his widowed mother: "Face death with courage...
...fortnight ago, as yet another gesture, Radio Warsaw announced that the Central Committee had decided to readmit Gomulka to party membership. This time there was no denunciation of Gomulka's opinions. Instead the broadcast emphasized that "representatives of the Politburo met with Comrade Gomulka" to consult him on "fundamental problems." The Politburo's purpose seemed clear. Gomulka's nationalism had won him the admiration of many Poles, including some antiCommunists, and by re-garbing him in the raiment of Marxist grace, the party hoped to win favor with people who say that if they must be governed...
HIGHER RAIL FARES proposed by Eastern railroads would encourage first-class passengers to ride coaches or competing airlines, thus help the railroads cut down money-losing first-class service (TIME, Aug. 13). The 45% boost in first-class fares sought by six railroads (including New York Central and Pennsylvania) would add $16.30 to New York-Chicago ticket, raise first-class fare...
...Sikkim to the oilfields of Assam, Russian traders and technicians traipsed through India last week, offering cut-rate rubles, big-brotherly advice and back-scratching barter deals. Czech engineers mapped roads in the mountainous north. East German technicians scouted sites for India's first raw film factory. In central Bhilai, Russian specialists supervised construction of a steel mill for which Russian moneymen had advanced some $100 million at 2½%, about half the interest rate proposed by Western lenders...
...money-losing headache. To the passengers, most railroaders are mossback operators who neglect service while engaging in a never-ending round of raising fares, chopping schedules and eliminating branch lines. Last week another big fare boost loomed for the embattled passengers. The Pennsylvania and the New York Central, which together move 27% of all U.S. passengers, are trying to get the rest of the nation's passenger lines to join them in asking for a first-class-fare hike of 33⅓% to 50%. To many experts it looked as if the Pennsylvania and Central were deliberately trying...