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...exceptions to the success story. The 7¾-mile Chicago Skyway has been unable to meet its interest payments on time; the free, federally sponsored Dan Ryan Expressway runs a parallel route, so Chicago Skyway traffic is about half of what was estimated. In West Virginia, a turnpike from Charleston (pop. 85,000) to Princeton (pop. 20,000 and not to be confused with Princeton, N.J.) runs "from nowhere to nowhere," according to critics. The route is losing money because the links with Interstate 64 and Interstate 77 will not be completed until approximately...
Among other charges of inefficiency and influence, G.O.P. critics pointed out that the Kanawha Hotel in Charleston, W. Va., which the Job Corps converted into a women's center for $187,400, plus $90,000 a year in rent, has chiefly benefited a prominent local Democrat named Angus Peyton, who held a sizable interest in the property. To the girls, the hotel became "Peyton's Place," and before long there were charges that some of them were living down to the name by running a prostitution racket. The charges were never proved and were eventually dropped...
Kidder, a sophomore who performed well in spring practice in Charleston, S.C., has lost in every match this year. He hasn't regained the putting touch he had in Charleston, where he qualified fourth...
...seven qualifiers at Charleston were assured of a place on the nine-man team. The last two, Schnits and Sinclair, will face all comers in the next two weeks in three more trial rounds...
...match at Annapolis came on the heels of a week of practice and qualifying rounds in Charleston, S.C. Brian McGuinn, a junior, led the 72-hole trials as expected. The big surprise was Sophomore Bob Kidder's fourth-place finish. Kidder also fired the best 18 of the qualifying, a 75 on the tough, hard-baked course...