Word: derailments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Today, a combination of apathy, internal bickering and economic disappointment threatens to derail even the optional summer program before it starts its third season...
...difficult to defend against sabotage. The line has been blown up in a dozen places in recent weeks; three locomotives have been destroyed by saboteurs of Jonas Savimbi's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) who simply loosened rail bolts and let the trains derail by their own weight...
Before then, several problems threaten to derail the bold experiment. Stockholders and creditors of the six bankrupt lines have vowed to fight for higher compensation for their property, which could boost the eventual payout well above the $685 million in stock that ConRail is now offering them. Pressure from local politicians might force Con-Rail to keep unprofitable segments of line in service. Then there are labor difficulties. By refusing to give up archaic rules and procedures, railroad unions have aborted a planned $66 million sale of almost 2,700 miles of track to the profitable Southern and Chessie railway...
Sally Blair, playing number three, was the only other Radcliffe player to lose, but it took five games for her Wellesley opponent to derail her. Blair also took both of her matches Saturday, but was extended to four games against Penn, and five against Franklin and Marshall...
Last week the rail planners tried again. They submitted a revised "final plan" to Congress that becomes effective automatically in 60 working days unless lawmakers derail it. That is not likely. Conrail already has the support of rail management and unions, as well as backing from such big shippers as General Motors and Bethlehem Steel. Some Congressmen are still opposed because rail lines in their districts will be dropped. But opposition generally is poorly organized, and Conrail is expected to begin operations on schedule next February...