Word: greyhound
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...many travelers, a bus journey of any distance is an ordeal to be avoided, a dreary succession of tacky terminals, long lines and cramped rides in coaches that are often too hot or too cold. In recent years. Greyhound Lines, intercity busing's top dog, has made a modest effort to expunge this mangy image and reinstate the bus as a prime passenger carrier. Now, under a 40-year-old president and a group of young vice presidents, some still in their 30s, the race for improvement is being speeded...
...sense of hustle became evident last May when Gerald Trautman, chairman of Greyhound Corp., the conglomerate that owns the bus company, named the line's new president: James L. Kerrigan, who had joined the firm at 17 as a clerk. Kerrigan, the father of seven children, is eager to attract more young passengers. As part of this drive, Greyhound sponsored a concert tour by Rock Singer Mason Williams, part of which was made into a NET television show. The company has begun direct service linking a dozen colleges with major cities and has hired student representatives on campus...
...town's local maverick is Gregory Joannidi, former head of the local Democratic Club ("all six of us"). Joannidi owns the concessions at the San Clemente Greyhound bus depot, including the clothing store, a cafeteria and assorted pinball games. "These big shots, the President, Agnew, they mean nothing to me," Joannidi says. "All I know is I'm losing business." Joannidi's business comes from the Marines on weekend passes from nearby Camp Pendleton. When Nixon is in town, 1,000 fewer Marines get passes-allegedly the number kept on tap in case the President is attacked...
That measure was still on the books when Parliament in 1960 enacted a law legalizing all gaming and making it subject to government control. Street bookies were replaced by "turf accountants" licensed to handle horse and greyhound betting, which now accounts for more than half of the total action. Britain's biggest bookmaker is Ladbroke's. At its five-story London headquarters and 450 betting shops throughout the country, Britons can gamble on almost anything from elections to the date when an escaped prisoner will be recaptured...
...they near the Greyhound Station in San Bernadino, Merilee wakes up agains and says "Hey mister? would you mind so much taking me back to the mountains...