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...fortnight ago in Sacramento, a black-bearded man boarded one of the dozens of Greyhound buses that shuttle gamblers daily from California to the casinos on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. Half an hour out of Sacramento, the man shoved a pistol into the ribs of the driver and ordered a passenger to go through the bus collecting wallets and purses. The haul was only $835, but it reflected a savvy knowledge of gambling odds on the part of the robber. He took his loot before the passengers had a chance to lose it to the casinos and make...
...here at the station and you're getting on, And all I can think of is-thank God and Greyhound you're gone...
While railroads and some airlines are dropping short-haul routes, Kerrigan plans to pile on more nonstop runs of 200 to 300 miles. In a "Greyhound Savings Time" ad campaign, the line is stressing the difference in fares between air and bus travel. It notes that a round-trip ticket between Chicago and Detroit is $27 cheaper by bus than by air. Other sample savings: $17 between Sacramento and San Francisco, and $25 between New York and Washington...
...Greyhound also wants to bring more affluent passengers to the bus. Kerrigan is expanding a VIP service, which at some terminals enables riders to check their baggage at the ticket counter, leave their coats with a steward, travel nonstop for up to 200 miles and arrive at their destination with nearly the speed of air travel (counting the drive to and from the airport). To save suburbanites the trouble of traveling into the city to catch a bus, Greyhound built satellite terminals near mass transit systems on the edges of Chicago and Cleveland-an idea that it plans to extend...
...million last year, up 6.2% from 1968, but the need for improvement is clear. Passenger volume, which amounted to $326 million last year, no longer covers operating costs. Only a steep rise in the line's package express service made the bus operation profitable. The parent company, Greyhound Corp., has a great deal riding on the carrier's improvement. Though it is now in such varied fields as meat packing (Armour) and computer leasing, almost half of its earnings come from its transportation companies, of which the line is much the largest...