Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nightly express "theater" train to the suburbs-as has the New York Central. "Riding the New Haven," says a Wall Street commuter, "is the most vicious form of travel known to man." Cheaper Than Cars. One key to the railroads' financial plight is the commuter fare. Despite hefty hikes in the last few years, it is still one of the biggest bargains in the U.S. For example, a commuter can ride on the New Haven between Manhattan and Larchmont, N.Y., a commuter bedroom 19 miles from the city, for 50? a ride on a 46-ride commutation ticket...
...Crutch for Kids. The Schaeffers' guests spend most of their weekends in discussion sessions led by Francis Schaef fer in the chalet's big living room (where he also conducts a brief Sunday morning service), with a hike for exercise. The talk may begin with any subject, from skiing to space flight; Presbyterian Schaef fer, Bible in hand, trades dialectic with the best of them, as the air grows blue with cigarette smoke. "We don't sell sweet religious pills in the discussions," he says. "What we give is the truth." Missionary Schaeffer's conception...
...workers covered by cost-of-living contracts, the price increase means an automatic hourly wage hike of from i/ to 3/. Despite predicted wage increases of 3% to 4%, economists for the National Industrial Conference Board this week said that "relative price stability" will continue to prevail during 1960. Other predictions...