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Thank you for your piece on the Southern Crescent [June 5]. As a 23-year-old commuter to my parents' home in Georgia, I find the train practical, convenient and the best sleeping in the world. Unfortunately, I am afraid those ICC hearings are like the one I attended here. It was more a showcase for Southern's attorneys than a chance for the people who really ride the train to speak up and have their opinions heard...
...does not have to be an energy expert to tell that our country's energy programs are off the track. Not only are trains like the Southern Crescent a joy to travel in but they are energy efficient. Instead of retiring the Crescent and her sister trains, the ICC might (perish the thought) cooperate with the Department of Energy and develop some incentives: ride instead of drive...
...soon be home more often, though. At nearly every stop along Crescent's southwesterly slope, the ICC will conduct hearings on what it calls "Case FD 28697" and the economic impact of the train's demise. Quite possibly the Crescent's elegant rolling stock may be sold to Mexico's railway system, where the old Twentieth Century Limited is alive and well cared for, running nightly between Mexico City and Guadalajara...
...concentrated, however, is such influence? In 1975 Congress ordered the SEC and other regulatory bodies to supply it with new information on who owns what. Armies of lawyers descended upon the capital, arguing that such disclosure would be costly and difficult, and so far only one agency (the ICC) has compiled a report...
Last week the ICC warned that Packer's players had until Oct. 1 to return to the fold, or be banned from officially sanctioned competition-a punishment equivalent in cricket to excommunication from the church. The threat brought immediate results. Several of the stars immediately announced that they were reneging on their deal with Packer, and others were having second thoughts. At week's end Packer had not admitted defeat, but it began to look as if cricket would successfully weather his brash effort to inject show biz into its Edwardian reverie...