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...they helped cool the summer by arguing against riots that pit blacks against an overwhelming white force. Yet they cry for an ultimate bloody upheaval at some future time when blacks will have a tactical advantage. A heavy majority of Negroes reject this sort of thing as ridiculous mumbo jumbo. But many moderates are too intimidated by the Panthers to speak out, and quite a few like the way they stand up to white authority and foster black pride. But unless the white community reaches out in a more meaningful spirit of brotherhood, desperate and embittered young Negroes will continue...
...years later, the total has more than doubled, to 115 million. Predictions-which will probably fall short of the mark-are that 280 million people will be flying in 1975 Airport congestion will thereby increase even more unless something is done quickly. Among other problems: within two years, jumbo jets will be dumping 350 to 500 passengers each plus 1,000 pieces of baggage, into the overcrowded airports...
...congestion as much as passengers do. The Air Transport Association estimates that delays cost them $50 million last year in extra crew time, fuel costs and other expenses. The A.T.A. also figures that passengers lost another $50 million in wasted time. The problem will become more acute when the jumbo jets are flying. "From the point of view of economy," says TWA Airport Planner Donald Graf, "you can't let a 747 stand around too long. They're so expensive that we've got to get them back in the air as quickly as possible...
...local authorities for maintaining airports. Liaison is poor. Airport men accuse the airlines of being too secretive about equipment plans. It was only 18 months ago, says E. Thomas Burnard, executive vice president of the Airport Operators Council International, that the airlines told airports they would be buying jumbo jets. This gave the cities only a scant 36 months to carry out necessary improvements to handle such planes. "It's the same story as in the 1950s, when we pleaded with the manufacturers and airlines for the specifications of the jets they had in mind. We got no useful...
...million of their cost. Additional planes-two of them on lease-help out with the busy schedule: eleven weekly flights to New York, one to Johannesburg, plus others to 17 European cities. With its biggest expansion yet under way-the $90 million move into the jumbo jets-El Al expects to carry a million passengers...