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...Freddie Laker. He hath slain the bureaucratic cartel-breathing dragon...
Meanwhile, California's no-frills Governor climbed aboard Freddie Laker's no-frills, $135 flight to London. "I'm paying for it myself," explained Jerry Brown. The reason for his trip: to attend a memorial service at Westminster Cathedral for his old friend E.F. Schumacher, author of Small Is Beautiful. The underground bestseller, which argues for a new kind of technology on a smaller, more human scale, greatly influenced Brown's "Less is more" theories of government. During his 48-hour stay, Mr. Austerity dined with Prince Charles and paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister...
...Freddie Laker's air fares to London [Oct. 10] are still in existence come next summer, it will be fish-and-chips in Soho instead of squid in San Francisco...
Bravo to Freddie Laker, and give the man who undercuts him a standing ovation. Now that's free enterprise...
...alone, the Coca-Cola Co. retains three lawyers to stand guard over the trademark "Coke." Other companies like IBM, RCA and Gillette also retain full-time trademark attorneys to keep products built by advertising into household words from becoming just household words. Even Britain's Freddy Laker has hired a Washington lawyer to protect Laker Airways' registered "Skytrain." Airlines, including Braniff, which applied for a no-reservation Dallas-London "Texas Skytrain" route, have already been warned politely but firmly to buzz...