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...LOUSE" as a daily cover decoration. (You can almost picture each rushing to a newsstand each morning, breathing a sigh of relief when it was the other's turn.) The two have suffered the trauma of seeing close relationships dissolve. A chief official and a young assistant of the MBTA, "close friends" of Locke, took the stand for the prosecution. Von Bulow's maid, his two step-children and his lover--the woman for whom he risked it all--gave testimony for the state...
...decrease in fares to 60 cents--initially proposed in early February--may be implemented before the summer, but budget complications could prevent any change before July. MBTA officials said yesterday...
...MBTA Board of Directors on February 4 submitted their recommendation for fare reductions but made it contingent on a huge budget increase. Coughlin said yesterday that the cuts would therefore cost about $7 million. Not surprisingly, the transport system's Advisory Board--composed of representatives of cities and towns--has refused to provide the additional funds, claiming hardship from Proposition 21/2...
Lewjean Holme, chief budget analyst for the Advisory Board said that approved of the additional funds is unlikely. She added that the MBTA should look to funding sources other that the Advisory Board, which provides roughly 30 percent of the $344 million budget...
...Advisory Board refuses to provide funds, riders will have to wait for action by the legislature or state courts. The New England Conservation Law Foundation has filed a suit with the Massachusetts Superior Court charging that the MBTA should have automatically implemented fare cuts because of the latest disappointing ridership statistics...