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...After weeks of increased patronage, revenues have begun to dip on Boston's rail and bus systems. In San Francisco, a 5% decline in transit customers has been matched by an increase in auto traffic on the Bay and Golden Gate bridges. The same pattern holds for the Metro in Washington, B.C., where the number of bus riders is steadily dwindling from a peak of 2.6 million passengers a week at the height of the energy shortage in March. Another gas-saving alternative-car pooling-has caught on only in Washington, and there only because the Federal Government...
...first feature-length films produced in Hollywood. The trio sold out to the combine that became Paramount, and Goldfish teamed with two brothers named Selwyn to make "Goldwyn" pictures. He took the name with him when he was forced out of the concern in 1922- before it merged with Metro and Mayer to form perhaps the most famous movie name of all. "A self-made man may prefer a self-made name" was Judge Learned Hand's remark, after Goldwyn's former associates sought to restrain him legally from using it on his independent releases...
Ever since Kirk Kerkorian bought control of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., four years ago, the airline pilot-turned-Las Vegas financier has been ordering the liquidation of assets to help make ends meet. Last week Kerkorian lost what the money men would call a highly visible asset: James T. Aubrey Jr., MGM's $208,000-a-year president. Aubrey, 54, will be replaced as president by Frank E. Rosenfelt, 51, a longtime MGM executive, and as chief executive by Kerkorian himself...
...Councils. As Vice-Chairman and then Chairman of that committee, he opened the door to thousands of boys to join the packs, troops, and posts organized by his committee. He implemented the new Exploring Program in the Council. Since 1972, he has been Area President of the New York Metro Area. He holds the BSA's Silver Beaver Award...
...voice. The film goes on, but suddenly the director appears on the screen, giving his actors a critique of the take. The red sports car moved out of the shot too soon. There was not enough background action. Some of the extras did not come out of the Metro entrance fast enough...