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...long, finely choreographed street scene: clusters of people move easily along or hurry out of a Metro entrance. We see, then lose, a young man. A red sports car drives by; a mother wheels a carriage along the sidewalk; a man walks casually until he meets the young man, who has slipped back into the frame. The two stare at each other in questioning, quiet hostility for a moment. Then the boy slaps the man across the face...
...Eagle Oil Co. of Chico, Calif., closed six outlets last month; Gibbs Oil Co., a 350-station chain in the Northeast, has shut 15 stations and may put others on short hours. Eleven Sears, Roebuck & Co. outlets around Miami have begun to limit motorists to ten gallons per visit. Metro 500 of Minneapolis has temporarily closed 16 of its 17 stations, and Owner Paul Castenguay is keeping the sole survivor open only by stealth: late at night he drives his tank truck to major-brand stations where friends will secretly sell him a few gallons, on which Castenguay makes...
...which they are major shareholders. The Kuwait Investment Co. is erecting a chain of "Arabian Nights" motels across the U.S. The Sheik of Abu Dhabi has bought a 30% interest in the Columbia Broadcasting System, to add to a communications empire that already includes the Washington Star-News and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The White House issues a statement welcoming the huge investments by "our Arab allies" as a way of stopping the dollar drain ("If they cause us trouble," adds one White House economist, "we can always nationalize them"), but it expresses some concern at reports that Libya and Iraq...
ORSON WELLES. Cinema One: Wuthering Heights, 4, 8:05, The Little Foxes, 6, 10. Banana Peel, 4, 7:30, 11 Zazie [dans le metro] 5:45, 9:15 FRI-SAT Midnite Alice in Wonderland...
...strikes had lasted a total of only six days, both ending soon after Mayor Richard Daley intervened. The agreements made the teachers among the nation's highest-paid, with a salary range of $9,570 to $17,000. Many Chicagoans thought that Daley might do it again. Complained Metro High School Junior Jeff Willard: "We're political footballs, waiting for the mayor to come in, beat his chest and solve everything...