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...extra income derived from this latest fare rise is apparently directed toward eliminating the dangers of mechanization in the subterranean pleasure dome of the MTA. Five hundred men have been hired to replace turnstiles and other obsolete equipment. They will assume the task of collect-in the extra luchre with a unique man-to-man defense against the average straphanger...
...fare system a man who commutes to work in Boston five days a week must spend a minimum of $1.50 or 5 percent of a $30 salary. For those of us who do not earn a living wage, the burden is much greater. Yet to collect this increase, the MTA must incur a tremendous extra expense. The salaries of 500 new men $30 a week means that the MTA cannot earn a profit on its fare rise until 306,000 victims pass through its hands each week. In addition, new equipment must be bought eventually...
Seven people suffered minor injuries at 8:15 a.m. yesterday when two MTA surface cars collided at the north entrance to the Harvard Square underground station during the morning rush hour...
...MTA authorities were unable last night to explain the cause of the accident, commenting that it could have been other a mechanical defect or merely misjudgment on the part of one of the drivers. "These things happen once in a while," one official said, "but not too often...
When they attempted to remove Beatty to a waiting police ambulance, MTA officials discovered that one of his arms was sprawled across the unprotected third rail. They were forced to cut off the power before carrying him upstairs...