Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Their brethren in other major cities may still suffer from the abuse of frustrated passengers, but in Pittsburgh, bus drivers are being greeted by cheers and even occasional kisses. As part of an imaginative plan to jazz up its service, the Pittsburgh transit authority has set loose in the streets a bus known as the Wild Card. Passengers climbing aboard discover that the coin box is covered by a leather bag decorated with playing cards. The ride is on the house...
...roaming Wild Card is but one of the grace notes of mass transit in Pittsburgh these days. Painted in pastels or ablaze with psychedelic designs, trolleys and buses have become sprightly delights. The bus groaning up steep Perry Highway bears the blue and white of Perry High School, and passengers rock in their seats to music provided by a cassette tape recorder. The transit authority also sells a $1 weekend pass, known as the Big Buck, that allows four people to ride wherever they like from 10 a.m. on Saturday to 4 a.m. on Monday...
...previous weekend's Greater Boston Championships, doubles team Maude Wood and Jinny St. Goer turned in Radcliffe's strongest performance, eliminating pairs from Pittsburgh, southern Connecticut and Connecticut before a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 loss in the quarterfinals. "I was not disappointed with Maude and Jinny," coach John McCarthy said yesterday...
...areas like Chicago, as many as 3 out of 4 may be idle. The downturn in home building will cause other layoffs over the winter as its effects begin to show up in fewer orders for stone and clay, lumber, wiring and electrical equipment, steel and furniture. General Electric, Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Carrier Corp. have already furloughed some 1,500 employees as a result of the housing slump...
...goal was Orr's fourth of the season. He scored a hat trick in Boston's 5-5 standoff with Pittsburgh on Wednesday night...