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Amtrak. Since its beginnings in 1971, the federally supported passenger rail system has been a money loser. Yet people in towns and cities that benefit from the service have made their will felt on Capitol Hill. Government subsidies have steadily swelled, reaching $779 million in the last fiscal year, or about $2 in federal funds for every $1 taken in at Amtrak ticket windows. Insisting that Amtrak will have to improve its management and save money, OMB proposed that the subsidy be cut to $634 million...
Crank calls have mounted over the years. Bums relishes the time a White House operator, caught in heavy telephone crossfire, hooked two crank calls together so the angry citizens could rail at each other. One man called during Eisenhower's Administration and said he was HEW Secretary Arthur Flemming and wanted to talk to the President. Mary sensed something was wrong. She stalled, got Arthur Flemming and learned the caller was an impostor...
...afternoon of New Year's Eve, Elizabeth McFadden, 11, and her sister Alice, 12, were playing near their home in Central Islip, N.Y., when two youths accosted them, demanding money. Alice fled over some Long Island Rail Road tracks. Halfway across, Elizabeth saw a train bearing down on her, tried to turn back and stumbled. Her right leg was severed just above the knee by the wheels...
...member body, and 14 months ago he was named an alternate (nonvoting) Politburo member. He was frequently observed deep in conversation with Brezhnev at public functions, only to slip into the background when actual ceremonies began. Chernenko was the only Politburo member to accompany his boss on a lengthy rail voyage to the Southern Caucasus last September...
Crimson number one man Mike Desaulniers started the onslaught by taking three quick games from cadet Bob Davis. Using a baffling mixture of cross-court and rail shots, the all-world junior from Dunster House sent the "doughboy" scurrying to the showers early on the short end of a 15-8, 15-8, 15-8 decision...