Word: railings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When the nation's biggest commuter railroad was shut down by a strike three weeks ago, 85,000 daily riders were faced with the problem of getting to work in New York City. As the Long Island Rail road strike dragged on with little sign of settlement, the hardy commuters last week seemed to have the situation well in hand. Their trips took longer or cost more, but by land, sea and air the daily assault on the city succeeded...
...credits, including 291 industrial projects. They have given China a small experimental nuclear reactor and a cyclotron-but no atomic weapons. The Russians provide all China's jet aircraft, much of its heavy military gear. Nearly all of China's aviation fuel is still brought by rail from the Soviet Union, creating a strategic dependence on Moscow for a prime material...
...horse closer and closer to the rail...
...RAIL-WAGE HIKE of 4% or about 10? an hour over next 16 months was accepted by 107,000 members of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and 45,000 members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Engineers. Settlement is similar to recent arbitration award to railroad engineers...
...smaller truck lifts), has 6-ft.-high tires, and two sets of controls, between which the operator in his air-conditioned cab can swing to keep his view unblocked. It can lift a trailer carrying half a dozen autos, hoist truck trailers on and off flat cars in rail road piggybacking. Ford has ordered five for its steel division. Price: $90,000 each...