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...Queens home to join the Marines. "I was afraid the war would be over before I got in," said Columnist Art Buehwald, "so I gave some drunk a half-pint of whisky and got him to sign my papers as my father." Last week Buchwald was given the "Runaway of the Year" award-predated to 1942-by the Special Approaches in Juvenile Assistance Board. The funnyman allowed as how he had only one regret: "The old drunk who patriotically gave me to his country" was not on hand for the occasion. Unlike a journalist, Art wasn't writing down...
Nowhere has the News' new purposefulness been more apparent than in its coverage of the city's financial troubles. The paper was warning about runaway pension costs, one of the main factors in the present crisis, as long as four years ago, when a series of News stories persuaded the New York legislature to put a freeze on future increases in state pension-plan membership. In a recent issue of [Morel the journalism review, Financial Commentator Louis Rukeyser rated the News' editorials on the city's financial plight as more cogent and less partisan than those...
...meet demands for greater economy, the U.S. auto industry is showing strong signs of recovery. In mid-October, traditionally a flat car-buying period, sales for the Big Four were up 37% over the same period a year ago. American Motors, its Pacer "wide bodied" small car a runaway bestseller, led the way with a 53.5% increase. General Motors followed, with its new subcompact Chevette off to a fast start, with a jump of 43%. Chrysler's sales soared 33% and Ford...
...ECONOMY. Last spring, by a slim margin (47% to 45%), Americans believed that inflation would be halted within a few years. Now, only 27% think so. Further, the belief that runaway inflation is here to stay cuts across party lines (Democrats, 54%; Republicans, 58%; independents, 64%). Looking ahead, only 24% of those polled have strong confidence in the country's future prosperity; another 41% express some confidence but have reservations...
Brown is not excited, not about Harvard anyway. The Bruins return virtually the entire team that went undefeated in the league last year. Nine returning starters, including the league's top scorer, Fred Pereira, make Brown a runaway favorite to win the title again this season...