Word: subways
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...underground railway." The "railway" is no more than a pulley-operated car with room enough for one person to lie flat on it. But it serves an important purpose: we had come to Massachusetts Avenue, where the Tunnel must squeeze between the top of the MTA subway tunnel and the street--a space of about three feet--; the only practical method of travel is lying flat in a pulley-operated railway...
...Faculty members also proposed that an express bus service replace the rapid transit system. Buses would eliminate the necessity for commuters to provide their own transportation to subway stations, and take them directly downtown...
...Melvin Walker, 43, an unemployed Manhattan maintenance man, started to follow his wife into a subway car during the afternoon rush hour. The doors slammed shut-gripping his right arm between them like a vise. The train began to move. Inside the car, Walker's wife screamed. Walker tugged desperately to free himself. As the train picked up speed, he walked, trotted, then sprinted to keep up. Stumbling, sliding, frantically pulling to free his arm, Walker was dragged to the end of the platform and slammed into a metal rail. As the train entered the tunnel, he was battered...
...Avalon Ballroom, a kind of senior citizens' dance hall on Broadway that forbids liquor and jitterbugging, caters to older people looking for gentle companionship. Later, Mrs. Haas and her friend stopped at a cafeteria for a cup of tea and a bit of cheesecake, then took the subway to The Bronx and separated. Mrs. Haas walked home. Next morning a porter in Mrs. Haas's apartment building saw blood on the lobby floor. He followed a trail of bloody streaks for 30 ft., at last found Mrs. Haas's body beneath the stair well. She had been...
...worst subway accidents in New York City's history, and the New York Times emptied its news room to cover the story. Three dozen Times reporters galloped to the scene. They not only outnumbered all rival reporting teams, but proved almost as numerous as the accident victims...