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Londoners learned with a start last week that its beloved taxicab may be riding its last crooked mile. London now has only 5,400 taxis, and nearly 40% of them are at least ten years old, a parliamentary committee found. Furthermore, cab owners are losing about .78 pence a mile, and higher rates would not help, since the last increase brought a commensurate drop in fares. The only company now making cabs (Austin) is down to five orders a week and ready to halt production unless orders increase...
...Under present economic and fiscal conditions," reported the committee, "the decline ... is likely to continue until there ceases to be an effective taxicab service in London...
...another group of Communist thugs had tried three times to kidnap Dr. Linse, and failed. Then team No. 2-Knobloch, a professional wrestler and two other bully boys-got the alert. At 7:20 on the morning of July 8, an East German Opel, disguised as a West Berlin taxicab, stopped outside Linse's home. Linse emerged and Knobloch asked him for a light. As Linse fumbled for his lighter, the wrestler pinioned his arms. Linse broke free and ran to the "cab" seeking help. The thugs inside grabbed him, threw him into the back seat and sped...
Taxi (20th Century-Fox) is a sentimental 18-hour journey in a New York taxicab. The fanciful story tells of an Irish colleen (Constance Smith) who arrives in New York with her baby to find her husband, a no-good fellow who wooed and won her in Dublin and then disappeared. With the help of a cocky cab driver (Dan Dailey), the pretty immigrant finally tracks down her man. By then, of course, it has long been obvious that her heart belongs to the cabbie...
...dozen for a loaded cream puff with a few dings." I was reminded of some more lingo that one might encounter between two used-car dealers when I read your Oct. 13 article on the adman's jargon: "Dog, lemon, roach, bucket of bolts, Southern beauty, Detroit taxicab," etc. (a used car in very poor condition); "piece, piece of iron" (any car); "heat and music" (radio and heater); "bill" ($100); "dozen" ($1,200) "cream puff" (a used car that was well taken care of) ; "dings" (minor dents) ; "down on its knees" (bad front end) ; "on the clock...