Word: ticketeer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...club and the Theatricals is anything but distinct. The Theatricals uses its own stationery and does not impose club membership as a prerequisite for stage work. Women, to whom the Club was just recently opened, may be surprised to learn that the Theatricals will have them as stagehands and ticket sellers, but not on stage. As one Theatricals member put it: "A couple of other Ivy theatrical groups tried to put women on the stage but it just didn't work out. With everybody in drag you can go with old, hackneyed stuff and still get laughs...
...acquire them, Barnes had to tie up with yet another ailing carrier: Pan American, which has revenues nearly four times Allegheny's but has lost $150 million since 1968. The two lines are not actually merging-at least not yet-but they are offering one-week, single-ticket, group tours to Europe and the Caribbean for residents of 16 cities served by Allegheny. Customers fly from their home towns via Allegheny to a major "gateway," like New York or Boston, then board a Pan Am plane for the overseas hop. Sample price: $310 round-trip plus at least...
...Braniff have all fallen through. Now that Seawell's economies have begun to push Pan Am toward profitability, Allegheny's Barnes sees the two lines as made for each other. They stand to capture as much as $500 million a year in additional revenue by offering single-ticket service to passengers who live in cities served by Allegheny and fly to Europe or the Caribbean. Since the tie-up is so far much looser than a merger, Civil Aeronautics Board approval has not been required...
Miller's first effort at reform inside the union came in 1969 when he organized the Black Lung Organization. The organization consequently persuaded Joseph Yablonski to run for the presidency of the union on reform ticket...
Undergraduates seeking tickets to the Harvard-Yale swimming meet to be held this Saturday at the IAB must exchange coupon number 24 at the 60 Boylston St. ticket office before Friday. No one will be admitted to the meet without a ticket, and coupons will not be honored at the door...