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...last section of the course proved tricky, as many of the top racers from other schools took is ton fast and fell... Although less flamboyant, the 'Cliffe skiers showed steadiness and dependability which paid of in the difficult area...
...last year. But costs soared, newspaper circulation dropped slightly, and classified-ad linage fell by as much as 25% at the Miami Herald, Boston Globe and other metropolitan dailies-largely because of the slump in hiring, home building and car sales. The price of newsprint, about $175 a ton in late 1973, hit $260 a ton last month. Magazine advertising pages were down 2% last year overall, and many executives fear that 1975 will be worse. Says Esquire Publishing Group President Jerry Jontry, whose magazine ran 17% fewer ad pages in 1974 than a year earlier: "These are trying times...
...frost. Attla's run-at an average of close to 20 m.p.h.-clipped six minutes off the course record. His reward: two trophies and a purse of $1,650. The next day, with Ely recovering from apres-sled festivities, Attla and his Huskies were in his ¾ton truck, rolling down State Route 169 toward Colorado and another race...
...plus version of the Pinto, as its entry in the small-car field. Ford has also come out with two trimmed-down models aimed at the standard-car buyer: the Mercedes-size Granada and Monarch, which are 26 in. shorter, 8 in. narrower and more than half a ton lighter than the standard-size sedan, but longer on mileage (between 18 and 26 m.p.g. on the highways...
...Administrator Russell Train expressed "shock" at the company's decision, saying: "Our intention is to clean up, not close down this facility." The cost of the fine, he figures, comes to an additional 94? per worker per day, and 75? per ton of steel produced. Unemployment benefits, on the other hand, cost the company $7 per day per laid-off worker. Train urged U.S. Steel to "reconsider" its decision. But the company still refuses to pay the fine, and the EPA refuses to accept any compromise solution. Both sides apparently fear setting precedents that might influence their future disputes...