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...MBTA's third and latest plan to move the Bennett Street transit facility and expedite construction of the Kennedy Library has been sharply criticized by the chairman of the Milton Board of Selectmen as "uneconomic and unwise...
...danger spots-closer to rivers that flood, the edges of islands on the hurricane path, spreading to places not suitable for building, like the favelas on the mountainsides of Rio de Janeiro." Because of Latin America's predilection for disaster, Tripp has stockpiled supplies in Panama for quick transit to the area. "We try to act within the first 24 to 72 hours," he says, realizing that the major diplomatic impact-not to mention the humanitarian aspects-of his coordinating function depends on speed in time of crisis. At that, some countries (including Algeria and Outer Mongolia) have chosen...
...Cleveland and Indianapolis will be modernized, and an entire new yard-to be named after Perlman-is being built at Albany. The basic idea is to take advantage of the savings that through-freight operations can provide. "The speed factor is vital," says Perlman. "If goods are in transit for four days, someone has to have them on the books for four days. Any reduction in time that we can make will be beneficial...
...Europe would travel by ship to the U.S., go by rail across the country, and on ships again to its final destination. The savings in time would be significant: 28 days from Japan to Europe by way of the land bridge v. 44 days on an all-ship transit through the Suez Canal...
...Meany outlined a call for a million public-service jobs paying at least the federal minimum wage, an Administration putsch against nonunion (especially Southern textile) plants, at least 200,000 new public-housing units a year through 1969 and an annual half-million thereafter, a huge extension of public-transit facilities, more bountiful social-welfare benefits, and greatly expanded Government job-training and placement programs. And despite its support for the President's Viet Nam policy, big labor rejected Administration pleas for voluntary curbs on pay increases...