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...downtown Manhattan station around 12:35 a.m., he was overtaken by a swarm of youths, who vaulted the token turnstiles and boarded a train. When the token seller cursed them as "Spanish trash," Pinero let loose with a few oaths of his own. Picked up by a transit cop on a charge of harassment, Miguel got rather more attention than he had bargained for. A marijuana joint found in his dungarees pocket earned him a minor charge of carrying drugs...
...state whom Governor Tom McCall had strongly backed to succeed him. Instead, they chose conservative State Senator Victor Atiyeh. Finally, voters of both parties joined to defeat five of six statewide ballot measures, including a bond issue for water projects, proposals to use some gasoline-tax funds for mass transit, and a school-tax measure that would have shifted some of the burden from property taxes to income and corporate levies...
...Doubt. "The people are pushing too hard and abusing their new freedom," complains one government official. "There will have to be some restraint imposed so that the rights of all are respected." The warnings seemed to have an impact, and at week's end both the transit and bakery workers went back to their jobs. "Those who have waited 48 years for their liberation must not allow all to be lost in 48 days," said one union leader...
...cadre of new young department heads. He has also abolished or lowered several city taxes. Last fall he was re-elected on both the Democratic and Republican tickets. Critics attacked Flaherty for opposing projects they say Pittsburgh needs if it is to move ahead-such as rapid transit and a convention center-and they fear the city will pay later for his frugality. "The demands on the mayor are five times the supply. You have to say no," replied Flaherty. Ironically, Reformer Flaherty won the backing of the official party machine, partly because as an Irish-Catholic from western Pennsylvania...
Energy prices would rise, and the poor would need some assistance. But, Moss said, such full-cost pricing would also allow the free market to allocate scarce resources properly and efficiently. It would lead to more use of mass transit, more efficient industrial processes and more conservation of energy...