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...bench in the City Council's chamber during a hearing on the Red Line Extension project, and motions for Councilor Lawrence R. Frisoli to take the chair. Danehy leans back in Frisoli's seat, winks and is recognized by Frisoli. Standing, Danehy approaches two representatives from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority [MBTA], and begins accusing them of ignorance and deception in dealing with the citizens of Cambridge throughout their effort to extend the Red Line past Harvard Square. Danehy's voice begins to shake--he clenches his fists--and he begins banging on the table the MBTA people are sitting...
...City Council seems to be behind Danehy, though it is not a unified chorus of support. Councilor Saundra Graham, for example, is a long-time supporter of rapid transit efforts and has opposed the mayor's stand on the issue. The other councilors--save Frisoli and Alfred E. Velluci who side with Danehy--seem undecided at this point, despite their vote to join the lawsuit. If it comes down to a question of "extension to Alewife Parkway or no extension at all," the vote is bound to be close...
What's black and white and red all over? If you're a member of the Cambridge City Council, you'd most likely say it is the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority's (MBTA) plans to extend the Red Line through Harvard Square to Alewife Brook Parkway...
Five years have passed since Zambia joined the U.N. boycott against Rhodesia. During that time, Rhodesia has managed to survive quite well with the help of embargo-breaking Western countries and supplies from South Africa. Meanwhile, Zambia's economy has dwindled toward disaster. Landlocked, Zambia needed transit routes through Rhodesia to southern Africa's ports for its main export, copper. After the boycott closed the Rhodesian borders, scarce alternative routes disappeared, world copper prices declined, and Zambia began running short of food, machinery, oil fertilizer, soap and coal. Inflation ballooned to 30%, fueled partly by expensive airfreight shipments to speed...
...world market. Last week another 100,000 tons were still waiting, smelted into thick, yard-long ingots and worth $80 million. Perhaps this helps explain why Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda decided last month to ignore the U.N. boycott and reopen his borders to Rhodesia. The resumption of this transit route should take some strain off the Tazara and allow Zambia and Tanzania to repair and refurbish it. Last week, to save face all around, Peking agreed to keep 750 technicians working on the railroad for two more years, instead of bringing them home. Their contracts were expiring almost...