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...people. To the dismay of Detroit, some conservationists propose a tax either on bigger engines (which burn more gasoline than smaller ones) or on poor gas-mileage performance: cars getting more than 20 miles per gallon would escape the tax altogether. Beyond that, all energy savers favor mass transit where possible -plus higher commutation charges at tollgates and parking lots to encourage car pools...
Other rape squads use more conventional preventive measures. The Women's Coalition for Rape Prevention in Madison, Wis., has set up a "women's transit authority" to provide, for a 250 donation, late-night transportation for lone women. Most groups run educational campaigns advising women about ways of discouraging attack. The Los Angeles squad, noting that karate takes years to master, advocates screaming as a possible alternative. Sandy Pinches of the East Lansing center wholeheartedly advocates force: "A karate chop to the Adam's apple can kill a guy. Or you can stomp down with your heels...
More than any other candidate, Bradley has campaigned on the issues. By "down zoning" and developing a long-range growth plan, he hopes to limit the city's population to 4,000,000 (it is now approaching 3,000,000). He calls for the building of a rapid-transit rail system, free public transportation for people over 65, and the appointment of a city ombudsman to help cut bureaucratic red tape. Yorty is content with merely echoing that Los Angeles is the greatest, and that he is the man to keep it going and growing...
Texaco, the nation's largest marketer of gasoline, is already allocating its distributors only as much fuel as they received last year, even though demand is up. Gulf has declined to continue supplying diesel fuel to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, and the city's 606 buses will be stalled if another supplier cannot be found by April 30. For the first time in memory, authorities in Des Moines and Boston have not received a single bid for contracts to supply city vehicles. Boston's police and fire departments have only enough gas to last through...
...week. Throughout the Common Market, however, social benefits help to compensate for low incomes. Medical services are free, or virtually free; family allowances ($65 a month for three children in Belgium, for example) help to feed and clothe the children of the poor; in most cities and suburbs mass transit is efficient, cheap and lavishly subsidized by U.S. standards. To be sure, none of those and other benefits are really free, since they are paid for by a complex of income and indirect taxes...