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...have shown, Ulbricht was fired at the insistence of the Russians, who wanted to ensure East German cooperation in negotiating a Berlin settlement. The East Germans are now engaged in almost nonstop negotiations with the West Germans. They may well reach agreement this week over new arrangements guaranteeing free transit to and from West Berlin and establishing more contact between the two parts of the divided city. Nonetheless, the East Germans may at the same time wish to indicate their displeasure over Soviet pressure tactics by making a gesture to the spike-bearded Ulbricht, who stubbornly resisted plans for even...
...rode the rapid transit on the way to the airport November 3 with a crowd of West Siders on their way home from work. I happened to catch a glimpse of the headlines of the Cleveland Press, which said it all: "Perk Vows Safe Streets". A series of unique circumstances compounded by Stokes' political myopia permitted the backlash to overwhelm the forces of progress in Cleveland...
Boeing lost little time in starting toward that goal. In August the company was named manager of a Transportation Department-sponsored project that will provide rapid transit along a 3.5-mile stretch of traffic-clogged roadway in Morgantown, W. Va., connecting the three campuses of West Virginia University and the downtown area. Boeing and subcontractors will build the track line and about 85 electrically powered, computer-operated cars. Commuters will be able to signal the vehicles, which carry 17 passengers and run at speeds up to 30 m.p.h., to stop by pushing buttons located inside the cars and at each...
...taxes outside it. He has proposed that the City Council re-instate the annual walking tour--once required by law--in which the Councillors walk the boundaries of the city and talk to the voters. Housing rehabilitation, cleaner streets, crime prevention, drug counselling, medical care, veterans' affairs, rapid transit--the position papers are not radical, new, or original. They are well-researched and liberal. In a city where one candidate for mayor ran on the platform of "You know where I stand," it is a different approach. DiCara has been at pains to make clear that...
...taxes outside it. He has proposed that the City Council re-instate the annual walking tour--once required by law--in which the Councillors walk the boundaries of the city and talk to the voters. Housing rehabilitation, cleaner streets, crime prevention, drug counselling, medical care, veterans' affairs, rapid transit--the position papers are not radical, new, or original. They are well-researched and liberal. In a city where one candidate for mayor ran on the platform of "You know where I stand," it is a different approach. DiCara has been at pains to make clear than...