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...Five countries-Kuwait, Algeria, Iraq, Abu Dhabi and Qatar-extended the export embargo to The Netherlands. The Arabs have been incensed by reports-denied by The Hague-that the Dutch government has offered alternative transit facilities for Soviet Jews emigrating to Israel, replacing the center that Austria promises to close (see following story). The Netherlands is also an important exporter to the U.S. of heating oil as well as other petroleum products refined from Arab crude. Thus the Arabs may well have hit The Netherlands in order to further squeeze...
...many years, it has been fashionable to make fun of mass transit while GM and Ford assault us with their million dollar seduction jobs. For the Crimson to abuse a bus is to further encourage people to use individual transit (to drive cars and take taxis), meaning more pollution, more dependence on foreign oil, more asphalt, more parking lots, etc. We should use our college years as a chance to establish good vibes with mass transit and develop less environmentally destructive transportation habits. Charles G. Garlow...
Reynolds said if the transit authority does not move and the University is able to obtain the property (he meant the air), a "platform" might be constructed over the train-storage area and two new houses built atop the platform...
Helping the nation's cities to unsnarl their traffic jams might seem a top-priority issue for the Federal Government. But the most practical way to do so-partly subsidizing urban mass-transit systems-raises fierce controversy. Members of Congress from suburban and rural areas argue that cities should pay for their own transit. President Nixon also opposes the subsidies, saying they would strain the federal budget...
...good ideas die hard. Last month the Senate passed a bill authorizing $800 million to help pay for the ever-rising costs of city mass-transit over the next two years. Last week the House approved a similar measure by a vote of 219-195. If the differences between the two versions can be ironed out, the bill will go to the President-for an almost certain veto. Congressional proponents will probably not be able to muster enough votes to override that veto. Result: public transportation in most U.S. cities will remain inadequate...