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Four weeks ago they stopped trucks leaving West Berlin for Germany's West zone, demanded a toll of $75 a round trip to pay for "road upkeep." They had already cut off the Berlin-Mittelland barge canal for "repairs" and hampered railway parcel-post shipments on still another pretext. Meanwhile, Red negotiators sat down with West German officials to talk about a new trade agreement between East and West Germany...
Inflation is spiralling so fast, Provost Buck explained recently, that the University can't accept the gift of a building unless it came with an endowment large enough to pay upkeep for it for years. The H.A.A.'s main difficulty right now is that it can't upkeep on buildings built in the '20's, because the income from the endowments is now too small...
...West German passenger cars and trucks traveling the 103-mile stretch of Autobahn through Soviet-controlled territory that connects Western Germany with Berlin. The toll ranged from $2.40 to $36, depending on size and type of vehicle. Stated reason for the road levy: East Germany needs money for the upkeep of the Autobahn...
Besides decreased football revenues, constantly growing upkeep costs on the athletic plant are behind the heavy losses. The deficit for the past year was almost double that predicted. Overestimation of gate receipts from football, it is understood, were partly responsible for the huge discrepancy between the expected and actual deficit of the H.A.A...
...even lose his U.S. citizenship. There were some other jokers too. The death tax in England and other debts would take more than half the estate, leaving him but $112,000 and an income of around $5,000 a year. Income tax would chop off perhaps half of that. Upkeep would be expensive and the four servants hardly seemed enough. The biggest problem, thought Gape, was England itself: he was worried about rationed food and Socialist government...