'Economic turf' seen as needed for blacks
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A Rand Corp. official says American Negroes badly need an "economic turf" of their own. He suggests that the government spend $1 billion to put 100,000 blacks into the auto service station business.
Anthony H. Pascal, a senior staff analyst of the West Coast "think tank" company, made the proposal in the spring issue of The Public Interest, a quarterly magazine devoted to scholarly examination of social problems.
Pascal explains the term "turf" as "ethnic dominance of certain industries," such as Italians in construction and produce, Jews
in clothing and entertainment and Irish in government and public service.
He does not suggest that members of these groups be limited to their "turfs," but contends most minority groups on the way up have concentrated in particular types of business before moving into the larger economy.
an image of the group as the principal supplier of a service or commodity needed by society, he says.
Pascal says there are a number of advantages to the formation of an economic turf for Negroes besides the promotion of black capitalism. Dominance of an industry by a minority eases entry into its jobs by its youth and projects to the public at large
Pascal's proposal is not offered as a simple, quick solution to the nation's racial problems. Rather, it is aimed at seeking the best way to solve one of the problems—the low level of Negro participation in ownership and management of American business and the current notion that the nation will be better off if blacks have "a piece of the action" in the economy.
Pascal examines a number of industries and fields in which
Negroes might concentrate, such as athletics, entertainment, restaurants, government services and others. He rejects them as too limited, already occupied by other ethnic groups or lacking enough status to command public respect.
But the gasoline service station industry, he says, fills the need for 220,000 stations employing 600,000 persons, low cost for
entry (an average investment of $6,000 by station operators), relatively little training required and a firm place in the public consciousness as a needed service.
He says the natural economic progression of such a program would lead blacks into other automotive lines - parts dealers, new car sales, rental agencies and car washes.
Metroliners ease travel
WASHINGTON (UPI) —During the past 15 months, more than one million passengers have traveled between New York and Washington aboard new high-speed trains called Metroliners.
The stainless steel trains, operated by the Penn Central Railroad, make six round trips a day. Hitting speeds up to 120 miles an hour, they make the trip in just under three hours with intermediate stops at Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Trenton and Newark.
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Coed victim of hit-and-run
A hit-and-run accident occurred Wednesday night on Irving Hill Drive behind Hashinger Hall in which a girl on a bicycle was injured.
The extent of Miss Visin's injuries have not been fully determined although Watkins Hospital reported that she had a cut on the back of her head.
Rudy Wolf, a Kansas City junior, was with the girl, Judy Visin, a Crystal Lake, Ill. junior, when the accident occurred. Wolf said the car had gotten too close to Miss Visin and she was struck and thrown from her bike. He said the car sped away before he was able to make any kind of definite identification on its make and color.
Kidnap attempt fails
BISCOVEY, England (UPI) Police guarding the 88-year-old father of Prime Minister Harold Wilson after a kidnap threat surprised an intruder at the elder Wilson's bedside early today.
Herbert Wilson was unharmed, police said. The intruder escaped.
One of two policemen guarding the Wilson cottage heard a noise at the rear of the house and scared away the intruder.
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The most amazing discoveries to any passenger old enough to remember what conventional passenger trains are like, is that Metroliners are spotlessly clean, the seats are comfortable, the service is courteous and—miracle of miracles—the chances are 9 out of 10 that you'll leave and arrive on time.
Railroads have been using that argument for years to justify abandoning passenger services. They've never been willing to acknowledge that the lack of demand might reflect the abominably poor service inflicted on the traveling public by most conventional passenger trains.
The enthusiastic public response would seem to refute, once and for all, the cherished contention of some railroad executives that there's no demand for rail passenger service in America.
The Penn Central, not noted for pioneering, was lured into the Metroliner experiment by the promise of a $10 million federal subsidy. The subsidy payments have not yet begun, because Penn Central still hasn't brought the service up to the standards set by the government.
So far the Penn Central has spent about $57 million of its own money on the project, and it would like to get some of the money back in the form of the subsidy.
may never travel by train have a stake in the success of the Metrolliner experiment. The development of high speed ground transportation is an absolute necessity to forestall hopeless congestion of airways and highways in heavily populated sections of the country, such as the eastern seaboard.
Legislation is pending in Congress to provide large-scale federal support for development of a modern rail passenger system throughout the country, but its fate is in doubt.
Millions of Americans who
Neither on Capitol Hill nor at the White House does there seem to be any great sense of urgency about providing Americans with the kind of modern rail service that Europeans and Japanese have enjoyed for years.
Newspaper files suit for anti-trust violation
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UPI) —The Chattanooga News-Free Press filed a federal court suit Wednesday accusing the Times Printing Co. of anti-trust violations and seeking $10.5 million in damages.
The suit charged that the Times Printing Co. had attempted to monopolize the newspaper business in the Chattanooga area by selling advertising rates in and subscriptions to the now-defunct Chattanooga Evening Post at unreasonably low rates.
"The Free Press has been forced to operate at a loss and its ability to continue publication has been placed in jeopardy," the suit maintained.
"Publication of the Chattanooga Post was commenced and continued for the purpose of eliminating the Free Press as a competitor," the suit alleged.
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