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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1979
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Uniltd Press International
SAN ANTONIO — Amtrak pur
est h has slighted Texas and the 39
Iher states that face severe cut-
j icks in Amtrak service so that the
f(uT|; ail company can concentrate on
jutes in the less profitable “North-
HegeP. pt Corridor,” according to a report
ho desitf | th 6 Austin Chamber of Com-
>200 wi]L
P. Hamilton III, chairman of
chamber’s Amtrak Committee,
|ased the report last week, claim-
Amtrak officials never made an
t to provide adequate service to
[act passengers on its longhaul
es, such as the “Interamerican ’
Icago to Laredo route which
lies through Austin and San An-
BTIS ■’ or to H° uston
amilton alleges Amtrak “keeps a
Ible set of books’ so that it can
Congress that the Northeast
ridor is the most profitable of
routes, when in reality Amtrak
ixingsi fjjnproperly’ - shifted $38 million in
i as $5.)*dor track maintenance alone to
followsiHlong haul routes,
i ofinveiMe said Amtrak’s alleged juggling
in the> ||juoks makes it appear the long-
nce routes are losing most of
money, when actually most of
[more than $600 million deficit is
irred in the Northeast Corridor,
h has only 2 percent of the total
refinerlute miles but runs 190 trains
I
hese results show conclusively
disproportionate service and fa-
d treatment of the Northeast
dor at the expense of the 40
|n-corridor states is not eco-
mically justified. The report con-
JoYol P es greatest protential for
/C'/Cll Stability is in the long hauls.
It of which are to be eliminated,
islycona thg lowest potential for prof-
Pennsyl' |jty i s in the Corridor, which
^liverfj Pdesires to preserve.”
is hopek ransportation Secretary Brock
er, onef ms announced Wednesday the
.illiamG ( er administration wants to
es buta j s h 43 percent of the 15,700
y. Ad« jjj| es j n the Amtrak route system, a
p Heyc gjve that would kill all passenger
sion. i^jce through Texas except the
punset Limited,” which passes
San Antonio at night from
iw Orleans to Los Angeles.
jVe believe this is grossly unfair
citizens of the state of Texas.
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February named
Inventor's Month
in Edison's honor
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Thanks to
Thomas A. Edison the month of
February^ has been designated as
Inventors Month by the U.S. Patent
and Trademark office.
The year 1979 is currently being
celebrated as the “National Centen
nial of Light” for Edison’s invention
of the incandescent light bulb 100
years ago — the first electric light
bulb that worked.
IPO, Inc., a non-profit public
educational group dedicated to pre
serving the patent system as an in
centive to innovation and creativity
says that Edison, at age 31, also
patented the first phonograph in
February.
The latest in knee-highs?
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This little fellow was ready for rainy weather
over the weekend with galoshes fashioned
from plastic bread sacks on each of his paws.
His owner, a resident of University married-
student housing, said he wanted to keep the
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IUD doesn't cause
more birth defects,
health study claims
United Press International
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A study
at the Center for Disease Control in
Atlanta refittes recent reports of an
increased incidence of birth defects
in babies conceived while their
mothers were wearing an in
trauterine device.
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