New York Transport Back To Normal

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30959, 15 January 1966, Page 13

New York Transport Back To Normal

(N.Z.P.A. Reuter—Copyright) NEW YORK, January 14. New Yorkers pushed and jostled back to work today in overheated and over-crowded trains, waited in bus queues and stalled in traffic jams. The city was back to normal after 13 days of transport paralysis.

Buses and trains carried thousands of people who had been unable to get to work during the strike. Many had stretched to the limit their credit with landlords and shopkeepers after 13 days without pay. The prospect of customers returning to shops and restaurants ended anxiety for hundreds of small businessmen, who had been faced with ruin.

One of the first moves after settlement of the dispute yesterday was an order for the release of nine union leaders who were gaoled for contempt of court in calling the strike. They included Mr Michael Quill, the leader of the 35,000 transport workers, still in the prison ward of Bellevue Hos-

pital where he was taken after collapsing in gaol from an apparent heart attack. The main problem facing the Mayor (Mr Lindsay) is raising money to pay for the 70-million dollar two-year package agreement finally agreed upon by the unions and the Transit Authority. Governor Nelson Rockefeller announced last night he would ask for 100 million dollars in state aid to the city to help it maintain its present standard 15-cent subw y and bus fare.