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2 CG 176-5 &7¢C The day of duty report for August 29, 1968, prepared by for the hours 9:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. contains a notation under "Service Irregularities” that "...delays up to 45 minutes from the Hilton due to the yippie demonstrations - running time two hours due to heavy traffic on the expressway and Loop areas..." The evening shi report for August 29, 1968, prepared by or the hours 4:30 p.m, to 2:00 a.m. und r rvice Irregularities" contains a notation "10:45 p.m. - service to Congress and Hilton stopped because of rioting" and under "General Comments" the notation “Congress service resumed at 4:00 a.m, Loop supervisor will check for Hilton service to resume..." stated that the Palmer House, Pick- Congress and Conrad Hilton Hotels are grouped as the south segment Of the downtown bus service from downtown Chicago to and from O'Hare Airport and Midway Airport and this was the segment of the Continental Bus Service which was dis- rupted since the buses hag to be rerouted which, therefore, eliminated the Pick-Congress and Conrad Hilton passenger pickups and deliveries. This disruption occurred as a result of the demonstrations which occurred in that area on August 28, 29 and 30, 1968. made available the published schedule of the Continental Air Transport Company and Stated this schedule was in effect throughout August, 1968. This schedule reflects that buses were scheduled to leave the Pick-Congress, Conrad Hilton and Palmer House Hotels for O'Hare Airport every 15 minutes from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.: every 30 minutes from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.; and every 60 minutes from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Buses were scheduled to depart from the Palmer House Hotel with stops at the Pick-Congress and Conrad Hilton one hour prior to flight time for flights leaving from Midway Airport. On the return trip from O'Hare Airport to Chicago‘s downtown area, buses were scheduled to deliver in-bound - 51 -