TWA KYL I VOL. 31, NO. 17 AUGUST 12, 1968

Houston Route Airlines Act on Traffic Jams; Receives Nod TWA's Tillinghast Heads Talks WASHINGTON — CAB examiner WASHINGTON—President Tillinghast will lead a joint meeting Robert S. Keith has recommended here tomorrow (August 13) of certificated airlines, airport authori­ that TWA serve Houston, Texas. ties and federal air regulatory agencies to discuss ways to alleviate The route award, if approved by the air traffic congestion problem. the Board, would establish the The meeting, called by Mr. Tillinghast, will convene at 10 a.m. first competitive service between in the offices of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Houston and St. Louis and direct service between Texas and Europe. Although the day-long session will focus on problems in the The recommendation was made New York area, Mr. Tillinghast's invitation went out to some 100 in Mr. Keith's report to the CAB U.S. and foreign airlines serving on August 2 in the Gulf States New York/Newark, Chicago, Los service investigation. Angeles and Washington, D. C, Smith Joins TWA TWA has proposed four daily the respective airport authorities, roundtrips between Houston and and federal aviation regulatory agencies. As Programs V.P. St. Louis as well as a pattern of Authority to hold joint industry daily through-plane service to Wallace J. Smith, vice president- meetings was granted to TWA by Europe via St. Louis. marketing services for United Air CAB order dated July 26, pursu­ With St. Louis a major hub of Lines, will join TWA August 19 ant to a request filed with the the transcontinental system, TWA's to become vice president-market­ CAB on July 24 in which Mr. Till­ proposed schedules would also link ing programs, it was announced by inghast said "The airlines, the gov­ Houston directly with Indianapolis, President Tillinghast. ernment and the public face a Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pitts­ crisis in air transportation un­ Mr. Smith will report to Blaine burgh and provide connecting ser­ equalled, save for strikes, in our Cooke, vice president-marketing, vice to Detroit, Dayton and Louis­ nation's history. In our opinion in the position which became va­ ville. no airline acting alone can hope cant with the resignation of Thomas In its application, TWA pointed to solve even a small fraction of B. McFadden. out that Texas is the most populous this problem. Mr. Smith joined United Air state without direct, single-carrier "The congestion is so marked Lines as director of marketing re­ U. S. flag service to Europe. that delays frequently extend over search in 1964 after 14 years with a number of hours," he said. "Not Standard Oil Company (Indiana) "PICTURE WINDOWS" of TWA's new World Travel Center at 299 Park where he held posts in marketing, President Johnson has signed only is the quality of service to the Avenue reflect Manhattan's skyscrapers. Graceful lines of the interior employee relations, long-range plan­ legislation providing for a five- public seriously impaired but the decor convey an impression of "flight." (The windows were shattered by ning and organization planning. year U.S. passport, which will increase in costs to the airlines at­ an explosion in the early morning hours on August 3 in a building across be available effective August 26. tributable to this congestion is A native of St. Paul, Minn., Mr. the street. While some panes were replaced before the business day, Cost is $12; it can be renewed staggering." Smith is a graduate of the Univer- larger sections of the windows may be boarded up for as long as five for $10 if application is made In authorizing the joint meeting, (Continued on Page Three) within one year. or six weeks due to a glass shortage.) the CAB said, "We find that the The facilitation section of public interest in reducing the TWA's industry affairs depart­ In Anybody's Language congestion problems warrants a ment, working through the Air grant of Board approval for inter- Transport Association, was in­ carrier discussions." However, be­ strumental in development and cause of competitive implications ultimate passage of the legisla­ Travel Center Flight Center which the Board noted—"and since tion resulting in the new pass­ an authorization from the Board port. Pair Off as Three-Stars for these discussions carries with 0W, "Looking down the road to it immunity from the anti-trust automated passenger clearance To the three-star "must-see" rating of the Trans World Flight laws"—the Board imposed certain procedures, the development of Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport (see box at right), restrictions: a Passport Card (similar to a add another "must" in Midtown Manhattan. It's the Trans World • Agreements reached must be credit card), in place of the pass­ Travel Center at 299 Park Avenue which opened July 22 with an approved by the CAB. port book, is moving forward enthusiastic reception from leading European and U. S. travel through ATA, IATA and ICAO," organizations. • Discussions will be limited to said John Barch, staff vice presi­ the congestion problems at New dent-industry association affairs. The center, designed by the firm of Leonard, Colangelo and York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Peters, carries forward in the heart of New York City the spirit of Washington. flight caught by the late Eero Saar- (Continued on Page Five) Wallace J. Smith inen's design for the JFK terminal. Like the Flight Center, the new World Travel Center combines beauty with function. Its purpose —'Must-See' Masterpiece— is service to travelers—particu­ AU European visitors arriving at New York's John F. Kennedy larly those from abroad. A staff of International Airport will enter the U. S. through a "nice to see" 16 international consultants is flu­ building and many will leave through one that's a "must see." ent in 10 languages including Eng­ lish, French, German, Italian, Span­ Michelin, producer of Europe's most popular and trusted guide ish, Portguese, Bussian, Swedish, books for tourists, has devoted its latest book in the Green Guide Chinese and Thai. series to New York City, only the second city after Paris to rate an "The services which your infor­ entire book. Certain landmarks and interesting spots are designated mation center will provide for the with one, two or three-star ratings (see if you have time, nice to non-English speaking visitor will see, and must see). go a long way toward facilitating Our Trans World Flight Center at JFK, the Empire State travel to and through our city," Building, Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center and the Cloisters are Mayor John V. Lindsay told New among the few three-star selections in New York. That "nice to see" York region vice president Daniel building visitors will see first is the International Arrivals Building, P. Reid. "I am sure that this center through which all persons arriving from abroad must first pass. will be an asset not only to New York City's efforts to extend a cordial People departing the U. S. on TWA and TWA domestic passengers hand to the thousands of travelers pass through the "must see" Flight Center. visiting us daily, but will reflect the The Flight Center is described by Michelin as "both harmoni­ progressive passenger service or­ ous and functional and is a masteipiece designed by the late Eero ientation of TWA." The Mayor Saarinen." The six-year-old structure has won numerous architec­ termed the TWA facility at 299 PAUL FRIEDLANDER (left), travel editor of the New York Times, was one tural and design awards for its unique appearance "reminiscent of Park Avenue "a milestone of inter­ of the first customers for the new World Travel Center at 299 Park Avenue. a huge bird with outspread wings." It is the only three-star attrac­ national air service." With the help of chief agent Homer Brawley and ticket sales agent Carol tion at JFK, according to the Green Guide. Craft, he makes plans to accompany the New York Philharmonic on its The United States Travel Serv- upcoming European tour. (Continued on Page Three) S KY LINER

-Social Security—II Bigger Tax Bite, But Broader Benefits

Published Bi-Weekly for Employees of Trans World Airlines and Hilton International Hotels Since the inception of Social Many people assume that if they This is the concluding article By the Public Relations Department Security in 1935, tax rate increases retire at 65, and have been earn­ in a two-part series on Social 605 Third Avenue, New York 10016 have been legislated for future ing more than the Social Security Security reprinted through the Printed In U.S.A. years. If Congress takes no con­ maximum earnings base, they will courtesy of the National Indus­ trary action, the increases go into receive the maximum benefits. But Dan Kemnitz, Editor trial Conference Roard. The ta­ effect automatically at the pre­ it will be many years before this scribed date. Prior to 1950, however, ble at right was provided by the Social Security Administration. is true, even with the higher earn­ Editors' Notes Congress repeatedly postponed in­ ings base which went into effect creases in the 2 percent com­ this year. For a man without a magic wand, MKC lead air freight agent Bob bined tax rate paid in equal parts benefit had risen to $61.90 per The maximum old-age benefit Gamble deftly demonstrated a sort of legerdemain with live lobsters by the employer and the employee; month, 115 percent of the average that a man (or a working woman recently, to the gastronomic de­ since then, the combined rate has Old Age Assistance payment. Since who is entitled to benefits based light of the Governor of Kansas risen rapidly. The current com­ then, the average benefit has risen on her own earnings) can receive and his dinner guests. more slowly, at 3.1 percent per bined rate for the Old Age and upon retirement at age 65 is shown Our "surest hands" story started annum, to $84.35 in 1966. Even Survivors' Insurance and Disability in the table below. The benefit early one evening when Bob re­ after taking into account the rise Insurance is 7.6 percent. Added shown for each year is the month­ ceived word from Boston that a in the cost of living, the average on top of this is the current 1.2 ly amount the beneficiary who re­ special shipment of 25 lobsters real benefit in 1966 was 12 percent percent rate for Hospital Insurance tires in that year will receive for ordered for an important state above its 1955 level, an annual (Medicare), first introduced in the rest of his life. dinner in Topeka was delayed. 1966. Thus the combined present real growth of 1.1 percent. More­ "This will never do," thought tax rate for all three insurance over, starting in 1966, Medicare Benefits Payable under the Bob, and he quickly set out to programs is 8.8 percent in 1968, a benefits have been added. 1967 Amendments corral, somewhere, some replace­ substantial increase over the 2.0 This steady increase, due in part To a Worker Retiring at Age 65 ments. percent rate of 1937-1949. Legis­ to the steady upward drift of with Maximum Creditable Earnings But where on the Great Plains lation now on the books schedules wages and prices, is accelerated Year of Attainment Benefit do you find 25 live crustaceans further increases in the combined from time to time when Congress of age 65' Man Woman on short notice? Acting intuitively, tax rates to a maximum of 11.8 acts to raise the schedule of bene­ 19682 $156.002 $161.602 Bob called Don Lee, owner and percent in 1987. fits. The latest such action came 1969 160.50 167.30 manager of the Savoy Grill in at the end of 1967. Under the 1970 165.00 170.70 Kansas City. For Bob Gamble, 1967 amendments, the minimum 1971 168.40 174.10 Beneficiaries 1972 170.70 177.50 not to mention Governor George and maximum benefits have been When first instituted, Social Se­ 1973 172.90 179.70 Docking, Mr. Lee was happy to raised to a higher level. The mini­ curity benefits were a pension paid 1974 175.20 182.00 oblige. mum—for a single worker retiring 1975 177.50 184.20 to workers at the retirement age at age 62 or a widow retiring at 1976 179.70 186.50 Bob completed the unique of 65. Three factors have caused transaction by seeing to it that 60—is now $44 per month; the 1977 180.80 187.60 a dramatic increase in the total 1978 182.00 188.80 new maximum for a single worker the lobsters borrowed from the Bob Gamble bet on Don Lee number of Social Security bene­ 1979 184.20 189.90 retiring at 65 is $218. For persons restaurant were promptly replaced ficiaries since then: 1980 185.40 192.00 when the Boston contingent arrived in Kansas City. with dependents, there are higher 1981 186.50 193.00 • The rapidly increasing propor­ Governor Docking personally wrote a thank-you, praising Bob Gamble's maximums ranging up to $434.40 1982 187.60 194.00 tion of individuals over 65 who are 1983 188.80 195.00 day-saving ingenuity. "It is loyal employees and this type of service that per month. qualifying for Social Security; 1984 188.80 196.00 makes a business successful," he said. 1985 189.90 197.00 # « *t • The expansion of the age Based On Earnings 1990 194.00 200.00 "Annual picnic this Saturday, Aug. 3 . . . First call for bowlers to group over 65. Due to increased However, given that benefits are 1995 199.00 204.00 sign up for the 1968-69 season . . . Next big event: our Fall Dance, life expectancy, this age group has computed on the basis of earnings 2000 209.00 214.00 Oct. 12 . . . Coming events: Christmas Party, Dec. 21 . . . Las Vegas risen from 5.4 percent of the total 2005 217.00 218.00 from 1950 onward (but with the 2006 218.00 218.00 Nite, Feb. 1 . . . Spring Dance, May 9 . . ." population in 1930 to 9.4 percent exclusion of the five years of low­ These are but a few of the events on the calendar of a typical Em­ in 1966; est earnings), and that the ceiling 'Assumes retirement at beginning of year. 2 ployees Club, in this case, Chicago. • Successive extensions by Con­ on "taxable earnings" was $4,800 1968 amounts payable beginning February We've observed before that these and other activities of employee gress of Social Security protection as late as 1965, no one will receive 1968. clubs around the system do not come about without a lot of hard work to other age groups. the maximum benefit until the year (A woman retiring at age 65 is by a lot of people. The 1939 amendments extended 2006 (see table at right). credited with slightly higher aver­ Inevitably, there are always a few on the sidelines whose only offering Social Security protection to the Persons in their forties and fif­ age annual earnings than men the is "Why'd they do this?" or "How come that?" The criticisms may be survivors of the aged, including ties, now earning $7,800 or more, same age. This is because she valid, but they're worthy of consideration only insofar that the dissenter children under 18. The next ma­ may expect monthly benefits of works three years past her "nor­ is willing to participate himself. jor extension provided protection $178 to $190, if they are single mal" retirement age of 62, and So hurrah for these volunteers who represent their "constituents" at against wage loss for the disabled, when they retire at age 65; $266 therefore can substitute more years the airport and downtown Chicago: Rocky Humbles, Harry Mickie, effective 1957. At first, only a to $285, if they and their spouse of higher maximum earnings for Mary Cleary, Joe Sinnott, George Cannada, Gene Laszcak, Joe Curcio, small number of disabled persons are both retired. The rise in earlier years when maximum earn­ Harold Johanneson, Howard Tews, Len Udaykee, Dee Cyr, Jeff Bowlds, qualified, because of the narrow minimum benefits, however, affects ings were lower. This results in Tom Jamieson, Louise Fritsch, Willard Mickie, Joe Orozco and John definition of "disability"; subse­ retiring and retired beneficiaries the higher benefits for women Ladowski. quently, many more received ben­ immediately. • aged 65 shown in the table.) Others: Alice Maroski, Chick Johnson, Pat Schanaberger, Barbara Sul­ efits as the definition was liber­ livan, Pete Bennett, Mike Mattuch, Robert McAdams, Bill Simonini, alized. Robert Marel and Sharon Ryan. In November, 1956, early retire­ ment at age 62 was made avail­ able to women at actuarially re­ duced benefits (the maximum re­ duction is 20 percent); this option was extended to men in 1961. Recent amendments continued the trend of extending protection. For example, benefits were pro­ vided for students aged 18-21, and early retirement was made avail­ able to widows at age 60.

Benefits Even though much of the in­ crease of Social Security tax rev­ enue has been channeled into pro­ viding benefits for a rapidly rising number of beneficiaries, the aver­ age Social Security benefit—for a single retired worker—has risen at IP the same time. The improvement was particularly dramatic during MORRIE STETLER, number one in seniority of TWA's 2,200 people at 1950-1955. In 1950, the average Kennedy Space Center, receives the royal treatment due a veteran of 30 benefit for a single retired worker LOS ANGELES-BASED hostesses Sandy Hart, Norma Adams and Judy years' service. Secretaries Irma Kaulfuss (left) and Carole Calhoun per­ was $26 per month; this represent­ Byers (L-R) join Captain Stuart Nelson on a visit with Marine PFC William form the courtesies. Morrie, who is supervisor of procurement and admin­ ed only 60 percent of the average De Long and other wounded Vietnam veterans at Long Beach Naval istration for the Visitor Services program, joined TWA as a ticket agent welfare payment of $45 under the Hosptal. "The young men got a tremendous lift from the girls' visit," said in New York in June 1937. A son, Len, is working for TWA part-time in Old Age Assistance program. By Capt. Nelson. A colonel in the Marine Reserve, he heads the Civic Action Los Angeles while studying at UCLA. 1955, the average Social Security Fund to provide aid to Vietnamese civilians.

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Helicopter Aid Civic Affairs Role Approved by CAB Is Strengthened WASHINGTON—The CAB has ap­ WASHINGTON—A major realign­ proved new operating and financ­ ment of the civic affairs functions ing agreements between New York of TWA, with emphasis on coordi­ Airways, on the one hand, and nation in Washington, D. C. of TWA and Pan American on the company efforts in achieving ob­ other. When implemented, the fi­ jectives with the state and local nancing agreement will result in governments, has been disclosed by TWA and Pan Am holding 78.8 J. Woodrow Thomas, staff vice percent of the helicopter airline's president-federal and civic affairs. stock. He announced appointment of Shares held in excess of 24.5 James B. Ehrlich as director of percent of the total outstanding civic affairs in Washington, D. C, stock (or a total of 49 percent for with responsibility for coordinating and directing the activities of all the two carriers) will be placed in civic affairs personnel throughout a voting trust. Of nine NYA direc­ the domestic system. tors, TWA and Pan American will be entitled to elect two each. In a related move, Mr. Thomas INTERIOR of the World Travel Center carries out sweeping achitecture of also announced transfer of R. the Trans World Flight Center at JFK. Eight travel consultant desks are made The operating agreements be­ Daniel Devlin, director of area come effective on the inauguration of Carpathian walnut burl. Twin hemispheres of the TWA logo form the DAILY FLIGHTS between Baltimore/ civic affairs, from New York to ceiling. of NYA service from the Pan Am Washington. Mr. Devlin has been Building heliport and expire De­ Philadelphia and London are boost­ ing the export of Maryland seafood based in New York since joining cember 31, 1977. TWA in 1964. products. Receiving tasty sample of For the Pan Am service (the World Travel Center... jet-fresh Chesapeake Bay delicacies Stephen J. Slade, who joined Pan Am Building-Kennedy-Newark) (Continued from Page One) . . 1 your new facility will be a is London Mayor Sir Gilbert Ingle- TWA in February in Los Angeles, and the TWA service (Kennedy- Showcase of Service." field. London ground hostess Sylvia will replace Mr. Devlin as director ice, in a letter from Will Arey, LaGuardia-Newark-Wall Street The New York Convention and Riches presented greetings from the of area civic affairs in New York. acting director, said: "Certainly heliport) each carrier has agreed to Visitors Bureau sees TWA's Travel State of Maryland. "These changes reflect the in­ we would like to be among the first pay NYA an annual fee of $100,- Center as a valuable aid to all creasing importance and complex­ to commend TWA for its vision in 000 and support payments against visitors. ity of TWA's involvement in route strengthening the country's and operating deficits. development and state and local New York's host services for the "I am sure the services you pro­ Finance Position vide will be of inestimable as­ Among conditions imposed by government matters, and the need international traveler. the CAB, NYA retains the right to for centralization of all federal and "Your information center staffed sistance to New York visitors from Filled by Fauteux all over the world," Charles Gillett, negotiate financial and operating civic affairs functions," Mr. Thomas with multilingual people should be agreements with other airlines and Robert H. Fauteux has joined said. most helpful and reassuring to non- executive vice president of the TWA as director-corporate budgets bureau, said. Pan Am and TWA are prohibited Mr. Ehrlich joins TWA from the English speaking travelers ... As from conveying to the public any from American Tobacco Company, Air Transport Association where, its availability becomes known The staff of the World Travel where he was manager of corpo­ Center includes: Homer O. Brawley impression that they either control since 1959, he was assistant to the abroad, it should be an important NYA or operate NYA's services. rate planning. Prior to American vice president-federal affairs. He step in relieving the visitor's fears (Thai), Thomas Gale, Patricia Hart Tobacco he was with Hunt Foods (Spanish), Marylyn Amdurer (Ital­ The Board also stipulated that in was previously associated with the about a possible language barrier," & Industries and Johns Manville Central Intelligence Agency and he continued. ian), Rose Marie Maddox (Ger­ the operation of its services NYA Corporation. man, French), Kathleen Monte- Pan American World Airways. A The 21-nation European Travel shall give no preference to Pan Am mayor (Portuguese, Spanish), Reporting to Mr. Fauteux are native of Chicago, he is married to Commission lauded TWA for es­ or TWA or their passengers. Barbara Gibson (French), Irene Joseph P. Stellabotte, manager-cor­ the former Audrey Ann Evans. tablishing the center, and called for Benoit (French), Ronald Carlson porate staff budgets; Richard W. They have three children. other companies to follow its ex­ (Swedish, German, Russian), Carol Borel, manager-budget coordina­ ample. ABQ, TUS, AMA Craft (Spanish), Yvonne Granby tion, associated operations; Robert "The European Travel Commis­ (Spanish), Susan Kilcoyne (French, L. Deck, manager-budgets & flight Flight Engineer Cited sion has always supported the two- Managers Named Spanish), Nancy Nieman (Ger­ costing administration; and the way street idea in transatlantic For Extinguishing Fire man), Carol Schlottman, Emily Sie Appointment of three general manager-appropriations control. travel," said Onno Leebaert of the (Chinese), and Rosemarie Umile. managers to complete the organiza­ Charles Schoenberg, San Fran­ Netherlands, commission chairman. tion of the Southwest sales and serv­ cisco-based flight engineer, has been "We sincerely hope that more mem­ ices region has been announced by cited for his bravery in helping to bers of the travel industry in the Ethiopian Promoted vice president William J. Neff. They Wallace Smith . . . extinguish a fire on a fuel truck at U. S. A. will follow your good ex­ ADDIS ABABA—Appointment of are Frederick M. Spuhler, Albu­ (Continued from Page One) Chicago on June 19. Ijjigu Demissie as system director ample," he concluded. querque; Ray M. Morgan, Tucson; sity of Minnesota and holds a mas­ The truck caught fire near the of industrial relations for Ethiopian This sentiment was shared by and Frank P. McGough, Amarillo. ter's degree in mathematics and port wing of Flight 609 on the Airlines has been announced by fohn Kerr, executive director of Mr. Spuhler was manager-sales statistics. During World War II he ramp at O'Hare. While the driver general manager Joseph L. Brumit. Discover America. at Albuquerque. A 22-year TWA served three years in the Air Force. jumped clear, Mr. Schoenberg— Mr. Demissie is the first Ethiopian "The many outstanding serv­ veteran, he has also held sales posts Mr. Smith and his wife Lorraine "showing little concern for his own named as a system director; he also ices TWA is performing to make at Kansas City, Los Angeles, New have five children: Jeffrey. 17, safety"—used a fire extinguisher becomes the second ranking Ethi­ it easier for foreign visitors to York and Chicago. Shelley, 15; Richard and Ronald, from the aircraft to contain the opian in the airline's management, travel to and within the U. S. A. 14; and Sandra, 7. blaze until airport firemen arrived. is much in keeping with the spirit after Lt. Col. Semret Medhane, Formerly manager-customer serv­ of the Discover America program deputy general manager. ice in Tucson, Mr. Morgan has spent most of 27 years with TWA in the Southwest U. S. including Albuquerque and Los Angeles. Mr. McGough was manager-sales at Amarillo. He has been with TWA 29 years, including 16 years as sales manager in Cincinnati.

Richmond Promoted Robert D. Richmond has been promoted to manager-employment planning on the industrial relations staff in New York. Mr. Richmond has been with TWA three years including the Kennedy Space Cen­ ter and, most recently, in Kansas City as supervisor-technical recruit­ ing in the corporate employment office. He will report to Robert S. Jenkins, senior director-personnel administration. He succeeds John THE AMERICAN FORCES NETWORK in Frankfurt celebrated its 25th year A. Giacobbe who resigned to ac­ recently. To mark the anniversary, Bill Hanley (left), director-Germany, cept an industrial relations post and Tom Fennessey (right), sales manager-Germany, paid their respects with Red Star Express. to the CO., Major C. F. Buchannan. While beamed to U. S. servicemen, TAKING SHAPE. Wing and tail have been joined to the main sections of AFN enjoys a wide audience throughout Europe. About two-thirds of the the first Boeing 747 at Everett, Washington. Engines, landing gear and TWA served 13 million meals 75,000 letters and requests AFN receives every year stem from German, trailing edge flaps are next. Then, in October, rollout. and snacks last year. French, Belgium, Dutch and Italian listeners.

AUGUST 12, 1968 PAGE THREE S KY LINER TWA

Flags Raise Tulsa Mayor's Praise KlifS MOT

KANSAS CITY —The Del E. For Clipped Wings' Citizenship Webb Corporation was low bidder for construction of the main ter­ TULSA—The Tulsa chapter of Clipped Wings International has minal buildings at Kansas City In­ been cited by Mayor James Hewgley for the "spirited local boost" ternational Airport. the former TWA hostesses have given "national pride and patri­ The bid of $24,684,000 covers otism" through their sale of American flags. Proceeds go to Project three buildings, apron transition Hope, the international organization's major annual program in paving, utilities and incidental work support of the hospital ship S.S. Hope (Skyliner, July 29). from the entrance road to aircraft The dual-purpose American Flag/Project Hope fund-raiser is positions. Work on the new terminal is just one in a five-star program of community service undertaken by scheduled to begin August 1 and the Tulsa Clipped Wingers. is to be completed by early 1970. "It's our way of building bridges JFK Flight Center » # * of understanding, much like TWA's Air World Education program," Exhibits Thai Art Announcement in the July 29 Skyliner of the appointment of D. chapter president Pat Kaufman ex­ The work of a contemporary J. Ryan incorrectly reported his plains with understandable pride. Thai artist, Chalood Nimsamer, is position as New York region gen­ Chartered only three years, and currently on exhibit in the Trans eral manager-passenger sales and numbering just 16 members, the World Flight Center. Mr. Nim­ services. It should have read gen­ Tulsans have earned in the com­ samer, who is professor of fine arts WHEEL OF ALUMINUM INGOTS is all that remains of a once-great fleet eral manager-passenger sales and munity and within Clipped Wings at Bangkok's Silakron University, of Constellations. services, New York, to differentiate a reputation as "do-ers." In addi­ has won international renown for from general manager-passenger tion to support of Project Hope, his paintings, sculpture, wood cuts Hope for a Reincarnation sales and services, New Jersey, a their ambitious citizenship program and ceramics. includes: position held by A. J. Noble. "His uniqueness and style exert « <* » • Student Nurse Fund. Chaired great influence and his versatility Connies Could Be Reborn by Elaine LaFave Mueller, the and capacity as an artist and teach­ Robert W. Rummel, vice-presi­ fund this year provided assistance er contribute to the high esteem in dent equipment planning & re­ to Sharron Lea Williams, a student which he is held in his native Thai­ —In the Shape of Tomorrow search, has been reappointed to the at St. John's Hospital School of land," said Rex Werner, senior di­ Research and Technology Advisory Nursing. Two chapter members, rector of system design. KANSAS CITY—Reincarnation is a doctrine many people find hard Committee on Aeronautics of the vice president Evelyn Wagner The exhibition by Mr. Nimsamer to accept, but in the case of TWAers who saw the demise of 32 National Aeronautics and Space Thomas and treasurer Helen Mosi- will be followed in September by Connies here recently, the hope for their rebirth had special appeal. Administration (NASA). er Burke, are head nurses at the the work of an Indian artist, Naren The last of the Connie fleet flew away on July 15, one of eight * * « hospital. Panchal. retained for resale by Aero-Tech, Inc., a Phoenix firm engaged pri­ Gordon Gilmore, vice president • Speaker's Program. Extending marily in the scrapping of used air aircraft. of public relations, has been named Clipped Wings' normal support of One-Stop Customs Sol Kotz, Aero-Tech president, purchased 40 of the aircraft after chairman of the International Air TWA sales objectives and hostess TWA went all jet in April, 1967. Aero-Tech sent a portable smelting Transport Association's newly recruiting efforts, members of the Test Is Expanded unit to Kansas City International formed North American Public Re­ form from the molten metal. Tulsa chapter regularly speak to The one-stop customs inspection Airport and began scrapping the lations Advisory Panel. He was Then a workman, using a tined high school assemblies on job op­ system now being tested at JFK aircraft last May 1. also elected vice chairman of die garden spade, touched the outer portunities in the airline industry, will soon be extended to Washing­ Seeing the operation, many over­ overall Public Relations Advisory edge of the hinged pan, causing it particularly for minority groups in­ ton (Dulles), Boston and Los An­ haul base TWAers hoped for rein­ Committee, recently given per­ to tip the ingot forward. Catching cluding Negroes and American In­ geles, Earl Miller, manager-traffic carnation of the aircraft in tomor­ manent status by IATA. it on the tines, he placed the ingot dians. facilitation, reported. He said that row's superjets or even the sleek in a pile on the ground. « « * • Financial support to Tulsa's the Kennedy test has reduced aver­ supersonic transports. Isaac Eisenberg, a representative Hisson Center for the handicapped age clearance time for customs, And this might well happen, ac­ William J. Schlager has been of Aero-Tech on the Kansas City and retarded, as well as scholar­ immigration and health inspection cording to R. A. Magruder, man­ appointed supervisor-commissary project, said each Connie produced ships to the University of Tulsa, from 45 minutes to only 13 minutes. ager of aircraft parts and equip­ activity scheduling on the dining between 10,000 and 11,000 pounds through participation in the Tri Looking to the future, he noted ment sales. and commissary planning staff at of ingots, depending on the model. Delts sorority fashion show. This tiiat the new Flight Wing One, "Aero-Tech melted the scrap 605 Third Avenue. He is an 18- Each ingot weighed between 18 program was led by Clipped Wing­ now under construction at the metal into aluminum ingots for re­ year veteran of TWA including and 20 pounds and sold for about ers Peggy Heller Ihrig and Mary Trans World Flight Center, will sale to a broker in Chicago," Mr. manager of dining and commissary 15 cents a pound to a broker. Frances Ham Bissett, with assist­ provide built-in facilities for Fed­ Magruder said. "These ingots will at Newark. Somehow, it only seemed right ance from Tulsa sales manager Roy eral inspection. This will facilitate be sold to manufacturers of bar that the Connie, long the queen Fuller, who enlisted flight hostesses the direct transfer of TWA passen­ and sheet aluminum, and who can of the skyways, would fade away TWA spends $1 million and Jane Broome and Jan Reecher— gers between international and do­ say... they just may turn up again into the blue. But now her spirit 78,000 manhours on maintenance both natives of Tulsa—to model mestic flights when the new wing in tomorrow's superjets." may fly on in tomorrow's new jets. and overhaul of each Boeing 707 Foreign Accent costumes. becomes operational late in 1969. Quick and Clean —BOB HELMER StarStream every 8,000 flying hours. The scrapping operation was fast and efficient. After stripping all parts, such as seats and engines, an expert crew methodically reduced the big air­ craft into pieces of metal less than 10 feet long and fed them into a portable smelter. Removing the tails from the fuselage with a cutting torch was the first step. This lowered the nose to the ground, where mechanics could disassemble the engines quickly. Then a crane was moved next to JUST AS DIESEL POWER replaced the steam locomotive, these piston the plane, with a 12,000 pound engines gave way to the jet. wedge of metal 12 feet long and nearly two feet high suspended from a wire cable. In guillotine- like fashion, the wedge quickly re­ duced the big plane to scrap. A tractor lifted the pieces in piles, then transferred them into the smelter. Within minutes molten alumi­ num flowed from the base of the smelter into bread-pan-like metal COST OF CLEANING flight crew oxygen masks after each use adds up containers attached to a revolving to a pretty penny. JFK mechanic John E. Kelly thought of a time and wheel. money saver and earned a $1,436.78 Suggestion Plan award in the As one pan filled, the wheel was process. Pictured are (left to right) mechanics Irv Sandlick and Art LePanto; moved so that the metal would LIKE FISH OUT OF WATER, dolphin •shaped Connie hulls await their fate, Mr. Kelly; lead mechanic Ed Allen; foreman Abraham Katzen; and flow into another pan. It took less "We salvaged everything but the 'squeal/ said the last owner of the mechanics Tom Hanrahan and John Serrats. than a minute for solid ingots to once-great fleet.

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The FAA this fall will resume Progress, Public Interest initial training of air traffic controllers and flight service specialists at the FAA Academy Require Priorities—ATA in Oklahoma City. Currently, WASHINGTON—A renewed and intensive program to ease the air newly-hired controllers and traffic control crisis has been proposed by the Air Transport Asso­ flight service specialists are ciation to the Federal Aviation Administration. The program in­ trained at individual control corporates both short and long-term recommendations. facilities throughout the country. Stuart G. Tipton, ATA president, said that "Rapid growth of the demand for air travel has in many cases outstripped the growth of the facilities to support that traffic. Because of the crisis, the airlines Airlines Ahead are looking into scheduling practices in an effort to ease the conges­ tion problem. However, schedules On All-Weather are a basic part of our public serv­ gress and the Federal government ice and any change has to be over the past 18 months. To meet WASHINGTON — Progress by the viewed against its overall effect the increased demands for the pro­ airlines in a joint industry-govern­ upon the pattern of air service and gram, Mr. Tipton said, the airways ment effort to achieve the goal of the demands of the traveling and user-charge arrangements should all-weather flying is far ahead of shipping public. Changing sched­ be re-examined to the end that all the government's installation of ules is no panacea," he said. users of the system pay a fair share ground facilities, the All-Weather of the costs. Operations Committee of the Air "The delays are spreading through­ Transport Association has con­ out the country," Mr. Tipton noted. Recognizing the need for an im­ mediate relief of congestion during cluded. "Unless steps are taken immedi­ To date, according to the ATA, ately by the FAA, eventually all of the peak vacation and pleasure travel season now at hand, the 917 airline aircraft have been the more than 100 million passen­ equipped with the cockpit devices gers who use the airlines will be committee called for the FAA to grant "priority and precedence to required. A conservative estimate affected." puts the average cost at around BERNARD VANNIER, public relations manager-France, receives congrat­ He continued: "The public is passengers using common carrier aircraft at such times and places $40,000 per plane, or an invest­ ulations and a 20-year pin from James J. Bell, director-France. Mr. now paying, through the five per­ Vannier was later the guest of honor at a luncheon attended by fellow as airports and airways capacity ment of $37 million. By 1970, there cent ticket tax, more than $200 oldtimers at Fouquet's. are inadequate to meet demands." will be 1,637 planes equipped rep­ million as their share of the cost resenting an investment of $65 of operating the Federal airways The committee further recom­ mended that in the interest in serv­ million. Airlines Act. . . system. The requirements of airline This all-weather landing program passengers should be recognized. ing the maximum number of travel­ (Continued from Page One) ers (a) no aircraft be allowed entry is dedicated to improving the pre­ They make up the majority of air cision of an instrument approach • Discussions will be authorized commerce, and yet they are not into a high density area without filing a flight plan in advance, and and landing to the point where only for the purpose of establish­ getting the service to which they (b) that all aircraft flying into runway visibility is as low as 1,200 ing "general criteria under which are entitled and which they have these areas meet certain minimum feet (known as Category II), per- each carrier will independently paid for. standards of equipment and pilot miting operations that would other­ determine its own schedule pat­ "The airlines have on order more proficiency. wise be cancelled or diverted. tern. than $10 billion worth of new air­ The committee took special con­ The investment by the airlines, • Any fare agreements shall be craft and related equipment to han­ however, is of little use without filed with and approved by the dle the anticipated traffic over the sideration of the important role played by the air traffic controllers companion systems on the ground. Board. next five years. Their plans are in today's system. Recognizing this Five years ago, the airlines and the • CAB observers will be in at­ based upon generally accepted traf­ role, the committee recommended: FAA selected 23 major U. S. air­ tendance at all times. fic forecasts. • Reduction of excessive over­ ports to be upgraded for Category Massive Investment time, with an updated adjustment II precision approach and landing "The government has failed in in the overtime pay scales, as to be operations. Up to now, only five its responsibility to provide the fa­ consistent with normal industrial qualify even partially for Category cilities to meet this demand," the practices. II, and only one qualifies for land­ ings down to 1,200 feet. industry spokesman said. "Unless • Immediate reexamination of action is immediately undertaken, the controllers' retirement program. "The lack of progress in imple­ the massive investment program • A revised and realistic civil menting ground facilities for Cate­ will be in jeopardy and the growth service grade reclassification of con­ gory II is a great disappointment of air commerce will be serevely trollers, considering the difficult to the airlines," said Captain S. curtailed. The results of further nature and special qualifications of Gordon Granger, director of flight procrastination can only be to stop their jobs. research and development for TWA buying needed equipment and stop The committee also endorsed the and chairman of the ATA All- moving people. FAA's program to improve control­ Weather Operations Committee. "If we cannot solve the problems ler training by reopening of the He noted that while a high num­ ber of aricraft have been fitted for of the 1960s, how can we plan for FAA controller training facilities at PURSER Mike Haag (right) receives the 1970s?" he asked. Oklahoma City. Categoiy II, "several airlines have held their programs in abeyance 20-year pin from Keith Echols, man­ A special committee of airline The committee also recommend­ awaiting a more energetic effort by ager-hostesses and pursers in SFO executives, meeting in Washington ed that immediate action be taken the government to do its share." for the MAC/PAC operation. on July 25, reemphasized the need to meet the needs for additional for an increase in the number of runways at JFK. A major airport Pilots Trained air traffic controllers and modern­ improvement program is urgently Aircraft of 15 airlines are Industry Official ization of air traffic control facilities required in this area, the committee equipped for Category II. Ten of in accordance with the program felt, including consideration of a these airlines also have active ef­ Lauds Controllers submitted by the airlines to Con­ fourth jetport for New York. forts to complete the pilot training WASHINGTON—An airline indus­ and formal approval process neces­ try spokesman came out strongly sary to get Categoiy II authority. in support of legislation to improve "Six airlines are actively working the lot of the nation's air traffic toward the next all-weather goal, controllers as one step in attacking Category Ilia, which will permit the congestion - delay problem operations in visibility minima of plaguing major hub airports. 700 feet runway visual range," General Clifton F. von Kann, Captain Granger said. "We have vice-president of operations and proposed to FAA a set of stringent engineering of the ATA, told a requirements which the airlines Congressional committee that air feel must be met before authoriz­ SIGN UP NOW FOR traffic controllers—"the men who ing operation to these low visibility make the air traffic control system minima. We are working to get work"—have been neglected as to agreement in detail between the TWA numbers and working conditions. airlines and FAA on what it will "Practices exist in government take to finally achieve this next RETIREMENT relating to working conditions of advance in all-weather operations. controllers which would not be "Once again," he said, "the air­ PLAN condoned in private industry. We lines have urged FAA to get on are not only sympathetic with the with the needed ground facilities ANDTHE desires of the controllers to see "ALOHA NUI LOA" was the Hawaii-accented "welcome aboard" from for all-weather operations: we have these practices corrected, we here­ Honolulu general manager Tom Hauret for four new hostesses hired from recommended to FAA that Dulles by ask this committee to take the islands. Outfitted in "Foreign Accent" costumes are (L-R) Edwina International Airport be made ready %m positive action now. We urge Lum, Joni Ann Anderson, Michelle Erickson, and Frances Prosser. (How'd this year as the nation's first Cate­ prompt enactment of H.R. 18630 that grass skirt get in there?) gory Ilia airport." THRIFT PLAN! as a first step."

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Here's Pilots Eye-View Training Center Of Riding French Rails' Hosts Seminar Some 100 corporate pilots of To operate an airline under the turbulent conditions during the major companies in the U. S. oper­ three-week general strike in France would have appeared impos­ ating their own aircraft will attend sible. In fact, when Orly Airport closed down May 19-June 8 some TWA's second annual Corporate airlines suspended their Paris service. But TWA maintained daily Pilot Seminar in Kansas City this flights, averaging 250 passengers a day. week to exchange views and in­ "The many-sided story of what it took to do such a monumental formation on new air transport de­ job will probably never be completely known," writes Captain Jim velopments. Mclntyre in the current issue of Flite Facts, the flight operations "For many years commercial air­ newsletter. He attributed the over- — lines have exchanged information all success of the operation to four (For both the Brussels and Bre­ because of the similiarity of their main factors: tigny-sur-Orge operations, crews operations. TWA feels it is timely • Loyalty of French personnel and passengers were assembled for to promote this same relationship to TWA. flight departure at the Paris Hilton. with corporate aviation in a contin­ • Ability of the Paris flight oper­ Each bus was accompanied by a uing effort to enhance overall flight ations staff to set up a workable ground hostess or customer service safety, reliability and efficiency," system. agent. As reported previously in said J. E. Frankum, vice president- • French Air Force ability to the Skyliner, bicycles were the chief flight operations. successfully step in for the inopera­ mode of transportation for French Senior TWA pilots, instructors tive civilian air traffic control. TWAers getting to and from work.) and engineers will use programmed • Ingenuity and all-out coopera­ "That faithful workhorse, the instruction techniques in "give and tion of the TWA crews in execut­ C-82, did a yeoman-like job during take" sessions concerned with both ing flight plans that were often the crisis," Capt. Mclntyre report­ high and low altitude safety, per­ made on a day-to-day basis. ed. "When fuel for ground service NASHVILLE SALES MANAGER Tom Owen has the rapt attention of formance and operating procedures, Initially, flights were operated vehicles ran out, the C-82 brought Roberto Velhindo (left) of Porto Alegre, Brazil and Ken Rhodes of Nash­ Mr. Frankum said. through Brussels, a six-hour bus some up from Switzerland to keep ville at airport reception TWA hosted for 30 Brazilian students spending Subjects of the seminar will in­ ride from Paris. "Timing was so the operation going. It also served three weeks in the Tennessee city with local families under the "Home clude traffic control regulations and critical," Capt. Mclntyre related, as a spare parts carrier and back-up Stay USA" program. The group flew from ATL to BNA on TWA. Mrs. Jack TERPS (terminal approach prob­ "that when we transferred over to radio center for flight dispatch. Rhodes, Ken's mother and Roberto's American "mom" during his stay in lems); turbulence penetration and high altitude performance; mete­ Bretigny-sur-Orge (a military air­ "During the period of military Nashville, joins them. orology; proficiency checks and port 25 miles from Paris) Brussels control, TWA operated a total of recurrent training; psychological was running short of food servicing 36 flights through Bretigny-sur- Each of TWA's nine jet simu­ Clipped Wingers aspects of flight training; attitude capability. The meals were made Orge. We also operated another lators "flies" 16 hours a day, six flying; visual approach; mainte­ up at Orly and trucked to the mili­ 13 flights over French air space. days per week, or about 4,300 Give Career Tips nance and engineering methods; tary base. In addition, flights car­ The cooperation between TWA and hours a year. The first has logged OAKLAND—Charm and good flight director and autopilot; and ried extra commissary supplies on French Air Force personnel was about 38,700 flight hours. a flight simulator demonstration. board to supplement the limited nothing short of outstanding—as grooming, long the forte of flight facilities at Orly. was the airmanship of TWA flight hostesses, have come "down to crews." earth" in an unique experiment de­ Air Corridor signed to improve employment op­ TWAers can be justifiably proud "Of great interest to flight crews portunities for young women in of achieving several "firsts" during the Oakland area. was the railroad track' system in­ the crisis, concluded Flite Facts: Twelve girls from the Oakland stituted by the French Air Force "We were first into Brussels, first Neighborhood Youth Corps are at­ to control flights over and into into Bretigny-sur-Orge, first back tending the pilot sessions of a French territory," he said. "Flights into Orly—and first in line at the special charm school sponsored by were given a specific point of entry reopening of the Follies-Bergere." and a rigid altitude and heading TWA and the East Bay Chapter of block to ahere to. These tracks Clipped Wings. were transmitted to TWA's flight Jets Log Milestone Clipped Wings members Myrna operations office at Paris the day Kelly O'Boyle and Pat Kovac before a flight and then forwarded TWA last week (August 6) Burke are conducting the sessions. to the dispatch offices at Shannon logged its 10 millionth hour with "The six-week program is de­ and Rome." jet engines. signed to instruct the girls in Fuel was a critical factor for Depending on their type, the 850 proper grooming, poise and inter­ those flights landing at Bretigny- engines on TWA's all pure-jet fleet view conduct," comments Don sur-Orge. Aircraft were fueled of 188 airliners are overhauled after Waite, regional manager. through or were staged at an inter­ every 8,000 to 12,000 flight hours. Many young women lose out on mediate point such at Shannon for Maintenance and overhaul costs job opportunities before they even the ocean crossing. $20 per engine flight hour. reach the testing or interview stage, he pointed out. "As former hostesses, the Clipped Wings mem­ bers are donating their time and effort to the project to help the girls pass the first barrier of ap­ CONSULTATIONS between the U. S. and Greek governments on a new pearance and conduct." civil aviation agreement brought TWA observers and Greek aviation officials together during a reception. Speaking with the Chief of Civil Avia­ JFK boarded 53,556 interna­ tion for Greece, General A. Skarmaliorakis (second from left), are Thomas tional passengers in July, on the K. Taylor, vice president-government affairs; Robert Ford, manager-sales, heels of June's record of 49,244. Athens; and J. M. Davenport, general manager-sales and service for the Middle East and Africa.

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JOHN PENCE (right), director-ATA/IATA affairs for TWA, recently was MISS J.G. STRICKLER elected vice chairman of the Passenger Traffic Procedures Committee of 5 E HARLEM RD IATA—youngest person ever to hold an elective IATA post. With him at KANSAS CI TY 16 MC the committee's first meeting in Montreal are Harry Gibbons (left) of the IATA staff and committee chairman J. B. Gallery of Aer Lingus. Newest 64116 of five standing committees of IATA, the PTPC has been delegated broad authority to deal with operational problems in ticketing, baggage, auto­ mation passenger handling and aircraft capacity.

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