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VOL. 22, NO SEPTEMBER 3, ? 959 All-Out Airfreight Bid Super H's Switch to Cargo as MATS Year Ends TWA Steps Up Thomas Cites Lift Skeds to Spark As TWA Milestone Upon the successful conclusion of TWA's contract with the Mili­ tary Air Transport Service on September 30, the company will Air Cargo Blitz mobilize its fleet of Super H Constellations in the most determined bid for domestic and overseas cargo business in TWA history, NEW YORK—TWA will swing into the "big-time" cargo business on Charles S. Thomas, TWA president, has announced. October 1 with a fast fleet of "Up to now, we have done a good job of cargo service on pas­ 1049Hs, operating four weekly senger airplanes, but our lift of all-cargo aircraft has been limited," round-trip international flights and Thomas said. "Termination of the MATS contract will release three daily domestic cargo round six 1049H Constellations for exclusive all-cargo service. These, trips, according to Louis P. Mare­ with two converted 049 Constellations, will increase our present chal, vice president and general S. E. "Bud" RUSS (right), manager of air freight sales, points out to cargo lift by more than four times on international service and sales manager. Howard Jennings, cargo sales account executive, some of the principal by nearly eight times on domestic." Marechal said the overall cargo markets TWA's new all-cargo fleet of Super Sky Merchants will serve sales functions would be under along the company's far-flung routes. In view of the successful operation of the MATS contract which the direction of S. E. (Bud) Russ, began October 1, 1958, President Thomas said that TWA had manager of air freight sales and W. made an aggressive effort to retain this business from the mihtary, H. (Bill) Pluchel, manager of mail For the second time in but was underbid by a supplemental air carrier. TWA's bid was and express. The new services will recent weeks a TWA Boe­ J. Barch Is Elected lower than nine other competing carriers, both scheduled and non- offer a combined domestic and ing 707 is taking part in a scheduled. TWA was also runner-up on a separate North Atlantic international airlift potential of history-making event. Af­ As Assistant V. P. cargo contract and also participated in the bidding on a Pacific 6,157,000 available ton miles a ter flying newsmen home NEW YORK—The election of John contract, which was likewise lost this year by Pan American to the month. This will be further aug­ same supplemental carrier. mented by cargo space on regular from covering Vice Presi­ Barch, formerly assistant to the passenger flights, including Boeing dent Nixon's Moscow trip, senior vice president of sales, to 707 jets. TWA was selected to trans­ assistant vice president-industry The Super H's were especially sales affairs, has been announced port newsmen accompany­ by President Charles S. Thomas. designed for cargo operations and ing President Eisenhower have one of the largest payload Barch will represent TWA from a on his historic visit to sales standpoint in the affairs of capacities of any commercial air­ the International Air Transport As­ craft now in use, Marechal said. Europe. sociation, the Air Traffic Confer­ In addition they are fully pressur­ Again in command was ence and similar groups. ized for safe shipment of live Captain Gordon Granger. In other appointments made last animals. NBC newsman Ray Sherer week, Tom Trone, formerly mili­ Initially, TWA has scheduled broadcast over the Dave six daily domestic cargo flights, tary airlift administrator, was Garroway television show, with two coast-to-coast round trips named director of sales develop­ and another between the East '"Today," from the White ment for the Atlantic region. James Coast and the Middle West. They House charter flight as it F. Morrison, senior sales represen­ tative at Pittsburgh, has been pro­ will have a monthly capacity of sped at 600 miles an hour 4,148,000 available ton miles. moted to district sales manager at 33,000 feet over the Atlan­ Hartford/Springfield. Their assign­ Overseas, TWA will step up its tic, enroute to Bonn, Ger­ ments were announced by J. N. present weekly all-cargo flight to many on August 26. Martin, vice president of sales for BRIEFING SESSIONS WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY for the TWA team four round trips a week, with a the Atlantic region. directing operations of the airlift, which concludes a successful year at the total monthly available ton mileage end of this month. Here Bud Yeager (right), reads a report to (right to left) of 2,079,000. Tom Trone, Len Mayer and senior secretary Dolores McCartin. The fifth Schedules for the new TWA member of the staff, Sid Griffith, was on vacation. cargo fleet have been timed so that eastbound international de­ "Because of the wonderful ef­ one of the most successful com­ partures out of New York—all at forts of many people in TWA who mercial airline operations in his­ midnight—will assure transfer of produced one of the finest MATS tory. It called for TWA to fly more goods picked up throughout the contract operations, I am sorry that than 121,000 military personnel day from all parts of the United we were not awarded a renewal," and dependents—plus 4,200 tons States, for early morning delivery Mr. Thomas said. "However, our of cargo — between the United in Europe, the second day, Mare­ entry into the cargo field on a States and Europe in a year's time, chal said. broader scale may be one of the and was one of the largest trans- most significant milestones in TWA Westbound, the cargo flights Atlantic airlifts ever undertaken by history. Airlines have scarcely a single commercial airline in will leave Europe in the late after­ scratched the surface in air cargo. noon or evening, arriving in New peacetime. Before the end of this Its future is almost unlimited. Now month, TWA's MATS airlift will York the next morning for quick is the time to get into it. In the clearance through customs and re- have completed 1,600 flights, av­ long run, a successful cargo busi­ eraging 136 trips a month. dispatch for same day delivery to ness for TWA will mean a great cities in the United States. From a performance standpoint, deal to the company and its people. TWA's operation has been extreme­ In the United States, TWA will "In view of the great stakes and ly efficient. The mihtary require­ provide all-cargo flight service to opportunity for high rewards, it ment with regard to schedule per­ 10 major industrial and commercial SIGNALING TWA'S DETERMINED ENTRY into the air cargo business, behooves everyone in the company formance is a minimum of 75 per cities — New York, Philadelphia, Idlewild cargo agents Daniel O'Kane (left fork lift) and Michael Kirk to support, boost and sell our new cent. TWA's schedule performance, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, (foreground) load a shipment onto a 1049H Super Sky Merchant. Six cargo services," Thomas said. from October, 1958, through July, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, of the specially designed planes are being shifted from the MATS opera­ The termination of TWA's con­ 1959, has been 90 per cent. Los Angeles and San Francisco. tion to all-cargo service. tract with MATS brings to a close (Continued on Page Four) SKYUNER TWA

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Tom Allen Witt, to file elk. B., MKC. Harold Raymond Wright, mech., SFO to STL. John E. Robb, to foreman-in-chge., SFO. PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY FOR TWA EMPLOYEES B. F. Anderegg, copilot, MKC to LAX. Beverly J. Bosh, host., CHI to LAX. BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT Betty J. Boyce, host., CHI to LAX. Anne Brunke, host., LGA to SFO. Segundo G. Castillo, to grd. svc. hlpr., SFO. Donald H. Coester, mech., IDL to PIT. Louis A. Coppola, to mech., PHL. J. M. Coughlin, to res. capt., MKC. Editor's Notes Terence Roberts Cummings, second officer, LAX to SFO. Roger Cutrufello, to trans, agt., PHL. Mary Edith Davis, host., LGA to SFO. Richard Albert Davis, copilot, EWR to LAX. A visit to United Airlines DC-8 at their Idlewild hangar reveals some Bridget C. Doyle, host., CHI to LAX. Joseph H. Duncan, to res. capt., LGA. similarities to the Boeing 707—and some differences. In appearance the Frank D. Dunn, to trans, agt., PHL. Mary Emanuel, host., LGA to BOS. DC-8 follows UAL's standard blue and white markings. Inside the plane, G. E. Falkner, capt., MKC to SFO. D. E. Frazier, to res. capt., MKC. the first class passenger lounge consists of eight non-reclinable seats Louis Francis Gorczyca, second officer, LAX to SFO. /^SfeiWs (actually they are benches with arm rests). These lounge seats will be Jo Ann Gordon, to telet. oper., MKC. Curtis Allen Graves, second officer, LAX to wrw /Mm-sme^ sold on a regular basis. There will also be a lounge in the tourist section. SFO. Russell Hamler, mechanic, IDL to PIT. The 707 has five lavatories, while the DC-8 has only four. Galleys and Kathryn T. Hanrahan, host., CHI to LAX. Andrew James Herbert, relief pilot, LAX to YOUR MAGIC CARPET TO EVERYWHERE. ... One of many galley space on both planes are similar. The TWA 707 has a curtain IDL. Vernette Mildred Householder, to pantry­ TWA benefits, free and reduced rate transportation, is enjoyed and to close the area between the two galley units, while UAL has a formica man, LAX. used by TWA families throughout the world. Every year, more and Willard Griggs Hofeland, to res. capt., IDL. door. Norma R. Johnson, host., CHI to LAX. more TWAers are making use of free transportation privileges. Lester Henry Laurin, to res. capt., IDL. Outstanding feature of the DC-8 seats is that the service units, con­ Richard R. Lemieux, to telet. oper., BOS. Ingeborg Lippmann, tkt. sales agt., HLW to taining the same elements which TWA's 707 has in the overhead service NYC. Walter J. MacBeth, stores elk., LGA to PHL. Bernadette B. Landon, to host, supv., CHI. Richard T. Carrol, cargo agt., PHX to LAX. unit, fit in the back of the seat facing the passenger. On the right hand Mary Catherine MacDougall, res. sales agt.. John Lauricella, to inspector, IDL. Robert Coyle, to Id. cargo agt., MKC. LAX to NYC. Curtis Leg rand, to Id. fit. svc. hlpr., IDL. Kathryn M. Dormant, to sr. file elk., NYC. corner of the seat is a hostess call button, a switch for the night light, Dory Calvin Malott, to trans, agt., ORD. Betty Lou Ludwig, telet. oper., MKC to SFO. Ruth L. Dixon, secy., MKC to LAX. Barbara Lee Marlin, to pantryman, LAX. Francis P. Lydon, to Id. cargo agt., ORD. John J. Feeney, to trans, agt., IDL. and a fresh air gasper. To the left of this service panel are the emergency Hazel B. McConnell, to jr. acct B., MKC. Olive MacKenzie, to sr. secy., NYC. Frank O. Gentry, to trans, agt., MKC. James A. McKay, to analyst, NYC. R. L. McClure, copilot, MKC to IDL. Earl LeRoy Hankins, trans, agt., DCA to MKC. decompression masks. Beneath the oxygen panel is an integral table Vernon C. McKenzie, reg. res. capt.. IDL to Joseph J. McCormack, to tkt. sales agt-in- Patrick Hourican, to stores elk., IDL. BOS. chge., ALB. Joseph J. Hurka, to trans, agt., LAX. built into channels which can be released by pressing a small button. C. W. Meyer, cargo agt., IDL to SFO. George McMahon, fit. svc. hlpr., EWR to PHL. Ernest Irving, to mech., SFO. Carole Anne Melson, to scy., MKC. George D. Miller, copilot, LAX to LGA. Catherine F. Jurkewicz, to sr. secy., MKC. Patricia A. Michel, host., CHI to LAX. An oblong fight fixture, located alongside the head of each passenger, Marlene Joan Nagel, host., SFO to LAX. Howard B. Kitter, to crew scheduler, MDW. Samuel D. Moore, to fit. svc. hlpr., IDL. Guido J. Novello, to mech., PHL. F. J. Kolb, copilot, IDL to MKC. M. O. Musick, copilot, MKC to IDL. Edward D. Kuball, relief pilot, SFO to IDL. is fitted into the outside edge of the seat cushion. The headrest cover James D. Owen, fit. dispatcher, Paris to MKC. Janet B. Neal, host., CHI to LAX. Joseph Edward Ladd, res. sales agt., TUS to John Pacheco, to fit. svc. hlpr., SFO. Barbara A. Neubauer, host., CHI to LAX. DAY. is fitted to the seat by means of a strip of zipping adhesive fabric. Yvonne Parsons, telet. oper., MKC to LAX. Archie Niccum, to trans, agt., MKC. Kenneth Owen Larason, fit. svc. hlpr., MKC Frank H. Pennington, to Id. res. sales agt., N. A. Nichol, second officer, MKC to SFO. to LAX. Movable bulkheads can be placed between each three rows of first PIT. Fred Byron Novinger, to res. capt., LGA. N. W. Lee, to supv. mech., MCI to Jedda. John Joseph Reen, copilot, LGA to LAX. John F. Orr, to Id. cmy. elk., ORD. Alfonso G. Lopez, mech., MCI to LAX. class seats. The tourist section is similar to first-class, except that the James Henry Richter, to res. capt., IDL. Ruth Quinlan, host., MKC to SFO. Genevieve Dorothy Luisi, to jr. acct. B., D. E. Robey, reg. res. capt., CHI to YIP. Viola M. Richardson, to stat. elk. B., MKC. MDW seats are six abreast. Tourist seats have the same built-in facilities as Jose C. Santiago, to fit. svc. hlpr., SFO. Earl F. Roth, to stores elk., LAX. Robert E. McKeon, to cmy. elk., MDW. William L. Schulz, copilot, LAX to IDL. Frederick Richard Sauerbier, to trans, agt., Torrance R. McLinden, to sched. rep. B., first class seats. There are no dome ceiling lights, as on the TWA 707. Clarice J. Shelley, to pantryman, LAX. MDW. K. R. Slaten, copilot, MKC to LAX. NYC. Armand Hugo Schaefer, to trans agt., MKC. Sylvia Marie Musick, to telet. oper., DCA. UAL starts DC-8 service on the NYC-SFO route on Sept. 18. E. T. Syversrud, to res. capt., SFO. Sally J. Schneider, res. sales agt., MKC to Frank H. Pennington, res. sales agt., PIT Howard Edward Tews, to trans, agt., ORD. TUS. to TUS. Maureen Esme Tooze, host., MKC to LAX. Joseph Lovis Slnnott, to trans, agt., MDW. Eugene L. Schnebelt, copilot, MDW to BOS. Rosemary Vaughan, host., LGA to LAX. J. B. Skiba, to res. capt., MKC. Steve Varga, to janitor, LAX. Erwin Votgt, to trans, agt., CHI. Diana Ruth Southworth, host., MKC to LAX. Marian E. West, to telet. oper., CHI. Carole J. VonPinnon, host., LAX to SFO. Patricia Ann Stone, host., MKC to SFO. Mindy French, daughter of Silverton French, Western's Long Roy Roe Ward, to res. capt., IDL. Katherine Louise Yaolloni, to tkt. sales agt., Beach district sales manager, can spell better since her father visited Winston Charles Yates to cmy. elk., CHI. STL. Anne Josephine Zeman, host., SFO to LAX. John V. Vossmer, to sr. aircraft router, Mindy's first grade classroom during a PTA openhouse recently. William Edward Ausgtin, Jr., to Id. trans. MKC. RETURNED FROM SERVICE agt., CHI. Edsel Wolfe, mech., STL to PIT. While proudly viewing samples of his daughter's artistic talent, he Robert P. Burke, to sales rep., CVG to TUL John R. Zdvorak, to psgr. rel. rep., STL. Gerald Dennis Driscoll, Id. grd. svc. hlpr., Robert D. Butler, to work control elk., MKC. Mary Frances Armentrout, host., SFO to EWR. MDW. noticed a drawing of an airplane and asked Mindy why she had Gretta Yvonne Clark, to telet. oper., IND. Gerard Basurto, to grd. svc. hlpr., SFO. John J. Feeney, transportation agent, IDL. Doris L. Cummins, to telet. oper., MKC. William Francis Blesch, copilot, IDL to MKC. Theodore Lewis Kennerly, cargo agent, PHL. written "TWA" on its wings instead of "Western". Vernie Ferguson Wigington, to tkt. sales Joan Miriam Burk, res. sales agt., CHI to Alfred A. Masters, mechanic, IDL. agt., LAX. YIP. Dennis Louis Peskar, Id. cargo agt., CLE. Eleanor W. Flegal, Id. res. sales agt., NYC to "Because I can't spell 'Western', daddy," said Mindy. SFO. Byron J. Foreman, to Id. mech., STL. French reports that the situation has been remedied. Mindy now Dominic E. Heroneme, to foreman, MCI. Martin William Kus, to Id. trans, agt., ORD. spells "Western" better than most first graders. L. June Kuster, to staff asst., LAX. —HERB RICHARDSON Justin Warren Livingston, second officer. LGA to SFO. Harry E. McGee, to mgr. current sched.- int'l, NYC. Dennis L. McLinden, to chf. res. sales agt B, Eugene M. Risley, to Id. trans, agt., ORD. M. D. Risting, to res. capt., SFO. Ralph Henry Roney, to stn. supv. A., CHI. Judy A. Shaw, to tkt. sales agt., OAK. Frank R. Stafford, to res. sales agt-in-chge., LAX. Harold N. Stam, to stn. supv. A., ORD. Helen Anne Steinman, to tkt. sales agt, STL. Silvio P. Stocchero, to Id. trans, agt., ORD. Robert Lewis Tompkins, to shop work planner, MCI. Michael J. Vaughan, dist. psgr. svc. mgr., Bom­ bay to Cairo Janet Rosalie Woitalla, to fit. dispatch elk., LAX. William F. Affonso, to stn. supv. B., IDL. Thomas Robert Andrasco, to Id. mech.. CHI. Douglas J. Batt, to psgr. rel. rep., IDL. William E. Bentley, reg. res. copilot, MKC to LGA. Robert Charles Brabec, to emy. elk., CHI. Margaret W. Brooks, res. sales agt., MIA to PIT. George D. Burns, to trans, agt., IDL. Larry B. Calame, to trans, agt., MKC. Shirley Ann Cavin, to telet. oper., PHL. Frank J. Collins, to psgr. rel. rep., IDL. Robert L. Craig, to Id. trans, agt., STL. Arthur Crew, inspector, Addis Ababa to LAX. Dennis Lawrence Dawson, to chf. cmv. elk B., SFO. Rodrigo DelValle, fit. svc. hlpr., IDL to MIA. John DeNise, to aircraft router, MKC. Lynne Adele Dougherty, host., LGA to LAX. Jane Ann DuClos, res. sales agt., LAX to STL Joe C. Euritt, to grd. svc. hlpr., MCI. Pietro Fasitta, to fit. sve. hlpr., IDL. Frederic B. Fessler, to correspondent, NYC. Harold F. Filkins, to sales rep., ALB. Colleen Finn, host., MKC to LGA. Judith Ellen Flynn, steno. elk., IDL to BOS. MEMBERS OF THE NEWLY-ORGANIZED Clipped Wings Club in Chicago George Allen Foster, to mech., MCI. V. D. Hagedorn, fit. svc. hlpr., MIA to MCI. are shown during a recent visit to O'Hare Field, where they inspected Marilyn J. Hageman, to telet. oper., MKC. TWA's Boeing 707. On the stairs, from bottom to top, are Jinx Savary A NINETY-SEVEN YEAR OLD Californian, H. Fitzgerald Parkinson, shows Lois M. Haller, to supv. host., LGA. Daniel Joseph Hanrahan, to trans, agt., Castro, Joan Lersch Calhan, Irma Kolisek Canning, Helen Hegstrom Dublin ticket agent Una Fleming the route he took on his first visit to CHI. the Old Sod since he emigrated from Ireland to California in 1882. The H. R. Hay, to res. capt., MKC. Wolfe, Mary Bolin Patterson, Betty Gillan Stuhmer, Marge Carver Letz, G. W. Hefflinger, to res. capt., MKC. event marked his first airplane ride—by TWA 707 across the United Robert H. Holz, to Id. trans, agt., IDL. Miriam Noyes Shuart, Marjorie John Pitchford, Evelyn Wagner Inglis, Emma Lou Hoover, host., LAX to MKC. Nadine Goehring Carlson, Mary Pope Foy, Joanne Gere Hale, Jose States and then Jetstream from New York to Shannon. He contrasted his Joyce E. Huff, to jr. acct. A., MKC. pioneering days in California with the amazing speed and luxury of air C. Kalota, copilot, MKC to IDL. Herman Selig and Annette Apel Sheeg. Standing on the base are Mary A. E. Kelly, copilot, MKC to IDL. travel 77 years later. John E. Kroenung, to res. rate agt., CHI. Sharkey Lusk and Fay Lundsford Widholm. Robert Eugene Kropp, copilot, LAX to LGA. PAGE TWO SEPTEMBER 3, 1959 SKYUNER TWA MULOPS 880 Can Fly 615 1 2 3 U 5 6 7 8 MPH, Tests Show SAN DIEGO—Six months of inten­ sive flight testing have proved that 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 the Convair 880 jet transport can fly 615 miles an hour in level flight, 20 21 22 faster than any other commercial 17 18 19 23 passenger plane in the world, ac­ cording to a report by J. V. Naish, 26 27 28 29 Convair president. TWA plans to 2/, ^5 add the Convair 880 to its jet fleet early next year. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Flight testing has also established that the 880 meets or exceeds all its other performance estimates, in­ THESE THREE CONVAIR 880's are shown on the flight line at the Convair division of General Dynamics Corporation in San Diego. Intensive tests 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 cluding the predicted short takeoff and landing runway lengths for have demonstrated the 880 meets or exceeds all performance estimates, which this medium-range jet air­ including speed (615 miles an hour), predicted short takeoff and landing lengths. 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 liner was specifically designed. En­ gineering estimates of the 880's range and fuel operating economy NYC Res. Agent Plays 5A 55 56 57 58 59 60 have also been confirmed by data Service accumulated during 250 hours aloft on 130 flights with the first two Hero in Gay 90s Show Honor Roll 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 test aircraft. NEW YORK — New York reserva­ Naish said the flight test pro­ tions agent Jim Marbut will be the gram has demonstrated that the hero as well as director of "Dirty September, 1959 |68 69 70 71 72 880 attains its level-flight 615- Work at the Crossroads," a Gay mile-an-hour true air speed with 90's melodrama presented by the 25 Years maximum cruise thrust from the Airline Theatre Wing, Inc., Friday, B. G. Hart MKC By Sue Watkins, DCA reservations plane's four GE CJ-805-3 turbojet September 11. The play will be J. C. Kamm MCI engines. held at the Bohemian Hall, 29-19 20 Years ACROSS 14. bugs leave a mess every­ The certified landing field length 24th Avenue, Astoria. where. C. R. Myers MKC for the 880 with full first-class pay- The hall, as the name infers, B. C. Rathbone MKC 1. Well known U.S. capital. 21. Georgia city with an Italian E. O. Laakso IDL load was estimated at 5,350 feet will provide a "highly informal at­ 4. Home of the Dodgers. name (code). A. J. Nixon IDL when the design was established mosphere," says Bill Irwin of the M. L. Johnson MKC 7. European carrier (code). 25. Garments worn by women in three years ago. Landing tests to H. Walbaom CHI 9. Strong headwinds often cause tariff department. But Bill, who B. R. Simpson MCI 41 down. date have shown this distance may a delay in a flight's has starred in past Theatre Wing 31. Surface competitor. be significantly shortened. presentations himself, warned that 15 Years (abbr.). 32. Capital of Michigan (code). 12. The bane of employers; the while the audience is expected. to 0. B. Lichtenegger MCI 37. All departments of TWA hiss the villain and applaud the C. L. Pearce MKC delight of employees (abbr.). should work as a . C. A. Roddy LGA 14. Middle name of TWA's board Special Rates Offered hero "throwing of fruit and veg­ R. B. Palmer LGA 41. City in India pronounced etables at the actors is strictly for­ B. L. Slockbower LAX chairman. C. E. Ahlstedt MCI "cable." At Caribbean Resorts bidden." R. McCann IDL 17. Connecting local service car­ 43. TWA employee club members V. A. Young HLW Curtain time's at 8:30. Admis­ C. P. McMillon MKC rier out of CHI. do this. Special summer rates for airline T. A. Wood LGA sion is free to members of the J. F. Rhodes YIP 19. A month that has 30 days. 45. Code for city in America's employees at four of the Carib­ ATW and $1.50 for guests. R. Miller LGA 24. First class or (code). 49th state; also North Amer­ bean's major resort hotels have D. S. Hanenkamp MCI T. W. Anderson LGA 25. The capital of this state is ica's highest mountain. been announced by Intercontinen­ H. H. Myers MDW Pierre. tal Hotels Corporation. J. M. Lydic LGA 49. Nickname for 4 across. E. F. Otiker MCI 27. 30-minute field pickup for 58. The Boeing 707 ushered in a The rates, $5.00 per day single C. C. Rice LGA Elected Bank Director J. J. Brennan MIA ticketing. new in air travel. and' $7.00 per day double, will 1. A. Inglis MDW 30. In addition to the 880, Con­ apply through December 15 at the KANSAS CITY-Floyd D. Hall, S. Hutchison IDL 63. No-show (abbr.). R. F. Manning LAX vair builds the . 66. Last-minute boardings are Hotel National in Havana, the El vice president and general trans­ C. J. Clark II MKC M. J. Lanza MCI 35. Gilbraltar Airways (code). (code). Embajador and El Jaragua in Ciu­ portation manager for TWA, has C. V. Sparrow, Jr LGA 37. Same as 24 across. dad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, been elected a director of the C. A. Mattke MKC 69. Last letter of a Missouri TWA T. J. Neja YIP 38. Code for a city in the Cook city (code). and the El San Juan Intercontinen­ Grand Avenue Bank in Kansas M. C. Phippen LGA islands. J. M. Montgomery SFO tal in Puerto Rico. City. He replaces another TWA R. C. Madden, Jr LAX 41. Middle of TWA's home base (Solution on Page Five) Reservations may be made by executive, Robert W. Rummel, who J. P. Pierzchala IDL F. L. Benson .„„ MCI (code). writing Intercontinental Hotels, recently transferred to New York J. J. Gravino IDL 42. The twihght, or (abbr.) as vice president of planning and K. J. Fowler MCI Chrysler Building, New York 17; V. A. Oliva LGA shift. Named to Sales Staff Roper Building, Miami, Florida. research. M. W. Hall HAR R. H. Heimer MKC 45. TWA service has been tem­ NEW YORK — The following sales L. M. Johnson MCI porarily suspended there. W. E. Sanders MCI staff appointments have been an­ E. Witcoski LGA 51. A city in Virginia (code). nounced by M. D. Nason, Jr., re­ R. L. Ashlin MCI 54. The airline serving the city H. S. Turner MKC cently named director of market E. J. Monaghan MKC in 51 across. W. H. Toms IDL and sales development: J. W. Hughes MKC 56. Tri-city served by TWA. J. J. Meade, system manager of A. McCrea SFO 59. The word "Jetstream" is a R. D. Bryant MCI . passenger sales. B. F. Harris MKC David E. Midgley, system man­ E. L. Holland MCI 61. City on the Ivory Coast W. D. Webster MKC ager of agency and tour sales. G. J. Dalton LAX (code). A. E. Jones MCI William J. Cotter, system man­ W. R. Sherman MKC 64. alhtravelers to fly TWA. A. C. Cundy TUS ager of interline sales. 68. A feature* of the Jetstream G. L. Spickard MCI Jack F. Forsyth, manager of E. A. Whittington MKC (code). W. L. Kimball MCI sales training. G. B. Kerr MCI 70. Paradise city in the desert. F. L Kribs PHX W. R. Mailler MKC R. W. Marshall MCI Sales Contest Winners DOWN 10 Years ROME — Reservations agent Uga P. Simone LGA Aliorti of Rome and Pedro Sanchez, C. A. Pasciuto MKC 1. Airlines' home base is J. R. Himberger NYC Atlanta. junior clerk at Madrid, are the win­ B. L. Backlin SFO ners in the European sales area M. A. Hoey NYC 2. When a passenger reconfirms Sofollis Christodoulakis ATH of round-the-world trips in the Etty Ferrier PAR we need his name and Lucette Glauss ,,.~ GVA (code.) World Festival of Travel contest. Franco Marchionini ROM Francisco Carcereny GVA 3. This airline has jets out of Gladys Schaeffer PAR BAL. Sara Cafaro ROM Guy Esquirol PAR 4. One of operation's many prob­ Air Base Credits PHX TWAer lems. LONDON — Warren L. Bowman, HOSTESS LORRY BLAHA (left), San Diego, tries to figure out how she 5. Tickets may be purchased and TWAer on mihtary leave from arrived at O'Hare Field before she left Pittsburgh. Lorry was aboard Creative thinking is today's most charged with an . Phoenix, has been named the out­ TWA's flight 29 which left Pittsburgh at 8:55 a.m., Pittsburgh time, prized, profit-producing possession 6. Code for cancel. standing airman of the 28th and arrived at O'Hare Field at 8:53 a.m., Chicago time, 2 minutes for any individual, corporation or 7. Main job of reservations is to Weather Squadron, 40th Detach­ by the clock "before" the flight left. Pittsburgh, of course, is on eastern country. It has the capacity to ment, of the U.S. air force base daylight time, an hour later than Chicago. TWA hostess Carolyn Burke, change you, your business and the 8. Regarding. at High Wycombe, England. Redondo Beach, Cal., holds the clock. world. —ROBERT P. CRAWFORD. SEPTEMBER 3, 1959 PAGE THREE SKYUNER TWA

TRANS WOK DUSTRY !P>*-JfOTES Hawaiian Airlines Links 3«li9uH The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is observing Islands of 50th State the 40th anniversary of its organ­ ization. Six European companies formed the association in 1919— now there are 90. IATA originally rAC*°**HOO^h. 0 HAWAIIAN OA*0 howi ^ut AIRLINES ROUTES was formed to overcome barriers of differences in language, law, currency, technology and economic IN«**U WW regulation. It has worked to elimin­ ate red tape and make travel to nearly every part of the globe easy for nearly everyone. Through agree­ ments and resolutions, the mem­ W***" bers of IATA have brought about high standards of safety and per­ formance; today passengers and goods can fly from anywhere to Next November, Hawaiian Airlines will complete its 30th year of anywhere in the world, on a single service. Originally known as Inter-Island Airways, the airline transport document, paid in a began operations in 1929 with a 216-mile flight from Honolulu to single currency and with an in­ Hilo. The trip took more than two hours. Today it's a matter of finite variety of possible routings. minutes. * * # In the 30 years since HAL pioneered air service in the islands, it President Eisenhower has official­ has flown 8,000,000 passengers a billion passenger miles—with a HAWAIIAN AIRLINES HOSTESS Karen Yee does a jaunty rendition of ly designated Washington, D.C.'s flawless safety record. "Lovely Hula Hands" for her passengers. new air terminal at Chantilly, Vir­ The islands, on the eve of be- ginia, as Dulles International Air­ coming the 50th state, are experi­ port. It will be an appropriate encing the greatest tourist influx in »§^%&w*3F! ™ ?%&w,";:'& "working monument" to the late their history. To meet the demand California Hostess Yearns -£g =*4 secretary of state John Foster Dul­ Hawaiian has greatly expanded les and his indefatigable air-borne and improved its service between To Raise Arabian Horses diplomacy. the islands and now looks ahead » « * to extending its routes eastward to SAN FRANCISCO — Gal on the go is TWA hostess Sally Stewart MJmSSm the mainland and westward to the — and yet, it would seem, her feet scarcely have a chance to touch Airlines of the International Air South Pacific and Asia. the ground. Transport Association have banned First, she covers some 45,000 miles a month across the country BORN: operation of portable radios, tape Applications have been filed with recorders and other electronic de­ working the 707. Then, between flights, she's more than likely to AKIN: To Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Akin, stores the CAB to provide jet service to vices by passengers on international be seen climbing into the saddle of a horse. clerk, MDW, a 7 lb. 7 oz. son, Leslie Los Angeles and San Francisco. Gordon, August 10. flights as a safety precaution. Tests The pert 22-year-old hostess who In addition, it has asked for routes FARMER: To Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Farmer, have shown that they emit signals to Tahiti, Samoa, New Zealand now hails from San Mateo, Califor­ as she does on a jet, she gets the same pleasure. Last year, riding stores clerk, MCI, a 7 lb. 15 oz. which, although of very low power, and Australia. Another segment of nia, is a top-flight equestrienne. daughter, Donita Gay, August 7. Rhaudhi, she entered the All Ara­ can interfere with aircraft naviga­ the proposed service extends from Sally took to horses when she was LETZ: To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph (Marge bian Horseshow at the San Fran­ tion instruments. Hearing aids do Hawaii to Japan, the Philippines 13, in her hometown of Portland, Carver) Letz, former hostess and reser­ not appear to have this character­ and Hong Kong. cisco Cow Palace and came up with vations sales agent, CHI, TWINS, a 5 Oregon. She took to the air only second place honors. lb. 13 oz. daughter, Cathy, and 6 lb. istic and have not been prohibited. A recent survey revealed that earlier this year, when she joined For the future, Sally says she's son, Richard, August 8. * » • i Hawaiian Airlines introduces more TWA. "looking for a husband who shares O'BRIEN: To Mr. and Mrs. John J. O'Brien, IATA reports that its member passengers to their "first flight" While she doesn't get as much my love for horses and who'd like store clerk, MCI, a 9 lb. 4 oz. daughter, airlines carried a record total of than any other airline in the world. mileage out of "Rhaudhi," her to join me in raising and training Karen Ann, August 18. 69,249,000 passengers during 1958. Hawaiian was the first sched­ champion registered Arabian horse, registered Arabian horses." POPESCHICH: to Mr. and Mrs. Francesco Passenger traffic on both interna­ uled airline to be granted an air Popeschich, commissary clerk, ROM, an 8 lb. son, Roberto, July 25. tional and domestic services of the cargo certificate. After the attack 86 airlines in IATA increased more on Pearl Harbor, all inter-island RODA: To Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Roda, as­ sistant district transportation manager, than seven per cent over 1957. ships were placed in mihtary ser­ MAD, a 7 lb. 7 oz. son, Ricardo, July Cargo loads in 1958 were up 21.5 vice and it became necessary to 23. per cent. supply Honolulu with fresh food SHOTWELL: To Mr. and Mrs. James Shot- * •»• m from neighboring islands by air. well, flight engineer IDL (she's former Today HAL carries more than hostess Barbara Ostermann), a 5 lb. 14 The reservations manager for Al­ 20,000,000 pounds of air cargo a oz. daughter, Janet Marie, August 5. legheny Airlines at Bradford, Pa., year. has been awarded $850 for his role MARRIED in the arrest of two women who SMITH: Donna Smith, reservations sales created a bomb scare recently. MATS Reviewed .... agent, STL, to Donald Tarrant, August 1. Robert Taylor is the seventh airline employee in two years to receive (Continued from Page One) the Airline Employee Bomb Hoax To handle the MATS contract, Award sponsored by the Air Trans­ President Thomas set up a special New Posts Filled port Association of America. Taylor "airlme-within-an-airline," headed traced the call and tipped off the by Tom Trone as mihtary airlift FBI. administrator. Trone was aided by At NYC, LAX, CHI * » * Floyd Yeager, as deputy adminis­ The appointment of Jack Cowan The Post Office has asked Con­ trator and operations manager, Sid as director of reservations and ticket gress for authority to move any Griffith, manager-finance; Len offices, Atlantic region, has been class of mail by air. Postmaster Mayer, manager-passenger service; announced by J. N. Martin, re­ General Arthur Summerfield cited and senior secretary Dolores Mc- gional vice president of sales. the "rapidly changing pattern of Cartin. Cowan formerly was supervisor of our national transportation system" Other TWA departments—flight city ticket offices, New York. (reduction in rail service) and the crews, cabin attendants, mainte­ Dave Hightower, formerly su­ success of experimental airlift of nance, dispatch, flight planning, pervisor of reservations sales at first class mail as reasons for his commissary and passenger service Kansas City, has been reassigned to recommendation. —worked closely with the staff and a similar position at Los Angeles. with MATS personnel. His appointment was announced Summing up the year's opera­ by J. W. Letzkus, vice president Eight Hawaiian girls, represent­ tions, President Thomas said "The of sales, Western region. ing a cross section of the island conduct of the MATS operation At Chicago, the appoinment of population, are serving as guest was a most important chapter in James C. Tucker as passenger sales hostesses on Allegheny Airlines this company's history. Everyone manager has been announced by this summer. The airline and the in TWA can be exceedingly proud district sales manager J. H. De­ Hawaiian Visitors Bureau are co­ of the manner in which it was ARABIAN HORSES ARE THE PRIDE AND JOY of Sally Stewart, San Revere. Tucker formerly was senior operating in a program to promote conducted." Francisco-based hostess who hopes to raise and train them professionally. sales representative in Boston. the 50th state as a vacaton spot.

PAGE FOUR SEPTEMBER 3, 1959 SKYUNER TWA New Management Members G-40 Pass Worth 2 G's Receive Intensive Training To 29- Year TWA Vet KANSAS CITY—When Bob Morrison boarded a steamboat in the KANSAS CITY—Almost every month a group of new members of River Clyde 39 years ago to leave his native Scotland and head for TWA management converge here from cities along the airline's United States and overseas routes to begin a 10-day concentrated a new hfe in America, little did he dream he would one day return training program designed to aid them in their newly acquired across the Atlantic, flying swiftly through the skies in a TWA Jet­ management duties. stream. In a recent class, there was a representative from Bombay, India, In 1920, the airplane was a fledgling. But 10 years later, Lind­ and another from Milan, Italy. Of the 14 trainees, four were from bergh had made his historic flight, captivating man's imagination New York, two each from Kansas City, Los Angeles and Wash­ and catapulting the world into a new era—flight. ington, D. C, and one each from Indianapolis and Oklahoma City. Scottv Morrison cast his lot with the infant industry and went to as Scotty says, 'constitute a clan work for TWA—whose basic routes all by themselves." Lindbergh had helped to lay out. Scotty says Today he works in the aircraft the large cities, such as Glas- and metal shops of TWA's over­ gow, don't haul base in Kansas City. seem to have Recently, Scotty, who has now changed much been with TWA 29 years, returned since he left. to Scotland with his family, for The house the first time since leaving. It was where he was the first trip home for his wife, born, his school "Scotty/ Helen, too. She had come to the United States with her parents and the parks when she was two years old. Scotty where he played still remain and and Helen met and married in their appeared to him much the same new home in America. With them, as he remembered them from his AN INTENSE DISCUSSION occupies a recent group of management their memorable trip back to childhood. trainees at Kansas City. Shown (left to right) are Liam Casey, NYC; Ken on Scotland, was their 16-year-old Naturally the Morrisons included McAninch, MKC; Stan Thompson, LAX; Bruno Bonato, MIL; Roy Witzleben, daughter, Sondra. the customary tourist attractions in DCA; Bob Sinclair, IDL; Barney Cole, MKC; Eldon MacEachern, NYC; their itinerary. They visited Hamp­ They traveled on Scotty's G-40 Bill O'Connell, LAX; Jim Osborn, MKC INDR; Bob Fowler. IND; Bob ton Court, Windsor Castle, West­ annual pass, issued by TWA to Hering, OKC; Rajendra Mital, BOM; Nick Peragine, NYC; Joe Stroske, minster Abbey and sat in on a ses­ employees with 20 years' service. DCA and Ed Schuett with back to camera. sion of Parliament, also attended The pass covers the employee, his by Winston Churchill. In Scotland or her spouse and children under Under the guidance of E. J. duce the new member of manage­ they visited St. Andrews Castle 21, and is good for travel any­ Schuett, manager of management ment to leadership methods which and the fabled Loch Lomond and where, anytime, over TWA's sys­ training, the -conference begins help bring about increased pro­ roamed through the beautiful Scot­ tem—both domestic and interna­ with a discussion of the manage­ ductivity. With the use of the con­ tish countryside. tional. Scotty figures the pass saved ment profession and a review of ference technique and the case Scotty says that while he and him $2400. the responsibilities of management. method of teaching, we are able his wife have a deep and lasting Schuett then leads the group to give each conferee some live On their journey, Scotty and his affection for their native Scotland, through the various aspects of hu­ experience in solving problems family visited England and Scot­ they're glad they became Ameri­ man relations in order to give the dealing with people, and in the land to meet many members of the cans and that daughter Sondra is students a better understanding of exercise of leadership abilities." family clan. They visited his "tickled pink" she was born in behavior patterns. This study in­ JENNY CARSON brother in Glasgow and met for America. She's proud of her herit­ cludes job instruction and leader­ the first time Scotty's sister-in-law age, too, though, and on a shopping ship, control of absenteeism, prob­ and nephews and nieces. spree bought yards and yards of lem solving, communications, han­ In England, Scotty held a re­ the genuine clan Morrison tartans dling complaints, interviewing and All Dolled-Up, union with an older brother, his to make a dress and coat for the employment, and management poli­ wife and their 10 children—who, coming fall season. cies and procedures. Conference technique is an im­ L A. Hostesses portant part of the training, with each student leading his own con­ Model Styles ference and also participating in others. Los ANGELES — Tips on groom­ One of the interesting features ing, personal appearance, passenger of the training, students report, handling and other factors to "build occurs early in the course. Each of a better hostess" were featured at the individuals is asked to give a the Annual Hostess Meeting and thumb-nail biographical verbal re­ Fashion Show held at the Statler port to his fellow students, in­ Hotel, Los Angeles. cluding educational and job ex­ Actually divided into three daily perience background, as well as shows to cover as many Los An­ detailed information on his present geles based hostesses as possible, duties in the company. the event covered female fashions "I always thought my job was shown by the "Beautiful Web" the most interesting in the com­ stores of Beverly Hills, a cosmetics pany," one student remarked, "but demonstration, and a talk on per­ when I began hearing of some of sonal grooming. the others, it broadened my ho­ The clothes were modeled by rizon. It gave me a new concept hostesses Charlene Wilson, Jenny of the company. But above all, it Carson, Barbara Hartfiel, and Ca- gave me a fuller realization of the mille Morrow. The commentary other fellow's job." was done by Rita LaRoy, charm "We have found it very im­ and model school operator. portant," Schuett said, "to intro­ Miss LaRoy advised the group on posture improving exercises, Mulop Solution walking properly, dress and deco­ i 2 3 BK 5 6 • 7 8 rum, and other points of ladylike D c A L A Wffi s R 10 deportment. The cosmetics demon­ 9 ii 12 13 BHr 15 16 E T 0 T L E E stration, including the proper use 17 18 £1 19 20 21 22 23 of make-up, was presented by L c 1 A P R 1 L 24 1 25 26 | H27 28 29 Miss Margi Gamier and Shirley T 1 s D M T L Candreva of Day Dew of Den­ 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 1 m37 A T L A S 1 1 G T I T mark. 39 40 1 S| 42 43 44 Mary Gordon addressed the • "R A RI IK E V E 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 group emphasizing the importance M A N 1 L A 1 1 R 0 A of women in travel. Mary Ellen 54 55 M 57 58 1 • 59 60 P 1 A B E| |T M Kelly, regional hostess supervisor, The LATEST IN FASHIONS modeled by the girls themselves featured a 61 62 63 m 65 66 67 was in charge of the meeting. All recent gathering of hostesses in Los Angeles. Here hostess Barbara K N N • u R G £ arrangements were made by Su­ Hartfiel shows off one of the fall creations which husbands will be financ­ 68 69 70 71 72 m s L 1 I L A s| 1 CHARLENE WILSON pervisor Helen Christiansen. ing this season. SEPTEMBER 3, 1959 PAGE FIVE SKYUNER TWA TWA PHOTO PARADE

OBSERVING 25 YEARS WITH TWA recalled happy memories for Homer Stoltzfus (left), forms analyst, MKC. Here, Herb Protzmann, general manager of office services, presents him with a diamond service pin. Stoltzfus joined the company in 1934 at Kansas City as a mail room employee. He later became a timekeeper in cost account, moved into surplus sales and later to the maintenance department. In 1941 he was OFF WITH THE KID GLOVES and on with the "real McCoy" to beat any and all competitors in the battle named chief passenger agent at Boulder City and acting station manager for jet age supremacy was the theme of a recent all-day sales meeting in San Francisco. Every department in Oakland in 1944. He next was assigned to the industrial engineering was represented at the session, promoted by SFO DSM Don Hunter. Shown, in the striped vests reminiscent department and has been in forms control work since 1949. of the Gay 90's boxing era, are (standing, left to righO Gabe Greer, Leo Winter, Eliot Potter, Jerry White, Joe Morris, Harry Flynn, Hunter, John Bailey, Warren Rairden, Art Crandall, L. C. "Memphis" Cole, and Joe Walker; around the table are Fran Moran, Larry Murphy, Helen Lynch, Val Wood, Howard Wilson, Irene Abbott and Dick McMillan; and in front are Harry Dangler, Curt Haines and Ed Connor.

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A MAKE-UP MAN APPLIES the first touches in adding 20 years to the TWA'S OVERNIGHT BAGS have been put to many practical uses but this age of Paul Correri, public relations, IDL, for his role in a play is the first time we've heard of one being used as a feedbag for a horse! presented at the airport. Watching the transformation are TWA hostess The Arabian mare and foal (just born) are the pride of Alice Cantrell, Lottie Wohlbold (left), Who served as theatre receptionist, and ticket secretary to Dhahran DSM R. C. "Duke" Slade (he's peeking over the TUNIS TRANSPORTATION AGENT agent Mary Quinlan, who played the starring role. The make-up man is fence, at left). The girls, left to right, are Opal Moore, reservations and Max de Paz combines occasional Jacque Sade, waiter at the Golden Door Restaurant. The three act play, ticket agent; secretary Regina Hetrick; Mrs. Cantrell; and Jayne Merri­ night-club singing with his TWA "Design for Scandal," was written by Tom Del Vecchio, who covers weather, wife of senior sales representative George Merriweather. Look­ job. Here he's shown giving out comings and goings at Idlewild for the Associated Press. Mary Quinlan, ing on at right is Mohammad Habib, office boy at the Dhahran station. with the latest pop tunes during a who attended the American Academy of Fine Arts, has sung and per­ Mrs. Cantrell and Mrs. Hetrick are both members of the International guest engagement with Lionel formed professionally even while holding down her TWA job. The play Arabian Horse Association. The foal, born on the 4th of July, appro­ Hampton's band at the Tunis Pal- was produced before capacity audiences of airline personnel and friends priately was named Hurriyah, meaning, "freedom." marium. three-nights-running in the fifth floor of the giant Idlewild control tower.

JOHN E. HARRINGTON, GENERAL TRANSPORTATION MANAGER for the Central region, recently called together staff members of his department for their first meeting since the regional organization was established. Pictured around the conference table in St. Louis (unless otherwise noted, all are district transportation man­ agers) are: J. A. Kennedy, general maintenance foreman, STL; Ed Kammerer, STL; Ralph Taggart, ATL; C. T. "Chad" Sinnard, TUL; E. T. Huff, regional director of maintenance; Jim Fennell OKC (hidden); Byron Jackson, C. T. "CHAD" SINNARD, district passenger service manager at Tulsa, is regional director of passenger service; Bill Geiger, regional director of management control; H. F. Lawless, observing his 30th year with TWA. A surprise dinner was held for him ICT; Don Caudle, regional director of property and facilities; George Friedrich, MIA; Ed Zavrel, ORD; Jerry last month. Present at the ceremony were (left to right) W. A. Shanke, Condon, PIA; Harrington; U. J. Kampsen, regional director of flight operations; Larry Woodward, SBN; Art western regional director of communications; Vin Stott, general transpor­ Janssen, assistant DTM, STL; Roy Oswald, regional supervisor of construction; F. W. Culbertson, regional direc­ tation manager, western region; Sinnard; Don Logan, assistant to the tor of communications; Tom Ansel, IND; George Bell, BNA; Worth Johnson, MKC; A. G. Morton, station super­ general manager passenger service, U.S. and Jim Fennell, OKC DPS. visor, SDF; Richard Knowles, TPA; George Jewell, CVG; K. A. McGaha, FWA; and Milt Chandler, MDW.

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