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VOL. 18, No. 34 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES WEEKLY EMPLOYEE PUBLICATION AUGUST 25, 1955 Betty Clingman Will Reign as TWA Applies for First Non-Stop Queen of Airlines Ball Oct. 1 KANSAS CITY—Betty Clingman, 26-year-old TWA hostess, was chosen Tuesday from among nine candidates from the airlines serving Kan- •^s City to reign as queen of the third annual Aviation ball Oct. 1. Coast-to-Coast Tourist Service The other TWA candidate for the title, Dorene Cox, 24, typist clerk, I n the honor of being chosen one of the queen's attendants. Terry NEW YORK—TWA took the lead in offering the first scheduled non­ ggs, 19, Central Airlines hostess from Ft. Worth, was named the stop tourist service between New York and California in an application other attendant. filed with the CAB today. Final judging in the.queen con­ Fastest scheduled time will be 7 hours 48 minutes eastbound at fares test was conducted over KCMO- as low as $80 on a 30-day round trip excursion ticket, E. O. Cocke, TV Tuesday afternoon. Miss Cling­ sales vice-president, said. High Award of man was crowned by Pat McRey- Non-stop tourist service will be­ nolds, another TWA hostess, who come effective Sept. 25, subject to reigned as queen at last year's CAB approval, and is another balL phase of the over-all TWA plan to $200 Goes To Savings Up To provide increasing values in air­ The new queen became a stu­ line travel at progressively lower dent hostess on June 20 this year cost, Cocke said. The $80 excur­ and went on the line July 14. She sion fare on all coast-to-coast R. D. Morrison is 5'5" tall, has light brown hair $38 Possible tourist flights was announced last, and hazel eyes. She attended high week and applies Monday through KANSAS CITY—Topping the list school and one year of college in Thursday. It will become effective of suggestion plan award winners Monticello, Ark. Sept. 12 if approved by the CAB. announced this week was R. D. Dorene Cox first joined TWA With New Fare To provide the newest high­ Morrison, senior ground radio op­ in 1951, resigned, and then re­ speed non-stop tourist service at erator at Columbus, who received turned to the company in April, NEW YORK—Savings as high as lower cost, TWA will use the for­ $200 for his idea. 1953, as a typist-clerk in the mail $38 for air travel between east ward section of its roomy Model Morrison, after observing the room. She is 5'4%" tall, has brown and west coast cities are now pos­ 1049-G Constellations in tourist many changes that have taken hair and green eyes. She attended sible with TWA's new $80 excur­ class with increased seats. The place in flight release procedure Northeast high school in Kansas sion rate on round trip Sky Tourist tourist section will be separated over the last several years, con­ City. flights. The new fare becomes ef­ from the remainder of the air­ cluded that the flight dispatch Final judges were John Ran- fective Sept. 12 subject to ap­ craft and will be loaded through a form, 0-163, should be revised. dazzo of Randazzo & Morrison, proval by the CAB and will be forward entrance with separate The old form required the tran­ Photographers, Pat Koob, Bette TAKING OYER his new post as dis­ good Monday through Thursday stairway. scribing by hand of various pieces Bonn Modeling school, and Bob for round trips within 30 days. trict sales manager at Dhahran is The use of largersized aircraft of information from the teletype Allen, commercial artist. Gerry White, busy at his desk with TWA was the first transconti­ release message to various spaces The aviation ball, one of the nental airline in the United States in two classes of service has been on the 0-163. He proposed revis­ highlights of several aviation the paperwork. Gerry was formerly to offer Sky Tourist service, start­ successfully proven on many in­ ing the forms so that the release events to take place this fall, will a sales rep at Dhahran before his ing in February, 1949. In 1950 the ternational routes but this is the first adaptation to transconti­ message could be dittoed directly be held at the Hotel Muehlebach promotion. He succeeds Ivan Bor­ flights were put on a coast-to- onto the form and thus avoid the the night of Oct. 1. Tickets—lim­ coast basis at a fare of $110. In nental service. hand transcribing with its pos­ ited to 250 couples—go on sale sum who has transferred to Ama­ 1952 this fare was cut to $99. sibility of errors. Sept. 1 and may be purchased rillo as district sales manager. Today's 20% slash to $80 is ex­ John McGrath, senior account­ from Charlie Wales, 824 New York pected to repeat TWA's previous ant at Kansas City, received $169 Life building; Marena Hannon, re­ history of greatly increased loads Super-Gs Make Splash for his suggestion to eliminate sep­ ception desk, Overhaul base; Ruby stimulated by low-cost fares. arate city and state payroll tax McCully, reception desk, Airport; N. Y. Management Club In 1949, the first year the Sky in Advertising Circles deduction cards and place the in­ and Jennie DiStefano, ZZ. Tickets Tourist fare was introduced, TWA formation on the master IBM card. are $5 a couple. To Hold Meeting Sept 6 flew just under 50 million passen­ NEW YORK — Introduction of This eliminated a considerable NEW YORK—The Management ger miles in domestic Sky Tourist TWA's Super-G Constellation re­ amount of hand work and IBM club of Greater New York will service. In 1951, the year the $110 sulted in tie-in promotional ad­ cards, and an improvement in the Committee Chairmen get underway for the fall and transcontinental fare became ef­ vertising with approximately 29 efficiency of the payroll operation. winter season on Sept. 6 at the fective, this jumped to over 250 different companies, resulting in A reservations service agent in Brass Rail, Park Avenue and 40th million passenger miles and in a circulation of 39,262,634, accord­ New York, R. M. Pashen, and a Are Appointed by Kaul 1952, reflecting a 10% reduction ing to R. I. Robinson, sales promo­ St. tion director. Advertising media transportation agent at Kansas KANSAS CITY—Committee chair­ Social hour will begin at 5:30 to $99, the figure soared to 582 City, Don Baldwin, received $100 million passenger miles. included consumer magazines, men for the Kansas City Manage­ p. m., dinner at 6:45, and a busi­ newspapers, radio and television, each for their suggestions. ment club's 1955-56 term were ap­ ness meeting at 7:45. Speaker for From the beginning of Sky Pashen's idea was to consolidate Tourist service in the United trade magazines and direct mail pointed last week by C. E. Kaul, the evening will be Ralph S. and employee publications. the messages that YY sent over­ club president. Chairmen are as Damon; TWA president. States to June 30 this year TWA seas in making reservations on follows: This meeting is for members has flown 3,182,430 tourist passen­ Playing a big part in securing BEA and ALT. This consolidation only. Membership renewals for gers more than four billion pas­ these ads were the following sales of messages resulted in a consider­ Program, E. P. Burke; Budgets, 1955-56 may be made by contact­ senger miles. TWAers: Jim Edwards, Warren able reduction of words and the B. J. Smith; Membership, (co- ing Dale Ecton or any member of Just 25 years ago TWA pio­ Hearne, Charlie Pratt, New York; transmission of the messages dur­ chairmen), J. G. Ragan, W. B. the membership committee. neered transcontinental air trans­ Bud Franke, Chicago; Ed Morley, ing a slow period of the day. Murray; Reception, Lucy McNally; portation using 100-mile-an-hour Los Angeles. The idea for which Baldwin Food, J. L. Forsythe; Arrange­ Ford Trimotors which crossed the received his award was the revi­ ments, J. B. Morrow; Publicity, HOLIDAY COMING UP! continent in 36 hours at a fare of sion to the Form 0-174 to make it Art Clayton. Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day, is $200. In a quarter of a century JOKE OF THE WEEK a single copy, single person re- Next meeting of the Manage­ a company recognized holiday for TWA has cut the fare 60% and A bachelor is a man who enjoys manifest form. This idea has re- ment club will be Sept. 19 at the ground employees based within reduced the elapsed transconti­ life, liberty and the happiness of (Continued on page 3) Pickwick hotel, 10th and McGee. the continental limits of the U. S. nental time by 70%. pursuit.

HAIL THE QUEEN I Pretty Betty Clingman (center), TWA hostess, wears the crown signify­ THE NINE FINALISTS are shown at the KCMO-TV studios where the final judging was ing her selection as queen of the Airlines ball. On the left is Terry Riggs, hostess for televised Tuesday: Left to right, Terry Riggs, Central; Betty Clingman, TWA; Dorene Central Airlines, and on the right, Dorene Cox, TWA typist-clerk, who were named Cox, TWA; Joan Kee, Central; Sue Morgan, Braniff; Roberta Shook, Continental; Mary attendants for the queen at the ball Oct. 1. Lou Weihe, Continental; Tommie Moffett, Braniff, and Dona Lee Briner, Ozark, SKYLINER

SKYLINER Award of Merit San Francisco Bank for That Added Touch Uses Air Courier . . . which makes TWA Service outstanding To Speed Collection SAN FRANCISCO—Outflying Mer­ Fifteen Years Ago (vmdlkisf/ifritr To: EDWIN HOCK cury, in the modern manner, Bank of America courier Gordon Olson TWA's entire fleet of Douglas A rocket ship show on TV and flies a nightly round-trip of 800 DC-3 transports is to be re- an entertaining evening with two miles four times a week, between equipped with a new and more boys his own age was possible for powerful type of engine with the a young TWA traveler instead of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Since 1951, Olson, who lives in purchase of 111 airplane engines a bleak evening in New York (1200 horsepower) from the alone, thanks to Edwin Hock, sta­ San Francisco, has accumulated well over 700,000 air miles in Wright Aeronautical corporation. tion supervisor at New York In­ The program has been launched at ternational airport. line of duty. His courier job re­ quires him to pick up checks to a cost of more than $1,100,000. The boy, William Freeman, was be cleared from San Francisco, de­ TWA's newest engine on the traveling alone from Boston to liver them in Los Angeles, and Super-G Constellations boasts 3250 Columbus when his flight can­ vice versa, speeding the collection horsepower—and one bare engine celed at Idlewild. It turned out to of items and reducing the bank's costs $83,000 with an extra $50,000 be his first outstanding moneys considerably. worth of parts. visit to New * On the job at 9 p.m., the flying York — and a h messenger picks up his bags, is Ten Years Ago 1 very memor­ off to San Francisco airport by able one^—due limousine to catch TWA's "L. A. TWA's superintendent of mete­ to Ed Hock's Special." orology, E. J. Minser, is now over­ kind treat­ seas as a member of a five-man ment. Upon landing, he makes a dash to the Los Angeles office of Bank mission of technical experts repre­ The boy was of America to exchange his senting U. S. airlines. The mission too young to "moneybags" for checks that must is one of several sent overseas by spend the be returned to San Francisco. He the foreign economic administra­ evening in a is aboard a 1:10 a.m. flight from tion to make a comprehensive hotel by him­ the Los Angeles airport back to study of German technical, opera­ self so Ed took San Francisco. Quitting time is tional and technological progress him to his 5:45 a.m., when he turns in his in various fields—airline opera­ home to spend bag of checks in the heart of San tions, aircraft production, railroads the night with his family. They Francisco. and other industries. By Ed Betts, LAX arrived just in time to watch a Ed Minser is now director of TV show of TWA's rocket ship in As a long-distance commuter for operations, Central region, based, 'Your cap will be ready in a few minutes, Captain" the bank, Olson misses out on Disneyland which was quite a "ground-type" social life, but in Kansas City. thrill to the youngster. Then after makes up for it in the air. Meet­ SUBJECT: PROCESS, bitten in TAKEN FROM Earl Wilson's spending the night he was escorted ing and talking with fellow air Five Years Ago the. When this newspaper reported column in the San Francisco back to the airport next morning travelers, he has collected cards a couple of weeks ago that Indi­ papers is this little item sent in in style by Ed and put on his flight of more than 75 businessmen The Great Bell Telephone sys­ anapolis Mechanic Bob Cain while by Pat D'Alessandro, secretary in to Columbus. from South Africa, San Salvador, tem is being criticized, reports Gil capturing an escaped penguin was public relations. It says, "Airlines One of Ed Hock's co-workers Canada and European countries. Buvens, SKYLINER field editor at "bitten in the process," his brother, will let customers pay their fares summed up the experience by say­ Airport excitement, international Albuquerque. in installments—now we can all ing, "I believe that William Free­ acquaintances and early morning It seems that Jack Jouvenat, Charlie, of Kansas City slyly asked reservations agent, is one of many on what part of the body is the be debt propelled!" man will never forget his adven­ human interest dramas on the ture in New York and may turn streets of San Francisco and Los TWAers lined up for military re­ process. Another good reader of out to be a frequent TWA cus­ serve duty, and every day eyes the SKYLINER, Dr. Harold Dye, Angeles encountered during his OBVIOUSLY too busy to do tomer some day—perhaps on real cross-town rides add to Olson's the approaching postman suspi­ director of medical services, much reading these days is the TWA rockets from planet to enjoyment of his job. ciously. It also seems that the cleared up the matter by supply­ passenger who wrote the Washing­ planet." ABQ teletype machine needed a ing us with two pages of "proc­ ton sales office requesting a book For Ed Hock's initiative in going bit of repair and when said re­ esses" from his medical diction­ which he had forgotten and left beyond the requirements of his He saw it. . . Ignored it . . . The pairs were concluded the main­ ary—all the way from acromion, on a TWA flight. The name of the job to help a TWA customer, he sign that said "Bump." tenance man ran an endless tape alveolar and anconeal to vermi­ book? "The Power of Positive has been voted this week's SKY­ He hit it ... At high speed . . . through the machine just to test form, xiphoid and zygomatic proc­ Thinking." LINER Award of Merit. The end of a chump. it. The tape kept punching out an esses. In short, a process, says Dr. endless stream, line after line, Dye, is "a prominence or out­ reading: "Now is the time for all growth, as the spinous process of good men to come to aid of their a vertebra, the axis-cylinder proc­ SEPTEMBER SERVICE HONOR ROLL country." ess of a nerve." This stirred Jack to write a note to his boss, saying, "Don't So there you are. Now let's see 25 Year L. E. Vogt, KCK R. P. Tretheway, LAX A. C. Newland, KCK V. P. Jones, KCK Pietro Fanchin, Milan None L. B. Wade, KCK J. M. Baker, LAX T. Orlando, Jr., KCK T. DeBenedittis, IDL William H. Kite, you suppose they could think of a . . . where was Cain bitten? Oh, R. Hoffman, NYC A. B. Babcock, MKC J. A. Park, KCK J. E. Yale, KCK London new test?" yes, on the ramp. 20 Year J. W. Rankin, IDL A. R. White, MKC J, A. Kiefer, SFO R. W. House, MKC Felice Pietraggi, Rome W. H. Fosnaugh, SFO T. P. Benton, LAX W. C. Deltchman, 0. A. Neuman, NYC Davide Mauro, Rome Jack Jouvenat is now district R. L. Stears, MKC W. E. Pierce, KCK A. D. Winston, LAX MKC A. E. King, Jedda Lawrence Haddad, sales manager in Basra; Gil R. B. Riordan, ABQ E. F. Martin, SFO A. L. Juengling, KCK K. W. Trout, SFO F. A. Patrick, KCK Cairo R. J. Willwohl, KCK Buvens is editor of the SKY­ J. T. Coleman, MKC J. E. Timmons, KCK G. Merriweather, LAX E. L. Wright, SFO Luciano Parozzi, Milan M.J. Blair, KCK M. A. Lindley, STL A. R. Pene, LAX A. Bogotch, IDL Ettore Bassani, Milan LINER, Kansas City. 15 Year A. F. Strobel, KCK T. Leyland, IDL E. A. Rippel, LAX J. F. Smith, NYC Antonio D'Amato, E. W. Sargent, KCK M. R. Harms, MKC J. C. Vogel, KCK K. E. Cade, KCK T. T. Davis, KCK Rome One Year Ago K. E. Keough, CHI J. M. Welsh, KCK A. B. McDowell, ICT L. B. Wycuff, KCK W. W. Neely, KCK C. R. Fage, London W. Mazer, IDL A. F. Thompson, KCK T. B. Drake, LAX R. P. Cole, MKC T. V. Susa, LAX L. F. Fairchild, J. D. Moffat, MKC A. T. Humbles, EWR R. L. Hay, KCK F. W. Conley, NYC C. T. Dowling, IDL London Just back from a tour with V. Chakerian, IDL E. L. Jenkins, AVP H. E. Brotemarkle, M.J. Conway, NYC E. J. Gardyan, NYC Cyril Howard, London royalty that covered 7000 miles J. J. Kieffer, MKC J. Ramsden, LAX KCK F. J. Coleman, KCK P. Thompson,.MKC Geoffrey Hudson, and took three and one-half weeks H. E. Gilson, IDL F. A. Boyle, NYC M. R. Aldridge, MKC T. B. Crouch, KCK London is Hostess Louise Grove, Los An­ J. R. Morrison, IDL E. L. Johnson, KCK R. M. Kramer, MKC T. H. Carroll, IDL 5 Year Peter G. Kilpack, H. G. Lendle, KCK W. P. Dunlap, KCK G. G. Jones, KCK J. L. Decelles, MKC London geles. Louise was on special as­ C. W. Schildberg, MKC A. L. Kovac, KCK H. J.Smith, NYC J. R. Breed, KCK H. E. Morgan, PIT Roger Le Pommel et, signment for an air tour of the L. J. Specht, MKC W. W. Staatz, KCK E. J. Crenshaw, MKC H. R. Benedict, KCK E. Lerner, LAX Paris United States and Mexico on the E. T. Phillips, MKC G. H. Grabb, KCK H. Idukowich, MKC E. L. Grimes, KCK J. J. Mason, DAY Peggy Si lion, Paris A. J. Stolz, NYC F. A. Grigsby, KCK R. L. Gorderr, MKC R. L. Harm, KCK P. A. Seastrand, IDL Karl H. Kaehler, special TWA Constellation flight F. H. Seals, PHL D. J. Griswold, KCK R. D. Haynes, NYC W. C. Johnson, EWR E. K. LaFave, NYC Frankfurt of His Imperial Majesty Haile H. J. Hoehl, DAY C. C. Stirk, KCK B. G. Woolsey, KCK 0. A. Krumbach, EWR A. R. Fruncek, IDL Raymond Marsden- Selassie I. J. L. Watson, NYC V. B. Worman, MKC J. C. Brown, IDL F. B. Blanchard, IDL R. J. Vogel, KCK Smith, Manchester W. M. Gilbirds, MKC P. B. Wells, LAX H. H. Timm, KCK T. W. Gough, CHI G. K. Kohout, CHI D. H. P. Pratt, Hostess Louise Grove is now an C. A. Zerbone, Cairo W. L. Briar, Jr., KCK J. D. Dunn, KCK J. W. Harpster, Jr., J. J. Goulding, NYC London international hostess based at Idle- V. F. Rossie, LAX A. Schultze, NYC F. T. Bondi, SFO YIP J. J. Degall, NYC Audrey Brett, London wild. R. L. Hadzor, IDL C. M. Roberts, KCK M. T. Hayes, IDL G. M. Roeder, IDL J. Tersigni, MKC Vernon Bull, London D. W. Richwine, MKC F. L. Babcock, KCK J. P. Koehler, IDL J. W. Dyer, NYC J. D. Carroll, KCK Edward C. Challis, F. E. Harris, PHX J. Baxter, KCK V. M. Diaz, KCK W. J. Degnan, NYC W. E. Blankenship, London MILITARY LEAVE E. S. Boyce, LAX J. F. McGrath, KCK H. W. Lamar, MKC E. J. Rizzuto, IDL Jedda Edward A. Coomber, H. E. Hunt, KCK H. J. Mensing, IDL L. A. Orlando, MKC S. M. Severs, NYC 1. Smith, NYC London W. A. Foley, KCK R. R. Kelly, SFO L. S. Smith, DAY M. Wind, CHI E. C. Chapman, IDL John J. Cooper, London RETURNING TO TWA E. D. Cottingham, LAX D. H. Petersen, LAX J. G. Crump, KCK R. Wirth, MKC E. A. Roberts, PHX Raymond P. Lay, E. R. Aronson, IDL E. D. Farthing, MKC A. J. Stefancik, KCK R. K. Shover, MKC R. G. Wind, STL London Neil K. Whitehurst, copilot, MKC. W. L. Floberg, MKC E. H. Box, KCK R. J. Urban, IDL H. C. Williams, NYC C. L. Basore, KCK John Edwards, London Rae M. Wohlschlaeger, cmy. elk., W. B. Mclntyre, G. T. Conway, IDL J. L. Marlow, KCK J. E. Richey, Jr., W. M. Ellingson, LAX Aldo Bandera!, Milan Honolulu H. V. Chapman, KCK G. Wall, Jr., LAX pur W. Dye, NYC Valda E. Ladd, London MKC. By Jim McNeely, IDL C A. Ruch, KCK J. F. Cook, KCK H. Walker, STL W. R. Thorpe, YIP L. Scott, MKC Cyril T. Levey, Mohamadi Gomaa Shehata, bag­ T. F. Sullivan, Jr., H. E. Smith, KCK R. E. Shields, KCK D. 0. Smith, MKC 0. E. Shouse, KCK London R. Rehm, M.D., NYC gage handler, Cairo. "Sometimes your company IDL R. E. Pryor, KCK G. J. Steinmetz, KCK J. J. Shroepfer, MKC Ernst Meyer, London N. W. Grotz, KCK E. D. Wagner, NYC J. H. Milliken, KCK W. L. Sellers, MKC D. C. Clark, MKC Orazio Scalzitti, Jose Luis Llorente, teletype opr., spirit amazes me!" J. P. Boyd, MKC B. C. Williamson, DCA B. J. Fowler, LAX J. H. Vallee, Jr., NYC T. G. Levett, PIT Rome A. W. Loetel, MKC G.Willis, KCK W. H. Berg, MKC R. W. Voss, IDL G. H. Norman, BOS Gerd Wagner, Berlin RC, Madrid. 0. M. Wingate, IDL A. Chan, NYC R. G. Weber, NYC J. C. Murphy, NYC Roland Glaab, Munich 10 Year L. M. Di£chman, MKC S. C. Puglise, NYC 0. T. Smith, MKC M. E. West, CHI Ernst W. Hoelzel, SAD TALE about a dirty fish C. Hunter, IDL R. V. Gittings, Jr., E. K. Russell, KCK H. W. Reed, KCK Frankfurt comes from the U. W. Smith family L. Parks, MKC S. F. Veres, LAX KCK C. G. Dougherty, KCK J. C. Nixon, SFO Hildegarth Bacher, If it's news, send in Kansas City. Smith, a mechanic H. M. Phipps, MKC R. S. Dye, KCK H. R. Frost, Jr., NYC D. H. King, KCK F. A. Friedhoff, STL Frankfurt M. A. Gllrey, SFO A. R. Calltharp, MKC W. H. Wagner, KCK W. E. Reynolds, MKC W. G. Andersen, LAX Denise Verrier, Paris at the motorized equipment shop, G. R. Carroll, KCK W. F. Magee, AMA M. R. Sterling, KCK C. H. Nix, MKC S. D. Keller, LGB James Leak, London it to the has three children, twins named R. C. Higgins, NYC D. Macon, EWR C. F. Smejkal, NYC H. F. Goggin, MKC E. S. Toth, LAX Cedric Sutherland, A. Ristuccla, NYC F. E. McGinnis, MKC C. D. Thompson, MKC N. Karin, NYC J. W. VanCleave, CHI London Karen and Sharon, and a son, C. E. Wood, KCK R. F. Arnold, KCK L. I. Nelson, IDL M. E. Hodges, NYC J. I. Munkres, MKC Margaret Atwood, Jimmie, who were presented with J. H. Furbay, NYC H. E. McKee, KCK S. M. Kilbum, KCK A. G. Rohr, KCK H. J. Ross, MKC London some goldfish from a neighbor. A. M. Osborn, KCK J. B. McMaster, KCK C. W. Helwig, BOS H. A. Krohm, KCK J. A. Vreeland, BAL Joyce Cox, London D. M. Estill, MKC C. L. Oney, KCK C. H. Hogan, IDL R. A. Benninghoff, J. J. Rooney, NYC Margaret Eva, London Since Jimmie, 6, was the oldest, R. Hedderick, EWR D. D. Patton, KCK B. C. Hood, YIP ABQ E. C. Unruh, MKC Joan M. Glover his mother charged him with the G. C. Trump, KCK 0. J. Ramey, KCK H. L. Jekel, CHI C. B. Elbert, SFO L. L. Pascoe, NYC London W. Hoffman, IDL H. F. Rankin, KCK J. 0. Adams, MKC C. J. Steele, LAX D. J. Dorozynski, CHI George Gray, London Published Weekly at Kansas City care of the fish. The fish could C. H. Beals, KCK M. H. Wimmer, MKC J. R. Adams, Jr., t KC E. T. Bruckner, IDL H. G. Meili, Zurich Cathleen Taprlll, For Employees of TWA stay provided the daily watering, D. M. Baker, MKC W. C. Strautman, KCK 0. A. Gentry, KCK S. H. Selby, KCK R. L. Jones, KCK London Trans World Airlines E. W. Miller, MKC W. C. Wagner, KCK R. J. Lee, CHI E. F. Richmond, NYC M. J. Ficco, NYC feeding and cleaning would be Alexandra Pratsidou, Art Clayton, Manager R. J. Adams, CHI H. W. Wheeler, MKC R. G. Lock, IDL C. W. Schlichtemeier, B. D. Porterfield, CHI Athens Employee Publications handled accordingly. Taking it all R. H. Orten, KCK F. E. Tuller, KCK J. T. May, MKC NYC N. R. Simpson, PIT Gerard Lavigne, Paris to heart, Jimmie began to give G. H. Pryor, MKC R. C. Watkins, KCK H. L. McCollum, KCK H.J. Krause, KCK W. A. Evans, Jr., MKC Arno Liepmann, Gil Buvens Gloria Ragan the fish a bath—with soap pow­ R. V. Rafter, KCK J. E. Mattson, KCK G. W. England, MKC J. J. Cowan, NYC C. H. Burr, LAX Frankfurt Editor Asst. Editor J. A. Humting, LAX F. W. White, KCK W. M. Newman, Jr., W. J. Elks, KCK T. W. Keptner, LAX Gertrud Walther, Any employee of TWA Is invited to der!! The fish are gone—carried H. A. Miller, LAX J. W. Rogers, KCK PHL M. W. Elting, KCK D. E. Jones, MKC Frankfurt send his news items and photographs mournfully into the back yard L. P. Lanna, Jr., NYC L. B. Lundstrom, IDL L. H. Chatham, Cairo A. H. Lundy, KCK Giulia Luccini, Milan James Thomsen, directly to the SKYLINER, Room 207, T. C. Washer, KCK G. H. Maude, Jr., MKC J. H. Anderson, CHI W. K. Reynolds, KCK Giovanni Valentino, London Airport, Kansas City, Mo. and buried with a little prayer. J. C. Rogers, IDL A. P. Passarell, MKC R. A. Parker, LAX H. Miller, SAN Milan PAGE TWO AUGUST 25, 1955 SKYLINER High Award of N.Y. Airways, $200 Goes To (Zjfojttu-- TWA File Joint R. D. Morrison BRADSHAW: To Mr. and Mrs. Fare with CAB Thomas J. Bradshaw, fleet service (Continued from page 1) helper, KCK, an 8 lb. Vz oz. son, NEW YORK—TWA will be able Bradley Dean, July 16. to provide direct single-ticket heli­ suited in an increased efficiency copter connections to outlying at the ticket counter during the HENDERSON: To Mr. and Mrs. areas at both ends of its trans­ period of rerouting passengers and Richard A. Henderson, senior continental routes, the airline said, simplifies the handling of those ground radio operator, SDF, a 6 in announcing jointly with New passengers. lb. 2% oz. son, James Odell, Aug. York Airways the filing of a joint John Super, Jr., accountant "A" 7. fare with the Civil Aeronautics at Kansas City, received $90 for BOWLDS: To Mr. and Mrs. Board. his suggestion to review the TWA James J. Bowlds, mechanic, CHI, Subject to CAB approval, the "on-line" IBM usage runs for the a 7 lb. 5 oz. daughter, Sharon joint fare with the New York Air­ possibility that another airline Louise, Aug. 8, their second child. ticket handled on an exchange ways helicopter service was to be­ night have been mishandled and WILSON: To Copilot and Mrs. come effective August 24. » not billed. The savings which have Wes Wilson, LAX, a 7 lb. 11 oz. TWA already has a direct single- already been realized through the son, Reed Daniel, July 26, their ticket arrangement with Los An­ use of this idea resulted in the first child. Mrs. Wilson former geles Airways providing direct Hostess Jacqueline Reed, LAX. connections from TWA's flights in award. and out of Los Angeles to such Betty Barrett of the payroll de­ DILLMAN: To Mr. and Mrs. communities as Long Beach, partment in Kansas City devised Craig Dillman, mechanic, STL, a Santa Ana, San Bernardino, a form letter and a revision of the 6 lb. 15^5 oz. son, Ronald Craig, Orange, and Anaheim-Disneyland. handling of payroll checks which Aug. 14, their first child. The New York service will pro­ are sent directly to U. S. banks for LAY: To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lay, vide TWA passengers to and from U. S. national personnel based ticket agent, London, twin daugh­ New York International airport overseas. The increased efficiency ters, Penelope, 4 lb. 6 oz., and (Idlewild), LaGuardia and New­ which resulted from her idea war­ Vivienne, 2 lb. 13 oz., July 27. ark with direct transit to such ranted a $63 award. VERLAQUE: To Mr. and Mrs. points as Stamford, Connecticut, Other winners in the latest Jules L. Verlaque, district opera­ White Plains, New York, and award group and their locations tions manager, Tunis, a 6 lb. son, Teterboro, New Brunswick and are: Robert Laurence, Aug. 7. Trenton, New Jersey, for a slight KANSAS CITY — Eleanor Scott addition to the airline fare to Huddleston, accountant "A", $10; SPICER: To Mr. and Mrs. Rob­ ert Spicer, transportation agent, New York. These additional fares Jack H. Perkins, reservations range from $5 to $6.50, and rep­ agent, $35; Betty Schuster, clerk, CMH, an 8 lb. 1 oz. son, James Allen, Aug. 9. resent savings of $3 and more $15; K. D. Lemmons, transporta­ over the regular helicopter fares tion agent, $15; R. R. Riddle, ac­ DELEVANTE: To Mr. and Mrs. between these points. The New countant "B", $20, and J. J. George Delevante, district ac­ York helicopter service will also Hughes, reservations service agent, counting manager, Athens, a 4 provide service between the three Can You Fit Into This Picture? $25. kilo, son, Aug. 14. airports for passengers connecting ST. Louis—Tom Toy, transpor­ JERDE: To Mr. and Mrs. M. L. with other airline routes. tation agent, $15; Mary Shiell, Jerde, mechanic, KCK, a 7 lb. son, New York Airways provides cashier, $30. David Allen, Aug. 14, their fourth high-frequency passenger service CHICAGO—W. M. Nelson, trans­ child. between the local points it serves. Flight Engineer Jobs Open portation agent, $25. Typical of the time saving for su­ DAYTON—R. B. Hitchcock, me­ burban-bound passengers is the chanic, $30. flight from LaGuardia to White Plains, slightly more than 20 min­ To Qualified TWA Mechanics utes, to Stamford a little more TWA Testifies to Extend than half an hour. KANSAS CITY—TWA is again looking for qualified mechanics to apply The joint fare service by NYA for flight engineer positions with the company. Routes from New York to and TWA will serve TWA passen­ A new class for student flight engineers will begin in Kansas City on £UUUOJCJ6L gers to and from Chicago and October 3, with more classes following in November and December. points west, such as Los Angeles, Any qualified mechanic is welcome to apply for admittance to these Washington and Boston San Francisco, Oakland, Las classes. Patricia Hanessian, reservations Vegas, Phoenix, Albuquerque, St. WASHINGTON — TWA has begun sales agent - in - charge, Mexico Louis, Topeka, Wichita, Kansas Applications should be sub­ testimony dealing with an applica­ City, to Ricardo Rodriguez, air City and Amarillo. mitted in writing to the nearest sider exceptional cases up to 37). tion, long pending with the CAB, cargo agent, American Airlines, TWA industrial relations office, or Height: Normally 5'7" to 6'2" proposing that its routes be ex­ Aug. 26. directly to the TWA employment inclusive. tended from New York to Boston office, 10 Richards Rd., Kansas Certificates: Must possess CAA Coleen Lanfear, secretary, ICT, City, Mo. via Hartford/Springfield, and from to Phillip D. Parker, Aug. 12. R. L Adams Discusses A & E licenses. New York to Washington. Anne Farra, telephone sales Following application, inter­ Education: Must be a high TWA said that while it has the agent, CMH, to Allen Wilgus, Super-G Radar Set-Up views and tests will be arranged school graduate or furnish evi­ authority to serve Boston, New ticket agent, CMH, July 14. (Cor­ to determine if the mechanic meets dence of having completed equiv­ York and Washington on a trans­ rection from last week.) Los ANGELES—Robert L. Adams, the basic standards and require­ alent accredited schooling. continental basis, it is prevented Joan Bruno, steno-clerk, NYC, supervisor of electronics engineer­ ments necessary for a flight engi­ Physical requirements: Must be from participating in the traffic to Francois Michelland, July 30. ing, Kansas City, was featured neer. able to meet the Class II medical between these major east coast Rick Grossman, mechanic, BAL, speaker at a recent meeting of the If the applicant is then accepted physical requirements as pre­ cities. Closing the open gap, TWA to Ginger Fisher, Aug. 15. West Coast Electronics Manufac­ as a student he will be trained for scribed by TWA and CAA. said, would involve a new route of Bob Kaniski, cargo agent, YIP, turers association. The meeting approximately four months, in­ Experience: Have equivalent of less than 300 miles as service is to Nellie Caudillo, July 2. was held at the Hollywood Roose­ cluding both ground and flight four years of diversified practical now provided also at Philadelphia velt hotel. work, before he wins his wings as experience in the maintenance, and Baltimore, cities which would In addition to Adams' talk on a flight engineer on a TWA Con­ trouble-shooting and repair of air­ likewise benefit from the pro­ Racing trains to crossings is no radar operation on TWA's Super- stellation. craft and aircraft engines, or, hold posal. matter of pride. Just lose the race G Constellation, as well as in­ In general the basic qualifica­ an engineering degree from a rec­ once—and you've had your last stallation and maintenance pro­ tions are as follows: ognized college with suitable back­ E. O. Cocke, vice-president of ground in maintenance. sales, termed TWA's request "a ride! cedures, a TWA movie was shown. Age: 23-35 inclusive (will con­ logical modification of its route structure which will result in ex­ tensive service improvements re­ quired in the public interest." He added that TWA is prepared to offer frequent schedules to sat­ isfy local traffic requirements, and with the support from Boston- New York, and New York-Wash­ ington traffic, TWA will be in a position to increase both the qual­ ity and quantity of long-haul flights to the mid-west and far west areas.

COLOMBO CODE IS MBCC COLOMBO—Many mailgrams and other communications addressed to TWA-Colombo show the wrong station designator, reports A. B. Krueger, district sales manager. The correct code for Colombo is MBCC. A manager who was a great be­ liever in efficiency hung up a sign in his office one day. It read, "Do it now!" Within 24 hours, the cashier had A PAIR OF PAIRSI You're not seeing double. It's hostess twins Inez and MORE PAIRSI And you're still not seeing double. It's copilot twins L. M. bolted with the contents of the Irene Zeoli giving a few grooming tips to trainee twins Marilyn and Mar- and M. C. Williams and hostess twins Marjorie and Margaret Stuecken safe, his stenographer eloped with his eldest son and the office boy lene Nagel at the TWA school for hostesses in Kansas City. After gradua­ who were always confusing everyone back in 1936 because even their threw the ink bottle into the elec­ tion, Marilyn and Marlene will join Inez and Irene as full fledged airline best friends couldn't tell them apart. L. M. is now a captain at Idlewild tric fan! hostesses on TWA's transcontinental route. and M. C. is a captain at Los Angeles. AUGUST 25, 1955 PAGE THREE SKYLINER HERE'S HOW... | Pictures Record Vacation Promotions & Transfers MAKE A FLOAT FOR SWIMMING Winona Adams, to Id. pantryman, LAX. Harold D. Amundson, to sr. arcft. mnt. A sturdy float is made of Fun for Lasting Enjoyment dispatcher, MKC. carriage bolts (with washers A. D. Armstrong, to Id. grnd. serv. helper, lumber 2 inches thick. beneath both heads and nuts) MKC. First make a frame, as spaced 2 inches from the top Joseph J. Bellante, Jr., to Id. cmy. elk., shown, fastening it securely and bottom of the frame. LAX. with 8-inch galvanized spikes. Fasten the drums in place Rebecca J. Bennett, resv. sis. agt., DCA Space the floor boards f£ inch with M$ by 2-inch steel straps, •"4% to PIT. apart and fasten with 60-pen- fitting snugly against the rings Constance D. Beativegna, to sec, NYC. ny galvanized nails. on the oil barrels to prevent l Walter A. Birdsall, to trans, agt., SFO. Two inside stringers are slipping. Use A by 1^-inch Gloria Black, host., CHI to SFO. placed to fit against the lag screws to hold the straps. Paul S. Bowen, to grnd. serv. hlpr., CMH. drums and are spiked in place. Add galvanized tie-rings to Bruce D. Bracken, to accounting elk., MKC. Fasten the ladder to the each corner to complete the H. W. Brent, to Id. trans, agt., SDF. frame with four lA by 6-inch Clarice Brink, host., CHI to YIP. float. Eva M. Brooks, to tkt. sis. agt., AMA to OKC. -2* /O* 92$ Iris Broverman, to trans, agt., IDL. SPACE EORS-PO/NT Dean C. Burriss, to psgr. rel. rep., MKC. CONTACT ON OPUMS Duane W. Busch, to chf. cmy. elk., LAX. Frances D. Bybee, to wage analyst, MKC. Mary A. Callahan, to sr. sec., NYC. Catherine V. Castrian, to telet. oper., NYC. m Theresa Ciaudeilo, to Inventory elk., IDL. R. P. Cole, reg. res. capt., CHI to LGA. Elsa M Collins, to telet. oper., STL. Victor F. Cortez, Jr., to trans, agt., SFO. Salvatore A. Costa, to Id. trans, agt., LGA. Arthur H. Cousins, mech., LAX to KCK. Margaret Crabill, telet. oper., LGA to MKC. Denis J. Daly, to trans, agt., LGA. R. Norman Dargie, to grnd. school instruc­ tor, MKC. Joseph L. DeCelles, reg. res. capt., MKC to CHI. Jack H. Deputy, to stn. supv., MKC. Patrick Dore, mech., LGA to LAX. Christopher Duggan, to cashier, IDL. Robert K. Edwards, to trans, agt., LAX Marjorie A. Ekelund, host.. YIP to LGA. William H. Ennis, to financial analyst, MKC. -2*4x72 Eugene M. Evans, to Id. trans, agt., IDL. Edward J. Farley, to tariff tap., PHL to 2x4*22 , NYC. MORTISE $ DEEP John F. Farrell, to Id. cargo agt., PHL. B. L. Ferguson, to Id. key punch oper., MKC. National Lumber Manufacturers Association Donald W. Fischer, mech., KCK to CHI. Donald R. Fisher, to trans, agt., MKC. John A. Flynn, to stn. supv., SFO. Melbern Forst, tkt. sis. agt., CHI to Holly­ wood. Henry A. Methvin, to Id. trans, agt., SFO. Royce W. Frohlich, to supervisory mech., Edward W. Miller, to mech., KCK. Noted Woman Pilot SFO to Saudi Arabia. Genevieve C. Miller, telet. oper., MKC to Calvin K. Gandy, to grnd. serv. hlpr., MKC. LAX. Robert H. Gartman, to Id. mech., KCK. Richard S. Mills, to Id. resv. sis. agt., CHI. Takes Photo Safari LANDSCAPE VIEW should include people to add a touch of life and Everett J. Gaunt, to trans, agt., MKC. extra interest to the scene. Gordon L. Myers, fit. eng., LGA to CHI. Harry H. Geer, to mech., KCK. John T. O'Donnell, to trans, agt., EWR. To African Wilds Phylanne L. Gerdes, to pantryman, LAX. Edward O'Leary, to trans, agt., MKC. C O. Graham, to grnd. serv. hlpr., MKC. Gwendolyn V. Oreair, to telet. oper., LGA. Whatever you do . . . wherever you go . . . you'll get more fun from John Hardy, to Id. cargo agt., EWR. NEW YORK — Jacqueline Coch­ your vacation if you take snapshots. You'll keep the fun longer, too— P. J. Hatton, to telet. oper., MKC. Dolores O'Shea, host., EWR to LAX. ran, noted woman pilot, recently because a few good snapshots, carefully taken and nicely kept will Joan B. Hadin, resv. sis. agt., CHI to SFO. John M. Potter, to crew schdier., MKC. set out on TWA on a somewhat bring back a flood of pleasant memories whenever you look at them. A. E. Henness, Jr., to mech. hlpr., KCK. LeRoy K. Pukahi, Jr., to Id. cargo agt., different type of cross-country hop Georgette Heyberger, host., CHI to SFO. SFO. for her—an African photo-safari. What should you picture? Everything about your vacation that in­ Shirley L. Hutson, to sr. typ-clk., KCK. Mary V. Ralston, to timekeeper, LGA. Accompanying her on her person­ terests you. Are you stopping for a night at an attractive motel? There's James E. Keefer, to wrk. control elk., KCK. Margaret S. Redmond, to sr. see., NYC. ally arranged two months' "hunt" a picture. Do you gasp when, - Harley J. Kelley, to mech., MKC. Joseph W. Regnery, to work eont. elk., with camera and fieldglasses were around a bend in the road, you Donald R. Kenyon, to accountant, MKC. KCK. the wife and 16-year-old daughter suddenly come upon an inspiring a perfect record of what they've Edward P. Kovac, to Id. grnd. serv. Mar.. Wendell A. Reynolds, to staff asst., MKC. seen and done. MKC. Richard M. Riehl, to trans, agt., SFO. of E. O. Cocke, TWA sales vice- mountain vista? There's a picture, president. too! Do you and your family like Other families prefer to do their Sam D. Lataro, to Id. cargo agt., EWR. Dorothy L. Rittermeyer, to resv. serv. agt., to end vacation days with the vacation picture taking with a Bertha E. Lathrop, to cmy. elk., LAX. MKC. The first leg of the trip took close companionship of a camp- movie camera. These families have Robert J. Lauchlan, to asst. supt. arcft. Albert G. Rohr, to Id. stores elk., KCK. them to Cairo, Egypt, where they maint. disp., MKC. Rhoda Rolf, host., CHI to SFO. boarded an Ethiopian Air Lines' fire? Then there's a picture to be found that 8mm movie making Mark H. Lee, Jr., to trans, agt., SFO. taken, also. isn't at all expensive. And it's Raymond Ross, to kit. serv. chf., LAX. plane from Addis Ababa, capital of Robert L. Lewis, mech., BAL to DCA. Jack Santori, to Id., cmy. elk., SFO. Ethiopia. From there they flew to Many people who take good va­ loads of fun to "shoot" and "to Erta E. Lupin, to pantryman, LAX. show." Adalbert Schropp, grnd. serv. hlpr., CHI to Nairobi, Kenya's cosmopolitan cation pictures, regularly do so Solomon D. Lurie, to inspeetor, LGA. SFO. capital, where the National Park with only the simplest of cam­ Some of these families have de­ Daniel M. Lynch, to Id. cargo agt., SFO. Betty J. Schuster, to accounting elk., MKC. provided their first glimpse of eras — box cameras, inexpensive veloped a number of movie mak­ Charles P. Madden, to psgr. rel. rep., SFO. Roger G. Sflberman, to Id. eargo agt., CHI. wild game. folding cameras. But one and all, ing procedures that help make Richard C. Martin, to chf. cmy. elk., SFO. Robert D. Sinclair, to tkt. sis. agt. In ehg., their procedure is generally the their travel movies more interest­ John P. Massing, to aecountant, MKC. LAX. By hunting car, at a leisurely same—they start taking pictures ing. One of these is to shoot fre­ Vincent J. Masur, to engineer, KCK. Warren A. Sitzler, to Id. trans, agt., MKC. pace, the small group visited the as soon as they leave home, and quent pictures of roadside signs Nellie McCormick, tele, oper., CHI to LAX. Suzanne Spear, host., CHI to YIP. Masai Reserve, Amboseli National they keep it up until they get showing directions and the loca­ Norma Medill, host., CHI to SFO. Irving T. Spilde, Jr., to trans, agt., SFO. Reserve on snow-capped Mt. Kili­ back. Then, to make the record tion of historic sites, etc. These manjaro, where elephant, rhino­ complete, many families on their ceros, lion, etc., roam in their nat­ shots are immediately followed by ural haunts, and crossed the Tan­ return home paste each day's scenes along the road or various HERE'S HOW TO MAKE BETTER PICTURES snapshots on a different page in views of the historic spot. In that ganyika border to the exact center their album. That way they keep of the East African territories of way—without having to go to any DO hold your camera steady. for pictures taken in the shade Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika. special fuss or bother — such This is vital to good pictures. and in the sun. Shady scenes re­ Traveling westward, they visited movie makers "title" their films DON'T jar your camera when quire from two to four times the as they roll along. exposure for subjects in the sun. Entebbe, East Africa's air hub on you release the shutter. Squeeze the equator, Kampala, Uganda's Actually, as any picture taking the shutter release gently for best DO try to make your pictures capital, took a trip aboard a launch family will tell you, it's easy to results. tell stories. Snaps which tell a from Lake Albert to Murchison make good pictures on your va­ DO include people in the fore­ simple easily-understood story are Falls, anchoring at the mouth of cation no matter where you go in ground of your landscape pictures; always more appealing than those the Victoria Nile and back, drove this great country of ours. That's they'll add depth and interest to that do not. over the Western Uganda plain to because in all sections at all times the scene. DON'T pose everyone in a stiff Lake Victoria then back to En you'll find so many excellent sub­ DON'T let people in any scenic formal line while they smile tebbe. jects for your camera. There are view look directly at the camera. straight at the camera. Informal Throughout the safari, Miss snapshots to make and picture It spoils the picture. pictures of people at work or play h provided sufficient time stories to tell everywhere. Coc ran DO focus the camera directly on are always more interesting. for visiting with many tribes—the A simple camera (preferably your subject. DO make close-ups of people. It pygmies, Watutsi, Mangbetu, or equipped for flash), and some DON'T forget to change the isn't always necessary to show the "Long Heads," and Wachaggas, black-and-white or color film, and focus when you switch from full figure. Waist-up or even highly intelligent descendants of you're in business. Stock up on nearby to distant subjects, or vice closer shots will often be equally the Persians—and shopping, swim- film, however, if you plan to do versa. if not more appealing. ming and resting. much picture taking. If you don't, DO keep your camera clean, dry, And, finally, DON'T fail to take The group will return, flying you may find it difficult to get and cool. lots of pictures. That's the secret from Entebbe to Cairo, then on to just the type and size you wish of success of even the finest pho­ New York via TWA, around Au­ while you're on the road. DON'T store your camera in the tographers. The trick is to shoot gust 26. glove compartment of your car; everything you think will make a As far as general picture taking glove compartments get hot — good picture, then to "edit" your accessories are concerned, you'll much, much too hot! collection on your return. If you'll PHOTOS FROM DAILY RECORD find that a cloud filter will be DO use a simple exposure guide. do that—and edit your snapshots helpful for general outdoor picture Photos used in the Aug. 18, 1955, Pocket exposure guides that are carefully—you'll soon find you're SKYLINER in connection with the INTEREST can be added to your taking when there are clouds in easy to use and which cover all getting many more good pictures the sky. Filters aren't at all neces­ story on Captain Eugene Weibel snapshots of people if you show general picture taking situations than you ever have before, and and his double life as a student sary, however, with color film un­ can be purchased for only a you'll also discover your'e getting them doing something that gives a less you really want to get tech­ were through the courtesy of the quarter. much, much more fun from your Boston Daily Record. feeling of life and action. nical. DON'T use the same exposure picture taking, too.

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Title of Supervisor on Passes Title of supervisor signing 800 passes must be typed on the form in the area immediately above "countersigned"; on G-20's, the title of signer shall be typed in the box labeled "authorized by." (13.02.01, 13.05.03 & 13.17.03) Westbound Flights from Idlewild All types of company business and personal passes may be ac­ cepted on westbound IDL/PHL and IDL/YIP/CHI flights, subject to discretion of IDL district oper­ ations manager. (13.61.02) Reduced Rate Transportation TWA employee, spouse and de­ pendent children are eligible for 50% reduced rate transportation on VARIG (Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense) Airlines. Reduction applies to any published fares and validity period is 90 days. (Page 13.19.06 to be revised at a later date.) PLANNING PROJECTS to appeal to women travelers are TWA's six women's sales development; Joan Himberger, assistant director; Helen Travel Advances Mary Gordons and members of the women's sales division at a meeting Livingston Smith, supervisor, club bureau; Irene Abbott, San Francisco in New York. Left to right around the table are: Lorraine Dvorak, Chi­ Mary Gordon; Marie Upland, Mary Gordon at Phoenix, and Helen Mar­ A 45-day period is established for clearance of travel advances. cago's Mary Gordon; Raymonde Maranda, Mary Gordon in New York shall, public information representative assigned to the Mary Gordon (12.81.05) City; Helen Stevenson, national Mary Gordon (no longer with the com­ program, New York. pany); Betty Kizer, Los Angeles Mary Gordon; Janet Garlough, director, Expense Reports Employees domiciled overseas may submit all expenses for one trip away from domicile on one French Speaking Hostess expense report regardless of period Versatile Mary Gordon Program Has Set covered by trip provided length Aids Stranded Traveler of trip does not exceed 30 days PITTSBURGH—Hurricane Connie and not more than one currency Sights on Controller of the Family Purse was playing havoc recently with is involved. (12.82.02) flight schedules and Pittsburgh (Ed. Note: Although the functions and activities of the Women's di­ Pass Folders for Passes vision are well known to the public many TWAers still inquire, "Who Mary Gordons find themselves in turned out to be the eastern is Mary Gordon?" This article will serve to bring them up to date.) great demand for women's clubs; terminus for several flights. Pass folder, Form G-801, shall NEW YORK—It's no secret that the "little woman" controls the family they're frequently called upon to According to John Gelm, dis­ be used by pass issuing offices to purse strings and selling techniques are being pitched more and more act as speakers and to give out trict operations manager, Hostess enclose trip passes. (13.05.04) to arouse her interest. tour information, etc. A woman's Jeanine Lucas, LaGuardia-based, This is true in the transportation industry as well. Airline appeal is club director works closely with was of invaluable assistance to an Unlimited Reduced Rate for frequently aimed at the distaff side of the family and with good reason leaders of women's organizations elderly passenger on one of the Retired Employees terminating flights. The woman —the introduction of family fares, additional sky tourist flights, in­ in organizing tours whose pur­ Retired employees eligible for creased trend toward overseas va­ pose is to have people meet their was traveling with a young boy and after deplaning was en route TWA free and reduced rate trans­ cations, and passport division sta­ counterparts abroad. According to portation are now permitted to tistics revealing that the largest coffee at a sidewalk cafe in Paris. the club director this promotes a to the Pennsylvania Railroad sta­ This sells merchandise for the tion. Since she was from Belgium obtain unlimited 50% reduced single category applying for pass­ better understanding of interna­ rate tickets. (13.13.01) ports are housewives. manufacturer and gives the audi- tional relations and presents a new and could neither speak nor un­ ance a yen to travel. derstand English, Hostess Lucas Pioneer in this field is TWA's objective for purposeful travel. Mary Gordon suggests to women The women's division also runs proved quite helpful with her Access To Flights women's division, largest women's fluent French. She assisted the service department in the airline what to shop for and bring back, coupon-type advertising in top Access to flight chart is revised. tells mothers how to travel with magazines inviting readers to send passenger with her refund and industry. It was instituted several unselfishly offered to accompany The primary change concerns ac­ years ago and is an active, fast- children and housewives about the in their questions about travel— cess to Super-G and domestic delights of foreign cookery. Often and these questions pour into her to the station in downtown expanding service organization Pittsburgh. Ambassador flights by non-reve­ known to and used by thousands she'll also show a travel film. Mary Gordon by the thousands, nue passengers. Note that the of clubwomen, career girls and One Mary Gordon recently ad­ every week. Handled by a TWA In commending Hostess Lucas, capacity restriction of 40 applies housewives across the country. dressed a group of 2,000 New Eng­ correspondence department, the Gelm said, "On past flights of to all domestic Ambassador flights land club women. Subject of her questions concern clothes, hotels, Jeanine Lucas through this sta­ using any first class equipment "Mary Gordon" is a travel ad­ speech was "The United Nations." resorts, packing, tours and travel tion we have more than once de­ and to all first class flights using visor personality rapidly becom­ Seated on the platform with her manners. tected a cooperative and willing Super-G equipment. This re­ ing a household word. Mary Gor­ were an assistant secretary of Mary Gordons are currently sta­ attitude on her part and believe striction may be waived by flight don tells women about travel from state, a deputy administrator of tioned in Los Angeles, San Fran­ TWA is fortunate to have a host­ planning for purpose of deadhead­ the woman's point of view. She ess of this caliber on the system." not only suggests places to visit the federal civil defense adminis­ cisco, New York, Chicago and ing crew members. (13.61.01) but gives advice on shopping, tration and other similar notables. Phoenix. sightseeing, and what clothes to take where. Pretty Girl Appeal Mary Gordon never sells di­ rectly but provides instead a serv­ Was Beginning Idea ice sought after and appreciated by women everywhere. They have For Flight Hostesses grown from the roots of a how-to- pack a suitcase demonstration to NEW YORK—John H. Harris, a variety of travel services, per­ president of Ice Capades, the formed by six versatile Mary Gor­ world-renowned ice-skating-danc- dons catering to nation-wide au­ ing group of pretty girls, has de­ diences in every interest field. voted most of his career life to the proposition that pretty girls TWA's Mary Gordons must be have perennial appeal! equipped to commentate a fashion Some twenty years ago, in the show for a high fashion store, talk summer of 1935, when Harris was travel facts and figures to a group vice-president of the Harris of factory workers, appeal to club Amusement company and did most women and make guest interview of his traveling-for-business by appearances on TV and radio air, he suggested to TWA that shows. In addition to general qual­ they add hostesses to their service. ifications for sales representatives That fall he received a letter .such as knowledge of company from the then vice-president of 'procedures, salesmanship and gen­ operations of TWA, which read, eral attractiveness, the Mary Gor­ "We appreciate your point of view dons must also have travel back­ regarding the service a hostess is ground, public speaking ability able to render aloft. Therefore, and fashion know-how. in line with your suggestion we Employee clubs preparing for are now placing hostesses on all vacation tours find Mary Gordon's of our planes, while continuing to advice a logical and necessary part hold the pilot and co-pilot person­ of their preparation. They'll ask ally responsible for supplying her questions about everything technical conversation and infor­ from queries about tipping to "how mation as desired. We believe this much soda bicarb shall I take?" THIRTY YEARS OF FASHION dramatized TWA's 30 years of service at a will produce an outstanding type Mary Gordon will add the drama recent fashion show organized by the women's division. Costumes were of service aloft, and we assure and glamor of far-away places to you of our constant effort to merit travel fashion shows produced by borrowed from the Brooklyn museum. TWAers modeling the costumes your approval." club women or department stores are, left to right: Mel Lynch, public relations, in a plane travel ward­ Recently Mr. Harris recalled the ENJOYING a Caribbean vacation —while commentating a Mary robe by Vera Maxwell from the "forties"; Sally Swift, sales administra­ letter and a subsequent news story at Tower Isle hotel in Jamaica are Gordon travel fashion script she'll tion, in a Dior gown from the early "fifties"; Joan Hollingsworth, dis­ in the Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph, have every woman in the audience and sent a reminder along to Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Regan, seeing herself wearing a suit or trict sales, wearing a Schiaperelli tweed suit from the "twenties"; and TWA, which this year observes Kansas City. Regan is a crew dis­ gown being shown while sipping Joan Masterson, women's division, in a garden dress from the "thirties." "Thirty Years of Service." patcher in flight planning. AUGUST 25, 1955 PAGE riVE SKYLINER Route Decisions Involve Complex Pattern WASHINGTON — Within recent months, the CAB has taken meas­ an illustration, hearings in the conference, presided over by a ures designed to speed-up the dis­ current New York-Florida case— CAB examiner, concerns itself position of route cases now pend­ in which 14 applicants are partici­ largely with a discussion of the ing before that agency. pating—are now entering the 12th scope of the issues, and. the There is no doubt that definite week, with many parties still to be "ground rules" to be observed in progress is being made and will, heard. Conversely, a proceeding subsequent stages. continue to be made under the ac­ involving only two or three appli­ The next course of action in­ celerated program. However, lest cants, and confined to a relatively volves preparation and submission the impression exist that hence­ small area, may consume less than of exhibits—also rebuttal exhibits forth the majority of route cases a week for hearing. —by applicants as well as inter­ can be expedited in a matter of But, unless procedural steps are veners. Thereafter, a hearing is only a few months, employees waived — a rare occurrence — the scheduled. Chances are that three should become familiar with the established pattern is this: to six months have already elapsed necessary procedural steps ac­ After a carrier (or carriers) from the opening round—the pre­ counting for time lags varying hearing conference. from six to 24 months from the submits an application seeking a new route, or an amendment to Within 30 to 90 days after the "IT'S WONDERFUL" was the re­ time an application reaches a posi­ tion on the CAB calendar for its present route, a docket num­ conclusion of the hearing, parties port given on Nassau by Jean hearing until a final decision is ber is assigned. Depending on the file briefs to the examiner. The Cibinic and her husband John after ultimately announced. backlog of cases, which the CAB examiner, in turn, studies the is striving to reduce, it may be 30 briefs and the evidence of record, their vacation at the Emerald To a great extent, the amount of days, 60 days or even as long as a and subsequently issues his report. Beach hotel. Jean is a Pittsburgh elapsed time is governed by the year before a pre-hearing confer­ All parties thereupon exercise the reservations sales agent. size, and scope of a proceeding. As ence is scheduled. The pre-hearing right to file exceptions to the ex­ aminer's recommendations, and briefs to the board. The concluding phase is oral argument before the PILOT TRAINER, junior grade, is five-member board, and thereafter a decision is rendered. demonstrated by Helen Dishington, reservations agent, New York. Thus, even with the full-speed ahead attitude adopted by the CAB and the members of the CAB staff, the process is by no means an abbreviated one—usually rang­ Small Fry Will Try ing from six to 24 months. Delays 1 of one form or another add addi­ For Pilots Wings tional time to the process, and in international route matters, de­ In Junior 'Trainer' cisions by the CAB are also sub­ ject to Presidential approval. BY JO BRADFORD Field Editor NEW YORK—Tiny voices soon will be piping landing instructions Hearne and Bye Secure for Orly and Ciampino airports— chubby fists will sternly grip con­ Sales Promotion Tie-ins trol wheels to keep TWA Constel­ lations on course. In fact, small fry NEW YORK — Warren Hearne, all over the country will be busily sales rep, was responsible for two training to qualify as TWA Junior promotion tie-in ads which ap­ Pilots. peared in August issues of leading All this activity will take place magazines. A Skyway luggage ad when the 1955 Christmas season appeared in Seventeen, with a cir­ opens and the TWA electronic culation of 934,000, and a tie-in Junior Pilot trainer makes its ap­ with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber pearance on toy counters across company appeared in Luggage and BUSY FRANKFURT TWAERS take time out for a soccer Hermann Horn; Richard Peters, team captain,- Walter the country. Leather Goods with a circulation The toy, which bears a TWA game against the Frankfurt airport administration Friedrich; Albert Huebner, and Fritz Grote. The of 4,829. logotype, is manufactured by the team. TWA team in dark uniforms are, from left to TWAers suffered their first defeat, 3-1. The playing Pete Bye, assistant to the dis­ Magnetix corporation of Engle- right: Helmut Zoeller; Paul Breuer, a guest player field is located near the new TWA hangar, shown in trict sales manager at Philadel­ wood, N. J., and might be de­ from the Cook agency; Hans Ziegler; Albert von Hofe; the background. phia, secured a tie-in with Penn- scribed as a simplified flight salt Chemicals which appeared in trainer. It was designed in coop­ the Aug. 20 issue of Chemical eration with the New York dis­ Week; circulation is 26,365. trict and sales promotion depart­ ment. Complete with throttle, al­ PHOENIX SET TO ROLL timeter and fuel gauge which ac­ tually work, the trainer will give PHOENIX—The Interline bowling the youngster a realistic flight ex­ league is getting set to roll for the perience. A full-color diagram of fall and winter season. Pins will TWA's international routes will fall on Sept. 7 at the Green Gables roll through a viewer. Over this bowling lanes beginning at 9 p. m. map will be fixed a stamped metal This is the league's second year Constellation which can be moved of competition. All airline em­ left to right to "keep on course" ployees and employees of com­ as the map rolls by. Buzzers and panies associated with aviation lights will go off when the Con­ are eligible to join. nie is off course.

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ROLLED INTO THE HANGAR at the Overhaul base is one of TWA's 20 Super-G Connies which is being used by mechanics for quick cabin in­ stallation procedures. The plane can be quickly converted from deluxe FLYING AMBASSADORS of good will are these hostesses representing the major airlines of the world on a re­ Ambassador service to Sky Tourist, from international to domestic con­ cent good will tour of South America. TWA was represented by Barbara Dunn (holding the letter "M" in the figuration, or any one of dozens of cabin interior combinations in a picture) on the flight inaugurating Panagra's DC-7B El Inter Americano service. Others on the flight were Mar­ matter of hours. The normally sealed front compartment door has been garet Faust, Swissair; Miranda Ferrari, LAI; Shirlee Davidson, CAP; Hildegarde Schneider, PAA; Lelia Albert, removed to facilitate installation of the various type seats, some of EAL; Sue Cramsie, BEA; Claudie Renault, Air France; Georgia Murphy, Northwest; Adriana Steyn, KLM; Peggy which can be seen under the wing. The first Super-G aircraft overhaul O'Loughlin, Delta C&S; Yvonne Cotterman, CAL; Anita Germaine, Trans Canada; Juanita Fernandez, NAL, and is not due until October, however, when it has accumulated 2,500 hours Joan Denton, UAL. of flying time. PAGE SIX AUGUST 25, 19S5