Proposed Amendments Listed TWA Backed by Northwest in Manila
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Bowling Tournament Opens with Three Teams in Tight Race SEE PAGE FOUR VOL. 18, NO. 41 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES WEEKLY EMPLOYEE PUBLICATION OCTOBER 13, 1955 Father, Presumed Dead, Found After 32 Years TWA Backed By Kansas City TWAer By BILL EARNHART By Northwest Field Editor KANSAS CITY—A reunion in Ft. Worth, Tex., recently ended a separation of 32 years for a Kan In Manila Bid sas City TWAer and his father, WASHINGTON — TWA's proposal long presumed dead. to extend its present international R. J. "Tex" Lemaster, accessory route beyond Bombay and Ceylon overhaul mechanic at the Over to Manila was supported by North haul base, lived for most of his 32 west Airlines at a preliminary years believing his father was de hearing before CAB Examiner ceased. Then he came into pos William J. Madden. session of information leading him "Northwest Airlines hopes to see to hope that his father was still TWA's application granted as living. promptly as possible," NWA's at Tex hired a detective agency to torney commented at the pre follow up the lead and each report hearing conference. increased his hopes that the search Approval of TWA's application would be successful. Finally, the would establish a second U. S. flag trail led to Ft. Worth where the round-the-world service enabling senior Lemaster was located. TWA to connect with NWA at A happy reunion between Tex Manila. A round-the-world service and his father—along with Tex's by the two carriers was originally wife and two tiny daughters — contemplated in 1946 when TWA brought an end to the long was authorized to join NWA at separation. Shanghai. This route, however, wai closed off because of communist INTERLINE TOUR GROUP, all airline employees, get a Panza of Capital Airlines originating the trip idea, activity in China and TWA subse quently requested an extension to taste of overseas travel as 36 members of different there were members of TWA, AAL, BNF, CAL, DAL, Winners Chosen iW Tokyo via Hong Kong which the airlines board one of two TWA Connies taking a total EAL, CAP, NWA and Colonial Airlines included. CAB did not grant. of 75 air carrier personnel to see Europe on a three- TWAers on the trip were Don Erfman, transportation A hearing to consider TWA's week tour of the continent at half-fare. Arranged agent from Dayton, Harry Mickie, mechanic, and Vi fci Skyliner Contest new proposal has been tentatively scheduled for Jan. 24. through Lanseair travel service in Chicago with Albert Mangold, secretary, both of Chicago. For Field Editors KANSAS CITY — A newcomer to Helicopter Transfers TWA Tiles Proposal the field editor staff took top Proposed Amendments Listed honors in the SKYLINER's regular To Be Furnished Free With CAB for Reduced quarterly contest in the news writing division, July 1 through Between N. Y. Airports Sept. 30, 1955. He is Purser Paul To By-Laws of Credit Union I *«* «n miary haveiCorreri , Idlewild, who was voted NEW YORK — Free helicopter NEW YORK—United States mili first place for his timely story-on. transfer service between the three KANSAS CITY—The regular annual meeting of the TWA Club Credit tary personnel stationed overseas the purser made homeless by major New- York airports -will be Union will be held on Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 o'clock in Room 144 at the can realize a 40% saving on Hurricane Diane. available to TWA passengers ar Municipal airport. All members are urged to attend. furlough travel by air to and from riving or departing on trans- Several changes have been proposed in the Credit Union by-laws and In the news photography di Atlantic flights, TWA announced the U. S. under a new tariff pro vision a SKYLINER veteran of inasmuch as the SKYLINER is the means of officially notifying members posal filed Monday by TWA. last week. of these proposed amendments as required by law, they are published in three years took first place — The reduced rate transportation Frank Wilkinson, communications, The free shuttle service will go full as follows: which TWA is asking the CAB to into effect Nov. 1, subject to CAB In view of the changes made In the Geneva. Frank won first place approval. The service will be be Missouri Statutes, it is proposed that make effective Nov. 1 applies at with photos submitted on an Article VI be amended by adding new K. C. Athletics To Be all points served by TWA Sky "Atoms for Peace" shipment at tween New York International air Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 and by revising Tourist flights in Europe and as Cointrin airport. port and LaGuardia and Newark and renumbering Sections 3 and 4 far east as Athens. The fare will airports for the convenience of as Sections 7 and 8 respectively and Sports Hight Guests Amelia Kelley, public infor passengers on TWA's international Article VII, Sections 2, 3 and 4 be be 60% of the regular on-season mation supervisor at Philadelphia, amended to conform with the amended Sky Tourist fare for round trips to wound up in first place in the flights arriving or departing on Missouri Credit Union Laws. It is also At Management Club New York or Boston completed domestic flights to or from either proposed that Article IX, Section 4 and , feature photography division with airport. Article X, Section 1 be amended for KANSAS CITY — Feature of the within 45 days. a photo spread on the "new look" the purpose of clarification. The next Kansas City Management Any member of the U. S. mili in the sales department at Phila Since August TWA has had a present sections, when amended, would club dinner on Mon., Oct. 17, will tary forces is eligible for the re delphia's new location at 3 Penn joint-fare agreement with the then read as follows: duced fare for his own personal helicopter service—New York Air Article VI, Section 3. The Board of be the chance to meet several Center Plaza. ways—providing reduced fares be Directors may authorize the Credit members of the Kansas City travel. In addition members of his Winner in the feature writing Committee to appoint a Credit Man Athletics in person. Guests of the family or others may prepay his division is another SKYLINER tween the New York airports and ager, provided, however, that the re evening will be Lou Boudreau, fare at the new low rate. TWA's such points as Stamford, Conn., duction of the total assets of the Credit Time Pay plan for installment (Continued on page 3) White Plains, N. Y., and Teterboro, Union to $50,000 or less, shall, ipso Enos Slaughter, Harry Craft and New Brunswick and Trenton, N. J. facto, revoke any previous appoint- Bill McPhail, all of the "A's"; buying of transportation may also (Continued on page 4) Larry Ray, radio and television be used. These helicopter fares may be in sports announcer, and Ernie Mehl, The normal on-season round cluded in a single ticket on TWA sports editor of the Kansas 'City trip fare between Frankfurt, domestic flights in the United Germany, and New York is States. These fares have been September and OctoberStar . further reduced, for passengers Special for the evening will be $590.60. Under the proposed G. I. rate it would be $354.40. transferring to and from domestic Traffic Increases Due a talk by R. W. Rummel, TWA's flights at different airports, to $3 chief engineer, who will speak on between New York International turbo-prop and turbo-jet high airport and LaGuardia and to $5 To $80 Excursion Fare lights. H. Y. Yankees Fly TWA between the International airport Meeting this month will be at and Newark. NEW YORK—In the first six days the Holiday House with a family On First Leg of Trip of this month passenger business style chicken dinner at 6.45 p.m. TWA also pointed out that it on TWA's domestic routes in the following the social hour which will continue to provide free United States was up by 21.3% begins at 5:30 p.m. Holiday House To Orient for Series ground transfer service to inter over the same period of 1954. is on Southwest boulevard, one NEW YORK — The New York national connecting passengers be At the same time passenger mile, west of Roe boulevard. Meet- Yankees baseball team boarded tween the three airports. volume during September in in^MSSjf open to paid-up members a TWA Super-G Constellation creased by 14.2% over September, Saturday at New York Inter 1954. C. S. Fullerton, general sales national airport on the first leg of Baltimore Club Beits, manager, said the increase re a trip to Japan and the Orient to flected the popularity of the new Fi$%^$niversary Calls play a series of exhibition games. Plans Halloween Dance 30-day round-trip transcontinental The trip has been endorsed by and tourist excursion fare of $80 each Bu forty at Frankfurt will have the cooperation both of BALTIMORE — Election of Em way which TWA was the first to the U. S. Department of State and ployees club officers took place put into effect on Sept. 12 and to FRANKFURT — TWA's fifth anni the Japanese government. recently at the annual crab and the steady increases in tourist ac versary at Frankfurt was a big The party boarding at Idlewild shrimp dinner at the Wade Inn. commodations. As of Sept. 25 event with TWAers turning out at consisted of 35 people including New officers are Millie Fisher, TWA's luxury Super-G Constel the Employees club for a cele many of the Yankee stars and their president, Wilbur Buxton, vice- lations began offering multiple bration.