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...they had in the past when the chips were down, the Liberals found enough squabbling among the Opposition to boost their slim majority of seats. This time the Social Crediters did an about-face and voted with the Government...
...split in CAB's thinking was plain to see last week when CAB approved, by a 4-to-1 vote, a 90% boost in Chicago and Southern's mail pay on its New Orleans-Havana route. The lone dissenter was CAB's newest member and chairman, James McCauley Landis. Landis, who usually gets what he wants, was bent on taking a hard, realistic look at the rates and routes awarded by CAB in the past. He did not think that subsidies should be boosted to make up for CAB's mistakes in granting routes...
...Methods. Despite some weak spots, CAB is now functioning with a great deal more dispatch than ever before. It is also being a lot tougher. It has indeed dished out some mail-rate boosts to help floundering lines. And it will probably grant an average boost in passenger rates from 4.5? to 5? a mile. An increase in air mail from 5? to 6? is in the offing too. Even CAB thought it had cut rates too fast, led astray by abnormal war traffic...
...Republican legislature had already rushed through an emergency bill to pay New York State's 72,000 teachers a minimum salary of $2,000 a year (TIME, Jan. 20). For many an upstate rural teacher it was a sizable boost, but most city teachers were already making more...
...Push from Behind. If the pressure keeps falling, the pilot can tell that he is approaching a low-pressure area. Heading towards Europe, he would veer south (as on the map) to pick up a tail wind. Flying west, he would veer north, and get a similar boost. Radioed reports from ships, from shore or from other planes help him figure out the situation. Frequently a properly plotted pressure course, though covering a longer sea distance, saves more, than an hour on a transatlantic flight. It also saves fuel and money-a modern, four-engined airplane costs...