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...Northwest and Pan American World Airways over which should fly the Pacific between Seattle-Portland and Hawaii, a profitable run that both have been operating on a temporary basis since 1948. The Civil Aeronautics Board finally reached a unanimous decision: Northwest should have the route alone. But when the CAB recommendation went to the White House a fortnight ago, it ran into opposition...
...former Oklahoma Congressman (1941-49) and onetime Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, was named by President Eisenhower last week to the Civil Aeronautics Board to succeed Oswald Ryan. First Republican appointed to the board (in 1938), Ryan became such an expert in the complicated airline business that he dominated CAB for much of his 16 years as a member. The appointment ended a muddle over Ryan's successor. Harold Jones, onetime CAB member, was first offered the job (TIME, Jan. 17), but the appointment was withdrawn after protests that he was biased against small and nonscheduled lines. The offer...
...CAB APPOINTMENT to fill the seat vacated by Aeronautics Boss Oswald Ryan will go to Harold Jones, 57, a California Republican who served previously on the board under Harry Truman...
AIRLINE STORM is raging over the Civil Aeronautics Board's preliminary decision to knock two Alaskan airlines out of their lucrative Stateside business. CAB has decided not to renew temporary permits for routes flown by Pacific Northern and Alaska Airlines between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest (43,013 passengers in 1953), letting Pan American and Northwest Airlines fly the routes alone. But the move has brought such a howl that CAB may be forced to reconsider...
Secret Weapon. In San Pablo, Calif., Cab Driver William Myer and Filling Station Attendant William E. Van Meter reported that a gunman had robbed them of $20, handed them a fifth of whisky, gave them six minutes to drink it, thereby rendered them unable to tell their story to police for several hours...