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President Getulio Vargas was in trouble. Every new clue to the assassination of an Air Force major and the shooting of Editor Carlos Lacerda (TIME, Aug. 16) seemed to point straight to the presidential palace. First the driver of the getaway cab identified a longtime Vargas bodyguard as one of the gunmen, but the man fled the palace before police could pick him up. Then angry air force officers, who staged their own investigation, seized another gunman and leaked a report that he claimed to have done the deed on order of Luthero Vargas, son of the President...
...from eight to ten hours. American's new Douglas DC-7s could easily make the eastbound flight within the time limit, but strong prevailing winds at high altitudes often held westbound flights in the air for nine hours or more. American had no trouble getting permission from the CAB, which already had a more liberal rule for transoceanic flights. But last week the biggest U.S. airline ran into plenty of trouble from its own pilots...
AIRLINE MERGER between National and Colonial has been okayed by the Civil Aeronautics Board. Though the two lines have not yet started negotiations, CAB, which earlier approved a plan (later vetoed by President Eisenhower) by Eastern to absorb Colonial (TIME, March 8), said that a merger between Colonial and Eastern's rival, National, would be in the public interest...
TRANSPOLAR FLIGHTS between California and Scandinavia may be operating by fall. Following successful trail-blazing flights by Scandinavian Airlines' DC-6Bs, the State Department and CAB have offered approval for the service provided that a U.S. airline is granted the same right...
...name pulls at the box office. After his years in gangster parts, his appearance on the screen automatically seems to lend a story impact and excitement. Movie fans do not care a whit if he (unlike Jimmy Stewart and Gregory Peck) is killed during the course of a picture. Cab drivers, burglars and women admire him. And on top of all this, as an Academy-Award winner (for his part in African Queen), he also lends a film an aura of distinction...