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Today Aydelotte's recently-appointed successor, atomic physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer '26, heads up an endeavor equipped with its own comfortable $8,000,000 building, the gift of founders Louis Bamberger and Mrs. Felix Fuld of Newark department-store millions. Professional chambers range from twice to four times the dimensions of those enjoyed at most wealthy universities. Archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld got a sunken floor to admit outsize cases for Persian treasures. Paleograplier Elias Avery Lowe won additional windows to help him avert eyestrain while deciphering ancient texts. It was not like this under the tenure of first director Abraham Flexner...
Although the Authority had never run an airport, its reputation is such that New York City, five months ago, was glad to give it a lease on money-losing LaGuardia field and on New York International (Idlewild) field, which has proved a financial headache to the city. Last week, Newark turned over Newark Airport to the Authority on a rental basis that looked fine beside the $139,825 Newark had lost on its field last year. (Newark will get a minimum rental of $100,000 a year for 50 years...
...three ports, the Authority plans to establish a new air pattern for New York's Metropolitan area. The Authority firmly believes that the solution to air congestion is not merely bigger airports but a number of airports which split up the traffic. As a start, the low-traffic Newark port will handle 52 of the flights now using LaGuardia every day. Eventually, the Authority hopes that Newark will handle all the Metropolitan area's long-haul traffic; Idlewild, which will be opened by July, will handle transatlantic flights, and LaGuardia will be left only domestic, short-haul traffic...
Ineligible this fall because of transfer rules, the big man from Newark, New Jersey next year might be shifted to fullback to fill the large hole left by Captain Vince Moravec's graduation...
Decent Chaps. In Newark, stickup men robbed George B. Chandless Jr. of a $900 payroll, kindly paused in their getaway to hand him back his chocolate bar and licorice stick...