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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1953

Page

7

Ordinary Mail Gets Speed up in Experiment

Washington based three cent letters begin air transport between Chicago and New York and Washington in a post office experiment. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield led the launch at National Airport with flights planned from New York to Chicago and Chicago to New York and Washington. Regular letters and some newspapers will ride air if space is available without extra charge, but no guaranteed delivery by air. Four airlines participate with nationwide expansion planned if the Chicago New York Washington operation succeeds.

Washington New York Chicago Arthur E. Summerfield

Aviator to Wed A Mile Above Houston

Air Force Capt. Jack Harper 36 will marry Miss Pat Cross 26 in a wedding held Thursday a mile above Houston aboard a twin engined airliner. The ceremony includes 23 guests as the couple circles the city, Harper a Louisville native with ten years in the Air Force, stationed at McDill AFB Tampa.

Houston Air Force Jack Harper Pat Cross Harper Husky Eran Louisville 369Th McDill Air Force Base Tampa Fla

Way to Curb a Rupture Free Offer Sought

Readers are invited to write Capt. W. A. Collings Inc Box 28L Waters town New York to receive a free full plan to cure ruptures. The ad claims the method helped a man named Carot W. A. Collings with a long rupture and reports many satisfactory results. It stresses no cost to obtain the information and urges sending name and address immediately.

Carot W. A. Collings W. A. Collings

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