Private Air Fleets Propel Business Travel Growth
Private fleets, from small Lowell firm to General Motors, shuttle executives and goods, slashing travel time. Postwar surplus planes boost access to 10 times more communities at five times speed. NBAA cites 7,100 business aircraft with professional pilots. Accidents and insurance shape corporate flying rules. Oil firms like Standard Oil, Socony Mobil, and Aerojet-General run sizable fleets, with Aerojet logging 41,470 passengers last year.
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Polaris Christening Set For Friday By Navy Plans
The 18th Polaris nuclear submarine USS Woodrow Wilson will be christened at Mare Island Naval Shipyard Friday by Eleanor Axson Sayre of Cambridge Massachusetts, a granddaughter of the late president. The 425 foot missile armed submarine will be launched with the traditional ceremony.
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Beaver Interruption Slips into Northgate Lanes
In Phoenix, a beaver disrupted a bowling night with 40 women present at Northgate Lanes. Marie Crocker described chaos as the animal slid on the lanes before a maintenance worker trapped it, placing the beaver in a box and handing it over to Phoenix 700 authorities.
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