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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1969
Page
6
UPI reports the U S airline industry shows record passenger demand and heavy investment in jetliners, yet earnings fell 40 percent in early 1969. CAB fare controls, growth ambitions, and potential mergers loom as airlines seek higher returns. Supersonic hopes and new routes shape a complex future.
Tampa controller Jerry Miles says the FBI is tapping telephones of leaders in the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. He claims checks by experts confirmed wiretaps on at least five board members in cities including Los Angeles and Washington. Miles says the agency aims to use wiretap evidence to discipline or dismiss leaders after mass sickouts in June. FBI spokesmen deny home telephone tapping in Tampa and Washington.
A downtown residential area fire gutted forty houses on Thursday as twelve fire companies fought with almost no water supply. No fatalities or injuries were reported, but about 300 people were left homeless.
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