Clipper, Vol. XV, No. 9, September 1958

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FIRST JET CARGO PICTURES
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LITTLE LEAGUE PICTURES . . . Pages 4, 5
VOL XV, No. 9
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Crowd in Merida Watches Clippers and Mexican All-Stars. Tim Spaeth (Insert) Was PAA Hero.
Clippers Nip Mexico Stars; Take Trophy
Little Leaguers Play to 21,000 Fans At Games
Pan American’s Little League Clippers closed their most successful season by dividing a two-game-series with the Mexico City All-Stars at Merida, Yucatan, and bringing home the series trophy.
The Clippers did it the hard way, bouncing back from a heartbreaking 5 to 4 loss to win the second game 4 to 1.
The victory not only evened the series at a game apiece, but also enabled the Clippers to win the State of Yucatan Governor’s trophy.
21,000 Fans See Games
By pre-series arrangement it was agreed that in the event each team won a game, the team scoring the most runs in the series would win the trophy and other awards. PAA outscored the Mexicans 8 to 6 in the two games.
Proceeds of the series that drew 12,000 wildly-cheering fans for the first game and 9,000 for the second, went to the Yucatan Board of Social Welfare.
The split in games with the Mexico City All-Stars gave the Clippers a record of two wins, three defeats, and one tie in international competition that covered nearly 6,000 miles for the Merida series and games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Spaeth Is Hero
In the first game, thanks to home runs by Bobby Kendrick and Pat Lunn, the Clippers led 4 to 3 going into the last inning. Kendrick who had replaced Lunn in the fourth was on the mound for the Clippers in the fatal sixth. With two out in this final inning, an All-Star batter smacked Kendrick’s three-two pitch over second, scoring mates from second and third.
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Complainer Gets Perfect Squelch
So many compliments were received by Don Gable, Pan Am’s sales manager at Barran-quilla, concerning the new sales office there, that it was something of a shock when a man stormed up to the trafic counter and rudely demanded of the clerk on duty, “where is the figure representing Colombia?” He swung his arm around pointing at the wall decora^ tions, then again demanded: “Where is she?”
Without hesitation, the young woman put him in his place very neatly.
“Aqui estoy,” she replied smiling sweetly. Meaning “Here I am.”
Pan Am Handles Coffee Airlift
A coffee airlift to supply United States citizens with an additional 10,000,000 cups of coffee a week is being handled by Pan American.
Two full Pan Am cargo Clippers with a capacity of 17,500 pounds leave Guatemala City, Guatemala, each weekend loaded with soluble coffee grown in Central America and processed in nearby plants of U. S. companies.
Jet Cargo Airlift Makes History In Latin America
First cargo ever flown aboard a United States jet airliner winged into Latin America August 23 aboard a Pan American World Airways 707 Clipper.
A variety of freight ranging from beef to bouquets
was aboard the 575-mile-an-hour<§>——-----------------
swept-wing Clipper as it took off
from Miami, Florida, for a two-hour flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1060 miles away.
The history-making inaugural was a prelude to regular jet cargo and mail service which will be operated by Pan American in the coming weeks, between San Juan and New York. No passengers will be carried.
On October 26 Pan American will inaugurate regular transatlantic passenger service with the first of its coming fleet of 44 jet Clippers. This fleet represents an investment of $300,000,000.
Pan American is the first United States airline to put the jet airliners into service.
The inaugural flight brought greetings from Florida officials to their counterparts in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
There was a special inaugural cake for presentation to the San Juan mayoress, Dona Felisa Rincon de Gautier.
Other items in the United States’ first jet cargo carried by
Researchers Get the Bird
Rare African Louri Is Flown To Miami For Cancer Study
Medical research workers just got the bird at the Cancer Institute at Miami but they are delighted, not crestfallen.
The bird in question is a South African Louri, which answers to the catalog name of<^
“touraco corythaix.” And he was' enthusiastically welcomed at the institute’s Miami laboratory, a medical establishment widely known among Latin American doctors and scientists.
All this despite the fact that the warmly received bird was dead
and kept in deep freeze when he arrived after a 10,000 mile journey by Pan American Clippers from Durban, South Africa.
It all began when Dr. John C. Claudatus, head of the institute’s bio-chemistry department, as-continued on Poge 7
Pan American were meats, frocks from the Miami fashion industry, window parts, flowers, furniture, pastries, cosmetics and newspapers, a total of more than 15,000 pounds.
The flight time of approximately two hours for the Pan American jetliner between Miami and San Juan compares with a present scheduled flight time of 3 hours
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Caracas ’Port Is Enlarged
Improvd service for Venezuelan air travelers and tourists will be offered by Pan American when current remodeling of the Mai-quetia International Airport terminal, which serves Caracas, is completed.
To accommodate the steady traffic increase at the airport, PAA is nearly doubling its terminal area and moving its facilities from the main terminal to the east wing which it will share with Avensa, the Venezuelan airline.
Arrival and departure flights of the two airlines dovetail in many instances and the new arrangement makes possible the convenient transfer of passengers. An increase of check-in positions from two to five and installation of a new baggage conveyor belt also will help speed up service. The improvements will be • completed late this month or early in October.
During the first seven months of this year, Pan American handled 52,267 passengers at Mai-quetia, an increase of 3,534 or 7 per cent over the same period last year.
Cargo showed an even greater increase, jumping from 9,000,000 pounds to more than 10,000,000.
Jets to Fly N.Y. to Miami This Winter
Agreement Brings 707’s to Doorstep Of Latin America
Jet flights are being brought to Latin America’s doorstep.
Under a just concluded agreement, Pan American World Airways is acquiring stock in National Airlines and is leasing some of its new 575-mile-an-hour Jet Clippers to National, which will operate them between PAA’s great Latin American gateway at Miami and New York. At New York passengers will be able to fly Pan American jets to Europe.
The service by National with the Pan American jets is expected to start in December.
Pan American is planning to start regular transatlantic service October 26 to Paris and on November 16 to London.
In the companion stock deal, Pan American is acquiring 400,-000 shares of capital stock in National, with a three-year option for an additional 250,000 shares. Pan American, in turn, will issue 400,000 shares of its capital stock to National.
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Colombia Eases Tourist Travel
Obtaining a tourist card to enter Colombia is easier now for U.S. citizens traveling to that South American country.
A card good for multiple entries over a four-year period can now be issued free to U.S. citizens at any of its stations, Pan American World Airways says. Formerly the traveler had to apply to a Colombian consulate. Two front view photographs of the applicant are required.