Clipper, Vol. 8, No. 12, December 1951

              DECEMBER, 1951
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fare ofJ >n month! Hi March,
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On. the basis of ui turns, LAD stations c the October-November Sales Contest exceeded quota by approximab cent.
Sales for the two-:
palgn "were appróximà 000, compared with a contest of $3,302,000.
Sale^officiara^rt Miami re] that all stations ,in Group 01 ceeded theiijquota, with onlj the 32 stations taking part' ping below quota.
Credit for the highest centage of sales over quota Jto Forte de France with
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Pan American World Alr ways LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION
Only amateurs run a “madhouse”—toe must show we’re experienced.
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Save the customer time all the way and he’ll be back again to add to your pay.
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across by new flights Fare London a round-five off-s vember thr during the other $488.
The announceme from Nice, Fran Lipscomb, PA,
Traffic and. Sales, ' successful fight : service at^a sp ence there. Lipsc tory jfo; the pressure opinion.
fhe public wants service,” he said.
|ke has won' it. Agreenf Ml lines that the service should »ffered is a victory for public opihiori^both at Ijpme and ®broad.”
omb had announced earlier that P&kVAmerican woujd go it
alone if n a tourist-typ New York and trip rate of other lines re a tourist serv
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Ice Preview for Newsmen
lerican republics and their counterparts from three Pacific ites of the United States swapped “news beats” November ämber 3 for pre-inaugural coverage of PAA’s new nonstop service between Los Angeles and Guatemala City, if 39 newsmen from<ri
tourist fares be-Ii’eland ,* with . 431.80 ^ouncf-trip far? comJb\said. ame after eight by the North At-attending the
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ated generally.
Trans-Atlanti tween New amount, one w; an on-season r and an off-; of $362.80, Li Agreement ~days of deba lantic airlinl meeting.
Pan Ameri paigning tourist-type s' year in \ " aviation’s fi: tional tourist]
New York a Rico.
Pan Ame posal was $225 to $2 and Lond $405 t
Lipscpxnb reiterated PAA’s support of the lower fare proposal at theimeeting in Nice. But he said that the compromise based on the $27^^0PRula was acceptable to Pan American because the offseason rate of $417 for five months of the year fell within the range originally suggested by the company and because the formula made it possible for all lines to agree on providing the service for the public.
He pointed out that the formula adopted worked out to an average round-trip fare of approximately $453 over the entire year.
In its campaign for a tourist-type service, PAA made the following points:
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Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama lew to Los Angeles for a five-day sit, and a similar group of 43 United States paid a us three-day visit to mala.	,
s .of*, journalists nortunit^o Jgather first-in'foi'maBon onftwo of the cities of the new Pan American route a fid thfe many Outstanding attractiohs awaiting tdtirists from their respective countries who take advantage of the "fail new international air servi
hey also D'tfcame acquainted rthe luxurious accommodations of the big 300-mile-an-hour Constellation-type Clippers ich made their Central Ameri-an debut with inauguration of PAA’s Los Angeles - Guatemala -Panama service December 3.
The Clipper Pacifico flew from Miami to Guatemala City November 27 to pick up the Latin American delegation, which assembled in the Guatemalan capital that day. The party took off early the next day for the eight-and-a-half-hour, 2,235-mile flight to Los Angeles.
The same aircraft was used to transport the writers from the states of California, Oregon and Washington to Guatemala November 29.
During their five-day California sojourn, the Central America and
Panamian press officials were entertained at a series of official and semi-official receptions in their honor. But most of their time was spent “just sightseeing,” the same as the ordinary tourist from their home countries might be expected to do.
Their California headquarters was the luxurious new $2,000,000 Country Club Hotel in Hollywood. Sightseeing trips included visits to movie studios and aircraft factories and most of the other famed sights of the Los Angeles area which would be of interest to the people of their countries.
Sightseeing tours through the mountains, lake-studded land of the ancient Mayas and a series of receptions, luncheons and parties awaited the U. S. Pacific Coast press and radio executives in Guatemala.
The United States delegation was greeted by representatives of Guatemala’s local and national governments — and a 20-piece government - sponsored marimba band—upon arrival at Guatemala City’s La Aurora Airport.
Entertainment features of the Guatemala sojourn included a typical Guatemalan barbecue at La Pradera, a dude ranch near Guatemala City; a National Tourist Bureau luncheon at Rancho Nimajay, near Antigua, and a Continued on Page 5
Four LA 13ers have-won promotions or changes of locale as 1951 draws to a close.
Edward®. Albatys, formerly a Station Manager and a Compania Panumena'-des^AViae PAA’s affiliate in Panama, been made a Flight Operations Controller and now is based in Miami.
Albatys joned LAD in 1942 as a Training Instructor.
John C. Talmage, formerly an Inspector in Miami, has been upped to Line Station Foreman and now is working on his new job in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Talmage has moved up the promotion ladder from Mechanic, First Class, the classification he held on joining LAD in 1941.
John N. White, who joined LAD in 1944 as a Junior Airport Manager, has been transferred to San Juan as Station Manager.
Harry Rammer has joined the Station Manager group, having been assigned to that post in Mexico City.
Rammer joined LAD in 1929 and was Assistant to the Chief Flight Dispatcher in Miami.
OFF FOR LOS ANGELES is the Clipper Pacifico, as it taxis away from the terminal at Aurora Airport in Guatemala City on the press inaugural flight bridging the final gap in PAA’s routes around the globe. Twice weekly round-trip flights now are flown over the route from Panama to Los Angeles with Constellation-type Clippers. This picture was taken of the takeoff from Guatemala City with 33 Central American newspaper and press association men aboard for a five-day visit to the Pacific coast of the United States.
Is Raised In Drive
2,956 Employes Make Contribution in Solicitation
Raising a smashing total of $32,499.37, LADers set a new record for Dade county company solicitation in the 1952 PAA Combined Welfare Fund Campaign.
Nine of the more than 250 solicitors equalled or exceeded 100 per cent of the quotas assigned them in the drive.
Winners of the weekend trips, all expenses paid, to Havana or Nassau, are Clifford E. Lindstrom, Assistant Flight Service Supervi-. sor; I. Edward Maisak, Senior Stock Clerk at COB, and Mrs. James C. (Mary) Rowe, Production Liaison Staffer at PAF.
These three Solicitors, along with approximately 250 others, obtained pledges or contributions from 2,956 members of the LAD staff.
In commenting on the work of the Solicitors, Humphrey W. Too-mey, LAD Manager, said:
“Your efforts have contributed to the most successful welfare campaign LAD has ever waged. Congratulations !”
Sam H. McCormick, President of the Dade County Community Chest, commented:
“The employees of PAA have answered the call for increased giving to meet the costs of expanding vitally-needed health and welfare services in our community. With enthuiastic support of such folks as you, the less fortunate members of our community are assured of aid in time of need.”
“The news that .employes of PAA have raised a record amount in their Welfare Campaign is indeed gratifying,” said A. J. (Jack) Cleary, chairman of the Dade County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. “You can rest assured that every penny which LADers donated to the National Foundation will be used to make kids walk again.”
Words of praise came also from ____Continued on Page 5
LADers Thanked On Drive’s Success
We wish to offer our hearty congratulations to the Captains, Solicitors and participants in LAD’s 1952 Combined Welfare Fund Campaign.
The fact that, through your individual efforts, our combined contributions to welfare work in Dade County sets a new record, not only for PAA but for any employe group in the Country, denotes to us your solid support and desire to help make this area a worthwhile place in which to live.
We wish we could thank each of you individually, but in an organization as large as LAD, this, you realize, is not possible.
Please, however, take this message as our personal “thanks” for your grand work. And may the Christmas season and New Year bring you a more full life and great happiness. Wilbur L. Morrison LAD Vice President Humphrey W. Toomey LAD Manager