Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 10, October 1955

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VOL 12, No. 10
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OCTOBER 1955
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Hurricane Victims Evacuated by PA A
CTJ Service Previewed By Editors
A group of U.S. editors and writers had a preview October 12-14 of the Dominican Republic’s celebration of 25 years of progress and of a new Pan American World Airways nonstop service between Ciudad Trujillo, the capital, and New York.
In the party were representatives of more than 40 newspapers, news services, magazines, radiotelevision networks and stations that cover the entire United States.
They boarded a Super 6 Clipper at Idlewild Airport, New York, on the 463rd anniversary of the day Christopher Columbus first sighted the New World. After a six-hour flight they landed at Ciudad Trujillo, ancient capital of Spain’s American colonial empire, to witness the city’s Columbus Day celebration as guests of the Dominican government and PAA.
The flight introduced PAA’s new nonstop service which had its inception during a recent visit to the Dominican Republic by PAA’s President Juan T. Trippe. Generalissimo Rafael L. Trujillo, in a conversation with Mr. Trippe, urged establishment
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PROBLEM of handling furniture at Pointe a Pitre was solved by Station Manager Ken Hinds (walking down ramp) with some scrap lumber and sixty cents worth of nails. The ramp was built by station personnel to facilitate movement of 6,000 pounds of uncrated furniture by Clipper cargo.
WEIGHING IN of relief packages is speeded by Bill Gilson, left, president of PAA management club and Dudley Martin, CMA liaison representative.
Employe Picnic Set For Nov. 5 At Miami
November 5 is the date and Crandon Park and Virginia Beach the sites, for LAD’s employe picnic.
Beginning at 9 a.m. on that Saturday morning, there will be something doing every moment until far in the night if past picnics are
any criteria.
There will be barbecued chicken and all the trimmings on the menu, with ample quantities of liquids to quench the most fastidious thirsts, including plenty of soft drinks for the youngsters.
Prizes including winners’ choices of round-trip Clipper tickets to such exciting spots as Montego Bay, Jamaica; Port au Prince, Haiti, and Nassau and Havana, will be awarded during the day. So bring along your good luck charms, they’ll come in handy.
Picnic ticket distribution begins October 17. Employes should pick them up at the Industrial relations office in the Gate House, PAF; Industrial Relations office, Building 134, COB, and the office of Robert L. Jones, division accountant, at Executive.
Employes are allowed tickets for their wife or husband, as the case might be, and dependents 19 years of age and under. Single employes are allowed one ticket for their “date.”
There will be free rides and games—with	prizes—for the
children and our more competitive-minded adults.
Employes are reminded that the picnic lunch will be served from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. However, the late serving is for those on the early shift Saturday, not for those of you who have the entire day off. Eight food lines will be available to speed service, so those who are free all day should plan to eat early and give your co-workers, who are on the job until 3:30 or so, a chance to enjoy their meal when they get to the picnic late in the afternoon.
Plans have been completed by Robert Lockhart, Jr., division communications superintendent, to have a much improved public address system in operation so that you can hear the announcements throughout the area around pits three and four at Crandon Park throughout the day.
Our old friend, Edwin Weissin-ger—LAD’s gilt-tongued contribution to the Guided Missile Range Division—has been drafted to join us for the day and handle the microphone, so you’ll hear plenty of pithy comment anent the day’s doings over the PA system.
Clipp ers Operate On Mercy Flights To Stricken Areas
As Mexico, British Honduras, Grenada and Barbados grappled with major disasters in the wake of Hurricanes Hilda and Janet, LAD moved swiftly to aid in evacuation of the flood and wind ravaged areas and airlift food and medicine to the suffering victims.
A 70-passenger Clipper, manned by two crews, flew to
Mexico from Miami October 7 to<S> be used by the Mexican government as long as needed in removing the homeless from Tampico. The Clipper is shuttling between Tampico, Monterrey, Mexico City, Veracruz and other emergency centers. Return flights are carrying critically needed supplies and clothing.
With the toll of dead mounting steadily and the homeless estimated at more than 80,000 in Tampico alone, the impact of the disaster was staggering. Until PAA Clippers moved in, the exodus from the city was slowed by lack of surface transportation. Highways and railroads were flooded and impassible. Even the road to the airport was. difficult and dangerous to travel.
Arrangements for the PAA mercy flights followed an exchange of messages between President Ruiz Cortines of Mexico and Wilbur L. Morrison, executive vice president in charge of LAD.
Texas Thanks PAA For Mercy Flights
The following telegram was sent to LAD Operations Manager, Oliver J. Studeman, by William L. McGill, Texas state co-ordinator, division of defense and disaster relief, of the Governor’s office:
“Pan American plane left San Antonio this morning for Tampico with two iron lungs aboard. This was made possible in a very large part by the unselfish efforts of your company. Such neighborly co-operation is appreciated, I am sure, by the Mexican government as much as it is by the State of Texas.
My very highest regards to you.”
At the same time an appeal to PAA came from the Bahamas Red Cross, in Nassau, to fly relief shipments to Belize, British Honduras, hard hit from winds of more than 100 miles an hour and torrential rains. PAA applied to Continued on Page 2
Club of Month Award Given PAA at BRO
The PAA Management Club in Brownsville has been named the “Management Club of the Month” by “Manage,” official publication of the National Association of Foremen.
The NAF honor was based on the role of management personnel —all club members—in making a major contribution to the solution of operating problems created at Brownsville due to phasing out of its Air Force engine overhaul contract in 1954.
Club members, working as a team with Richard M. Adams, base superintendent, and others in PAA top management, aided materially in implementing a smooth change over to customer work. The club also contributed materially in bolding costs in line with those in the industry making it possible to obtain new work.
In addition, the club also took an increased interest in community affairs including setting up a system of collecting poll taxes — a must to vote in Texas—with the commission going to the March of Dimes fund.
The Management Team of the Month award has been proudly added to the club’s other honors, including an Excellent Club Award and Third Place Zone B award, all won in its first year of existance.
Goulard Named Vice President
Everett M. Goulard has been named vice president, industrial relations, of Pan American World Airways.
Goulard joined Pan American in 1948 and has been a member of the industrial relations department since. He was elected an assistant vice president in June, 1954.