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...sight of an intoxicated Mason lying triumphant in a dirty bathtub, balancing his drink on his chest, following the death of his wife. A couple of neighbors come in to commiserate, and suddenly Humbert has to act sorry himself amidst his drunken stupor. Then the apologetic father of the cab driver who killed Mrs. Haze enters and offers to pay for the funeral expenses. Humbert, now quite confused, agrees, much to his benefactor's dismay...
...attempt to bring the nonskeds under tighter federal supervision, Congress two months ago passed a new bill requiring all nonskeds to re-apply for certification to the CAB, to carry liability insurance and to maintain a healthier financial status. Meanwhile, nonskeds have been dying right and left. Of the 31 nonskeds flying at the time of the Richmond crash, five lines, including President, simply did not re-apply for certification; four others, including Imperial, were grounded for flunking FAA safety tests. The remaining lines last week began appearing before the CAB to plead for recertification...
...Matter of Economics. To the astonishment of many aviation experts, the CAB chose to pass over past safety and maintenance violations to concentrate on economic questions. The theory, as outlined by one CABman, sounded like a textbook social worker's solution to juvenile delinquency: the nonskeds' financial hardships have spawned slipshod maintenance practices. So the CAB was looking for signs of financial health and was content to take FAA's word that the applicants satisfied safety requirements. But such assurances from the FAA are hardly reassuring; it had said before their disastrous crashes that Imperial and President...
...from New York's LaGuardia Airport to East Hampton, L.I., crashed as it was attempting to land after a door came open on take-off (four dead−including Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke, wife of the State Department chief of protocol). As a possible reason for the crash, CAB suggested that the roar of air rushing past the open door space may have panicked one of the three women passengers into interfering with the controls or the pilot...
...Continental Air Lines Boeing 707 was blown up by dynamite in mid-air near the Iowa-Missouri border last May 22 (45 dead). Said CAB: "All the evidence leads logically to the conclusion that a dynamite device was placed in the used-towel bin of the right rear lavatory with the express intent to destroy the aircraft. "The Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that before the flight, Victim Thomas G. Doty, 34, who faced prosecution for armed robbery, bought some dynamite and $275,000 worth of life insurance payable to his wife...