Word: freights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After six months of study, the CAB last week unanimously approved the merger of the nation's two biggest all-freight air carriers, Flying Tiger Line and Slick Airways. Despite loud protests of other airlines. CAB said that the merger would not "result in a-monopoly or ... jeopardize other air carriers...
...swing to diesels on U.S. railroads is still picking up speed. Union Pacific, already 60% dieselized, placed a $35 million order with General Motors for 205 more engines (190 freight, 15 passenger units) to be delivered in 1954, thus give the road 100% diesel through service along its main line from Omaha to the West Coast...
...purchases of everything from office furniture to paper clips and toilet tissue. General Services Administrator Edmund Mansure, a Chicago textileman and the Government's chief housekeeper, saved $133 million. In the Post Office, switching from heavy canvas to nylon mail sacks will save $800,000 a year in freight...
Hopper Helper. A new freight car for bulk shipments of dry powdered commodities (feed, chemicals), which formerly had to be transported in containers, was put into production by General American Transportation Corp. The car contains bins with slanted sides lined with a porous, silicon-treated fabric. To unload the car, air is blown at low pressure under the fabric, breaking up hard-packed cargo so that it flows like water through hatches under...
Other occupations connected with aviation include charter service, resort and tourist flying, and non-scheduled air freight service. These jobs have no basic requirement of college education, but the most successful people in them do hold some sort of degree...