Word: interurban
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...that he will look for "what we can find within United Aircraft's capabilities that would be applicable to a peacetime economy." One possibility may be greater emphasis on kerosene-fueled generators to help electric utilities meet peak-hour demands for power. Another: newer turbine engines for fast, interurban trains. United Aircraft's main problem is that it is basically a one-product company. Gray, a man of many parts, will probably diversify United so that it depends less on plane engines and more on a range of products...
...prototype can seat 64, a tremendous advantage over its STOL and V/STOL rivals for interurban hops. The closest runner-up, Germany's Dornier Skyservant, seats only twelve; other STOL-type planes that have begun to enter the U.S. air-taxi/commuter business, like Canada's De Havilland Otter and the Helio Courier, have only a fraction of McDonnell Douglas' payload. Fully loaded, the plane can cruise at 250 m.p.h., land at speeds as slow as 55 m.p.h. on a 500-ft. runway; it can take off within 1,000 ft. (one-seventh the length of La Guardia...
Really enterprising trolleyers could get aboard in Maine and, by switching from one connecting interurban to the next, go all the way to Delaware, or, starting from upstate New York, they could reach Wisconsin...
...solution to commuter woes, urged "that the Federal Government not preside over the liquidation of vital railroad services." But rather than federal aid or higher fares, the Interstate Commerce Commission believes that more local subsidies for rails are the solution. Says ICC Chairman Howard Freas: "If an urban or interurban commuting service needs subsidizing, it should be by the communities served and not by freight shippers throughout the country...
...outpouring, say united community fund-raisers, is not merely a sign that U.S. givers are better heeled this year, but, more importantly, that they are more civic-minded. The spirit has even overwhelmed interurban bickerings. For example, in "The Heart of America" United Campaign, the Kansas City metropolitan area appeal stretches across the state line from Missouri into Kansas City, Kans., embraces all or parts of five counties in one "united-response" drive. Per capita contributions from 800,000 people...