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...plans to set up three airport classifications-super-terminals with runways of 4,000 ft. in four directions, plus two miles of clear approaches; terminals with 3,500-ft. runways; limited terminals with 2,200-ft. runways. This means that such important stops as New ark, Detroit, Washington, Chicago, Kan sas City, St. Louis and Portland,. Ore. would be "limited" ports unless greatly improved...
...Everything's lovely,'' grinned Benny Howard, as attendants retanked his speedy little white monoplane Mister Mulligan at Wichita, Kan. one morning last week. With his pretty wife Maxine at his side, his sleek, self-designed plane functioning perfectly, Pilot Howard had reason to be pleased. Competing in the famed Bendix Transcontinental Race from New-York's Floyd Bennett Field to Los Angeles for the opening of the 1936 National Air Races. he already had a commanding lead...
...athletic director. After going there, he in vented three more games: war-tug, hilo, vreille (popular only among Kansas co eds). In 1907 Dr. Naismith was replaced as Kansas basketball coach. Since then, his principal contact with the game has been sitting in the front row to watch Kan sas teams, which have won four Big Six Conference championships. Last autumn Dr. Forrest C. Allen, University of Kansas' basketball coach, who makes $4,000 to Dr. Naismith's $3,000, promoted the idea of sending grey-haired old Dr. Naismith to Berlin to see the Olympic games next...
Signing of the consent decree was thought likely to result in an out-of-court settlement of a $180,000,000 damage suit brought by Mo-Kan receivers against Columbia Gas & Electric. The receivers, like the Government, argued that Columbia had throttled Mo-Kan through abuse of its control of Panhandle. But since Mr. Parish himself took a helpful part in the negotiations leading to the consent decree, it was believed that the $180,000,000 litigation would never face a judge...
...Still pending are Mo-Kan suits against Standard Oil of New Jersey and Cities Service and others for $150,000,000. Mr. Parish claimed that these companies engineered a bear raid on Mo-Kan stock, caused it to break from $36 a share to $15 a share on June 16, 1930. Mr. Parish had formed Frank P. Parish & Co. to sell shares in Mo-Kan and when the Mo-Kan market collapsed Underwriter Parish was stuck with large blocks of Pipeliner Parish's shares. Since he was financing his pipeline entirely through stock sales, no more sales meant...