Word: transport
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Russia. Nine U.S. airmen were arrested by the Russians in Soviet Armenia when their unarmed Air Force DC-6A transport strayed off course on a tricky navigational leg of a routine bimonthly courier flight across Turkey to Iran (see map], trespassed in Soviet airspace, was forced by two Soviet fighters to land just inside Soviet territory. U.S. airmen wondered if powerful Soviet radio transmitters had not interfered with the relatively weak signal from the U.S. beacon at Van-and if the Russians had not set their rig up to fool the pilots, flying on top of an overcast, into crossing...
Hoffa's fisty proposal: a conference, to be held next month, of leaders of some 50 transportation unions, whose membership runs to 3.5 million. His aim: confederation of transport workers who cover not only trucking, but also the waterfront, the air, the railroads and even the underground. Such a powerhouse group, if organized in the Hoffa manner, would be a serious threat to George Meany's A.F.L.-C.I.O., and would create a union monopoly that could conceivably pull the switch on the U.S. economy at the whim of James Riddle Hoffa...
...Time, Joe." Jimmy announced the plan after meeting with two strongmen in the transport business: Joe Curran, 52, lantern-jawed, battle-scarred boss of the seamen's National Maritime Union (membership: 40,000), and Captain (tugboat) William Bradley, 55, paunchy president of the evil-smelling International Longshoremen's Association (membership: 52,000), which was thrown out of the A.F.L. five years ago. The three men kicked off the master plan by signing a "conference" pact for the purpose of "discussing and settling jurisdictional disputes, matters of mutual concern and matters affecting progress and stability in the transportation industry...
Elsewhere, Russia's new switch back to the hard line brought a new batch of affronts. In Moscow, an obviously stage-managed mob milled around the U.S. embassy for three hours, yelling insults and shaking fists. Russian fighter planes forced down a strayed U.S. Air Force transport plane south of the Caucasus Mountains, took the nine crewmen captive, charged the U.S. with a "gross" and "deliberate" violation of Soviet airspace. And stubborn foot-dragging met U.S. efforts to get back nine other U.S. servicemen who landed in East Germany in early June after their helicopter got off course...
...standard 20 miles, extend from 17,000 ft. to 22,000 ft.; all planes, both military and civilian, in the super-skyways will operate on instrument flight rules, fly at least ten minutes apart. Another five routes are under consideration. In addition, all airlines belonging to the Air Transport Association will fly on instrument rules above 10,000 ft., and military planes will operate on the same rules below...