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...warned him to "be quiet and don't make any noise because I don't want to hurt you." The kidnaper stuffed a lace handkerchief into Lee's mouth, then tied another around his face. The boy was then led to the car, shoved into the trunk-which, Lee noted, had holes punched in the lid-and carried...
Come-Apart Boat. A small molded mahogany boat that comes apart in the middle, so the ends can be stored in a clothes closet or carried in the trunk of the family car, was put on sale by Boston's George D. O'Day Associates, Inc. The boat, built by Fairey Marine Ltd. of Britain, comes with paddles or oars. Prices: $130 for a 7-ft.-4-in. one-seater model, $145 for the 10-ft. two-seater...
...travel boom the U.S. airline industry is moaning low. Though revenues for the first five months of 1957 hit a record $618 million, the airlines reckon their total net operating income at barely $14 million-down by a staggering 63.5% from last year. Five of the twelve major trunk lines-Capital, Northeast, Northwest, United and Trans World Airlines-reported that they were operating in the red, and airline shares have lost 30% to 40% of their market value since 1955. This week, after a long, bitter campaign, the airmen will present their final arguments to the Civil Aeronautics Board...
...policy board argue that U.S. airlines are not so badly off as the operators claim, that the net operating income of previous years-a fat $224 million for 1955 and 1956-should carry the lines through any turbulence in 1957. Even this year, say the critics, U.S. domestic trunk lines will fly an estimated 41 million passengers, 10% more than the 1956 record, and enough to assure possibly a 20% return on investment v. the standard 8% return CAB considers "reasonable...
...passenger Boeing 707 costs as much as $5,250,000; its captain may get up to $30,000 annually (v. top pay of $25,000 in DC-7s). Yet many airmen fear that they may not be able to complete payment on the jets. The trunk lines' profits are so shaky that they have been able to find firm financing for only 25% to 33% of their total $2.6 billion in jet fleet orders...