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Tuesday, August 23. 1955 I
Women Are Biggest Bother
On Passenger Helicopters
By GAY PAULEY
O United Press Correspondent
New York (U.R; The na
tion's first helicopter steward
says women are just as sensitive
about their weight as their age.
They will go to all lengths to
keep their poundage secret, al
though when flying by commer
O cial helicopter, their exact
weight is required for their
ticket and the aircraft's mani
fest. G "We don't make them get on
scales before they get aboard,"
said Nils Johnson, the first
steward with New York Air
ways, a helicopter service carry
(jfcg passengers between New
York airports.
"But when it's obvious they're
fibbing, we guess. I can hit
within five pounds pounds on
most women."
Must Be Accurate
Johnson explained that heli
copters must be accurate to the
pound in counting weight of
passengers and cargo because
their load maximum is much
less than that of ordinary air
craft. A 'copter at most can carry
seven pasengers . Total load
Qnust not exceed 1,100 to 1,400
pounds, depending on flying
conditions.
Johnson finally has figured
how to deal diplomatically with
th; women.
"Each passenger's weight goes
on a three-carbon form," he ex
plained. "For women passengers
I press the pencil just hard
enough to mark two copies, but
not the third. The passenger
Kets the bottom copy . . . the
rest are for our records."
Johnson pioneered the stew
ard service for helicopter pas-
sengers. It's certainly not as
elaborate as that on the big
transports. No meals served, no
cocktail hour.
"Well," said Johnson, "pas
sengers can bring a box lunch if
they want. And we always land
near a bar."
Actually, he explained, the
helicopter flights are too brief
for such extras. It's only 19 min
utes, for example, from La
Guardia to Newark's airport.
When Johnson started with
New York Airways, he made the
flights with the passengers. That
was two years ago. Now, he said,
the stewards just check passen
ger?, their luggage and cargo
Wnto the 'copters, and see that
4ie travelers are properly seated.
Other stewards meet the aircraft
(gt its destination.
Seating is a problem. The
. whole idea, Johnson said, is to
see that passengers, luggage and
pilot are balanced properly in
relation to the center of the ship.
He remembered having a little
trouble with actress Terry
Moore on one flight. He told
her where to sit. She wanted
a seat elsewhere. Johnson said
it ended with the curvaceous
Miss Moore plucking herself
down so angrily in the as
signed seat that the back col
lapsed, leaving her in a far from
graceful position.
The line used to equip its heli
copters with headsets so that the
pilot and pasengers could talk
'copters being noisier than the
big airliners.
"We had to eliminate the
headsets," he said. "Women com
plained they messed their hair.
"All our problems seem to be
with women," said the steward,
wearily.
Pistol Shot Kills
Vancouver Youngster
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R)
Kathy Ellsworth, three-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Teel, Vancouver, was fatal
ly wounded in the bedroom of
l;er home this morning when a
.22 caliber target pistol discharg
ed in the hands of her 11-year-old
half sister, Mary Ann Dunn.
Clark county sheriff's depu
ties said the older girl accident
ally fired the gun, wounding
Kathy in the head. The hild
was rushed to a Vancouver hos
pital where she was pronounced
dead on arrival at 11 a.m.
Sheriff Clarence McKay said
the shooting appeared accidental
but that he was continuing the
investigation.
Salem-Portland
Expressway Reopened
Salem (U.R) The complet
ed section of the new Salem
Portland Expressway, closed for
several days, was reopened to
traffic yesterday, the State High
way department announced.
The stretch from Wilsonville
to Barbour boulevard in Portland
was closed a week ago to permit
the laying of a sealing coatof
heavy asphalt on the concrete
pavement.
o Traffic is increasing on the
new route, by way of Hubbard,
Wilsonville and the new high
way. Eventually the expressway
will continue in to Hayesville at
the northern outskirts of Salem,
fording a four lane route all
the way from Portland to Salem.
Dead line for Sunday Classified Is
at noonoSaturday.
Klamath Air Base To
Buy Local Supplies
Klamath Falls, Ore. (U.R)
Air Force supply officer told
Klamath Falls residents yester
day that, as much as possible,
supplies and services for the
new Klamath Falls Air Force
Base would be provided at a lo
cal level.
Maj. Connalley W. Minner, ac
counting and supply officer for
the new base, and his assistant,
E. G. Clark, told the chamber
of commerce here that pur
chases for the base would pro
vide a large income for the area.
Maj. Minner also said that the
first increment of airmen, about
25 or 30; will arrive Oct. 1 from
Hamilton Air Force Base near
San Francisco. He said he would
be in Klamath Falls in mid-September
to hire civilian per
sonnel. The interceptor base is sched
uled to be operating Jan. 1.
First Dynamo Used
In U S For Outdoor
Lighting Featured
Ithaca, N. Y. (U.R) A dy
namo that provided current for
the first permanent outdoor
electric lighting system in the
United States was used again
recently.
The occasion was the opening
of Phillips Hall, a new classroom-laboratory
center at the
Cornell School of Electrical En
gineering. Ellis L. Phillips, Plandome,
N.Y., a member of the class of
1895 and founder of the Long
Island Lighting Co., presented
the $1,650,000 building as a
feature of graduation week-end.
The Cornell-built dynamo of
1876 gave the campus outdoor
lights in 1878, well before their
introduction in the great cities
of the world.
Build, Similar Dynamo
Z. T. Gramme had brought
out his famous dynamo in Paris
in 1875. As sodn as a description
reached this country. Prof. Wil
liam A. Anthony of Cornell and
George S. Moler, a senior, un
dertook to build a similar dy
namo. When completed, the Cornell
dynamo was exhibited at the
Centennial Exposition in Phila
delphia in 1876.
The dynamo stood in Fall
Creek Gorge when it was used
on the campus. A water wheel
furnished the driving power.
Wires, strung on poles, carried
the electricity to the center of
the campus.
Cornellia'ns objected to the
poles and Moler devised an un
derground cable system be
lieved to be the first transmis
sion of electric power by under
ground cable.
Mexico's Oil Exports Will
Be Reduced, Director Says
Mexico City (U.R) The Mex
ican government's oil company,
one of the nation's principal
dollar-earning export industries,
is working to reduce and
eventually eliminate its dollar-earning
exports.
Antonio J.. Bermudez, direc
tor general of Petroleum Mex
icanps, said the goal is based
on confidence in expansion of
the Mexican company. As the
nation becomes wealthier, de
mand for petroleum products
will rise and wipe out the ex
portable surplus.
Pemex plans to boost its
crude oil production to 500,000
barrels per day by 1958 and re
fine that crude for domestic con
sumption. The company is modernizing
its refineries at Atzacapotzalco,
on the outskirts of Mexico City,
and at Minatitlan, Veracruz, to
aid in attaining the goal of re
fining all its production.
Bermudez said that Pemex it
self will create more jobs and
boost Mexican living standards
by increasing its refining opera
tions. Other industries, assured
of more abundant supplies of re
fined petroleum products will,
in turn, be able to grow and
provide additional employment.
Coordination
Pemex plans afe being co
ordinated with those of other in
dustries and are based on expec
tations of a steady improvement
in the nation's agriculture, in
dustry and business!
The government company
looks on each new automobile,
truck or internal combusion
engine sold in Mexico as an
other customer. In 'all, but a few
border areas, Pemex supplies all
motor fuel and lubricants used
in Mexico.
Petroleum Mexicano's slogan
long has been "produce what the
country needs." In actual prac
tice, however, as Pemex needed
dollars for expansion purposes
to keep crude production
greater than domestic demand
much of the oil industry's out
put was destined for export.
Now, with the nation's eco
nomic prospects improving,
Pemex feels it can almost double
production and depend to an
even-increasing extent on the
domestic market. '.
In effect, it means that even
tually Mexico can practically
withdraw from world oil mar
kets and profit.
Trade With U. S.
Most of Mexico's sales abroad
cf crude, and fuel oil are made
to the United States. Some
smaller amounts of Mexican
petroleum also are sold in west
ern Europe and in Latin Amer
ica. Exports amount to about 2,
000,000 barrels a month, approx
imately a third of total produc
tion. Export sales are made at
market prices, between $2 and
$2.50 (U.S.) per barrel, depend
ing on grade and product.
Pemex is now producing at
the rate of more than 100,000,
000 barrels a year. Domestic
consumption last year amounted
to 60,625,000 barrels, with the
market value of refined prod
ucts estimated at about $12 (U.
S.). The difference between the
value of a barrel of crude oil
in the export market and the
barrel of refined product, in
Mexico, is counted on to keep
Pemex' operations profitable.
Bermudez believes the net
result of Pemex' plan will be
increase in trade with the Uni
ted States. Mexico is now the
third ranking U. S. customer.
"If we can continue to de
velop our nation in the future as
we have in the past raising the
standard of living of the rank
and file, hiking the buying
power of the public there is no
reason why Mexico cannot be
permanently the United States'
number one customer in the en
tire world," he said.
Rattlesnake Hunting
Liked in Wisconsin
Milwaukee (U.R) Wiscon
sin has many sports, but the
most unusual one is rattlesnake
hunting, which begins late in
the spring each year.
Enthusiasts are members of
Grotalus Horridus Hunters, and
one of their biggest activities is
an annual rattlesnake roundup.
Thomas P. Wilson, president
of the group, said that of the 146
members who take trips to the
various state parks and hunting
areas, 31 are women.
After the roundup, prizes are
awarded to the person capturing
the largest rattlesnake and the
group turning in the most
snakes.
Wilson said "only live and un
injured snakes count." Some of
the snakes go to the zoo here and
others to a Baraboo, Wis., rep
tile farm. -
No firearms are allowed on
the snake-hunters' week end
trips. Equipment consists of a
forked stick or hook and sack,
and, of course, a first aid kit.
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