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Mothballed Fleet
Could Be Used
For Peace Corps
New York -(UPD- The Peace
Corps proposed last Novem
ber by President Kennedy
could make valuable use o
100 or more of the country's
mothballed merchant ships, a
shipping expert says.
Charles L. Montain of Monti
Marine, a Brooklyn ship refit
ting yard, suggested 100 of the
' ships those with quarters for
large numbers of people be
used as floating "disaster as
sistance and education cen
ters." He would house .units
of Kennedy's Peace Corps
aboard them and anchor the
ships in the harbors of port
cities of .African, Asian and
Latin American countries
where the Peace Corps would
function.
In a speech last Nov. 2, Ken
nedy suggested that young
men who wanted to engage in
foreign aid service and who
have skills useful in underde
veloped countries be allowed
to enlist in a Peace Corps for
three years in lieu of military
service. Young women also
could enlist as nurses or cler
ical or technical workers.
The President said teachers,
nurses, engineers and many
other youthful specialists
could be used in the corps.
The idea would be to pro
vide our foreign assistance
missions with forces of youth
ful workers.
Montani said using the moth
balled ships as bases for the
Peace Corps would be consid
erably cheaper than building
installations ashore in the un
derdeveloped countries. He
said such ships could be used
by other government services
abroad advantageously in all
probability.
The refitted ships would
carry, and could distribute
quickly when necessary, stocks
of surplus American foods and
medical supplies whenever
disasters such as earthquakes
or floods strike. He pointed
out that the ships have power,
light, heat, water distillation,
long range communication
and hospital equipment
aboard .
"In addition refitting 100 of
these mothballed ships at an
average cost of $100,000 now
would mean they would be
available for troop carrying
use if we had another emer
gency like the Korean War,"
he said.
The ships would have a big
propaganda usefulness too.
They would be less likely to
be criticized and attacked as
bases of Yankee imperialism
than the expensive shore in
slallations we maintain now
in many foreign ports, Mon
tani said.
The Victory ships and the
C-l's, C-2's and C-3's would be
suitable for the use he pro
posed, Montani said. The old
Liberty ships, which make up
the bulk of the 1,400 moth
balled World War II merchant
fleet don't have the necessary
accomodations.
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Flying Camel Air
Service to Saudi
Arabia Halted
New York IUPII - Ever ride
the "Flying Camel," "Oryx,"
or "Gazelle"?
Some 79,000 passengers did,
over. a 7,400 mile route from
New York to Saudi Arabia
and back, without a mishap
in nearly 14 years.
This proud safety and ef
ficiency record was complet
ed by the Arabian American
Oil Co. (Aramco) Jan. 1, with
termination of its private air
service to its huge Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia, installation.
Ample commercial sched
ules, which did not exist when
the flights began in March,
1947, and the coming of the
jet age made continuation of
the company planes nonre
quisite. The service was an unusual
one. In the process of log
ging 1,091 round trips, 401.
500,000 passenger miles, 28,
150,000 cargo miles and 69,
200 flight hours the planes
and their crews provided
twice weekly transportation
for an amazing variety of
company personnel and cargo.
Sometimes the service was
known as a "Diaper Lift,"
teeming as it did with families
enroute to and from the des
ert station. Sometimes it was
a "Honeymoon Special," filled
with newlyweds and brides or
brides-to-be. Sometimes the
operators had to make quick
shifts of hotel accommoda
tions, thanks to he-man con
struction workers who re
garded any sop as a chal
lenge to a Texan or Okla
homan with a thirst.
Arabic employees look
their first plane rides aboard
the green and white trimmed
transports. Engineers, tech
nicians and specialists' of all
varieties shuttled back and
forth to Rome and Amster
dam, where Aramco has af
filiated and sub-offices, as
well as New York.
The service originally used
DC4's, then shifted to special
ly outfitted DCO's. Two World
War II air veterans directed
it - George Kraigher until
1956, then 11. C. Kristoffer-
son.
Typical of the passenger
lists was that of the "Flying
Camel" on its final eastbound
run, just before Christmas. An
Oriental - American mother
with four daughters, aged 3,
5, 8 and 12, was aboard to
join her doctor husband in
Dhahran; so were Mr. and
Mrs. Jack McQuade and their
four daughters, aged 2, 7, 9,
and 11. Another 11-year-old
girl and her mother happily
were enroute "home" after
months-long but successful
medical treatment for the
child.
Christmas presents bulged
from every passenger corner.
Sami Hussein Shabceb, the
first Arab to leave his coun
try to work for Aramco in the
United States. left his three
little daughters behind. He
was returning within a week,
and he was paying his first
visit since his departure to his
many, many relatives. His
family speaks Spanish and
English (his wife is a Do- ,
minican) but no Arabic, and
Saml felt the trip might be
loo much for them.
Now the "Flying Camel"
and "Gazelle" arc for sale.
The "Oryx" was sold last fall
to the Costa Rican national
airlines. Aramco, which is an
on arming, refining and
transporting company, to
gether with Tapline, which
operates the western section
of a 1,068-mile-long pipeline
from Abquaiq to Sidon (near'
Beirut on the Mediterranean),
will continue aviation opera
lions in the Middle East and
Europe with a flt.-t of 12
planes, including seven
DC3's.
To a host of company men
and women, however, term
ination of the transatlantic
service marks the end of an
era.
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