The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-01-02
OhiO's Air Service

In the past, mention has been
made in this column of the
Great Lakes Service investiga-
ton by the Civil Aeronautics
Board. Out of this investigation,
airline routes will be assigned
in Ohio and neighboring states
which will determine the extent
and quality of air service for
many years to come. South
eastern Ohio will be affected by
these decisions since they will
include matters relating to the
granting of routes serving Zanes-
vile, Cambridge and Marietta.
It has been my experience
that air travel between South
eastern Ohio and the east coast
is often difficult ard very in
convenient. Certainly, our area
deserves greater consideration
than it has received, particularly
since air service is of even great
er importance in view of the in
dustrial concentration beginning
in our area.
The Great Lakes Service case
| involves a great many route ap-
plications covering virtually all
of the middle-Western states
east of the Mississippi. At the
present time the Civil Aeron-
autics Board is involved in sift-
ing the great volume of testi-
mony and factual information
obtained in the public hearings
which were concluded several
months ago. A number of COM
munity organizations in South
| eastern Ohio have expressed
| ,hemsevles to the board in these
! hearings emphasizing the impor-
, tance associated with the case.
III have received letters urging
action Immediately. Unfortuna-
| tely, however, the data on which
| the board must base lis decision
| is tremendously complicated and
a decision is not possible for
many months to come.
| AS matter Of fact, / am ad-
vised that the initial opinion
which will probably be issued
next summer will probably run
| 200 to 800 pages in length even
though every effort will be made
to condense it as much as pos
s BILE. The boards final ruling is
of great concern to our area S
future and it is certain that
Ohio's communities will and
should continue to present their
opinions under the procedures
laid down by the board in the
handling of cases of this nature
Watchful Eye
The Watchful eye which Con-
gress and the Federal Commun-
ications Commission keeps on
televis.on is opened even wider
at recent discoveries that adVer-
tisements can be delivered eff
fectively to the viewers sub,
conscious mind. The process IN,
wolves flashing a message on 6
ttelevision screen for a split
second. Although the viewer Is
unaware that he is being sole
a product, he later finds he has
unexplained urges to buy that
specific product.
All of this sounds like psy'
Geological hocus-pocus, but the
fact remains that this eerie CAD,
get works. Happily, the tele
vision networks have refraineo
from using this device and the
. Federal Communications Com
mission is busily looking ln't
its ramifications. Rumbllngs are
heard, too, on Capitol Hill thai
some legislative action will bt
considered in Congress early
next year.
L In terms of the advertising o
cereal or soap, this may be
somewhat unethical toy. How
. ever, even at first glance, it als'
seems like an invasion of In
dividual privacy which could b'
t added to the unscrupulou
r arsenal of brainwashing technl
uues about which we have heart
SO much during and since thu
S Korean conflict.