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The article examines the impact of the growth of aviation industry in the U.S. It describes on the dawn of the commercial jet age where the U.S. skies are said to be busiest with planes and jets taking off and landing every minute at the 567 U.S. airports in which the airlines serve not counting the military planes. It mentions on the importance of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) as the one responsible for the success in the air and safety for the people.

This article refers to the incident in which Civil Aeronautics Administrator Frederick B. Lee emphasizes on the need of the implanting new radars to control the air traffic conditions and avert accidents. Now that public scrutiny has turned on him. Secretary Sinclair Weeks, whose domain includes CAA, has instructed the agency to draft a request for a $35 million supplemental appropriation for air traffic control. But only six months ago, Secretary Weeks and his Under-Secretary for Transportation, Kansas City department store owner Louis Rothschild were so anxious to protect the public against such a level of expenditure that they forced the showdown which resulted in Lee's dismissal.

The article reports on the opening of the Oakland center, the most modern air traffic control center, in Oakland, California. The facility is constructed in response to the disastrous collision of Trans World Airlines Super Constellation and the Untied Air Lines DC-7. Moreover, it will handle an average of 2,000 flights daily and will be headed by Lieutenant Ponton de Arce, regional air traffic chief for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).