1960 Press Photo James Durfee reports air fatalities at investigative panel

Washington D.C. -- The chairman of the civil aeronautics board Monday traced the grim record of 1959 United States commercial air crash fatalities for a senate investigative panel seeking both cause and cure of airplane tragedies. James R. Durfee brought out that 294 persons had died in accidents on the scheduled air lines last year. This, he said, was a matter for grave concern, one that demanded positive action. Yet, he held, it was not a matter...

Photo is dated 1960.

Photo measures 7 x 9.25 inches.