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SANDWICH WAR is over between transatlantic airlines trying to win economy passengers' hearts through stomachs. Lines that were getting around no-free-meal rule by serving fancy, meal-size sandwiches (TIME, April 21, May 5) agreed to serve same cold-buffet menu: meat, salad, cheese, bread, beverage.

NORTHEAST AIRLINES, last domestic trunkline off federal subsidy in 1956, will be first to go back on. Chief reason: planes on New York-Miami route, on which CAB overruled its own examiner to award to Northeast after pressure from New England congressmen, are flying only 15% full v. 59% needed to break even.

RECORD FLIGHT across U.S. was set in trial run by American Airlines' first Boeing 707 jetliner in preparation for regular runs which begin in January. Los Angeles-New York time: 4 hrs. 43 min. At average 630 m.p.h., jet shaved the previously prevailing commercial piston-plane time by three hours.

EGYPTIAN OIL HUNT has been ended by U.S. combine of Continental Oil, Ohio Oil, Cities Service and Richfield Oil, who spent 4 1/2 years, $30 million trying to find oil in western desert, found only dry holes.

WOMEN IN LIQUOR ADS, long banned voluntarily by distillers to soothe drys, are okayed under new agreement by advertisers. First ads with women will probably show up in January.

WEST GERMAN JET FIGHTER will be Lockheed F-104, ending two-year competition by U.S., French, British, Italian, Swedish planemakers to get Luftwaffe contract. German Defense Ministry will ask Bundestag clearance to buy six to ten planes in U.S. for up to $8,000,000, produce 300 more under license.

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