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Washington, Tuesday, January 4, 1955

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10585
D e s ig n a t in g t h e D a te o f T e r m in a t i o n o f C o m b a t a n t A c t iv i t ie s i n K o r ea a n d W aters A d j a c e n t T h e r e t o
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 112 c 3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, January 31, 1955, as of midnight thereof, is hereby desig nated as the date of termination of com batant activities in the zone comprised of the area described in Executive Order No. 10195 o f December 20, 1950 15 P. R.
9177.
D w ig h t D . E i s e n h o w e r T h e W h it e H o u s e ,
January 1,1955.
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TITLE 14 CIVIL AVIATION
Chapter I Civil Aeronautics Board Civil Air Regs., Amdt. 40-12
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40 S c h e d u l e d I n t e r s t a t e A ir C a r

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R ules EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE OF REQUIRE
MENT FOR CARRIAGE OF CRASH AXES
ABOARD SCHEDULED AIR CARRIER AIRPLANES

Adopted by the Civil Aeronautics Board at its office in Washington, D. C., on the 29th day of December 1954.
Section 40.173 d of Part 40 of the Civil Air Regulations requires that On and after January 1, 1955, all airplanes shall be equipped with at least one crash ax, and if accommodations are provided for more than 30 persons including the crew, airplanes shall be equipped with at least two crash axes. This equipment shall be stowed in readily accessible loca tions.
The Air Transport Association has recently requested that further study be made prior to the implementation of this requirement. Questions have been raised as to the effectiveness: of a crash ax for cutting through the fuselage of an airplane and, particularly, to the advis ability from a safety standpoint of
stowing a crash ax in the passenger com partment of the airplane.
The Bureau of Safety Regulation has been conducting an investigation into the question of the need for a crash ax as an article of emergency equipment for all air carrier operations. Data received from the air forces concerning tests which were conducted by them indicated that the crash kit, which included a crash ax, was inadequate for the purpose for which it was intended. More re cently the NACA has conducted a series of tests in order to determine the effec tiveness of the crash ax in cutting an opening in an airplane fuselage through which passengers could be evacuated in an emergency. On the basis of these tests it appeared doubtful whether the average passenger could chop an ade quate opening through the fuselage by means of an ax. Furthermore, it was concluded that the opening would have to be sufficient in size to permit the pas senger to step through to the ground be cause of the sharp jagged edges resulting from the use of an ax. In fact, the military has required that the ax be sup plemented by additional equipment such as a saw or a six pound sledge hammer in order to cope with the jagged edges.
In view of the foregoing information, the justification for a requirement for an ax for the use of passengers would ap pear to be somewhat uncertain. This is particularly true of the provision for a second ax on larger airplanes. There fore the Board feels that additional in vestigation of the problem is in order prior to making final disposition of the crash ax requirement. Inasmuch as this requirement is so closely allied with the requirement for chop marks on the fuse lage, the crash ax requirement will be extended to coincide with the April 1, 1955, effective date for chop marks.
Interested persons have been afforded an opportunity to participate in the mak ing of this amendment, and due consid eration has been given to all relevant matter presented.
In consideration of the foregoing, the Civil Aeronautics Board hereby amends Part 40 of the Civil Air Regulations 14
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CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Order Designating date of termination of combat activities in Korea and waters adjacent thereto
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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agricultural Marketing Service Proposed rule making;
Milk handling:
Eastern South Dakota55
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Raisins produced from raisin Variety grapes grown in Cali fornia 2 documents___
Rules and regulations:
Pecans grown in Georgia, Ala bama, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina; budget of expenses and rate of assessment____;__________________ _
Potatoes, Irish, grown in Maine;
exemption certificates >, and safeguards___________________
Raisins produced from raisin variety grapes grown in Cali fornia; modification of re serve and surplus percentages for 1954-55 crop year_____
U. S. standards for grades;
Beets, canned__________________
Dandelion greens_____________

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Agricultural Research Service Proposed rule making: .
Sweetpotatoes; domestic quar antine notices___ ____________

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Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Serv ice; Agricultural Research Serv ice; Commodity Stabilization Service.

Alien Property Office Notices:
Vested property; intention to return:
Baer, Mary--------------------- Margulies, Bertha___________

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Army Department Rules and regulations;
Gratuity upon death; settle ment of arrears of pay upon death________________________
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