Transport: Awards

Andre Kostelanetz is a plump, semi-bald radio orchestra leader of high talent. Last summer he achieved the kind of publicity radiofolk dote on by flying from New York to Los Angeles and back on 13 consecutive week ends. In Manhattan he conducted a radio show; in Hollywood he would ask Lily Pons to marry him. On the 13th proposal she said, "Yes." Last week they were still unwed, but Musician Kostelanetz received a reward for his persistence.

Glad to share his publicity, four U. S. airlines got together, concocted an annual award for...

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