The party at the Washington Hilton last Friday night was a grand bash. Hundreds of guests mingled convivially, munching on fried chicken, hand-carved roast beef and ham. As the good spirit, and good spirits, flowed, the only odd note was the cause of the celebration: Government employees, past and present, were saluting the abolition of their agency, the Civil Aeronautics Board.
Created in 1938 to regulate airline fares and assign routes, the CAB is scheduled to go out of business on Jan. 1. Its demise will be the final step in the process of airline deregulation that began in 1978 and...
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