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RESTRICTED -- Carlene Roberts Lawrence, Air Industry Pioneer, Dies at 105

In an undated photo from her archive, Carlene Roberts Lawrence. Lawrence, who worked her way up from a $150-a-month secretarial job to become, by wide acknowledgment, the first woman to break into the airline industry’s executive ranks, died on Oct. 29 at her home in Manhattan. She was 105. (Carlene Roberts Lawrence Archive via The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY OBIT LAWRENCE BY ENID NEMY FOR NOV. 3, 2018. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. --