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Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon 2A Sunday, February 21, 1960 Plane Crash Laid to Error In Diagram Manual Is Blamed In CAB's Probe An error in an aircraft manual diagram led to the plane crash Jan. 20 in which the pilot was killed at the Springfield airport, according lo nnciings ot an investiga tion just released by the Civil Aeronautics Board in Wash ington, D.C. The report on the lest flight in which pilot Lcland Urban De Jean, 34, of Springfield, was killed, stated that the aileron (wing) control system was in stalled in reverse but was identi cal to the diagram in an aircraft service manual. The plane, a Piper PA-24, had been rebuilt by DeJean from sal vage parts taken from three air craft, according to Mill Ruberg, owner of the McKenzie Flying Service. The plane crashed on the run way during its initial test flight. A NORMAL TAKEOFF A preliminary investigation made by the Federal Aviation Agency showed the apparent cause of the accident was the inadvertent reverse connection of the aileron controls. Robert L. Kagy, FAA district supervisor from Medford, who wit nesscd the accident, explained the reverse controls would cause the plane to turn or bank in a direction opposite the normal path of flight steered by the pilot The CAB report noted that the plane followed a normal takeoff and was airborne some five feet when the right wing lowered then struck the ground. The CAB also stated the plane had been rebuilt by DeJean, a certified and qualified mechanic who held a commercial pilot's rating. IDENTICAL IN INSTALLATION The rest of the CAB report reads: "Subsequent investigation failed lo reveal any evidence of a malfunction on the part of the aircraft or any of its components. However, the investigation did disclose the aileron control sys tem was installed in such a man ner that movement of the pilot's control wheel caused the ailerons lo move in the opposite directions from which they should. "A comparative study of the aileron control system as installed in N5286P (DcJcan's plane) with the aileron control system dia gram found in the Piper Service Manual, PA-24 Commanche, Copy right 1959, Page 54, Figure 7-2, disclosed the two systems to be identical in installation," the re port concludes. The general sales manager of Piper Aircraft Corp., J. W. Miller, of Lock Haven, Pa., in a tele phone conversation told the Register-Guard that the firm's "service organization is of the opinion that the service manual could have been interpreted in the Wrong manner." Miller said Piper has not completed its investiga tion of the matter. REVISION IS CLAIMED A revision of the cable dia gram in the Piper service manual on the PA-24 was received dur ing the past week by the McKen lie Aircraft Repair in Springfield according to Charles Wells ot that firm. A regional FAA official in Los Angeles said last week that re sponsibility for the correct opera tion of an aircraft prior to its flight would fall on the mechanic and pilot as well as the manufac hirer. t I The official noted that prior to each flight an aircraft must be inspected to insure "normal function of all moving surfaces. mi i I j,imuM "'jm H 7 14 -J a. I I ! i ' J ft J "J Three Inducted Three Emerald Empire men were inducted into the Armed Forces in Portland Thursday. The draftees are Gary N. Pruett of Maplcton, Richard A. Dinner, of Eugene and Walter K. Wcisc of Springfield, according to a report by the Eugene Selective Service System board. tr A DONE ZOM Held Ollwc in J957-'5S Ex-Italian Premier Dies ROME un Former Premier Adone Zoli died Saturday night. He was 72. The former leader of Italy's Christian Democrat party was taken to a hospital Friday after suffering a stroke. Zoli survived a death sentence by Mussolini's Fascists to become a premier of republican Italy. He held the post for a year in 1957-'58. The one parly government head ed by Zoli, a portly Florentine lawyer, kept Italy firmly In the Western Alliance. One Jailed, Fined; Other Forfeits Bail One Eugene man was sentenced to ten days in jail and another man forfeited bail last week in Eugene Municipal Court on charges of driving under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor. Mclvin Wayne Walthrop, 30. of 480 E. 30th Ave., pleaded guilty, was sentenced to ten days in jail and was fined $200. He was ar rested on the charge Feb. 14. Willem Anthony DeZeeuw, 43, of 155 Frontier Dr., forfeited $200 hail when he failed to appear in court Monday. He was arrested Feb. 12. Drunken Driving Conviction Upheld Circuit Judge A. T. Goodwin Thursday upheld the conviction of a Eugene man who appealed hugenc Municipal Court ver dict on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. (DUHL). James Albert Lancaster, 51, of 290 E. 31st Ave., was found guilty in a jury trial Sept. 24 and was fined $200 three days later in mu nicipal court. The charge had been filed July 25. Greyhound Buses Collide, 13 Hurt EVERETT, Wash, (in Two Greyhound buses collided Satur day on the west" side of Stevens Pass, injuring 13 persons. Three persons, including the driver of one bus, were hospital ized after the vehicles slammed into each other on a highway glazed by freezing rain. The others were examined at the scene and released. Wilderness Bill Is In For A Rough Time More Amendments Due in Committee By JOHN KAMPS or the Aiioclaled Preii WASHINGTON tfl) A highly controversial wilder ness area bill, almost amend ed to death last year, will run into more proposed amend ments at Senate Interior Committee meetings this weeK. The measure, strongly opposed would set up and preserve wilder ness areas throughout the country Opponents include: Ranchers, afraid they might lose the right to graze cattle and sheep on federal land: lumber men, anxious to preserve the right to cut timber on federal land; oil and gas drillers and prospectors, who continue look ing for petroleum and minerals on public land and reclamation- lsts, who claim irrigation projects would be blocked. GET 10,000 LETTERS The Interior committee heard about 500 witnesses testify for and against the bill last year at hearings in Seattle, Phoenix and Washington, D. C. An estimated 10,000 letters and postcards received by the commit tee. Memhers of Congress, includ-1 ing the 17 senators cosponsoring the bill, got thousands more. The bill was revised dozens of times at numerous meetings of the committee in 1959. It finally was put aside at the request of Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D- Wyo) after he suffered a stroke. 15 OUT OF 600 The committee resumed con sideration Feb. IS. After an hour of discussion members were able to agree on about 15 lines of a bill which is expected to run about 600 lines averaging 10 words each. Before the committee comes up with a bill it will have to dispose of: A substitute proposed by O'Ma honey: 16 amendments offered by Sen. Gordon Allott (R-Colo), and others proposed by Sens. Wallace C. Bennett (R-Utah), Henry Dworshak (R-Idaho), and Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska). IN SOME FORM Most of the amendments arc aimed at fully protecting exist ing rights to use federal lands which would be included in the wilderness areas and restricting additions to the system. Several would require an act of Congress lo add any area to the system. The bill, in some form, is ex pected to clear the Senate In terior committee. The committee plans to resume work on the bill Tuesday. UAR Seeks Place On Security Council UNITED NATIONS WV The United Arab Republic has an nounced its candidacy for the Se curity Council. It is unopposed so far to succeed Tunisia on the 11 nation council for a 2-year term starting Jan. 1, 1961. German Envoy Coming PORTLAND im The German ambassador to the United States, Wilhelm Grewe, will visit Port land Feb. 29. His scheduled itinerary in cludes a talk at Portland State College. The subject of hl ad dress will be: "On the Evo of the Summit" Typographical Union Head Asks 'Strikebreaker' Laws INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Wl El-I mer Brown, president of the In ternational Typographical Union, Saturday urged state laws against importing "strikebreakers" to work during newspaper walkouts. Brown sent a letter from his headquarters hero to his union's SC locals attacking the Macy and Newhouse newspaper organiza tions for bringing in "rat hordes" to work in their plants during times of labor disputes. Brown attacked in particular the American Newspaper Publish ers Assn. and Bloor Schlcppcy, 71, Zionsville, Ind. Schlcppcy is now charged in Bucks County, Pa., with breaking a 1937 Pennsyl vania law against outside parties recruiting workers during a strike. Brown said more than 400 ITU members have been forced out at the Portland Oregonian and the Oregon Journal in the Portland strike. Another 150 union mem bers were displaced in Westchest er County, (N.Y.) in the JIacy group strike, he said. Newhouse, reached for com ment at his country home in New Jersey said, "Brown is completely misinformed, as far as I know, as it applies to me or the Portland newspapers. 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She said Saturday that her daughter has been able to eat for the past few weeks and is making improvement daily. Miss Hill was one of five stu dents en route to the Rose Bowl game when their station wagon and a truck-trailer col lided in heavy fog six miles north of Eugene on Highway 99. The other four students were killed. Miss Hill received multiple fractures and a head injury in the early-morning accident. She was unconscious for more than 30 days. She was scheduled to gradu ate from the university this month. Her major field was zoology. if 'of J BARBARA JEAN HILL Condition Satisfactory Rebels Oppose Castro MEXICO CITY W) A new tab-! loid-sized newspaper called "Bar- agua" is being printed here by a group calling itself "the Cuban rebel army." The first issue at-! lacked all phases of the Fidel Castro regime and claimed 200,-, 000 Cubans are preparing a rebel lion inside the island. Reports Due On Payola WASHINGTON OD House in vestigators ordered two big gov ernment agencies Saturday to re port early next month on steps they have taken to stamp out pay ola. Shifting the spotlight from disc jockeys and record companies, the probers scheduled new hear ings for March 34 to hear from the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. The announcement by Chair man Oren Harris (D-Ark) of the House Legislative Oversight sub committee shed little additional light on the group's future plans. Harris said merely that the FCC and the FTC will testify on "their actions and activities to date on payola." The FCC, which regulates the broadcasting industry, has asked each radio and TV station in the country to report whether its per sonnel have been involved in pay ola, or undercover payments for plugging records. And the FTC, which polices the trade industries, has filed complaints against more than 40 record distributors and manufac turers accusing them of payola practices. They Go Together LONDON (UPI) Burglars stole Alan Matthews' record col lection last month. He said they returned Friday and took his rec ord player. Ex-Eugene Woman Dies in New York' Mrs. Richard O. (Barbara) MacLaren, 34, a former resident of Eugene, died early Saturday morning in Buffalo, N.Y., after a sudden illness. Mrs. MacLaren was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Wil liams of Eugene. She attended Eugene schools and the Univer sity of Oregon. Her husband, whs survives, is also a former Eugene resident Other survivors include two children, Tommy and Ann, at home and one sister, Mrs. Gens E. Cash of Eugene. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. The outlook is bright... at the Family Savings Center! 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