Airline Executive Predicts CAB Will Clear
TWA Pilot of Violating Safety Regulations
Washington U.R A Trans
World Airlines executive pre
dicted today that Civil Aeronau
tic Board hearings on the
Grand Canyon plane disaster
will show that the TWA plane in
volved did not violate safety
regulations.
Frank Busch, TWA vice presi
dent in charge of operations,
testified shortly after ? special
six-man CAB panel opei.ed hear
ings on the double crash of
Trans World and United Air
Lines planes. The accident which
occurred June 30 took 128 lives.
It was the worst commercial
aviation accident in history.
The hearings opened after a
one-month investigation into the
apparent collision.
Conscientious Pilot
Busch said in an opening state
ment he is sure facts developed
d'Ewart To Leave
Post This Week
Washington (U.R) Assist
ant Interior Secretary Wesley A.
d'Ewart, whose nomination by
President Eisenhower was not
confirmed by the Senate, plans
to leave his post this week.
Secretary of Interior Fred A.
Seaton said Tuesday in a state
ment he deeply regretted
d'Ewart's departure. He said
d'Ewart "has performed an out
standing service in carrying for
ward the department's import
ant resource conservation re
sponsibilities." When the Senate adjourned
without confirming the former
Montana GOP congressman's
nomination, it left him without
any status in the department. It
would require another recess
appointment by Mr. Eisenhower
to keep him in his post.
d'Ewart told the United Press
earlier that he had no immed
iate plans but was "waiHng
around to see what develops."
That statement left the implica
tion he thought the President
might renominate him.
Then Seaton announced that
d'Ewart is leaving. That indicat
ed Mr. Eisenhower would nom
inate someone else for the post.
DOG SPOTTER
White Cloud, Mich. (U.R)
Conservation officer Alger Cline
became an aerial dog-watcher
when he went up in a plane to
spot wild dogs that had been
killing scores of deer.
In the hearings will establish
that TWA's flight "was operated
in all respects In accordance
with the highest safety stand
ards." He said he knew the TWA
pilot. Jack Gandy, who died in
the crash, as one who "consist
ently and conscientiously abided
by all rules and regulations.''
CAB Chairman James R. Dur
fee and W. K. Andrews, director
of the CAB Bureau of Safety In
vestigation, emphasized that no
blame should be placed in the ac
cident until the CAB has all the
facts and decided on the prob-.
able cause of the disaster.
Andrews took the stand brief
ly to say that his testimony be
fore a House Commerce Sub
committee at Las Vegas July 7
was not intended to place re
sponsibility for the crash on the
TWA pilot "or any other pilot."
Andrews said he had been
"misinterpreted" by "some
New Radar Will Track
Storms for 250 Miles
Washington The weather bu
reau today announced letting a
contract for radar equipment
which will result in earlier and
more reliable storm warnings
and which will be able to track
severe storms up to 250 miles
away.
The contract, totaling some
$3,800,000, was let to the Ray
theon Manufacturing company,
Chest X-Ray Clinic
Open Here Tonight
The chest x-ray clinic at Sac
red Heart hospital will be open
from 7 to 9 p.m. today, according
to the Jackson County Public
Health association.
The evening clinic is for the
benefit of those who work dur
ing the day, the association re
minded residents. Chest x-rays
are the most efficient way of
diagnosing tuberculosis when it
is in its early stages, the assoc
iation said, and will also detect
early lung cancer, heart disease
and other chest diseases.
The Sacred Heart hospital
clinic is open to the public the
first Wednesday night of each
month from 7 to 9 p.m. The clin
ic is also open every Thursday
afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m.
RECOGNTION NOW
Salisbury, Mass. (U.R) Folks
here don't believe in waiting
until a man dies before paying
hin honors. They inserted an
article in the March 17 town
warrant for the voters to ballot
on installing a tablet in Mem
orial School to recognize the
many years of service given the
school and "health departments
by Dr. William L. Coleman of
nearby Seabrook, N. H.
Waltham, Mass., to produce 39
new type weather radars for
forecasting needs. Delivery
scheduled to begin early in 1958.
The new equipment will be
linked into a planned nation.
wide network of radar weather
stations strategically located
throughout the country, accord
ing to weather bureau. The sys
tem will allow meteorologists to
track and relay findings of a
storm from one station to
another without losing contact
with the disturbance.
Reduce Difficulties
Use of the network, officials
pointed out, will reduce to a min
imum present difficulties in plot
ting storms such as hurricanes
approaching the coast.
The equipment, which will
show an entire weather front or
storm system, will automatically
compile information 'which
would otherwise be available
only through several hundred
observers, weather bureau offi
cials said.
Preliminary investi g a t i o n s
suggest that the radars will also
be useful in determining the to
tal amounts of rain falling over
a particular watershed, provid
ing information invaluable in
forecasting flash floods.
The radars will be adaptable
to various types of weather, of
ficials said. When the hurricane
season is past, for example, the
equipment may be converted for
best coverage of less severe
weather, such as snow, drizzle
and fog.
VEGETABLE ADVICE
Geneva, N. Y. (U.R) Scien
tists at the Agricultural Experi
ment Station here say that "off
flavor" can develop in two to
three weeks in frozen vegetables
that are not adequately blanched
prior to freezing.
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newspapers when he was at
tempting to explain responsibil
ity of the TWA pilot and the
pilot for United Air Lines.
United Makes Statement
Andrews also said that at the
time of his congressional testi
mony he had "only the barest
preliminary information." He
added that he was "satisfied"
only Tuesday that the CAB in
vestigators nad enough informa
tion to proceed with the hear
ings.
D. R. Petty, vice president of
operations for United Air Lines,
also read a short opening state
ment outlining the company's
background. He said United and
its predecessor companies have
been operating regularly sched
uled flights since 1927.
Neither air line official was
questioned about the crash dur
ing the opening session.
j.ne inquiry Doard also re
ceived reports from two CAB ex
perts on the conduct of the on-
the-scene investigation of the
crash and the removal of victims'
bodies. Neither report contained
any mention of the probable
cause of the crash
Aluminum Plant
Started at The Dalles
The Dalles OJ.R) The first
shovel of concrete was turned
here yesterday, marking the of
ficial start of construction at
the Harvey Machine Co., $64
000,000 aluminum reduction
plant.
Leo Harvey, president of the
Torrence, Calif., company,
turned the first shovel of con
crete on the huge plant. The
Portland Boy, Los!
For 24 Hours, Found
Hood River U.R) A 15-year-old
Portland boy, who became
separated from three other
youths Monday east of Bonne
ville dam, was found in good
condition by U. S. Forest Service
searchers yesterday.
George White, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd D. White, had been
missing about 24 hours when
found.
Ranger Wayne Gurley said
the four boys had been fishing
at Wahtum lake when they de
cided to take a short cut. White
went ahead and became separ
ated. The other boys returned to
the lake about dark and tele
phoned for help.
The youth was in a deep gorge
on the east fork of the creek
when found. He said he had some
food in his sleeping bag.
Work Starts on Two
Projects In City
Work was started this mor
ning on one sanitary sewer and
one paving project in Medford,
according to Vern Thorpe, public
works director.
Conrad Construction company
started construction on a sani
tary sewer in block four, High-
croft addition from Keene Way
dr. to Hillhouse st.
Rogue River Paving company
and Hughes and Dodd, subcon
tractors, have started paving on
Broad st. from Jackson to
Clark sts., he said. Neither of the
projects will be completed be
fore September, he added.
plant eventually is planned to
cover a 1200-by-800 foot area
just west of The Dalles city
limits.
Wednesday, August 1, I93S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TITS
Arizona Summons
Important Witness
San Francisco (U.R) Ari
zona has called to the stand one
of its "most important" witness
es to help prove its claim to
3,800,000 annual acre feet of the
Colorado river water.
This witness was R. J. Tipton,
a consulting civil engineer and
hydrologist. He took the stand
Tuesday to testify on two terms
that form a vital part of Ari
zona's case.
These terms are "beneficial
consumptive use of water" and
"virgin flow." Arizona hopes to
have its definitions of these terms
accepted. It is on these defin
itions that Arizona bases its
claim to the water.
Opposing Arizona in the suit
is California, which claims
through other definitions of these
terms that it is entitled to 5,363,
000 acre feet of water. There is
not enough water in the river
to satisfy both states.
House Subcommittee
Inspects Stockholm
New York &I.R) The House
Merchant Marine Subcommittee
opened' its investigation today
of the ramming and sinking of
the Andrea Doria. It inspected
the shattered bow of the Swed
ish liner Stockholm in the hope
of finding a clue to the cause of
the sea tragedy.
Eight members of the subcom
mittee, headed by Rep. Robert
C. Bonner (D-N.C.) went aboard
the vessel in drydock at the
Bethlehem Steel Co., Brooklyn
yards.
They gave careful scrutiny to
the twisted steel of the Stock-
BLIND STUDENT EXCELS
Grand Rapids, Mich. (U.R)
James VanderLaan, who has
been blind since childhood, was
the third-ranking member scho
lastically of Christian High's
graduating class. VanderLaan
was president of the National
Honor Society chapter at the
school, a member of the a capella
choir, winner of a Bible Award
and a member of the school's
track team.
holm's bow, extending from the
top deck to the keel.
Bonner said the subcommittee
will meet this afternoon to dis
cuss their findings with Coast
Guard marine safety experts
and then confer with officials of
the Italian Line, owners of the
Andrea Doria.
Boston (U.R) The old hall
clock of the Rev. Mather Byles.
who was the first pastor of Bos
ton's Hollis Street Church, still
keeps perfect time. Made by. a
Boston watchmaker in 1750, it
now stands in the old State
House Museum.
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