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Unted States immigration! Service Accused of Methods M m W H m VU 'Gestapo SVHaSatary Faces Restricted Use off Air Following Collision With United Plane Washington OP) Military use of federal airways faced possible restriction today in the wake of Monday's collision between an Air Force fighter and a United Air Lines DC7 near Las Vegas. 'Number Comes Up'forVictims Of Mid-Air Crash Over Nevada Editor's note: The following dis patch describes the macabre scene of a make-shift morgue where bodies of victims of the tragic in flight crash of a United Airlines DC-7 and an Air Force jet fighter were being identified just a step from Las Vegas gambling casinos. It was written by veteran. United Press sports writer Hal Wood, as sisting In the coverage of the tragic event. By HAL WOOD Las Vegas, Nev. Of) For most, life went on as usual in gay Las Vegas. Not for the 49 persons lying in a neat row on the floor of the Las Vegas race track club house the city's disas ter center. They were dead. But elsewhere, there was no change. Only a few blocks away, on the fabled "strip," the gamblers urged the play ers to lay their bets. "Your number may come up," said a house man at a roulette wheel. The "number came up" earlier in the day for the 47 persons aboard the United Air liner that met in a . mid-air collision with a jet plane, with two Air Force men aboard. All day long, a stream of tiny Air Force four-wheel drive jeep ambulances battled their way through sands in the desert to the disaster scene, "Each ambulance brings in four or five bodies," said Clark County Sheriff W. E. (Butch) Lejpoldt. "The bodies are in those rubber sacks over there. "We haven't made any posi-, tive identification yet on most Philnn nave II C A 1 II1IWU ftUVW Wa Waflaa PHILCO and LIFE Invite you to their 225 EAST 6th USE YOUR N LIFE April 1 mm .. 11 A key congressman. Chair man Oren Harris (D-Ark.) of the House Commerce Com mittee, said the jet "had no business over a regular air way." He demanded that the Civil Aeronautics Board take of them. We have the names on a few, although on some, there may be a hand or foot missing." The club house floor was strewn with discarded pari mutuel tickets. The Red Cross workers, sheriff's deputies and technicians quietly walked through the debris as they went about their work in or derly fashion. Pinned to the sacks on a few were identifi cation labels, no address . . . Don Kaye . . . Jack Fred ricks . . . Clara Klenfolth . . . Joseph W. Linneman . . . Dwight W. Blochwelder . . . W. E. Nollenberger . . .'S. R. Kallenbaugh . . . "United Air Lines is send Death Instantaneous For 46 Men, Women In Airliner Crash Las Vegas IIP) Death was violent, instant and merciful to the 46 men and women aboard United Air Lines flight 436. What was a few hours earlier a glistening airliner is now a tangled mass of wreckage itrewn across the desert floor. If the passengers knew what hit them high in the air and if they survived the col- Spring, Value Party! See Philco's Big. Ad in 25th Phone SP 3-5433 CHARGE ACCOUNT! y-Jj urc,u0'se ; j. Jt Orange immediate corrective action and hinted Congress may in vestigate the use of airspace by military planes, particular ly those on training flights. Harris said he may recom mend that his committee hold ing in a full identification team," said the sheriff. "Until that time we won't know who these people are." jvieanwniie, tne tiny jeep ambulances, with red lights blinking but sirens stilled, worked their way through the city traffic the 25 miles out and 25 back between the crash scene and the disaster center. But a block away, as night fell, the "strip" was coming alive with brilliant lights, gentlemen and ladies were go ing out to do the town as visitors always do when they come to Las Vegas. Life went on as usual . , for some . . .N lision, they lived only until the giant plane smashed into the soft rock - studded sand below. Exploded on Impact The plane apparently crash ed onto the desert, exploded on impact and skidded for about 1,100 yards. Evidence of this appeared for hundreds of yards in all directions. The plane must have begun to disintegrate in midair, be cause all four engines fell several hundred feet from the central mass of wreckage. Only a part of one wing, one of the twin-tired landing gear and a shattered piece of fuselage were still recogniz able as part of a luxury air liner. A fire which followed the crash was so intense that aluminum was melted, leav ing small silver pools of metal in the desert sands. Throughout the crash area were mute signs of the trag edy. Shoe Laces Snapped Here was an oil - soaked brown oxford, its shoe laces snapped by the shock of im pact. Not far away was a wo man's red-leather pump, snap ped in half at the arch. The bodies of their wearers were somewhere in the tangled heap of wreckage. A few yards away, un scorched and gleaming in the sun, was a brown and green match folder, which read, "welcome to Kiki, Hawaii." Repeat Of A SELL OUT! This sensational Sandler, was a complete SELL OUT! Everyone loved the smart, fresh styling and comfy fit . . . so here it is again ... and with added colors. joint hearings with the House Armed Services Committee on the air safety problem. Harris was informed Mon day night by CAB Chairman James R. Duffee that the CAB ordered its staff April 11 to prepare a special report to Congress on current airspace problems and CAB safety reg ulatory activities. Duffee said the "important" document was now in draft stage and would be printed as soon as possible. It will include analyses of in-flight collisions and near miss reports as well as rules for flight test areas, Duffee said. His telegram also was sent to Sen. Warren G. Mag- nuson, (D-Wash.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Com mittee. Other congressional reac tion was more cautious but equally concerned. Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D-Okla.) said the Nevada col lision emphasized the "ever growing problem" of air traf fic control Monroney, who heads a Senate aviation sub committee, pointed out that both planes were flying under visual flight rules. He said the crash indicated the need for all commercial and military planes to operate "under abso lute instrument control." Rep. Patrick J. Hillings, California Republican, said the latest air tragedy points up the necessity for Congress to create a single federal au thority to control all airspace Federal aviation offici-ls were stunned by the crash which, like the Grand Canyon disaster of two years ago, oc curred. in relatively empty air space. Most declined specific comment until some of the confusion is cleared away. It was still to be determined whether the jet fighter was out of control when it hit the airliner at 21,000 feet. On that single question de pended much of the responsi bility for the accident, and possible action to follow. One report said the F100F engine had flamed out, or failed at 29,000 feet. That would indicate a one-in-a-mil- lion freak accident in which a wieldly plunging fighter fell from what normally was a safe operating altitude into the airliner's path. At 29,000 feet the jet was flying nearly 5,000 feet above the top service ceiling of a DC7. An Air Force spokesman said later the jet had been given permission to descend to a lower altitude. This could mean the fighter entered the airway under control and ram med the airliner because either or both planes failed to see" each other in time The latter possibility was what concerned Congress and federal officials concerned with air safety. Grimsby, England (IP) A beauty lecture attended by 600 women broke up in chaos Monday "when a mouse ran across the floor in the Grims by Town hall. The mouse got away. nave you heard? There's a new fastenation about the classic tie. Hooks-up in a jiffy, and you're on the air . . w eightless as a dancer's slipper, tapered and terrific. Soap and water cashable plush pig, in electric colors. 1 OF BOSTON $895 SAWWR No Regrets Held In Deportation Of Finnish Man Washington (IP! The U.S. Immigration service, accused by a federal judge of "Ges tapo" methods, had "no re grets' "today for the forcible deportation of an ex-Commu-nist to Finland. Immigration officials said their action in speedly deport ing 56-year-old William Heik kila last week was "proper." They said they had "no re grets in carrying out the le- i gal obligation which the law as we understand it places upon us." That obligation, they explained was "to speed ily deport undesirables from the United States." The White House apparent ly had no intention of inter vening. Heikkila's wife Phyl lis telephoned the White House Monday. She was told by Maxwell M. Rabb, secre tary to the cabinet, it was a "matter for the Immigration service." Federal Judge Edward P. Murphy of San Francisco said the deportation of the Finnish - born draftsman smacked of "Gestapo, rack and thumb screw." He said Heikkila is entitled to his day in court if there is any possi ble way to get him back to this country. Immigration officials here said they could recall no case in , which they were com pelled to return anyone to the United States on grounds of improper deportation. Judge Murphy ordered Bruce Barber, San Francisco district Immigration Service director, to appear before him Friday to answer a charge of contempt of court in the sum mary deportation of Heikkila. Immigration officials said Barber's defense would be worked out in consultation with the U.S. attorney in San Francisco. It was on the U.S. attorney's advice that there was "no legal impediment" to Heikkila's deporation that Barber acted initially. Although a resident of the United States since he was 2Vz months old, Heikkila nev er applied for citizenship. He was first ordered deported in 1947 on grounds of Commu nist party membership dating back to 1926. He carried on an 11-year court challenge of the deportation order. He was married to an American-born citizen in 1953 and applied for reopening of his case on grounds of his marriage. Last week Judge Murphy dismissed his appeal and or dered attorneys for both sides to enter findings on the issue. He set May 2 for a further ! hearing on objections by Heikkila's attorneys. The Justice department said Heikkila was arrested on a ban irancisco street at o p.m. last Friday on a war rant of deportation issued Jan. 11, 1952. He was flown immediately in an Immigra tion Service plane to Van couver, Canada, where he ar rived at 11 p.m. Friday. He was then put aboard a Cana dian Pacific non-stop plane to Amsterdam, Holland, where he was to board a Finnish plane for Helsinki, Finland. Officials said Heikkila's wife was not informed of his deportation until about mid night Friday. Barber called her and said agents would be sent to collect her husband's clothing and any funds she wanted to send. Immigration officials said Mrs. Heikkila knew a depor: tation order was hanging over her husband's head when she married him. IT COSTS NO MORE "See Your Travel Agent" Airlines know we can help you have more fun. That's why they say "See your Travel Agent first." Drop in today and talk over your next trip. See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE SP 2-6779 Lobby Hotel Jackson Navy Increases WAVE Opportunities The Navy is increasing career opportunities for younfe women in the WAVES through fields now open to enlistees. Chief Warren Boe said today. 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