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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
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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-
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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."
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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.
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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.
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