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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1959
No. 121
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Engipr delates
Steps Necessary
For Copper iam
Actual construction of the
i
Copper dam on the Applegate
river cannot be started until
a water users association or
irrigation district is formed,
Henry Stewart, Portland, of
the U. S. Army Corps of Engi
neers told Applegate residents
Friday night.
Such an organization must
be formed by Applegate citi
zens so water users who do
not have prior water rights
can buy water from the gov
ernment, Stewart told the ap
proximately 100 persons at
tending a meeting in the Up
per Applegate Grange hall
Those water users getting
free water would continue to
get it, he said. Construction
of Copper dam would mean
additional irrigation water
for 9,400 acres, and 5,000
acres of land now dry would
be irrigated as well, the en-.
gineer said.
The hearing date, original-
Grandma Greets
Wagon Cavalcade
At End of Trail
Independence - (UPD - The
Oregon Centennial wagon
train rolled to the end of the
trail here Saturday amidst a
gala welcome.
A crowd which exceeded
more than 30,000 persons was
on hand to welcome the 59ers
as they reached the end of
their nearly four-month trek
which covered inore 7 1 h a n
2,000 miles. -
A square dance jamboree
and a dramatization of the
lives of Dr. and Mrs. Marcus
"Whitman, early Oregon mis
sionaries, was on the schedule
of activities for Saturday
night.
Most of the wagoners are
preparing to depart for their
homes around the state and
Monday the wagons will be
shipped to the Centennial Ex
position in Portland w h e r e
they will remain on exhibit.
On hand to greet the 59ers
were Governor Mark Hatfield
and Ohio's walking grand
mother Emma Gatewood.
; The feature of the welcom
ing celebration was a parade
which lasted for more than
two hours. The seven wagons
brought up the rear of the
110-unit parade.
Festival queens, marching
units, bands, drum and bugle
corps, clowns on motor scoot
ers and civic groups made
up the parade.
Grading Planned
For Road to Lake
Bids for 4.464 miles of grad
ing on the Lake of the Woods
roaJ will be received by the
Bureau of public roads, Port
land, until 2 pjnn Sept. 3.
The section to be graded
will extend eastward from the
west boundary of the Rogue
Rogue River national forest,
paralleling the north fork of
Little Butte creek. ; "
Plans and specifications
may be obtained at the post
office building, Medford.
Reconstruction of this route
is expected to increase recrea
tional traffic to the Lake of
the Woods area and to im
prove access to timber stands
in the section. , -
Clothes Horse, 11,
Lassoed by Police
Ashland A 11-year-old
Ashland girl who liked clothes
too well was apprehended by
Ashland police Saturday
morning.
Police said the girl ha'd tak
en four dresses, two pairs f
shoes and a gold wrist wach
Wednesday from the home of
a girl friend whose family had
left for a short time. The girl
has a size identical with that
of the friend whose clothes
she took, police said. This gave
police their leading clue.
A report was made to Jack
son county juvenile authori
ties, police said.
ly set for Sept. 17 in Med
ford, on Rogue basin project
plans may be delayed, he said
The directors of the Rogue
River Basin Flood Control
and Water Resources associa
tion requested the delay
Thursday night. Representa
tives of the corps and the U.S
fish and wild life service and
the audience unanimously
agreed that greater benefit' to
the basin would result if
further studies were made
The request followed a pub
lic meeting in Grants Pass of
both agencies and representa
tives of the water resources
association. . ' ,
Public Notice
Following the hearing the
corps will study the testimony
presented. Then a public
notice would inform' the-pub
lic of the corps recommenda
tions on the project to Con
gress, Stewart explained. If
the public doesn't like the
corps' recommendations they
can appeal them.
Following the corps' recom
mendations, Congress must
authorize the project, then
vote money for it. The time
lag between authorization and
appropriation and construc
tion might cover several years,
the engineer explained. For in
stance, he noted, the last of
the reservoirs in the Willam
ette basin was completed 16
years after basin project auth
orization. "Then we'd better have the
kids attend these meetings in
stead of us old folks," one
ruddy faced Applegate farmer
shouted.
Statements Accepted
Both written and oral state
ments of pplnionjvill be ac
cepted at the hearing sched
uled ' for Medford, " Stewart
said. He suggested any further
questions after Friday's meet
ing on the proposed copper
dam should be sent to Francis
Krouse. Annleeate rancher
and water resources . associa
tion director.
Stewart said the pool would
be kept at a minimum eleva
tion of 1,195 feet from about
Nov. 15 to Jan. 31 to provide
55,000 acre-feef of storage
sDace for flood control. In low-
water years, the filling sched
ule would be modified to nave
5,000 acre feet, in storage
prior to Feb. 1, if possible.
Even in low-water years a
minimum stream flow of 50
cubic feet per second, would
be kept from the dam to the
mouth of the Little Applegate,
he added. At least 120 cubic
feet per. second stream-flow
would be maintained during
January and February and
from July. 1 through October
at Applegate and Wilderville
gauges, Stewart said. At least
120 cubic feet pel second
stream flow would be main
tained from March 1 through
June at Applegate and Wilder
ville gauges.
The engineer said both the
fish and wild life service and
the corps agreed Copper was
a good dam site.
Earth-Fill Dam
An earth-fill dam with a
rolled clay core and concrete
spillway would be construct
ed, Stewart said. A log boom
across the reservoir in the
winter would stop logs short
of the , dam, he explained.
Temperature of reservoir wa
ter would not be higher than
60 degrees, n
" There will be some recrea
tional ficilities such as boat
launching ramps, picnic and
park facilities. If more facili
ties are needed, local agencies
would be urged to help pro
vide them, Stewart said. Per
imeter roads would be con
structed on both sides of the
reservoir. , '
No lands will be acquired
for dam and reservoir con
struction until Congress au
thorizes the project and votes,
the money the engineer said.
Based on estimates by govern
ment and local appraisers, the
fair market value will be of
fered for the land. If this is
not satisfactory the issue will
be turned over to the local
federal court for settlement.
Researcher Says
Smog Cure. Found
Westwood, Calif. (DPD-A
UCLA research engineer yes
terday reported he has discov
ered a catalyst that effectively
eliminates the two gases that
contribute to the smog problem.
Fain Festivities
To Be Beefed Up
By a Meaty Prize
Horse Show Today
Kicks Off Gay Week
. The Kiwanis county fair
Aug. 20-23 will be "beefed
up" next Sunday with the
award of a door prize a
orize beef to be purchased at
the 4-H, Future Farmers of
America auction Friday.
Kiwanis officials said that
the prize would be given in
an effort to stimulate interest
in both the 4-H. FFA auction
and the Kiwanis fair.
Meanwhile, the week - long
4-H, FFA fair will get off to
a colorful start at 10 a.m. to
day with a horse show.
Over 800 youngsters will
take part in the annual fair.
Exhibits will be at the fair
grounds by 8 o'clock tonight
and livestock will be in place
by 10 p.m. -tomorrow.
The public is invited to the
show starting today, 4-H
Agent Glenn Klein said.
Exhibits and demonstra
tions planned for the,- 4-H,
FFA fair will include electric
and forestry projects, beef,
dairy and horsemanship, and
projects in baking, home liv
ing, food preservation and
knitting, as well as a dress
revue.
Kiwanis officials have an
nounced that the walking
grandmother from Gallipolis,
Ohio, Mrs. Emma Gatewood,
will appear - Friday evening,
Aug. 21, at the Kiwanis fair
in the Armory-
Also expected at the Kiwan
is fair is Mrs. Dorothy Jean
Chase of Eugene, Mrs. Oregon
of 1959. ' '
Southern Oregon artists
have been invited by Kiwanis
officials to exhibit up to three
pictures each at the Kiwanis
fair. Exhibit entries must be
brought to the armory by 7:30
p.mAug. 19 to be eligible fer j
the judgmg. ,
Sam Richardson, chairman
of the special events commit
tee, said that entries may in
clude oil, water , color, draw
ing and mixed media. No en
try fee will be charged.
Judging the exhibit will be
Eugene Bennett, Warren
Wolf and JackDeeters, guest
artists.
Formosa Quake
Follows Floods
Taipei, Formosa - (UPD - A
violent earthquake rumbled
through Formosa yesterday in
an area just south of the scene
of Heavy rains and floods that
recently took the lives of hun
dreds of victims. At least 14
persons were counted dead in
the earthquake disaster and
another 43 were injured when
the buildings in which they
lived crumpled and fell.
Officials said at least 513
houses in the Hemgchung
area were completely destroy
ed and 661 were heavily dam
aged. Information on the quake's
epicenter was not available,
as instruments in the hardest
hit areas were broken by its
severity. . 1
The earthquake hit Formo
sa only a few days after flood
water raged through the cen
tral part of the nation, leav
ing hundreds dead and miss
ing. -
The earthquake reached an
intensity 6 on a scale of 9.
It rocked the island for 40
minutes.
Evergreen Bus Lines to Start Route
Tomorrow for East, West
i i i
Evergreen Bus Lines' local
east-west service for Medford
is to begin Monday at 25 cents
full-fare and 15 cents half
fare, according to Larry Pil
cher, manager of f the com
pany. The half-fare would apply
to children under 12 and to
students. Pilcher explained.
The bus is to run on an
hourly basis each day except
Sundays and holidays. The
driver is to set out from the
west end of his route at 7:15
ajn., and is scheduled to take
an hour starting at 11:35 a.in.
for lunch. The . runs "are to
continue to 6 pan. ;
A single, 11 - passenger
Volkswagen bus is to be used
at first with others to be add
ed later if the demand is
sufficient, Pilcher stated. He
said there was ample space
in tht rear of the bus for
"Boy, The Fallout Is Terrific'
Food Poison Attack
At Drug Firm Picnic
Makes Hundreds III
Angola, Ind. (UPD Acute
food poisoning broke up a pic
nic of 3,000 pharmaceutical
company employees yester
day, dropping many where
they stood and sending at
least 670 to hospitals.
Police, civil defense and
Red Cross officials loaded the
victims in ambulances, trucks,
buses and commandeered sta
tion wagons, and took them to
the town's two hospitals, the
National Guard armory and a
public school.
Others, felled as they drove
homeward, were taken to hos-
Mothersilesgue
Of Central High
Alleges 'Brutality'
' Little Rock, Ark.-(UPD-The
Central High school mother's
league yesterday accused po
lice" chief Gene Smith of us
ing "police brutality" in
breaking up an anti-integration
demonstration. .
Segregationists are angry
because Smith and his police
men used billy clubs and fire
hoses to break up the dem
onstration when Central High
school opened integrated Wed
nesday. Mrs. Margaret Jackson,',
president of the league, ' sent
a telegram to Mayor Werner
Knoop asking that Smith and
the city's board of directors
appear at a public hearing to
answer charges of brutality.
She asked that the meeting
be called immediately.
"We want to ask who gave
Gene Smith the right to use
such brutal force against such
unarmed - people " who were
peaceably assembled in pro
test of the integration of Cen
tral High," Mrs. Jackson said.
"He want too far in clubbing
two men over the head with
out any provocation."
Mayor Knoop said he would
have to take the request up
with the city directors. He
said there was a meeting Mon
day night, and it "might be
brought up then.
Smith said he had "no com
ment" on the charges.
carrying packages or shop
ping bags.
Pilcher gave this run-down
on the bus routes:
Eastbound: from West Main
s t. (Jacksonville high way)
near Perrydale ave. east to
Lozier lane, south to Stewart
ave., east to Peach st., north
to Dakota ave., east to Oak
dale ave., north to Eighth st.,
east to Front st., north to the
Trail ways depot at Front and
Fifth sts.; east to Central
ave., south to the U.S. Nation
al bank building, Central and
Main, on south to Eighth st.,
east to South Riverside ave.,
north to East Main st., east
to Valley View dr., north to
Hill crest rd., east to the
Rogue Valley country club
(east terminus).
Westbound: generally the
same route, except that down
town the bus would proceed
west on East Main st. to the
pitals at Elkhart and La
Grange, Ind.
"We have them lying on
floors and doubled, up two-to-a-bed,"
Elmhurst hospital resi
dent physician Dr. John Hart
man said. "It definitely was
acute food poisoning. Every
stomach pump within reach
was used in almost perpetual
motion."
Elmhurst said it treated 150
persons. Cameron hospital
said it received 200. An addi
tional 100-150 were at the
armory, 50 at the Henry pub
lic school, 100 at Elkhart gen
eral ; hospital and 70 at La
Grange.
Most of those affected were
sent home "following hospital
treatment.
Involved were the em
ployees of Miles Laboratories,
Elkhart, who were holding
their annual outing at Buck
Lake ranch, a private pre
serve. " Food was provided by
an outside caterer.
' "It's obvious what happen
ed," Harry Smythe, proprie
tor of Buck Lake, said. "That
food came here from" an Elk
hart caterer at six in the
morning. It stayed inside the
truck until noon. The temper
ature outside all that time
was 95. You could fry an egg
in the sun."
Ham or Chicken
' Hartman said it appeared
that either ham orx chicken
served had been responsible
for the poisoning. He diagnos
ed it as "acute food poisoning."-;
. i-.-.r V . . -
"None . of them that I've
seen, however, appear' in ser
ious conditio n," he said.
"They're just mighty sick at
this moment. Of course, those
with other ailments, such as
heart cases, have to be
watched awful closely." -
Boaters Warned
Rogue Waters Low
The Jackson county sheriff's
boat patrol -warned all pleas
ure boaters this week end that
Rogue river waters are dang
erously low near Savage dam.
Several boats were damaged
last week on the large rocks
and snags exposed by the low
water, the patrol warned.
Medtord
i tt e tvt4-:.a1 t...i '
U. S. National bank, then con
tinue west. to Oakdale aye.
without stopping at the Trail
ways depot. i ' ....
The bus schedule includes
leaving.: from ' West ; Main at
Perrydale eastbound at ,15
minutes past the hour, from
the Trailways depot east
bound at 35 minutes past the
hour, from the Rogue Valley
country club westbound at 45
minutes past the hour, and
from the U. S. National bank
building westbound on the
hour.
Pilcher said that establish
ed stops downtown, besides
the Trailways' depot and the
bank, include Central Rexall
drug store, southwest corner
of Main and Central, and
Fluhrer bakery, Main and
Holly sts. Aside from these,
he said, the bus will stop at
any corner where the driver
sees someone waiting for it.
JET M
Group at Latin Parley Approves
Conciliation in Caribbean Crisis
Santiago, Chile - (UPD - A
working group at - the San
tiago conference of foreign
ministers last night unani
mously approved a resolution
enpowering the Inter - Ameri
can Peace Commission to act
as conciliator in the Carib
bean crisis.
Approval of the full con
ference of American states
ministers was expected today.
Roseburg Guard
Relieved of Duty;
Death Toll Hits 13
Roseburg - (UPD - Members
of the Oregon National Guard
were to be ; dismissed from
the week-long vigil here last
night. .
Lt. Col. Harold Heiser, com
mander of the detachment
which has patrolled this blast
shattered city since Aug. 7,
said guardsmen from Cottage
Grove, Grants Pass, and Eu
gene were to be. relieved of
their duty. .
Mayor Arlo ; Jacklin said
the downtown business ' dis
trict was reopened on a limit
ed basis yesterday for the first
time" since a truck loaded with
6 V2 tons of , explosives blew
up in the early morning hours
of Aug. 7.
Saturday the death toll from
the blast and resultant fire
rose to 13 known dead. The
latest victim was Mrs. Lela
Belle Kuykeridall, 41,'a Rose
burg resident.
She died early yesterday in
Douglas Community hospital
where she had been in criti
cal condition since the blast, v
Her 4. - year - old daughter
died of injuries the day after
the explosion. ;
' Most local residents were
able to view the disaster area
for the first time yesterday.
Oak street, through the heart
of the blast and fire area, was
reopened to traffic at the same
time the business district was
reopened.
.More than 350 buildings
were damaged or destroyed by
the powerful explosion. .
Metro Wins 19-13
Over All-Stars
Portland - Terry Baker '
led th Metro" All - Star
squad 1 a 19-13 win over
the stale all-star squad last
night in the annual Shrine
All -Star football-gam in
Multnomah stadium here.
A crowd of 14,674 waich
ed Baker, of Jefferson high
in Portland, score on
touchdown and pass for th
other two in th Metro win.
Baker threw both scoring
tosses to Slev Pauly of
Beaverion. Ladd Horn of
Pendleton led th stale ai
' lack scoring both loueh-
downs. Horn rambled 26
yards in th final minutes
of th first period to score'
and reeled- off a scoring
jaunt of 25 yards in lh
final period.
Baker,- who was named
outstanding player of th
- gam, opened th M 1 r o
scoring with 56 seconds left -in
th first half by crashing
off tackle for th last yard
of a 79-yard Metro march.
In lh lhird period Baker
uncorked a 37-yard pass lo
Pauly to cap a 50-yard drive
and giv Metro a 12-6 third
quarter lead. Early in th
final period Horn scored his
second touchdown on a 25
yard sweep around left end. ;
.Mike : Murray, of Medford
kicked lh conversion. Met
ro trailing 13-12 came roar
ing back.
Climaxing a 73-yard drive
in 13 plays Baker fired a
five-yard scoring pass lo
- Pauly lo giv Metro lh
lad. Baker then kicked th
xtri point.
The conference, which began
last Wednesday; is scheduled
to end Monday.
The working group acted
amid alarming invasion re
ports from Cuba and Haiti.
Haitian Foreign Minister
Louis Mars said his govern
ment may ask the Peace Com
mission to act if further in
vestigation warrants such a
move. -
He said Haiti still did not
know the origin of the 30
man invading force that land
ed in the southwestern part
of the country Friday. Re
ports from Port-au-Prince
identified the invaders as
Cubans.
U. S. Secretary of State
Christian A. Herter conferred
secretly for 45 minutes last
night with Cuban Foreign
Minister Raul Roa. Herter in
vited Roa to the U.S. embassy
after Cuban Prime Minister
Fidel Castro charged in Ha
vana that the meeting of 21
foreign ministers of the or
ganization of American states
here was a "farce."
The Cuban and Haitian for
eign ministers here asked
their governments for more
details of the invasion at
tempts., Cuban foreign minister Roa
said he was communicating
wun navana ior otticial re-
1 ports on Fidel Castro's an
nouncement that a Ddtninican
based plot had been smashed.
Haiti's foreign minister Mars
expressed surprise at the an
nouncement from Port-Au-Prince
that some 30 invaders
in "Cuban-style" uniforms had
Pentagon
Space Cap
Washington - (UPD The De
fense department has aban
doned virtually all hope of
finding the capsule ejected
from this country's latest sat
ellite, it reported yesterday.
A spokesman said two ships
still were searching a ' 10,000
square mile area of the Pacif
ic 700 miles southwest of Ha
waii but that operations would
be halted this afternoon.
Planes joined in the hunt
earlier. .
Although the recovery ef
fort failed, the satellite went
Pear Picking Pay
Higher This Year
i The base rate for all Bart
lett pear pickers from the lab
or camp is 14 cents a box
this season, the labor commit
tee of the Jackson County
Fruit Growers' league , an
nounced Friday.
This new base rate . com
pares to 12 cents a box last
year, according to Bob Minear,
committee member. Growers
who have two pickings of fruit
per tree to get uniform sizes
may adjust their own rates ac
cording to the base rate, Min
ear said. Usually growers pay
a little higher than the base
rate "when their pickers are
picking for size, he explained.
: Many growers won't start
picking until Monday, Minear
said. By the middle of the
week they should be "clean
picking" or . stripping their
trees, he remarked. The peak
of the Bartlett harvest is ex
pected about Aug. 24.
I Although the Medford pear
district growers who are pick
ing now have plenty of pick
ers, a shortage is expected
with full scale picking.
Grater Cubs
Make Finals
Eugene - The Crater Cubs
of Central Point took -a 3-1
win from the Albany Recs
here last night to gain the fi
nals of the Oregon junior base
ball tournament. -
They meet the Eugene
I.O.O.F. team here tonight for
the championship.
CRAS
CRENfBfl
arrived in Haiti. '
Reports circulating at the
conference said Premier Cas
tro was expected to arrive
from Havana by today to de
nounce Dominican Dictator
Gen. Rafael Leonidas' Tru-
jillo as the instigator of Ca
ribbean uprisings.
Redefinition, Respected
Latin ministers warned the
principle of non-intervention
by one country against anoth
er would have to be re-defined
and respected if the American
system of collective security
was to survive.
Venezuelan Foreign Minis
ter Ignacio Luis Arcaya de
manded an anti-dictatorship
declaration stressing Oas sup
port for democratic govern
ments an obvious blow
against Trujillo.
Several speakers endorsed
Brazil's proposal for massive
economic development of such
areas as the Caribbean to hlp
eliminate causes mat ieaa to
bloodshed.
The speakers generally
agreed that Caribbean tension
was due at least in part to
poverty and. under-develop-
ment.
The agreement to begin sec
ret sessions was believed aim
ed at avoiding verbal clashes
between rival nations.
Officials felt that private
meetings without newsmen
present would . prevent a re
petition of the outburst Thurs
day night between Roa of
Cuba and Porfirio Herrera
Baez of the Dominican Repub
lic, who hurled insults at each
other and forced abrupt ad
journament of the session.
Abandons
sule Hope
into a successful orbit and con
tinues to circle the earth, the
spokesman said.
The 300-pound capsule was
ejected Friday from the Dis
coverer V, satellite, which
was sent into orbit from Van
denberg Air Force base, Calif.
Nine big C-19 planes cruised
the target area in an attempt
to catch the device as it para
chuted down, but its radio
signal was never picked up.
The experiment was part of
the groundwork for Project
Mercury, in which missilemen
hope to put a man into orbit
around the earth and bring
him back safely. Officials ex
pect to make the big try in
1961. -
Defense officials estimated
the planes had only one chance
in a thousand of making the
catch in the air ,even if every
thing had gone as scheduled.
, The Pentagon blamed the
failure on "a malfunction of
the sequencing ' or telemetry
signals." These are complex
radio signals used to control
and track space vehicles. :
The capsule ejected on
schedule as the satellite' made
its 17th trip around the globe,
officials said. But it apparent
ly failed to emit the signal by
which the planes were to have
"homed in" on it.
A previous recovery attempt
in the Discoverer series also
failed. In that one, the cap
sule was ejected too soon and
was lost somewhere: in the
Arctic wastes. ' - ' '
Two of the previous Discov
erers,' one of them carrying
four mice, failed to go into
orbit. Discoverer I orbited but
no attempt was made to re
cover its capsule. " .
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair, hot and dry
Sunday. A little cooler Monday.
High Sunday near 100: low Sun
day night near 52 and high Mon
day 94.
TEMP.
Highest Saturday 96
Lowest Saturday morning 52
Our Skies. Tonight
Sunset today
7:12 n.m.
Sunrise tomorrow .
5:26 a.m.
5:53 p.m.
Moonnse todays
Moonspt? tftnnrrnw
4:27 a.m.
The trianrle of .Vera. Dncfe and
Altair is high in the western
sky at midnight. Deneb, now the
highest of these three stars, is
also the furthest away, being
about 1,600 light years from the
Earth.
Boeing 707 Falls
Into Potato Field
On Training Flight
Congressman Calls
For Grounding Craft
Calverton, N. Y. -flIPD- An,
American Airlines Boeing 707
Jetliner on a framing flight
crashed and exploded in a
Long Island potato field yes
terday, killing the five crew
men aboard. It was the first
U.S. disaster of the commer
cial jet air age.
The five-million dollar
swept-wing airliner, which
can carry 165 passengers on
a commercial flight, was mak
ing an approach for a prac
tice landing at Grumman Air
craft corporation's Peconic
airfield 70 miles east of New
York when it faltered and
nosed into the field.
American Airlines said the
crewmen on the training flight
all were veteran flyers. There
were no passengers aboard.
The dead were identified as
Capts. Harry Job, 45, . of
Ridgewood, N.Jn W. T. Swain,
49, of Los Altos, Calif., and
Fred Jebejohn, 50, of Palo
Verdes Estates, Calif.; and
Flight Engineers Andrew An
derson, 40, of Jericho, N.Y.,
and E. A. Freeman, 36, of San
ta Clara Calif.
The explosion shattered the
plane so completely that it
took four and a half hours to
recover the bodies. Fire con
sumed most of the wreckage.
Only the tail assembly of the
plane remained intact.
Civil Aeronautics Board In
spector Arnold Holstein said
the cause of the accident could
not be determined immediate
ly. Checking Out .
American Airlines said Job
and Anderson were checking
out the other three crewmen
on handling of the big Boeing
707. ;
Two potato farmers said
two of the plane's four engines
began smoking when the
plane was only 100 feet in
the air and then one of them
caught fire. The plane dipped
first to the left and then to
the right and fell like a
wounded bird they said.
The plane's wheels and
flaps were down as it prepar
ed to land at the Grumman
Aircraft corporation's airfield
2 to 3 miles away. The airline
has been using the airfield as
a training base for its jet
crews.
Appeal Renewed
Rep. Steven B. Derounian
(R-N.Y.) immediately renew
ed an earlier appeal for
grounding of all Boeing 707
jetliners until they could be
rechecked. He sent a telegram
to the Federal Aviation
agency repeating the demand
he made after two recent 707
emergencies at Idlewild Inter
national airport in New York
City.
, He said he "must insist"1 all
707's be grounded "pending
detailed reexamination of the
plane's airworthiness.
"It is getting too close for
comfort." he said.
An official of the Boeing
Airplane Co., which has de
livered 52 707's to the air
lines, said that "anything can
happen in a training - flight,
because that's why we have
training flights."
He said pilots are put
through all sorts of emergency
paces, including flying on one
or two engines, and that pos
sibly one of these procedures
preceded the crash.
The first crash of the na
tion's "most-tested" commerc-t
ial airliner since it went into
passenger service last fall oc
curred at 4:41 p.m.
An hour later, the wreck
age still was burning, hamp
ering emergency crews in
their efforts to remove the
bodies.
A large crowd began gath
ering at the crash site soon
after word of the accident
was carried on radio and
television newscasts. People
drove from towns and resorts
in the area to see the wreck
age. The crash followed a series
of 707 emergencies that had
occurred in recent weeks dur
ing passenger flights.