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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1954)
MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE NINE 11 Killed In Midwest Air Crash MASON CITY, Iowa, Wl - Braniff International Airways DC3 warned not to land bere alter a wild storm had temporarily knocked out power at the airport, crashed into a pasture yesterday, killing 11 of the 19 persons aboard. Eight persons were injured, two critically. The plane, northbound from Memphis, Term., to Minneapolis, was only about 10 minutes out from the field, Braniff officials said, when they radioed it to hold off landing bedause of the storm. The field never received an an swer, airline officials reported. The plane crashed on a farm 4'2 miles south of Swaledale. Highway patrolmen reported a wire of a new high-voltage power line between Fort Dodge and Ma son City had been snapped and they said they believed the plane had hit it. Debris from the crash was spread along a line of more than 600 feet. Police said the plane ap parently struck the ground, then bounced for some distance. The plane was demolished, only the tail section remaining relatively Intact. The plane's pilot, 'Capt. W. A. Pickering, 40, of Parkville, Mo., died at the scene of the crash. The co-pilot, W. B. Wilde. 31. of Minneapolis died a short time later at the Hampton, Iowa, hos pital. The hostess. Miss Betty Ann Truly, 23, of Kansas City and Shreveport, La., was reported in "fair" condition at Mercy Hospi tal in Mason City. Among the other Injured in the Mason City hospital was Mrs. Milton Schoenberg, 54, of Denver, one of two crash victims reported In critical condition. The other, hospitalized at Hampton, was Mrs. Lee Nichols of Minneapolis. Mrs. Schoenberg's husband died In the crash. Rescue workers had to cut through the tangled wreckage with torches to free some of the groan ing passengers. The workers said there were repeated cries of "(Jet Us out! Get us out!" After the dead and Injured were removed, Iowa National Guards : men moved in to keep spectators irom the scene pending arrival of federal officials expected here to day to Investigate the crash. In Dallas, Braniff officials said It was the first fatal crash of one of the line's planes since 1939. ) ' 1 : -S-f r 1 " I' i It - X'. f 'l I lUs- Ami itmmSm. Ronald Lowell Wins ATO '54 Undergraduate Award Ronald J. Lowell. Klamath Falls, will go to Atlanta, Georgia in September to accept the Thom as Arkle Clark Honor Award for 1934, marking him the Alpha Tau Omega undergraduate of the year. Selection of Lowell, graduate of the University of Oregon as the fraternity's No. 1 senior of 1954, was based on his brilliant acad- a A 3c DONALD son of Mr. an Welch, Rt. I, Box 67, Bonan za, has been assigned to Am arillo Air Fore Base, Texas, as jet (light mechanic stu dent. Donald attended Bonan za High School. A. WELCH, I Mrs. Ivan Showers Cover Central States By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The high plains states had cool er weather Monday but the Rock ies and most of the rest of the country was warming up again.. Widespread and locally heavy thundershowers stretched north ward from Texas and Louisiana across the central states to the western Great Lakes region. Sunday night Mason City, Iowa, scene of 'the plane crash which took 11 lives,' had 3.77 inches of rain within less than six hours. Except for the central belt and a few light showers in the Pacific Northwest, Louisiana and Florida, the rest of the nation had mostly fair weather. Temperatures in the desert southwest moved up to 103 while Red Bluff in Northern California reached 100. St. Louis, Mo. 97, and Chicago 90. of different kinds of awards. Id the difficult pre-med curriculum, Lowell maintained an almost atraight-A average, marred only by a couple of Bs during his four years. He wears the keys of Pht Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma. As a freshman he won the Phi Eta Kappa Book prhx. In his Junior year ht was awarded the Koyle cup as tht outstanding scholar-activities man on the cam pus. During the past school year he was a member of the "Senior Six" of Pht Beta Kappa, one ef the half dosen top senior schol ars. For four years Ron held Stan dard Oil scholarships. In his Jun ior year he was chosen as the out standing student la the state of Oregon, and represented his state at the 57th Congress of American Industry in New York. He also won 'he Van de Velde prise given each year to the outstanding stu- Dr. R. T. Lindley OPTOMETRIST 510 Md.-Dnt. Bids. Ph. 4215 Eye Examination Visuol Training dent In Spanish at Oregon. The $1,000 MacKenzle scholar ship was given him for his last year of pre-med work. He holds a scholarship to the University of Oregon Medical School in Port land, where he will begin work for an M.D. this fall. Ronald played tennis for three years and captained the team In his senior year. He won member ship Inthe Order of the "O". Ore gon's lettermen's society; Druids, Junior, honorary; Friars, senior honorary; and Askleplads, pre med society, which he .served as" vice president. He was active in United Sud dents Association, Interfraternity Council and Religious Evaluation Week. Alpha Tau Omega (Oregon chap ter) elected him as worthy master of 195344. Earlier he had been scholastic chairman and on var ious chapter committees. A suitable climax to his well- rounded career came to him at the end of the spring term at Oregon when he was awared the Emerald trophy as outstanding athlete. This award was based on his achievements in athletics, scholarship, leadership and citi zenship on the Oregon campus. He will receive the Clark award from Educational Adviser F. N. (Tingl Abbot, Maine, '25. He will also receive a Jeweled key, sym bolio of his selection as ATO's outstanding senior. Lowell, graduate of Klamath Union High School Is 21 years old. RONALD J. 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