Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 11

FAMOUS MURAL at Roosevelt Field depicting the history of powered Peggy Brook of Levittown looks at mural which may be destroyed if effort flight is shown in part above including takeoff for Paris is not made to keep a hangar at Roosevelt Field as a memorial building Li's Aviation 1 Cradle' Gets Last Chance xrv 1 k- jrasraB -a I- By Stan I linden Roosevelt Field Ioiig aircraft industry has been offered its bst chance to preserve a corner of Roosevelt Field as a lasting memorial to cradle of Light Touch for Whitman Garden City Neatly but taped to a sheet of stationery three dollar bills and eight pennies were mailed to Newsday yesterday fur the benefit of the Walt Whitman fund by two nearly-anonymoiix young girls The cash collected from in our by Nancy Gortz and laris Chaikcn who failed to give their addresses was attached to the back of their letter with strips of adhesive tape can be picked off read the letter is put on The money will be forwarded to the directors of the fund for the poet's Huntington home i William 'cckcndorf president of tlic real estate firm of Webb Knapp which owns the former flying field warned yesterday that the growth of private industry at Roosevelt may wipe out the last vestiges of aviation history there unless steps are taken to build the memorial IIi firm is offering as a museum he said is probably the oldest hangar in the US with an adequate amount of land around it if industry in its turn would equip and maintain the Of primary importance in this project he added the most celcbiitcd work of aviation art in the countrs Traces A nation History Zcckcndorf was referring to a 120-foot mural history of the progress of powered flight in America from 190S to 1927 It depicts the pioneer birds" the men and planes of the World War I period the first carriers of mail by air the pro-Lindlicrg era and the early days of military aircraft The mural is housed in hangar which the realtor said have to give way by Jan 1 to modern developments for light industry We believe it is possible to move a section of the wall from hangar to the proposed memorial Aline (Fat) Rhonic who painted the mural he noted said it is possible to remove the painting in good condition Zcckendorf urged all branches of the aviation industry it is too to find means to perpetuate and honor pioneers One of the industry's pioneers George Ilausgr head of Liberty Aircraft in Farmingdale said last night that he recalled that this proposal was made three years ago but find proper backing At that time he said the cost of removing the murals was estimated at from $20000 to $30000 and that the problem of maintaining the proposed museum was not solved Proposes AH Out Effort llauser said he strongly favors the idea would be a shame if we should let all that go from Roosevelt he noted speaking of the site of aviation's first school He suggested that the job of preserving the historical site would need the support not only of local aircraft companies but also of the county government and local historical societies as well as organizations connected with aviation Hauser proposed that a foundation be set up by all interested parties to take over the Roosevelt Field museum and memorial and'allow it tobe used as a meeting place aviation groups for the several hundred Long Islanders who once flew from the historical site and as an educational attraction Unless Long Islanders are ready to rally to Roosevelt Field's support the of may vanish beneath the area's grossing commerce Zcckendorfs statement indicated Query LaGuardia Men on Crash LaGuardia Field A feeble radio plea simply the whispered word appeared yesterday to be the final message from the ill-fated plane which carried five persons to Shore Building Ban Asked for Suffolk Patdiogue Setting liis sights on federal aid to fight beaeh erosion Chairman Philipp A Hattciner of the Suffolk Board of Supervisors yesterday asked that occanfront building be banned in Suffolk by law asked our Planning Consultant Jack Muddeman to prepare an ordinance providing that no house be permitted to be built oil the dunes in the future We hglp those already built 'lliis (erosion) is getting asserted Hattciner at a Brookhavcn Town Board session yesterday Ilattcmcr referred to a preview of an erosion report compiled by Suffolk Highway Superintendent Harry Tilth ill for Monday's Board of Supervisor's meeting has done more damage to the dunes than the elements in recent Iljttcmer exclaimed Storm Sliced Beach The Board of Supervisors chairman requested Tuthill's office to survey Nov 7 storm erosion damage of 90-milc occanfront two weeks ago Tuthill has reported that an average of 60-fect of beach front was sliced away by the storm's fury causing an estimated milliiv dollars in erosion damage and that most of this damage is the rvspnnsi-bilitv of the beach homeowners who foolish enough to build their houses so near the Tuthill recommended last week that homeowners le forced to move their homes to safe ground to piovidc a 400-jard between the ocean and the dunes last night Tuthill said that his department would arrange for stop-gap state erosion aid for storm damage on Suffolk bear lies and that motion will be made on the state level for the federal government to step into this picture with Muddeman who put in an appearance at Town Board session said he agreed with what Tuthill has picviouslv recommended You fight nature got to work with he declared The planning consultant who said he will introduce liis proposed building ban law to the Suffolk County Planning Commission after the first of the year advised that a model of shore line in which conditions such as wind water or a can be reproduced would a study of erosion their death on Sunday With the disclosure that the plane was in contact with the control tower just minutes before the crash the mystery deepened as to why tlic wreckage and its dejd was not discos'cred until 13 hours aftcrsvaid The Civil Aeronautics Board which is probing the tragedy svill get a report from radar operator today lie ss'ill be asked why the on the radar screen was not tracked to discover the fate of the plane Confirmation that the control tower and plane were in contact despite protestations to the con-try by IjGuardia officils became known after check by a CAB radio technician The frequency of the transmitter in the tjny Piper Tri-Pacer is the same band that c-rricd the desperate message to the tower at 7 PM Sunday only minutes before the plane crashed at a deserted comer of the field It was found by a crew of workmen at 8:43 AM Monday It was indicated that the control tower mgde several attempts to reply to the plane but that these were unsuccessful Whiter the tower could have led the plane to safety if two-way contact had been established is a question that could not be answered Meanwhile funeral arrangements were disclosed for four of the five victims of the crash Sen1 ices will be held at 2 PM today in the Walter Cooke Chapel 117 West 72nd St New York Cih' for Mrs Mary Ida Louise Nissirn 35 of 3659 John St Wantagh her two children William Jr 3 and Corina 1 and John A LaBorde 44 of the Bronx pilot and brother of Mrs Nissirn The four will then be cremated at Femcliff Ardslcy NY The fifth crash victim is William Beckett a friend of LaBorde who lived in a Manhattan hotel WedaoMtoy November 25 1953 11.