The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • 18

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Wednesday, November 22, 1967 -Enquirer (Gerry Wolter) Photo Rescue Workers Cover Bodies Of Crash Victims floodlight lends ghostly air to sorrowful task on Kentucky hillside Jetliner Crash Survivors The list of survivors of the TWA port dwindled to 16 Tuesday as two Regis Ochs, Box 160, Lucinda, died Tuesday at General Hosjetliner which crashed Monday more victims died of injuries at pital. His wife Edith was killed in night near Greater Cincinnati Air- area hospitals. the crash. These Are The Dead Fifteen Greater Cincinnatians are known dead. Crash victims include: Andrew W.

Clark, 53, 1114 Cleveland Park Hills, Covington attorney and legal counsel to the Greater Cincinnati Airport Board, and his wife, Clementine, 52. William Grimm, 49, 21 Oxford Ft. Mitchell, executive vice president of the Second Federal Savings and Loan Association Covington, and his wife, Helen. Salmon Brown, 2138 Madison Cincinnati, executive vice president of the Ohio Deposit Guarantee Fund and member of the board of directors of Deaconess Hospital and his wife, Lillian. The couples were returning home from the national convention of the U.

S. Savings and Loan League in San Francisco. The Browns were traveling with Mr. and Mrs. J.

H. Geiser, 6726 Hayes Mack, who were also killed in the crash. Geiser was secretary of the Evanston Building and Loan Co. Also killed was Mrs. Raben, daughter of Mr.

andeanne James Cook, 6298 Kincaid Plea- to John Wiethe when he was chairman of the Hamilton County Democratic and was former assistant at the Hamilton CounPalerk ty Board of Elections. Mrs. Raben's 15-month-old granddaughter, Tracy Smith, 4212 Eileen Oakley, was on the plane. She was listed in fair condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital.

Other Greater Cincinnati dead were: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred V. Helfferich, 7023 Ohio, Silverton. Helfferich was a retired postal inspector at Lockland.

The couple was returning from Southgate, where their daughter, Mrs. Helen Cizek, had buried her husband. Other victims were: William G. Robertson, 46, Los Angeles attorney, who was flying to Pittsburgh for a society wedding to the daughter of an industrial family. Son of the late Andrew W.

Robertson, former board chairman of the Westinghouse Electric the younger Robertson was flying be married this month to Miss Mary Litchfield, daughter of the late sant Ridge. She had been secretary Lawrence Litchfield one-time Killed In Crash S. Brown A. Clark C. Clark W.

Grimm H. Grimm Helfferich Mrs. Helfferich M. Kivett Mrs. Link R.

Moyers Mrs.Posthumus Dr. Wolf A. Jones J. Roades J. Raben Airport Safety Record Defended By Officials LOWER RIVER TO CINCINNATI ANDERSON FERRY RD HEBRON PIKE CONSTANCE RIVER DAM Ro MS MINEO LA ERLANGER DO BOONE AIRPORT TY SPOTS WHERE three jetliners and a piston cargo plane have crashed since 1961 are shown on the map.

From left, north of Hebron Road, a DC-4 Zantorp Air Transport, non fatal, on November 14, 1961; Monday night's tragic crash of a TWA Convair 880, and the fatal crash of an American Airlines Boeing 727 on November 8, 1965. Lower left, TWA Boeing 707 crashed onto Youell Road after an aborted takeoff last No- vember 6, non-fatal. Dwindle To 16 An unidentified woman also died Tuesday at Booth Memorial Hospital, Covington. The death toll stood at 66. Greater Cincinnatians surviving the crash are: MILTON P.

LINK 47, 2998 Annewood Cincinnati, vice president of the bar soap and household cleaning products division of Procter and Gamble. He is listed in critical condition in General Hospital. His wife, Elizabeth, died in the crash. She was the daughter of Mrs. Douglas (Polly) Cramer, 1110 Delta Mt.

Lookout, home decorating writer and syndicated columnist of Polly's Pointers for the Cincinnati Post and Times-Star. ROBERT DETERS, 10280 Dry Fork Harrison was listed Tuesday in fair condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital. His wife was killed. Other survivors include: AIRMAN RUBEN TORRES, TRAVIS, AFB, 1749 Chestnut, Carlsbad, fair, St.

Elizabeth Hospital. ROBERT COOLEY, 685 Renlet La Punta, fair, St. Elizabeth. GEORGE BROKAW, Adena, Ohio, fair, St. Elizabeth.

ROBERT HART, Ashland, fair, St. Elizabeth. TRACY SMITH, 15 months, Long Beach, fair, St. Elizabeth. HENRY SANDISH, 6901 Newcastle Residia, critical, Booth Memorial Hospital.

MRS. MARY MURPHY, Beach, fair, Booth Hospital. Her husband, George killed in the crash. JUDY SCHWEPPE, California, serious, St. Elizabeth Hospital.

MRS. PAULA WOLF, Amberley Village, serious, St. Elizabeth Hospital. Her husband, Dr. Frederick A.

Wolf, died in the crash. ELEANOR KURTOCK, 1307 W. 45th, Kansas City, a stewardess, fair, St. Elizabeth Hospital. SHEILA O'BRIEN, Kansas City, another stewardess, fair, St.

Elizabeth Hospital. She is a second cousin of Mrs. G. P. (Jean) Anthony, 6230 Wren Sayler Park.

Miss O'Brien is the daughter of Mrs. Tommy O'Brien, a schoolteacher in Oklahoma. CHRIS HAILE, FIVE, AND EILEEN HAILE, two, grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Halle, 6330 Kugler Mill Kenwood.

The children were listed condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Haile, Sylmar, were killed.

The family was coming to Cincinnati for Thanksgiving. There is also an unidentified woman survivor listed in critical condition at St. Elizabeth Hospital. They Survived E. Kurtock M.

P. Link Sheila O'Brien Mrs. P. Wolf C. Haile E.

Haile T. Smith Greater Cincinnati Airport itself seems to be the least to blame of all the factors in the recent air tragedies near its runways, according to an official of the National Transportation Safety Board. That was the viewpoint of several officials as the investigation got under way into Monday night's crash of a TWA jetliner about miles from the northsouth runway. "Remember," said Edward Slattery, public affairs director of the National Transportation Safety Board, handling the investigation, "that plane never got onto the airport. "I recall three crashes within 50 days at Newark Airport where popular demand caused the airport to be shut down.

There were two crashes on takeoff and one on landing. It turned out none were related at all to the airport. Newark Airport's now bigger than ever." Within five days or so, the NTSB will come up with a profile of the downed Convair 880s flight plan from its flight recorder. The recorder contains the plane's altitude, speed and heading. "We'll be able to figure what its altitude was, say, for the last 10 miles, and profile that against the landscape," Slattery said.

"We'll know what that plane was doing." "I don't know why airport should be blamed for the crash," said Philip L. Swift, commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Aeronautics. "It (the jet) was way below normal flight path. It should have been about 1000 feet above the hill at that point." His department is sending Thomas Gabbard, Frankfort, director of the safety division, to "monitor" the Federal investigation. "This is certainly not a case of airport quality or lack of it," Swift said.

"It's a case of error in the operation of the plane or some malfunction aboard it." Federal Aviation Agency spokesmen have said TWA policy is to have its jets make instrument landings. A TWA official said at the time of the crash there was a 1000-foot ceiling and a visibility. Radar now in use at Greater Cincinnati Airport gives only the horizontal position, not the altitude, said an FAA spokesman. Byron Dickey, airport manager, noted the airport has been redeveloping under a 1964 master plan in conjunction with the FAA. "We would welcome any investigation that would tend to improve the over-all picture of aviation," he said.

Two Cincinnati congressmen, Donald Clancy and Robert Taft called for investigations, Clancy by Congress and Taft by Federal agencies. Lisle Kays, chairman of the Kenton County Airport Board, said he knew nothing of any large scale investigations asked by some authorities. "In our 20 years of operation, we never have had a fatality on the airport," he said. "That speaks for itself. The aircraft operations are under Federal jurisdiction and the Federal government investigates the cause and places the blame for crashes." In arriving at the "blame," all the "suspects" are helping the investigators by providing technicians, Slattery said.

These are the Airline Pilots Association, the Dispatchers Association, the Transport Workers Union of Machinists, the FAA and the TWA, he noted. Because of a $291,000 Congressional cut or the NTSB budget, the investigatory board cannot afford to hire a full staff and thus needs outside technicians, Slattery said. "Theoretically, one of these groups will turn out to be the weak sister behind the crash. That's why their spokesmen are not talking." The lengthy delay in airing the official findings, usually about a month, is based on a requirement that all proof be "sworn evidence" because it does fix the blame, the investigators' spokesman said. board chairman of the Aluminum Company of America.

After Miss Litchfield heard about the crash, she chartered a private plane and flew to Cincinnati to identify her fiance's body." Other victims included: Mrs. Eleanor Adronas, 447 Huntington Hyde Park, Mass. William L. Allen, (no address). Mrs.

G. Anthony, (no address). Mrs. Elaine Bauman, Colbath Van Nuys, Calif. Mrs.

Ethel Brown, 1501 Saviers Oxnard, Calif. Albert K. Jones, 21, 2430 Harrison Highland Heights, returning home from Vietnam. Miss Helen Louise Camarota, 401 Russellwood McKees Rocks, Pa. Steve Chupac, Burbank, and his wife, Judith.

They were flying to Pittsburgh to attend funeral services for Chupac's sister in Beaver County. A brother, James Chupac, waited at a funeral home for the couple until late Monday night, then went home and learned the plane had crashed. Joseph Claflin, (no address). J. COY, Los Angeles.

Miss Johanna Crossman, (no address). Miss J. Doran, (no address). Mrs. Janice Doherty, (no address).

Miss Maureen Duffy, 70 Lodge Hill Hyde Park, Mass. Mrs. Mary Fish, 160 Smith Canonsburg, Pa. She was flying back from the West Coast after visiting her son before he was shipped out to the war in Southeast Asia. A relative said arrangements were being made to bring back her son, already enroute to Vietnam.

Miss Shirley Fortunito, Mingo Junction, Ohio. Mrs. Mary L. Fortunito, same address. Gilbert Gallegos, Lomita, Calif.

Calif. Mrs. Linda Gallegos, same address. Randy Lee Gallegos, same address. Kenneth W.

Godfrey, 62, Pittsburgh, manager of a division of West Penn Power who was returning from a vacation in Hawaii. Phil Greenberg, (no address). Mrs. Helen Hoblack, 607 Lynda McKeesport, Pa. Stephen H.

Ritso, 518 Beekman McKeesport, and his wife. Mary. The Ritsos had been in California to attend a funeral for Ritso's sister. With them was Mrs. Ritso's sister, Mrs.

Hoblack. Mrs. Jewell Kashkin, (no address). Rolf Kofink, Stuttgart, Germany. Ronald L.

Maier, 510 North Milldale, Pa. Miss Carmela Moreno, 907 Shady Crest Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. J.

Mullen and Charles Mullen, and another Mullen child, (no address). Mr. Mulligan, (no address). W. H.

Ness, (no address). Kenneth Porteous, 1413 Highland Glendale, Calif. Mr. T. Reed, (no address).

Earl K. Roudybush, 13301 Chestnut Westminister, Calif. W. C. Simpson, (no address).

Mrs. Queida Torres, (no address). Mrs. M. Wileman, (no address).

Mrs. Aneline Waldron, (no address). Members of the plane's crew who died in the crash were: The pilot, Capt. Charles L. Cochran, 45, Spring Hill, Kan.

First Officer Robert F. Moyers, 33, 6808 W. 101 Terrance, Overland Park. Kan. Flight Engineer Jerry Lee Roades, 29, 2080 E.

Parvin Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Barbara Jean Posthumus, hostess, 25, 1735 W. 19th Lawrence, Kan. Marilee Kivett, 21, hostess, 1014 W.

44th Kansas City, Mo. Induction Of 34,000 In Army Ordered WASHINGTON The Pentagon Tuesday ordered the induction of 34,000 men into the Army in January, the highest draft call in 14 months. -Enquirer (Gerry Wolter) Photo Tail Section Of Jet Smolders On Hillside uprooted tree mute evidence of force with which plane hit.