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age 6 GREELEY TRIBUNE Sat, June 23, 1962 Experfs Seek Cause Of Boeing Jet Crash Bf HORST BUCHHOLZ PO1NTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe AP)--French and American aviation experts converged Sat. on a scorched swatch of tropkal rain jungle where an Air France Boeing 707 jetliner crashed in a raging 113 persons aboard were killed. Police blocked off the crash scene until representatives of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board ami Federal Aviation Agency teamed with French air experts from Paris to inspect wreckage of the second worst single-plane disaster in commercial aviation history. The four-engine a i i mashed into a hill and burst into ames on this French Caribbean early Friday shortly after inging over Pointe-A-Pitre's Rai- tet Airfield in the start of a land- approach after a flight from HIGH ALTITUDE SECTOR is a beehive, of activity at the FAA Air Traffic Control Center IP.

Ixjngrrjont. At t'iCiA; control for aircraft above 24,000 feet is provided, to- eluding service to civil jets flying coast-to-coiiL TriUuH; piiotu by Jim Hitch. i TAPE RECORDING of all conversations bc- i IwQcn pilots and controllers al the control center is explained by an electronics technician. The recordings avc nwtle continuously and stored for use in such things as crash investigations. Tribune plxko by Jim Hitch.

Longmont Air Center Is Intricate, Complicated Place from Page 1) proof find equipped washdnwn system capable of protecting the installation from nuclear fall-out radiation. The "heart" of the center tlic control room, is also designed In protect occupants from radiation fallout. The wall around Hie control room is made up "Lincoln Logs" of reinforced concrete. Each "log" is two feet by Hi feel and 20 feet in length laid so as lo make a wall eigln feet high from the control room floor. J2 M.

In Equipment ot the electronic gem which keeps the center function been estimated nt $2, Mary Brill, 57, Dies at Hospital Mrs. Mary Brill, 57, of 2124 died of cancer Friday ill: the Weld County General Hospital. She had been ill for 35 Brill had been a cook IhciAmerican Legion for the past 500,000 and requires 40 men ull-time mnintaincncc. The control room itself is huge covering 7,800 square fed md is dark except for control panel lights. Men sealed at con- rol boards wear radio Iwad sets Inlk continually with aircraft the area.

Tlrey don't see you as you walk hrcHigh their area. They're too jusy. There is no margin for er ror. At one control Inblc. four men huddle around a simulalec map, maneuvering model air planes, which indicate actua planes in the sky.

"I'd like to dump him down thousand feet," one iwm says I another of an approaching com mevcial airliner. The planes mm ed toward one another from oppo-l site directions'. Tlwy do not necessarily move horizontally to ivoid collision. Tlioy can accom- ilisli tills by using different al- itiulc lanes. Altimeters Constantly Checked Altimeters a continually checked for different sections of the country- If an altimeter But after daylight Marchers spotted the wreckage on Mule's Back Hill It miles from, toe field, and one witness reported: "Nothing horrible sight." The plane slammed Into the hil about 500 feet below its crest, off the usual, lauding approach pattern.

The pilot another Air France liner here blamed the crash on the thunder storm, saying "the ceiling was very low." The fiery crash scalleret wreckage over more than a mile of the thick undergrowth. Bodie hung from trees. A small girl one of II youngsters killed in the crash, still clutched her doll in death. Air France officials revised the casualty list several times Friday Officials said the pilot radioed he passed over the field that was having difficulty getting ie landing gear. down.

The plane len swept out over the sea. Miniites later, tiie control iwer radar lost contact at about ie same time explosions in the istance were noted. The explo- ons were taken by. some as ightning crackling 'in the storm LUNCH AT WHITE HOUSE Publishers of leading Colorado newspapers, including Mildred Hansen of the Greeley Tribune, were guests of President Kennedy at a luncheon at the White House Friday. Shown at Stapleton Field, Denver, Thursday afternoon boarding a United Airlines jet for Washington are, from left, Laurence T.

Paddock, Boulder Camera; Gene Cervi, Cervi's Journal, Denver; Palmer Hoyt, Denver Post; Dominic Ozzello, Trinidad Chronicle-News; George Oyler, Salida Mountain Mail; Mrs. Alonzo Petteys, Sterling Advocate; Joe Payton, Westcliffe, Wet Mountain Tribune; unidentified members ot group, partially hidden; Miss Hansen, and George Browa, Denver Post. Concert Set Monday by GCA Band The GCA Adult Band will pre- ent a concert in Lincoln Park at p.m. Monday. The concert will held at the bandstand.

Follow- ng is the concert program: National Emblem Bagley Starlet Irons The Billboard Klohr Teddy Trombone Fillmore The Show Boy Huff Zacatecas Codina INTERMISSION Bristol Yoder Vhen the Saints Go Marching In and Sweet Georgia Brown -Arrangement by Wallers Ber- nle, Pinkard and Casey. Them Basses Huffine Olympia Hippodrome Alexander Bravura Duble National Melodies Arrangement by Barnard The band manager is Clay Tayor, and hand direclors are Frud D. Schneider and Charles L. Chil- ilers. finally placing the dead at 102 passengers and 10 crew members.

No Americans were reported aboard. The Air France office in Paris again revised the figure today, to 113 dead. A recheck of the Friday total turned up additional passenger, making the total passenger list 103, an airline spokesman said, along with the 10 crew members. This toll in single-plane crash was exceeded only by the crash of another Air France Boeing 707 jet early this month which killed 130 persons, including 121 Americans on a European tour sponsored by the Atlanta Art Association. The big Boeing jetliners 'nave jeen involved in five commercial airline crashes killing a total 303 persons in the past 17 months The London Daily Sketch urged today that the Boeing jets be grounded "until an acceptable ex laiiroads Accused of Trying To Provoke Nationwide Strike planatfon is found" for the crashes.

But the Federal Aviation Agency said in Washington Fri day night that it has no presen plans to order them grounded. "We have no evidence at thi: time on wluch to ground an FAA spokesman said. "If an; evidence turns up we will groum them." The downed plane was pilote by Capt. Andre Lesieur, one Air France's most experiencec pilots who had flown jets for President Charles de Gaulle several occasions. CHICAGO SAP) Angry union fficials representing 200,000 rainmen have accused operators the nation's railroads of trying provoke a nation wide rail a a i came management representa- trike.

The iter ives walked out of a negotiation meeting with union officials Frilay. It was. the second time rail- operators had walked out of I bargaining session with the rainmen. The last walkout occurred May 17. Over Work Rvlet The break in bargaining arose over work rules the carriers consider featherbedding calling-- for unnecessary jobs.

The unions maintain the rules are a requisite 'or safe and efficient transportation. The unions, representing engineers, conductors, trainmen, firemen and switchmen, said: "Since the start of the present conferences-, carrier representatives have sought unilateral appli- arr.sr.Uy refused is negotiate ssues." The presidential commission recommended last February that 40,000 firemen on diesel locomo lives be eliminated over a period of years. The total membership of the firemen's union is around 60,000. E. Wolfe, chief industry spokesman, handed a statement to Leverett Edwards, chairman of the National Mediation Board, and to the union chiefs, saying, 'it is obvious that no progress can be made by prolonging the rescnt endeavors." Trantportattai Crlsli The unions retaliated, charging, "the break is a deliberate, irresponsible, determined effort to force a transportation crisis." At Colorado Springs, Loui: J.

Wagner, president of the Con ductors and Brakemen's Union said his union "generally is placet critical situation as a suit of the rupture of negotia cation of the commission's report de nt i a and ad In the Courts I I years. Kho was born April 27, 1905. at the riauglilcr ol Nickolas Dorothy Yost Ililzer. She gloved lo Briggsdatc with her parents they homcsteadcd there JU .1915. She was married lo Cicorge H.

Drill Kepi, 5, 1023, il l-'orl Morgan and after their mar- riago llicy farmed at Drigesdale. They c.imc lo Greeley in 1010 mil have lived here since except fjr 2 years in Denver. Survivors Include her husband: fjur children. Mclvin ami Mrs. Dorpjhy (Cliarma) House, of Greolcy, Mrs.

Elaine a of Wellington, and Mrs. 1 Middldon of Newport News. a brother, Nick Hilzer of Briggi-iQf off one one-hundredth of an inch, an aircraft can be off 1.000 feet on ils altitude and a 1, 000- foot mistake can mean disaster. The longmont setup is fascinating. yet perhaps primitive.

Ir few short years Ilic traffic con Delmir D. Rhoadarmer Pierce Boy Gets Eagle Scout Badge Delmar D. Khondarmer, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar C.

Ittioadarmor of Pierce, a awarded Die Eagle Scout badge in coiivl of honor at Pierce Monday evening. He is the first Hoy Scout from Pierce lo attain- the Eagle rank. In Ih i wo yea r.s and five months lie has been in scouting nhoudonner has earned 31 mcril badges- lie is a member of Troop have to aircraft flying Two Rehearsals Are Scheduled For Grand Entry Two rehearsals of the grand entry for the 1962 "Go West With Greeley" rodeo July 2, 3, and 4 will be held next week. The rehearsals will be held al 7:30 p.m. Monday and Friday in he Island G-rove Park arena.

All members of the Weld Conn ty Slicriff's Posse, Ihe Greeley Saddle Club and the Greeley Trail- dusters, wlw will appear in all hrce grand enlrics. are asked to attend Hie. rehearsals. "We want the best possible grand entry for the rodeo audience, and rehearsals are the only answer," Jack Culver, assistant odco chairman said. "We want set a fast pace for tlie rest ol be program." Tlie reliearsals will last about an hour.

Federal Charges Against Engberg Aide Dismissed DENVER (API-Federal charges of concealing accused slayer Roy Engberg, J6, were dismissed Friday against Roland Carl Libsack, 33. U.S. Commissioner a i Erickson freed Libsack after prosecutors said there wts insufficient evidence to prove probable cause in Libsack's case. Engberg's father, Fred Peter OSTEOPATH 1C Dr. Robert Lowry of 50.

speeds of 2,000 miles hour or more. Systems will have In be speeded up. "We don't know how we'll do It. but we know we'll tlo it," sold Paul Goedcrt, chief of UK control center. Pierce Scoutmaster Frank Baia r.onle, Jack Armstrong of Grec Icy, Long's Peak Council cxccu live, and Al Auger of Pierce sisted in tlie ceremony.

will be freshman at Pierce High School Ihis Holding dare; two step-brollicrs. Pete zer of Denver, and Conrad Ililzer! Engberg, 66, is also charged with concealing young Engberg in an East Denver apartment following the fatal shooting in Kansas City June 8 ot George C. Wither, co- owner of a burglar alarm system. The elder Engberg and Libsack were arrested after young Engberg escaped from an FBI Irap at the apartment June 15. Roy Engberg was captured last Wednesday asleep in a stolen car outside a tavern in 3 western Denver suburb.

Extradition proceedings have been started in Denver District Court to return Hoy Engberg to Kansas City. County Court Mickey Lee Smith, IS, of Greeley, was charged with contribut- ng to juvenile'delinquency in an nformation filed in County Court by William E. district attorney. Smith was accused of contrlbut- ng to.the delinquency of a minor girl June 10. Bond for the defendant's release from jail was set at Jl.OOO by Judge Roy M.

Briggs, returnable June 26. A HI. 2, Greeley, boy, 15, was decreed a juvenile delinquent for a law violation June 4. Judge Briggs ordered the youth committed at Ihe Lookout Mountain School for Boys. Cate Dismissed A complaint charging Manuel Luna with procuring spirituous liquors for a minor was dismissed by Judge Briggs on motion of William E.

Bohleixler, depuly district attorney. Bohlender asked tions." H. E. Gilbert, president of the Broth erlxxjd of Locomotive Fire men and said the col lapse could lead to a nations rail strike. "Clearly the railroad have conducted a deliberate, de termined program to push the nation toward a transportation cris is," said Gilbert, in Houston, Tex for his union's convention.

After the carriers walked awa from the bargaining table Wolf a news conference the rai roads would put into effect a state was unable to prove the jpj Greeley Driver Receives Lacerations as Car Rams Pole Trine E. l.ov.ilo, 23, of Rl. 1 Mrs. (our step-sis Cbrisline Eisenocb, Mrs. Eli2atcth Ssvonson and Mrs M.argaret Howell of Denver; nnd Mrs.

Kallwrinc Yoit of Greeley; and three slep- funeral services will lx? heM p.m Tuesday from Ad aiflstm Memorial Chapel with in- tofrhcnt al Sunset Memorial Gar- deis; Rdrdioman Named Aide to An upright deep freeze about 75 lo 100 pounds of meat was stolen in a burglary al (he Dean liellmycr phco south of Nunn Friday, Ihe Sheriff's of- (iee reported. Also stolen wan a battery charger, an ncelyleiw welder ami acetylene gauges, hose, and cut- ling nnd welding tips, ar.d a 20- foot lenglh of drop cnrd. Entrance to Ihe house was gained hy breaking a glass in a porch dooi. Ilien reaching inside and un- incurred lacera ivhen the nnto he was driv ing hit a tclcplwne pole and wen through a fence miles cast nf Severance alont 11 p.m. Friday.

He was Irealejl at Weld County General Hospital anil released. Tlie accident occurred when Ixi valo's car went off old 5. according to Highway Patrolman Melvin lloke. Damage lo the auto was estimated at S350. Car Goes Info Yard was speaker at a dinner meeting of the Northern Colorado Osteo- latbic Association held at the iome of Dr.

and Mrs. E. J. Lee this week. Lowry talked on the care and treatment of burns.

Attending Uie meeting were: Dr. ami Mrs. C. Robert Patterson of Dr. and Mrs.

Dawin Spra- of Johnstown; Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Schmir! of Longmonl; Dr. and Mrs.

Harold J. Ollhoff Sterling. Allending from Greeley were: Dr. Earl Hanshew. Dr.

Rulh Kcc- na, Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Lee, Dr.

and Mrs. M. D. Ixe, Dr. and Mrs.

D. K. McCrea and Dr. Merle Overstreet. Guests of the associalion were: Dr.

and Mrs. J. Thomas Thompson of Denver; Dr. John Drabbing, Fort Collins, and Dr. and Woman'slnability To Contact Farm Causes Suspense Parties residing on a turke farm one mile east of the Was ington mine near Erie were th subject of considerable- concer at the Sheriff's offke here ear Saturday.

At 1:45 a.m., Mrs, Katherim Henry of Denver called the offk and reported she had been trying to contact the Brookman farm for six hours but had been unable to ge! anyone by telephone. Mrs. Henry, daughter owners of the farm, explained Ihe commendations tfco wnmission as soon as they free to do so. Threatened The unions have threatened a rike if any recommendations acted upon without an agreement. The presidential commission, in ebruary, recommended that 40,00 firemen on diesel locomotives )e eliminated, over a period of cars.

The total membership of firemen's union is around It also called for a revision of ie wage and hour system, sug- esting pay increases for most of ie men who man the.trains. The arriers agreed to the commis- on report. The unions did not. ages of a person staled in the (arm was a turkey farm a nd there complaint was under 21, since cer- tain witnesses who had been expected lo testify 'were not now available. Denver Slaying Victim Identified DENVER (AP) Police said Sat.

they have identified the victim of a slaying here as Ross Emory McCbesney, 65, who apparently lived recently in small hotels at Boulder and Loveland. Officers are holding three persons who were witli McChesney at a lower downtown bar the night before his beaten body was found in an auto wrecking lot in the Five Points district of northeast Denver. In jail for investigation are Sidney H. Kearney, 48; Raymond T. Eaton, 30, and his wife, Ruthie Divorce Granted David H.

Davis was granted a divorce decree from Mrs. Amy Larkin Davis on the grounds of cruelty. The decree restored the defendant's former name of Amy Larkin to her. 1 Divorce Suits Filed Eleanor R. 1328 10th filed a divorce compaint Sheriffs office lev.

Cecil Will Retire On July 1 The Rev. Clifford I. Cecil, pas- or of the First Christian Church Greeley from 1937 to 1951, ii otiring from the active ministry uly 1 at Spokane, where TO has been pastor, of Central Church since leaving ireeley. During the it years he lived in Greeley, Cecil served as ircsident of the Kiw.inis Club one 'ear, chaplain of Victor Candlin Post of the American Legion sev- al times and president of the state convention of Christian Churches in 1950. Rev.

and Mrs. Cecil have a daughter, Gardner, a al Greeley High School. She and her husband, Gerald, director of guidance at Greeley High, are now visiting her parents in Spokane. Rev. Cecil said his future plans are indefinite.

He is recovering from recent abdominal surgery. He may continue as a supply pastor for Christian (Disciples of irist) churches. Rev. and Mrs. Cecil returned to eeley in 1955 to visit friends, delivered a sermon to his for- er congregation at that time.

were several thousand young turkeys there that required constant attention, so someone should be at the farm at all times. She said she thought there was something wrong at the farm ant asked the Sheriff's office to investigate for her. Sheriffs officers called William Lawley, marshal at Erie, ahc csked him if he would investigate the situation. Lawley said he would and would report back lo against George H. Parker.

They were married in Greeley June 1, 1961, and have no children. Mrs. Shirley M. Rigney, 917 Uth filed a divorce complainl against Hugh R. Rigney.

The couple was married at Richland, March 6 of this year. Lee, residents of a lower downtown hotel. Mrs. Robert bltowed location of his 1933 sedan near the intersection of lth and daughter, Weldona; Mrs. Coy Baby Suffocates In Plastic Bag In Parked Auto DENVER (AP) A Ihrec- month-old boy suffocated in a jplastic cleaning bog in the back A 1949 antn was damaged SZV) seat nf his parents' car at Den and Larimer streets.

locking the door. The thief or thieves also dismantled an old 'antique stove but did not take I it when they departed. Bellmyer wlio reported the btir- for Denver to the Sheriffs office, said Iv94rTV, will become an admin- Ilic breakin had occurred isjSjilivc assistant on Gov. Steve time Iwtvvcen 8 a m. and 3:30 CSC Assembly Will Start at 8p.m.

Monday Highway Palrof reported Ihe iden- his parents. Airman and Mrs. C. The first speaker of weekly i of the car's driver was un- Frances Blatller of lxwry Air CSC summer assemblies series Force base here. in an accident at 2nd St." nnd Ave.

about 10 p.m. Friday. The At Hospital Dismissed from Weld County General Hospital Friday June 22: Mrs. Robert Finger, 2C38 22nd James Baca, Johnstown; renc Walker, Salle; Mrs. Al At 2:30 a.m.

Lawley called back and reported he had gone to the farm. He said there were fou cars and a pickup truck in Ih' yard at the farm, as well as twi dogs, whkh were barking loudly when he was there. Window blinds of the farmhouse were closet tight, the marshal said. Lawley reported that even though he and a party with him had knocked loudly on the door of the house and the dogs wer very noisy, they had been unabl The identification of McChesney bert Becker, Johnstown; WiHard that, if there were four cars i New, Eaton: Mrs. Carl Prinlz Glen, 13lh Baby boy Officers said Mrs.

Ealon told Cogswell, Pierce; Mrs. Kennelh them her husband and Kearney beat McChesney in a hotel room and took his pants, wallet and underclothing. vcr's City Park Zoo Friday. Tlie child was found dead by his parents. Airman and Mrs.

C. lity known. staff July 9. p.m. Friday, iiira been', a reporter USS THE I W.ANT ADS ion Fcricll safe.

vehicle was traveling west jn 2nd St. and went across 23rd Police said the infant was left alone in Ihe car while Ihe molh- Avc. inlo a private yard, dam-jer and father look Iwo older chil- a fence and gale belonging drcn to luur the zoo. A. R.

C.ipron approximately $150, HifihwayiTalrolm.in Welling- Denver Wednjsday from Harling en AFB, Tex. Mrs. Henry who informed thern Schott and son. Eaton; Mrs. Paul rimm and son, Grover; Mrs Harold Dunn and son, Rt.

Mrs 0. Koss West, 1707 14th Mrs. Carl Hopps, 1604 9th St. Patricia Cruz. Eaton; Mrs.

Car Coulam, Kersey. 'to raise anyone." -Sheriff's officers then calle will appear al p.m. Monday in the Garden Theater, not p.m. as reported in the Tribune previously. He is Dr.

Edward Pomeroy, ex- Trie Blattlcr family moved to ecutive director of the American Association for Colkge of Teach- Education. Local Market (Corrected te June i)) Pinto Beans. No. 1 $5.20 Pinto No. Oats, cwt Butterfal SI Wheat tl.W Barley Heavy hefls he yard at the (arm, all the occu lants of lhc house were home anc should be able to answer th )hone or a knock.

At a.m., the Sheriff's (ice dispatched Deputy Sherif Joe Elliott and Steve Dilka to th farm to investigate. The suspense came lo an en at 4:05 a.m. when Elliott and ka reported they had contacte the parlies at the farm and foun them to be all right. Howeve ihe officers said the Brookman telephone was out of order. Light hens sellon, City Traffic Accidents Friday, 11:11 p.m.

at Sth Av and 9lh Gordon Klein, Ka 1961 ledan, SI2o A eggj Reichert Ketnesbui eggs bint Meeting Of Water Board, Council July 6 City Council and the City Water oard will hold a joint meeting evening of July 6 to hear a ater rate report being prepared the cily by Black Veatcb, ansas City, consulting cn- neers, Cily Manager H. rucc reported Friday. Charles W. Keller of Black fe eatch will present the rats re- Krt. The July 6 meeting was arrang- as a substitute for the Water Board's regular monthly hich was scheduled to be held uly Cruce also reported that Cily ouncil will not hold its regular leeting July 3 but instead will lave a special meeting the fol- iwing Tuesday evening, July 10.

KEENS In loving memory of my husband, A Keene, who passed 16 years ago today, June 22nd. He lives'with me In memory still Not Jnst today, nut always will. Vera Keene PETERSON In lovlng'memory of our deAr daughter, Dorothy Feterion. who passed away 12 co ctfty, June 23rd. In our home Is fondly remembered.

Sweet memories cling to her name; Those who loved hf.r in life atncerely. Still love her in dealli juit the same, Sadly missed by her family, ff H. Peterson und fumlly.

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