101 Perish As
Military-Chartered
DC-7 Crashes in Sea
JUNEAU Uf) — All hope was
abandoned Tuesday for 101 men,
women and children aboard a mili
tary-chartered DC-7 which crashed
in the sea. Search vessels reported
recovering bits of bodies.
Swift, strange disaster overtook
the Northwest Orient Airlines
four-engined propeller plane Mon
day 60 miles off the northern tip
of the Queen Charlotte Islands in
British Columbia.
The 17th Coast Guard District
here said ships at the scene radio
ed that “evidence indicated an im
pact of great force.”
The disaster was the third worst
in history involving predomi
nantly military personnel.
Aboard were 58 military person
nel, 22 military dependents, 15
Defense Dept, civilian employes
and their dependents, and a North
west Airlines crew of six. They
were bound for Anchorage from
McChord Air Force Base Near Ta
coma, Wn.
me coast uuard said the cutter
Sorrel and the Alaska Steamship
Co. freighter Chena had both
picked up mutilated parts of bodies
and all kinds of debris from the
ill-fated plane.
The debris included books, per
sonal belongings, seats with the
belts buckled, an NWA menu and
postcard, insulation from the plane,
three uninflated liferafts and
dozens of pieces of twisted, broken
metal.
The crash wiped out or left only
one surviving parent of seven
families. There were 33 women '
and children on the flight. j
The DC-7, under charter to the ,
Military Air Transport Service,
took off from McChord AFB at
8:30 a m. PDT Monday for Elmen
dorf AFB at Anchorage. j
There was no immediate clue
to what happened. Officials re- '
fused to speculate, but said it was
swift and strange. Weather was
discounted as a factor, although
there was some turbulence and 1
icing conditions at the time. '
It was considered certain some
thing went wrong in the plane, !
itself.
Debris recovered over a mile- ,
wide area gave one indication \
those aboard may have had a mo- ,
ment’s warning of disaster. •
The spot was not far from where (
another Northwest DC-7 military |
charter carrying 103 persons de- j
veloped engine trouble and ditched 1
in the Pacific last October. All
were rescued.
The world’s worst disaster in- ]
volving mainly military personnel
was in June, 1953, when 129 serv- \
icemen were killed in a C-124
Globemaster crash near Tokyo.
Second to it was the loss of a ]
Flying Tiger Constellation in 1
March, 1962, between Guam and j
the Philippines, with 93 U.S. mili- ]
tary men.
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TWO ALASKANS RECEIVE
DIPLOMAS AT ANNAPOLIS
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Two <
Alaskans were among the gradu
ating class at the U.S. Naval
Academy today, second largest
class to receive their diplomas.
They were John Newsom, 22, ;
son of John Newson, Anchorage;
and Frank Tillotson, 21, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tillotson,
Ketchikan.
They received their commissions
as ensigns and also their bachelor
of science degrees.
The class of 891 was exceeded
only in size by the 899 in 1958,
when President Eisenhower pre
sented the diplomas.
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Chamber Praises
Lions Convention
President Frank Couch of the
Chamber of Commerce opened the
Monday meeting with praise for
the Lions who had such a success
ful convention that few, if any,
complaints have been heard and
much praise given the local club
for bringing the Whitehorse Bag
pipers to Nome.
The only complaint expressed
was not against the visitors or by
the visitors, but observed by pa
triotic citizens who were ashamed
to see the flag passing by in the
Memorial Day parade, and having
people of the community, both
young and old not pausing and
standing at attention as they
should, in respect to the flag of
our country.
Don Hoover, Mayor of Nome,
spoke on the status of the water
and sewage project, stating that
we seem to be getting lots of as
sistance in losing our bid for the
project so badly needed. Cooperat
ing agencies who have promised
to assist, seem more interested in
finding technicalities to bypass the
Nome project, stated Hoover.
Wherever possible the City of
Nome has called these agencies
by phone and corrected misinfor
mation and proving that the paper
work is complete and the project
in order.
He also observed that the money
must be assigned by June 30, so
there isn’t much time to lose. He
also advocated that people in the
community with personal con
lections in Washington, D.C., or
who are known to our Washing
on delegation, should write direct
y to Washington where the final
livision of the $450,000,000 is made
rhe project is not dead, but could
ae if we do not keep alert.
Sen. Pearse Walsh, who was
imong the veterans who observed
he lack of respect to the flag,
loped that at the Festival as well
is on the 4th of July an effort
vill be made to pay proper respect
o the flag.
Walsh also told of the drilling
mderway at Lost River and the
ievelopment expected in the
aeryllium fields this summer with
;ome local employment expected.
Sen. Lester Bronson stated that
vork has started on the vocational
ichool by his company and 600
ons of supplies and equipment
vere northbound for the project,
rhey hope to have the framework
)f the building complete enough
>y fall to be closed in so that the
nside work can progress during
he winter.
He also reported that an engi
leer was enroute to Serpentine
Jot Springs to survey the airfield
ind possibly renovate the state
milding there so that the springs
ran be accessible and usable again.
Bob Harwood reported on the
Midnight Sun Festival, stating
hat headquarters will be set up
n the old Snack Shack shortly.
Je also reported on the clean-up
rampaign now on and urged that
‘all that old stuff” should be by
he roadside so that trucks can
jick it up at the city’s expense
luring the next two weeks.
In ancient times women hardly
-egarded the birth of twins as a
blessed event. Early medical
science held that twins couldn’t
be the offspring of the same
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Investigators Begin Search
For Clues to Unexplained
Crash of Chartered DC-7
JUNEAU UR — Investigators
gathered in Ketchikan today to
begin their search for clues to the
unexplained downing of a charter
ed DC-7 which carried 101 persons
to their deaths in the North Pacific.
Representatives of the Federal
Aviation Agency and the Civil
Aeronautics Board flew through
here last night enroute to the air
port at Annette Island where pieces
of the Northwest Airlines plane
are being assembled.
However, all declined comment
on the possibility of an explosion
or structural failure in the four
engine propeller-driven craft which
went down Monday about 175
miles southwest of Ketchikan.
The plane, staffed by a North
west crew of six, was ferrying
military men, dependents and
civilian employes from McChord
Air Force Base to Elmendorf AFB.
Debris and bits of bodies were
recovered yesterday and rescue
units said “evidence indicated an
impact of great force.”
The passenger list showed 58
servicemen, 22 military dependents,
15 civilian employes of the Defense
Department and their dependents.
The Coast Guard cutter Sorrel
and the Alaska Steamship Co.
freighter Chena both fished out
mutilated parts of bodies, personal
belongings, books, postcards, air
craft insulation, three uninflated
liferafts and many pieces of broken
and twisted metal.
Serious Crime Increases 7 Pet.
WASHINGTON UR — Serious
crime increased 7 per cent in the
first three months of 1963 over the
corresponding period last year,
the FBI’s uniform crime reports
disclosed today.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
said the rising number of crimes
against property was responsible
for the increase.
On the other hand, he said,
crimes against the person declined
—with murder down 1 per cent,
aggravated assault and forcible
rape 2 per cent lower.
Medvezhy Glacier Slows Down
MOSCOW UR — The Medvezhy
Glacier has dropped back to its
normal crawl after sliding from !
50 to 100 yards a day for the past
six weeks, Tass said today. The
normal daily movement of that
great ice mass in the Pamirs of
Central Asia is from one to five
yards. Soviet specialists on the
scene radioed that the glacier
dammed two tributaries of the
Vanch River, creating large lakes.
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Canada's Decision to
Set a 12-Mile Fishing Zone
Limit Will Affect Alaskans
JUNEAU — Canada’s an
nounced intention of establishing
a 12-mile exclusive fishing zone
off her shores next year “indi
cates we ought to take a serious
look at the problem ourselves,”
Secretary of State Hugh Wade said
Tuesday.
Wade, acting as Alaska’s chief
executive while Gov. Wm. Egan
1 is on an extended visit to Japan,
said the Canadian decision is sure
ly going to affect Alaskans.
Even so, Wade said, “we’re help
less as a state to set a similar terri
torial limit to protect our own
fisheries.
“This is something which will
have to be handled through the
federal government, because it in
volves international relations.”
Wade said he felt it was “fortu
nate that the Canadian action
doesn't take effect immediately,
so we will have some time to work
on it before it becomes a reality
next May.”
HAVING TROUBLE . . .
NEW HOLLAND, Pa. tifl — This
small borough in the heart of the
Pennsylvania Dutch country is
having trouble with its traffic
lights.
Horse-drawn buggies driven by
Amish farmers aren’t heavy enough
to trip treadles which make the
lights change.
The Borough Council was told
Tuesday night that on occasions a
single buggy has backed up traffic
for hundreds of yards. The coun
cil said it will look into the pur
chase of other devices to trip the
lights.
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SOVIET BOMBER SWOOPS
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WASHINGTON UP — The N^yy
disclosed that one of six Soviet
bombers swooped over the US.
carrier Ranger Tuesday about 350
miles east of Japan.
The Navy said all six of the
twin-jet bombers flew near the
Ranger but five apparently had
trouble spotting the big ship be
cause of clouds.
The Soviet aircraft were detect
ed by the Ranger’s radar, the Navy
said, and the carrier dispatched
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