Present Guess Is
Crashed Plane Fell
Apart in Midair
TELL CITY, Ind., UP) — Inves
tigators agreed yesterday that
structural failure preceded the
crash of a Northwest Airlines
Electra turboprop plane near here,
but they said it may take a long
time to determine what caused
that failure.
The FBI said fingerprints of
two passengers and a ring belong
ing to a third were found Mon
day. They were the first identi
fiable remains found in four days
of searching the scattered wrek
age.
The plane broke up in'midair
and carried 63 passengers and
crew members to their deaths in
a huge crater in a field 10 miles
southeast of Tell City last Thurs
day.
“You can tell it’s structural fail
ure when a wing comes off two
miles away from the rest of the
aircraft,” said James R. Durfee,
chairman of the Civil Aeronautics
Board.
“What we’re trying to find out
RACE PRIZES DISPLAYED
Dog race trophies, and prizes to
be won during the Arctic Club
Dog Derby next month, are now
on display in the Alaska Airlines
Building window.
A beautiful sealskin parka and
a shotgun, which are being given
away, are in the display, as well
as a lovely dark muskrat fur par
ka contributed to the Queen of
the Trail by Jonas Brothers, fur
riers of Seattle, Fairbanks, and
Anchorage.
Brownies and Girl Scouts will
participate in a Girl Scout Sing
at the Lutheran Quonset at 2
o’clock Friday afternoon.
now is what caused this structural
failure. It could be one of a num
ber of things — turbulence, or
an explosion.”
Arthur Neumann, the CAB’s
chief investigator at the scene, dis
counted reports that evidence had
been turned up indicating the
plane was destroyed deliberately.
“There is nothing to support
that ■pport at all. It will be a
long time before we can get into
the analysis of what caused the
crash.”
Elvis Dodges Waiting
Thousands at Miami
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., UfV-Elvis
Presley is here today to make a
television broadcast with Frank
Sinatra after eluding an estimated
5,000 shrieking teen-agers at Mi
ami’s railroad station.
The rock ’n roll specialist was
apologetic about not greeting the
doting multitude. “I’m not going
to be here long enough,” he said.
A switch engine hauled Elvis’
car 12 blocks back up the line
Tuesday as the fans howled and
pursued in vain. Even so, six girls
were waiting and made a rush for
Presley as he hustled to a lim
ousine. One exchanged kisses
with Elvis through a window pane
of the automobile.
Olympic Skaters to Wed
NEW YORK, UP) — “The world’s
worst kept secret” was out of the
bag yesterday — Olympics fig
ure skating queen Carol Heiss and
Hayes Alan Jenkins are getting
married.
The big day will be April 30
here. Jenkins, an Akron, Ohio,
attorney, is a former Olympics
figure skating champion. He won
the title in 1956.
“This must have been the
world’s worst kept secret,” said
Miss Heiss, a 20-year-old New
York University English major,
on Monday.
There have ben rumors for
months that the pair were going
to announce their engagement af
ter the Olympics.
Methodist Pot-Luck Friday
The last lesson in the African
study course of the WSCS will be
given on Friday evening. The
study course will be preceded by
a pot-luck supper at 6:30 at the
Methodist Fellowship Hall, and
those participating are asked to
bring their own eating utensils
also.
The feature length missionary
film “Into All the World” is to
be .shown tonight at the Nome
Gospel Hortie at 6:30. Scenes and
conditions in nine countries are
in these beautiful color pictures.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Joyce Gallaher, Ruby
Outwater, and Larry Kinge6kuk.
Discharged: Marilyn Butts, and
M. Pushruk and infant.
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SERVICE
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P. O. Box 460
LURISSE LOWE
for Queen of the Trail
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Candidates’ Wives
Go To Bat In
Wisconsin Primary
By RELMAN MORIN
MILWAUKEE, UPI — The trim
little woman with wavy, gray hair
gripped the microphone in both
hands and cooed into it, “My
candidate, my husband.”
Everybody loved it, especially
the ladies.
This was Mrs. Muriel Humph
rey on the campaign trail in Wis
consin, working to put Sen. Hu
bert Humphrey of Minnesota in
the White House.
Elsewhere in Wisconsin, a slim,
dark-haired woman with a girl
ish expression, stood before an
other audience. She looked ^hy,
confessed to a touch of jitters,
and said in a low voice, "My hus
band couldn’t be here today, and
of course I can’t really substitute
for him — not really.”
Everybody loved it, especially
the men.
This was Mrs. Jacqueline Ken
nedy, pinch-hitting for Sen. John
Kennedy of Massachusetts, who
also wants to move to the White
House.
Kennedy and Humphrey are
vie-ing for votes in the highly sig
nificant Wisconsin Presidential
Primary, April 5.
Their wives are helping them
with a “petticoat campaign.” It’s
a queen-size success.
It brings a gleam of glamor to
the smoke-filled room, the country
social, the wayside tavern, and
even the cowshed.
Both are attractive women. Mrs.
Humphrey, 47, is petite, gray
haired, with an out-going per
sonality. Mrs. Kennedy, 30, is
taller. She has cascading dark
hair, almond-shaped eyes, and a
shy, girlish manner. Both are
carefully, but not too obviously,
chic.
For the most part, they talk
about hearth, home and husband,
eschewing politics and campaign
issues.
Methodist Officials Expected
For AMU Dinner Tomorrow
Henry Meyer, financial adviser
for the Alaska Methodist Univer
sity, will arrive tomorrow to at
tend the Methodist University
dinner at the Seaview Room, be
ginning at 6:30.
Acting President Rev. Fred Mc
Ginnis is also expected, if other
obligations can be cleared in time
for him to make the flight to
Nome. Local people planning to
attend who have not made reser
vations, are urged to do so this
evening.
Investigators Are More
Certain January 6 Plane
Crash was Caused by Bomb
WILMINGTON, N. C., Two
Civil Aeronautics Board investi
gators testified yesterday the Na
tional Airlines transport destroyed
apparently by a bomb explosion
Jan. 6 was operating normally up
to the point of its last radio broad
cast near here.
Their testimony strengthened
the likelihood of an ultimate con
clusion that the crash was caused
by an exlosion near a seat occu
pied by Julian Andrew Frank, 32,
a New York attorney with a mil
lion dollars life insurance.
Frank’s body and part of the
airplane wreckage was found at
Kure Beach near here. The main
part of the plane and the bodies
of 33 others who had been aboard
the plane were found lVfe miles
northwest of Bolivia, N. C., 16
miles inland from Kure Beach.
CAB member G. Joseph Min
etti, presiding, emphasized at the
opening of the hearing that this
was purely an administrative fact
finding proceeding.
The CAB will make its own
findings, Minetti said.
■David L. Thompson, Jamaica,
N. Y., CAB Safety Bureau inves
tigator in charge, said investiga
tions showed that the breakup of
the plane started near Kure
Beach, while the main parts of
the aircraft struck the ground 16
miles to the west.
Thompson said that initial ex
amination of Frank’s body showed
“injuries of an unusual nature,
not normally associated with an
aircraft accident, and the pres
ence of foreign particles in body
tissue.”
New Royal Baby
Named Prince Andrew
LONDON, W) — Britain’s new
royal baby has been named An
drew Albert Christian Edward, it
was officially announced yester
day.
He will be known as Prince
Andrew.
The first infant born to a reign
ing Bfitish monarch in 103 years,
the boy is second in line to the
British throne. Only his 10-year
old brother, Prince Charles, is
ahead of him as a potential 'Sue- ;
cessor to their mother, who be
came sovereign in 1952. I
The boy was, delivered at Buck- /
ingham Palace Feb. 19. He
■weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at
birth.
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Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
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Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
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Wednesday Luncheon
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Meets last Tuesday of ersry
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