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Two Fliers Killed
In Ocean Crash of
Navy Transport
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., UP*
—Two fliers were killed and two
others parachuted to safety Sat
urday when a twin-engine Navy
transport caught fire and crashed
into the Atlantic Ocean two miles
off Fort Lauderdale Beach.
One man was tangled in his
parachute lines when he was
picked out of choppy seas by the
charter fishing boat Venture, and
was believed to have drowned.
The second man was badly in
jured when taken from the water
and died in a hospital.
Capt. Robert Anderson, the pi
lot, said the plane caught fire over
Miami Beach. After an unsuccess
ful attempt to put out the blaze,
he ordered the crew to bail out off
Fort Lauderdale, 30 miles north
up the coast.
Anderson and the dead man
were picked up by the Venture.
The’ two other crewmen, whose
names were withheld, were res
cud by the Navy destroyer escort
Coolbaugh. One was reported ser
iously injured.
“We were at 1,500 feet altitude
over Miami Beach when the fire
broke out,” said Anderson, whose
home is at West Palm Beach. “I
kept going, hoping we could get
it out. Over Fort Lauderdale, we
were down to 800 feet and I or
dered the men to hit the chutes.”
Immediately after Anderson
had made this comment to a
newsman, he was taken in tow by
naval authorities who refused to
let dim say any more. The other
survivors also were ordered not
to tell anyone about their exeper
ience.
Heavy Snows Fall
On Texas Panhandle
By the Associated Press
Massive snowfalls of as much
as two feet paralyzed much of the
Texas Panhandle and south plains
Saturday.
Whipped into drifts as deep as
nine feet by stiff north winds, the
snow encased the cities of Plain
view, Yerford, Canyon, Amerillo,
Borger and many others.
Plainville estimated its snow at
24 to 29 inches, but with drifts up
to the eaves of houses and six
feet deep alongside some roads.
Plainview called it the worst
blizzard since 1906.
There was a heavy snow cov
ering Carlsbad, N.M., measuring
more than one foot.
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