European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse 1961 the stars and Stem testimony on Fafole . Plunge rash jolted Seismograph the Impact juju wine jetliner Jamaica Bay that it Shook equipment a 95 per plane died. Came at the into Ever in this a single com nid an in Intel was recorded built in tape re before the crash Pilot May have made to report trouble. No Caim Ewas offered at a Board hearing a. Expected to last week the inquiry collecting testimony be crash but not Tony attempt at pin Rause is months away. To. A cab University Seis Jaa Tion recorded the Airliner although to Tome 20 Miles Onwu Airport the plane fragments when it the crash reported Rawson. Who said the flight re Corder apparently continued functioning after the crash refused to speculate on what induced the Pilot to Start the tight turn. He said More analysis of the recorder was said the recorder which in scribes the plane s Altitude Speed heading and a forces on a thin aluminium tape was being com pared with recorders taken from other crashes and with those taken from Normal flights. Other air safety experts Testi fied there was nothing in the rec ords to indicate anything wrong with the plane or the Crew which would give clues to the possible cause. One said there was no Evi Dence to show that any of the Crew might have been stricken and unable to perform his flight duties. Baker outlined the history of the Brief flight. He said control Tower records showed that at 10 06 ., american s flight 1 nonstop to los Angeles advised it was Rollin Down the runway. At 10 08 The last transmission was received from the plane in which the Pilot acknowledged flight pattern orders from the Tower. Baker said. The Tower he added received a very Brief signal which was unintelligible just seconds later and then the plane crashed. Senators to study alleged abuses by defense contractors Washington Cap Senate investigators said they will show where some defense contractors collected big profits on missile projects even though All or most of the actual work was done by sub contractors. The Story will be related in two weeks of hearings by the Senate investigations subcommittee Start ing april 3. Meanwhile the defense depart Faa grounds Engineer in recruit crash Toke from Washington the fed eral aviation Agency has cancelled the Ceni Fichte of William of Poy Lam is. 30, the flight Engineer in the Plum crash in which 74 army recruits were killed at richmond.va., nov. 8 Poythress. One of two survivors was charged with 11 major violations of flight safety regulations in connection with the Kaa snid i he responsibility assigned to it. Three Crew members perished along with the army men the Faa said that Poythress fulled to inspect the log books of the Lockheed Constellation before it look off from Columbia s.c., to Dot Cranine whether anything needed correction and signed the log took after the flight departed with out first insuring that repairs War made Kropt Ray and that the air closed its proceedings against Poy i Craft was airworthy. Planes just before it own said at the is Eti. The ii Lane a Peak Altitude often us a a sudden a Ped As the Craft fell turn. Stokes who beaded the Gati Oti of 11 bout 100 a the crash said four of them noticed coming from two of four fun let disagreed with the however on which in to be smoking too mid. The testimony of reliable 11 eyewitnesses used tuesday he said those four noticed the who saw the 707 on dive into pumpkin Patch to the tidal swamp re looked Mke an aircraft from a fighter group l raw Sun. Air safety in for the cab said an of the plane s flight re t t j. The Ai ency said enforcement pro rear links Tramm the Pilot and Only other sur Ivor. But Bald h. Con a. As. Arc. Still under Way. La t Kel. I. A report of the civil of Ron auth s Board accused i he operator of the plane Imperial air lines of Miami spin hrs la. Of Missana enu it. The cab said the Crew was not capable of perform ing it function or assuming the the plane travelled to newark.n.j., Wilkes rare pa., and Balti More. My. To Jick up the recruits the Craft reached aside of 1,852 pc t 80 last off. At 85 of courts. A Sharps to d drop and i which then is on the heading of 190 dog tit s South Csizi a wafd affright when fell off to the right and Over to was making left hand i urn away the runway he to tax be a Sale Reserve maj gets up to three years on Check charge Thenton. , a Reserve maj Frederick Porter has received up to three years in Federal prison on a charge of passing a bad$45.000 Check to cover an embezzlement Porter was a former civilian employee at Mcguirt air Force base. He allegedly embezzled $45,-000 there while he was Deputy finance officer. He was charge with having written the Check to cover the embezzlement when he was called to Active duty by the i air Force last year. District judge j Arthur town dog tags for c Morris township. . A Don Laj a patterned after t Hose worn by . Servicemen have been proposer for this Community s 1.950 to expand school children. In. Miss. Up the iture approved a Bill lid permit the state tax to collect Aon Beer sold 4 Centin the i counties where la Sale is also requires that atty Selling Beer in the dry la have to a penalty i m can. The measure now rom Harriett for Sig Bro Law Thisbe hint n wed a Matt Charl to Lar to write to Madrid for i on Holiday la came Back is Tow travel brochure Weissmuller s 4th sues for divorce asks $844 monthly los Angl is a the fourth Wilt of Johnny Weissmuller Lias sued for divorce in urging theone Tinie movie Turzan with extreme i cruelty. Tho former a 11 e n e gales a talented Amateur golfer has asked Superior court for return of her Maiden name she also asked $844 monthly Ali Mony from the former swimming Champion. Mrs. Weiss Muller. 37, m a r ried the 57-Yeur old actor Jan. 29. Welsa Muller 1948, in Reno. Nev. The couple separated last july 28. They Haven children. Mrs. Weissmuller s complaint said she has no income of her own and no knowledge of her husband earnings or assets. previously was tit Voro a l a dancer Bol no Arnst tie Liue is loss Lupe Volt. And Beryl i for Fiir Sun Framcisco for training in the South. The Faa said that before the Takeoff from Columbia. Poythress repaired the no. 2 auxiliary fuel pump with an automobile Brush not approved by the Faa. And that or failed to advise the Pilot of this. In said Poythre so was aware that another fun pump serving engine malfunctioned on the i eroding Day. But permitted the Takeoff without knowing of an repairs to that pump. In Aji uhf a of other particulars the Faa said. Poythress did no properly manage the piano s fuel Supply. one result the Faa said. One of the fuel tanks ran dry and propellers of two engines it was serving had to he cab had said the plane crashed after a third engine apparently failed Arul the Crew was unable to lower the Landing gear. Trunk airlines report 61 loss of $34 million Washington the air transport association has re ported final figure show the trunk airlines had a net loss of $34,053,000last year. The 19g1 loss the first for the trunk airlines since 1947. Compared with a net profit of 51,188,000 in i960. Operating revenues last year were $2.026.3 5.000. And operating expenses were $2.019,977,000, for a operating profit of to 188.000. Onop Erntina expenses income taxes arid special items brought the total to y net toss of $34,05, Oik. Socialite. The Hoard of education says it is considering a Parent teacher association suggestion to use simple laminated cardboard tags that would contain the name of the Pupil his parents a close relative and a neighbor. The tags would contain phone numbers blood types and other medical information. A member of the it a said the tags would be placed on pegs in the classroom and would be worn during civil defense drills in the event of emergencies. Shoots at starlings Bullet Knog own life Beaver. Dam wis. Up Paul j. Schwefel 33, of Rural Watertown was killed while shoot starlings from a basement window of he farm Home. Authorities said either the win Dow dropped on his hand or the gun fell to the floor triggering the shot that sent a .22-Cal aug into his Chest am Hurst. Mass. Up am Herst College plans a $36 million development program to support major construction and double faculty salaries by 1972, five Dormi tories a $3.5 million Library a science building a humanities Cen Ter and other facilities will reconstructed. Etc issues ruling on .-made goods Washington the Federal Trade commission has served notice that it will require businessmen to disclose whether their products Are Amer Jean Mude or foreign Mode in cases involving possible deception of the Public. The commission said in a 3-2 ruling that evidence in scores of cases has shown that americans generally prefer . Goods and believe they Are sold them unless they Are informed otherwise. Ment announced a new buying pro Gram with flexible feel for con tractors to provide More profits for Good production and penalties for failures. Specifically the announcement said these policies emphasize greater use of firm fixed Price and incentive contracts and de creased use of Cost plus fixed fee contracts. Present contract types which do not impose risks upon contractors and provide for Desir Able incentives Are being discontinued or Are being substantially reduced the defense department said the incentive contracts would establish a target Cost and performance factors with a formula to Reward Good performance with higher prof its and penalize bad general the announcement said contracts would provide about an 8 per cent fee with incentive adjustments making it possible to Range up to about 15 per cent or Down to Senate investigations sub committee is investigating whether the Cost plus fee system should he modified or dropped with re lation to the missile program. Sen John l. Mcclellan. Dart. The subcommittee chairman said last week officials of some big missile contracting firms will be questioned. He said military spokes men also will Bensted to explain what appears to be unnecessary and excessive costs of millions of dollars resulting from the pyramiding of profits on Well placed sources declining to be quoted by name pointed to the Case of what they described As a missile launcher to illustrate one phase of what is involved they said the evidence indicates the Holder of the prime contract for this Job Farmed out most. If not All. Of the actual work to subcontractors reimbursing them for their costs and paying them a profit which was a predetermined percentage of the prime contractor the informants snid. Then received reimbursement for what the com Pany had paid on to the subcontractors plus a percentage representing its own profit. They said this meant a profit of about 51.2 million for the prime contractor but that about All this company did was to assume responsibility in Case anything Wen wrong and provide certain serv ices. The informants declined to name any of the firms involved. Dentist uses own pull to do the trick Hannibal to. A what does a dentist with a Toothache do on a Day when Alt dental offices Are closed or. R. H. Mckinney 87, a practice ing dentist developed a severe Toothache. Unable to locate his own dentist he went to his own office where he extracted four of his own Teeth. Army insurance fraud trial opens Indianapolis up the prosecution has opened its Case against nine men charged with tricking the army into paying More than $80,000 in premiums on fraudulent insurance policies. One Roan in the Case. Army sol Andrew e. Tale it. Jackson s.c., entered a plea of guilty monday. He was the 16th person to plea guilty in the Case. Twenty five persons mostly servicemen and insurance agents were arrested when the cose broke last Spring. A key defendant is Charles Berling 49, of Indianapolis former chief of the receiving sections of allotments and deposits at the .army finance Center at it. Har Rison in Indianapolis. The insurance policies were written out to servicemen most of them at it. Dix n.j., and usually without their knowledge authorities said. The names of the soldiers would then be sent to it. Harrison and falsely listed As having premiums deducted from their monthly by finance offices at their Home bases it was charged. The army would the amount of the premiums to the insurance companies involved. Officials said More than Sis Mil lion Worth of phony policies were issued before the mass arrests lost april. The profit come from the com Mission paid by the insurance companies to the agents who submitted the names of the service men they claimed had bought policies
