European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and St Bow human errors blamed for Tower disaster multiple than an act for collapse plunged an Atlantic f-1. John Stenni a watchdog group said agencies in episode were fault be designing in contract or the construe the air Force Metal Tower r system to Ity air lower in an icy Gale air Force person number of Civ drowned. Not retrial or attack on a Dilons Clearing the officer Butan Effort to Complete history of thai Ungto sine to first report Stenni said hot group had Learned that us design engineers and Navy s Bureau of Yards and docks had ignore warnings of two eminent professors of oceanography that the planned strength of the ill fated Tower was inadequate. This Tower was designed to with stand winds of us Miles an hour and 35-foot Waves or similar com criteria were too Low Stennis said citing letter from Charles l. Bret Schnelder and a , professors at Texas a. A a to the design engineers in which this waa pointed out. The letter written in i960 about two years before the Tower was built went to Philip c. Rutledge of Moran Proctor Mueser a rut ledge the designing firm. This Lack of sufficient strength is basically the Crux of the mat Ter ,. Even though there were Tower was to the new Jersey note u was known to those who it Ornt Wai about the Ocean surface is feet of water heavily by the am were the de Moran Procter Dee of new York. Kuss an employee. Mid Kuss and the to advise the the contractor that ened Tower which Jred several times collapse. This constituted neglect and Wasiqi Bilitz of Moran & rut the set Ond report by1-r.jservkfg preparedness ill oni Muttee on the its first released Wai in Advance faction h against three officers charged with cleared. The new findings Are to luvs fair tilt Joan Peterson right and Judy Hanson employee of Tibe $10 million Acle toe Pavilion at the Seattle world s fair Aem to Loae their balance As they take a look at Man Nequin Jeanne Wilson in the window of an old West Rowau the Senes in the exhibit an tilted making you Loae your balance by optical illusion. Actually the girls at right Are standing straight. The fair to scheduled to open it doors to the Public on april 21. Officer own life ton Fuji a 42 my officer died of an Telf inflicted gunshot l defense department polities identified him Harry a Thomson who to the assistant chief intelligence said he entered the for treatment of a " when a doctor left the room they apparently took Antic pistol from his shot himself in the lived with his wife 12-year-old son Harry Falls Church a i warning to Tot i Avail to son con Richard backing his car away House and paused to warn liter to keep Clear. He again and ran Over his son critically injuring did Neft know he had or his son until he re from work in the after Macvitte s 13th match kaput Chappaqua . A 4 year old girl accidentally hanged herself while playing on a slide in a neighbor s Yard. She was Ruth Morene Henry daughter of or. And mrs. David Henry. The sheriffs department said the child was playing in a neigh Bor s Yard with another Tittle girl. She had wrapped a. Piece of rope around her neck and was starting to go Down the slide they said when the rope become tangled on the slide and she fell off. Sleeper play Lexington by. A a bul Letin Board sign requesting quiet in the Early hours of the Day in the hotel where the Spring National tournament of the american con tract Bridge league is being held remember the partner whose sleep you save May be your Between s. Dakota Iowa collapses City Iowa tap a Highway system Bridge Iowa and South Dakota eroded by swirling has collapsed into 4ioux Elver. An invest la Bable. Span its safety the months of controversy is located West of this major Stock Yards City. The westbound portion of the divided Roadway Bridge carrying interstate 29 dropped into the bloated River. Officials closed the eastbound Sec Tion of the twin Span for fear it too would fall. This southernmost strand was reported traffic was on the Section that collapsed. The Bridge two lanes each Way was completed in 1969, but kept closed to traffic until late last year when a 68-mile segment of 29 was completed Between Onawa Iowa and Junction City , second estate in Chappaqua. Bon repos no. 1, where he lived with his previous wives was in new Rochelle , the breakup came Manville said because Christina flew to Hellen Helm Brenz seeking a movie con tract from a German producer. She called me today and said she did t get the contract an wanted to come Buck Man value said. I told her it Cost me $2,000 for her to Fly Over there for her two Day vacation and As far As i was concerned she could stay there our marriage is kaput said Manville. Fencing teacher of actors Dies Memphis Tenn. Up the Man who once taught fencing to such swashbuckling screen stars As Douglas Fairbanks or. And Rudolph Valentino died in his sleep Here. Paul m. Tata sr., who retired a undefeated Champion fencer of the United states and Canada had lived in Memphis since 1928. Hews 79. He won numerous fencing titles in his younger Days appeared in the original film version of the three he also taught fencing to Ramon Navarro and Errol Flynn. To probe police vice ties Chicago up a Cook county grand jury will begin deliberations monday into alleged collusion Between policemen and vice and gambling operators in the Engle Wood police District it waa announced. Many contributing factors 3ten-Nis said., the detailed report also indicated belief that prompt and proper decisions by several air fore officers and the contractor doing the repairs could have avoided the Znaj tragedy. The report cited log by air Force personnel aboard the Tower that it swayed rocked and rotated and was badly damaged by several storms including Hurricane Donna in 1960. 14 Lett on Tower Brig Gen William e. Elder com Mander of the Boston air defense sector ordered All except 14 air Force men off the Tower less than n month before it collapsed he left the caretaker Force of 14 there to protect costly and secret equip ment and help on repairs to be clone by the 14 civilian employees of the contractor. The contractor was a Combine of j. Rich steers inc. Antl Morrison Knudsen co. Air Force capt James Phelan one of the victims and in charge of the Tower at the time got per Mission to evacuate in a storm eight Days before the tragedy and a const guard Cutter stood by. Rode out storm the air Force Crew Rode out that storm but asked a Small cargo boat to stand by for possible evacuation on the weekend of the fatal final event. After telephoning his superiors Lahore Phelan remained on the Tower with All personnel until the Ocean became too rough for a evacuation the report said. Two hours before the collapse Pheian called for helicopters from the Nuvy Carrier Wasp but before they arrived the Tower dropped into the sea. S Tennis and his subcommittee criticized the upper echelons of the air Force for a Lack of Clear Cut evacuation instructions and authority for those on the Tower. Manifestly unjust but the report said it was manifestly unjust to charge the lower Echelon officers including Phelan with knowledge that the Tower might collapse. The report said special evacuation procedures now Are routine for the Crews on the two remaining radar towers one on Georges Bank 174 Miles Southeast of Salem mass and the other on Nantucket Shoals 113 Miles Southeast of Wickford,. These now Are vacated whenever sustained winds of 97 Miles or Waves of 50 feet Are forecast or when winds of 34 Miles Are linked with hurricanes within 350 mites. Mrs. James Dunn booked in crash \ Santa Monica Calif. The wife of character actor James Dunn was hooked on suspicion of in taken driving after allegedly running into a parked car. Mrs. Edna r. Dunn 50, was re leased after her husband posted $276 bait. She told police she partaking her sister Ann Reil ref of Santa Monica Home when the Accident occurred. I just turned the Comer and this Cor hit me it came from nowhere officers quoted her a lad orbits expendable tooth Norfolk a a Ronalt Hackney 12, Haw hit noon s space age any of Palling baby Teeth. 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