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NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IS THE DAILY SEVENTY.PODBTH YEAB VOL. IXSmm. 141 Thursday, July 20,1967 Jet, Private Plane tt Crash; 82 Dead New Navy Secretary, Family Among Victims; No Survivors HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. One witness s aid there were two AkV) — The newly named sec-1 big sections \and a thousand retary of the Navy, business j little pieces\ as plane parts, executives, their wives and at least 10 children were among 82 persons killed in the flaming collision of a big jet airliner and a small private plane. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation* Administration said the small twin-engine private plane \was about 12 miles south of where it should have been,\ in the crash Wednesday over western North Carolina moun- tains. Wreckage and bodies show- ered down over a wide stretch of the resort area near the city of Hendersonville in the Blue Ridge foothills. The main part of the airliner missed a crowded youth camp by only 50 yards. No one on either plane sur- vived. There apparently was no warning before the crash, wit- nesses said. The smaller craft swept out of the mountain haze and ripped a huge gash in the airliner's side. Th € smaller plane blew up, some of it welded to the fuse- lage of the bigger craft. The collision occured at 12:01 p.m., just three minutes after the Piedmont Airlines 727, carrying 74 passengers and a cre w of five, took off from the Asheville airport en route from Atlanta to Washington. The smaller plane, a Cessna 310 heading for Asheville, car- ried two Missouri businessmen and its pilot. John T. McNaughton, 46, who •was scheduled to become secre- tary of the Navy in about two weeks; his wife, Sarah, and their 11-year-old son, Theodore, were aboard the airliner. Theo- dore had been attending a sum- mer camp, and his parents had come to take him back to Wash- ington. The about 30 food brokers from bodies and luggage plummeted to earth, about two miles from Hendersonville, about 20 miles from Asheville. \The little plane just gave a jerk upward just belore they hit,\ said Clarence Hyder, 35, a Hendersonville sign painter. Aboard the smaller plane, in addition ±o Addison, were Ralph Reynolds, about 40, vice presi- dent of T^ansair, Inc., owner of the craft, and Robert E. Ander- son, about 42, a consultant for Community Development Con- sultants, Inc. both of Spring- field,-Mo.' An FAA spokesman said the small plane had taken off from Charlotte, about 100 miles east of Asheville, at 10 a.m. Its flight plan required it to proceed to a beacon about seven miles north- west of Asheville, then report to the Asheville airport for landing instructions. Roberts said the Cessna did not radio the tower for landing clearance. Wreckage from the airliner came down near Camp Pine- wood, a resident summer camp for boys and girls 6 to 16 years of age. Counsellors first herded their charges to safety, some <^f them hiding under overturned canoe* in the camp lake to escape the falling debris. passenger^ included across the country. They had gathered in Atlanta and Ashe- ville for the flight to White Sul- phur Springs, W.Va., for a con- vention of the Stokely Van Camp Co. Hours after the crash, a team of investigators from the Na- tional Transportation Safety Board, headed by ex-Gov. John H. Reed of Maine, recovered the airliner's flight and voice re- corders. He said both instru- ments appeared to be intact. They wer e sent to Washington for study. Harold Roberts, FFA tower chief at the Asheville airport, said the small plane, piloted by Dave Addison, about 40, of Leb- anon, Mo., was on an instru- ment flight plan. But he added the plane was about 12 miles south of where it should have been. Witnesses said the airliner pilot, Capt/R.F. Schulte of Nor- folk, Va., father of four girls, apparently attempted to avoid the collision, then fought to con- trol the huge craft after the im- pact. Losing power quickly, he aeemed to be trying to make it t o nearby Interstate Route 26, a four-lane artery where an emer- gency landing might have been possible. But the airliner came apart. Fishermen Found After Bein^ Lost Three fishermen from Red- ford were found this morning at 10 a.m. by bloodhounds from th e Malone barracks under the command of Trooper Suffolk. They were all in good condi- tion after spending the night in the woods in the Wolf Pond ar- ea off the Goldsmith Road. The ien Vere Wilmer Miner, 36, Michael Manner, 22, and a ten- year-old youngster, Jeffrey Mi- ler. They had gone into the woods about, 7 p.m. last night and were \lost in coming out after dark. WEATHER Warm and humid with varia- ble cloudiness, this afternoon through Friday. Widely scat- tered thundershowers likely in late afternoon and evening hours both days. High today and Friday in 80s. Low tonight in 60s. Winds variable, mostly southerly and under 15 through Friday. Chance of briefly gusty winds in isolated thundershow- ers both days. THE FRESH AIR FUND brought Cathy Bristol a new friend Tuesday: Charles Brown, age 9, of Brooklyn. Charlie was a little disconcerted at first be- cause he had to spend two weeks with a s chool teacher, Mr. Robert; Mensink of Tupper Lake. Cathy was quick to assure him that he wouldn't be going to school. (Volkman Photo) During Its First Year Total Cost Is $461 Million But $738 Million Seen Next Year ALBANY, N.Y; (AP)-An esti- mated 1,500,000 people received benefits costing $461 million dur- ing the first year of the medicaid program in New York the provisions of medical care to those who need,\ the com- missioner added. Wyman said the medicaid pro- gram \has already proved itself JWWf Two New Highways, Bond Issue, Long Holidays Get Area Support State, the stale social services!and provided the foundation lor commissioner announced today. a permanent medical program George K. Wyman, in a report [o r ^ p^pie of the state.\ summing up the state program's; During the first year o* opera- first year of operation, s aid that; tj on / which began May 1, 1966, 2.3 million persons were author- j paym ents for various services jzed to receive benefits. This in-' eluded about on e million welfare recipients automatically cov- ered. At the same time, Wyman said it was estimated that medicaid spending for this fis- cal year, which ends next March 3H, would climb to $738 million for treatment of 2.9 million peo- ple in the state. The state's share of the cost is estimated at $250.6 million; federal $276.9 million, and local, -210.5 million. The report includes variou s criticisms of the program from physicians, dentists, hospitals, druggists and local welfare com- missioners. Among them are complaints about excessive paperwork, de- lay in obtaining payment, sub- standard fees, unclear rules and abuse of the program. A chief criticism, as' it has been in the past, is that the eli- gibility level is too liberal. Doc- tors and some local welfare commissioners suggest more re- strictive eligibility and co-insur- ance provisions whereby pa- tients would pay some of the cost from insurance programs. The report also listed numer- ous cases in which medicaid had rescued from financial disaster families suddenly confronted with huge medical costs. Wyman said that many of the problems connected with admin- istration of the program, includ- ing delays in payment and fee schedulet, remain to be solved Support for Governor Rocke- feller's - $2.5 billion bond issue for transportation, for two new four-lane highways in the North Country and for a Monday holiday bill came from an all- day conference in Massena yes- terday on the area's transpor- tation problems. The meeting was sponsored by the North Country Econom- ic and Cultural Conference (NCBOC) and was chaired by Jts president, James E. Brett of ,Watertown. The two new highways are (1) the so-called Nu-Way from the Ogdensburg Bridge through Utica and into Binghamton and which would connect Route 81 with the Adirondack Northway, Route 87, and would parallel the St. Lawrence River. The Monday holiday bill, whose principal supporters in Congress are Sen. George A. J6mathers of Florida and Rep. Samuel S. Strattoh of Schenec- tady, would schedule the < prin- cipal American holidays on Mondays and, by providing for long weekends, would benefit tourism. With respect to the Nu-Wafy, Joseph Revis of Robert R. Na- than Associates, consultants to the NCECC, that the Rome , s Schenectady- Albany area was the fast growing section in the (2) the~highway called Roof-Top 1 country and that the N o r t h Fire Damages Placid Residence A fire broke out last night in the lakeside residence of Mrs. Bernard Cone at 47 Victor Herbert Road in Lake Placid. No one was injured but there was extensive damage to the third floor and roof of the build- ing. Reports at the scene indicat- ed that the blaze was first noticed by Mr. James Jones when he arrived with hi s wife for a visit at the Cone residence on Lake Placid. The occupants What's Doing In The Area? Visitors To The Tri-Village Area • Are Welcome At All Events For special events, dining, dan- ring, boating, horseback riding attractions, swimming, golfing. See Page 12. For Movies and Summer Theater, See Page 3. Archery — at clubhouse and range on Kiwassa Road, Fri- days at 6 p-m. Children mint be accompanied by adults. Range open any time. Playgrounds: William Morris Park, Baldwin' Park, Sarans* Lake; Municipal Park, Topper Lake. Adult supervision. Swimming: Municipal Beach, Saranac Lake; Village Beach, Lake Placid; Little Wolf Beach, picnic area, trailer park ac#« playground, Tupper La.v. Life guards present a* all these beaches. Bridge: Mondays *nd Fri- eda J». Hotel Saranac; 7:45 p.m. * Seranac Lake Free Library, jfc Street. Open Monday Satorady, 10 a.m.-5:3o d ' tage end <** Ma*» Street, Sat* nac La*#, &<>«*• 9 to 12 »nd 1 to 6 p-m- • John Brown'* Grave, 5 dally. WlWHIe. Sterling Alaska Fur and Game Farm, Route », Lake Placid. Open 9 a.m. to 7:80 p.m. Tennis: 8. L. High School Lew's Moonstone Mine and Rock Display, Route S between Saranac Lake and Blooming* dale. Overnight Camping. Courts, Petrova Ave.; L. P. at southern end of Mirror Lake; Tupper Lake nt Municipal Park Fish Hatchery, ^JUbits of Brown, Brook and LfsJte Troot. Sara of the house were notified and evacuated and a call was turn- ed in to tiie Lake Placid Fire Department Shortly after 9:00. Fire and Police units respond- jed to the alarm immed i a t e- ly a nd the trucks arrived about 9:20. The Saranac Lake Fire Department was called in to stand by and the fire boat was summoned. There were seven persons in the large home at foe time of the fire including Mr. Bernard Cone and hisj family who were visiting his mother. Four people were sleeping on the top floor and three were on the second. The fire broke out on the third floor and quickly spread to the roof. A drizzling rain helped to keep the flames from spreading but it hiafiered the firemen in the use of scaling equipment. When the blaze was brought under control at 11:45, there was extensive damage to the third floor and roof of the build- ing and the second floor was partn . <**. !•)• Olympic Bobsled Run, six of Lake Placid on Rt. 7*. (Only Western Hemisphere.) Olympic Skf Jump, just east of Lake Placid on Rt. 73. Wtaitefaee Mountain Memorial Highway, summit open 9 a.m. to « p.m. Aerial ehairlift 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. \ . Six Nations' Indian Museum —Onchiota, turn off Et. m at Gabriels off Rt. 1 at Vermont ville or Loon Lake. Cornell Maple Sugar House: Bear Cob Road in Lake Placid, open to Public, Tuesday through Saturday, .1 to 5 p.m. Golf Courses open to public: Saranac Lake Golf Course (Lake Placid Rd.); Craig Wood Championship Golf Course, (Rt It, t mile* S.E. of Lake PU- IVP Ari> Hurt In 2- Car Crash FWe people suffered injuries in a two car accident at 1 p. m., yesterday at Donnelly's Corn- ers. State Police of Ray Brook Headquarters ^c^ported that an automobile operated by Con- cetta Lewandowski ^of Green- vale* N.Y., was involved in a collision with a car operated by Edward G. Ward of Malone. Riding in the Lewandowstt car were .Rose, James and Ber- nard Luciano. All were tak to the General Hospital of SarJ anac Lake suffering from con- tusions, lacerations and bruis- es. The Lewandowskj ca^ was traveling west on Route 86 and the Ward car was traveling east The front ends of the two cars were damaged in the \crash The hospital s&id that all fiv« had been discharged this partially filled with water. A storage shed on the ground fioor was also damaged and two lawnmowers were ruined. The porch of the residence was clutt- ered with furnishings lhat had been salvaged. Crowds of local citizens gath- ered to watch the fire, but they were kept under control by the Lake Placid Police Force. When the trucks left at midnight, several firemen stayed on at the scene to keep the burned are a under surveillance. The cause of the fire .was not de- termined. Country would make a serious mistake i* it did not link up with this area. Howard B. Clarkson, deputy director of the State Office of Transportation, assured the 50 area representatives present that the Governor was giving serious consideration to the Nu- Way. A number of speakers urged support for the $2.5 billion bond issue. It was e x p 1 a ined by Clarkson that $.1-25 billion of the total , or one-half, would be used for highways, $1 billion for bus, commuter trains, and sub- way transportation, and the rest for airports and air travel. Robert W. Sweet, chief en- gineer of the State Department of Public Works, insisted that the area should decide whether it wants to promote tourism or industry, \The two don_'t mix,\ he said. Roy Kennedy, director of the Lake Placid Publicity and Con- vention Bureau, explained his community's efforts to publi- cize itself through national cov- erage of sporting events held in Lake Placid, especially winter l 7l lKL ^ 'They are not too numerous or too onerous to be settled by people of good will working to. gether to realize a common ob- jective in the public interest — 3 Teenage Girls Arrested in Placid Two teenage girls from Sar- anac Lake and one teenage girl from Bloomingdale were arres- ted by Lake Placid police at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday and charged with disorderly con- duct. According to police Karen Huggins, 18, of 2 Neil St., Sar- anac Lake, Mary Gates, 19, of River Road, Bloomingdale and another juvenile girl of Sara- nac Lake whose name was not released, had entered a private home without permission in Lake Placid. The home ls^ adfac^nlToTred^ die's Inn on School Street and is cwned by James Dowie, pro- prietor of the Inn, who made ihe complaint. The girls will not b e arraign- ed until Lake Placid Police Prasse returns wires , Hospitals, $3i2|3 million; nurs- ing bomei, $53.3 million; public home infirmary, $39.9 million; doctors $15.1 million; dental care, $10.9; drugs, $12.4; other services such as clinic cart, physical therapy, prosthetic de- vices, visiting nurses, home aides and health insurance pre- miums, $16.5 million. 10 Policemen Still on Duty BILL WEST, bridge expert, circulates petition in behalf of policemen's salary increase request. Barber Wilfred Conway is in the center sod Attorney Wyn- gar Dugan is on the right holding a copy of the Al- bany Knickerbocker News with the Saranac Lake headline, pic f \red in yesterday's Enterprise. (Volkman Photo) Police Chief William Wallace reported to The Enterprise this morning that only two members of his force have resigned offi- cially and are \through.\ They are Deputy Chief John Moody and Patrolman Wallace Gay. Chief Wallace also said that the other members of his de-j partmerit who had signed the statement of intent to resign if their request for a pay raise was not met immediately had and were staying on #t his personal request. The etatgsnent of salary de- mands was handed to the Vill- age Board at their Monday night meeting and the request was denied until such time when the village budget would permit consideration of the in- crease. There are now ten men work- ing in the Police Department but future appointment* are ex- pected. // Just Ain't So In Stonywold Mrs. Grace Hudawolski, exe- ] \ cutive secretary of the Adiron- j dack Park Association, urged the unity of the North Country with the elimination of county lines. She pointed out that tour- ists do not pay any attention to FIRES TRACED Investigation by Saranac Lake Police has traced the ori- gin of two fires on July 12 at 3 Neil St. to four juveniles. Be- cause of their ages, their nam- As is often remarked, the acoustic properties of thus area are remarkable. A wild rumor circulated in Saranac Lake yesterday to the effect that Grossinger's, the enormous resort in the Catskills, had purchased the Stonywold Properties from.._the_ White Fath- ers for $1.5 million. Father Stoker told The En- terprise this morning that, if such were the case, he would be among the first to know and that no representative of Groi- singer's had even visited the properties. Father stoker did say that representatives of a large com- pany did^visit JStonywold last week but that nothing had yet come of their visit. News in Brief Montreal Given U.S- Pavillion the counties in which they are | es are being withheld and they traveling. | will be taken into family court. WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will give the City of Montreal the 20-story-high geodesic dome housing the American exhibit at Canada's Expo 67, the U.S. Information Agency said today. USIA chief Leonard H. Marks was to present the big struc- ture formally to Montreal's Ma- symbol of the warm friendship between Canada and the United States.\ A USIA spokesman estimated the oost of the 200-foot-high dome—the tallest building at the site of the ^Canadian exposition —at about J5;6 million. He said the U.S. exhibit* inside would be removed when Expo 67 closes in late October. yor Jean Drapeau today as New Yorker Wins Third Draw GOOD SPORTS — Debbie Donnelly, president of the_Legion of Teens, and Henry Savarie, manager of \The Madm en,\ present a check to Lee Haig repre- senting the All-Stars baseball team of the Matty League. The money will help underwrite expenses for the team trip to the state tournament. The Madmen turned over $125 taken in at a recent dan c« to help the youngsters. (McUug ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The first New York State resident whose name appeared on a ticket drawn in the state's new lottery was that of an Ossining resident. Names of Massachu- setts and Maryland residents re n^ th*> first two tickets. that a New Yorker had—alter two drawings — become a win- ner. The next winner also was a New Yorker. The name on the fourth ticket was that of Arthur Odell, 53 Seymour St., Syracuse. Th» *irgt of the $1 tickets was in trie name of Charle s M. Sr., 31, Hayes St.. Leo- minster, Mass. New York The name of Susano F. Gon- zales of 201 Main St., Ossining, was on the third ticket pulled ] from a drum full of tickets. That State's tax commissioner. Jo- drawing was by Mayor Malcolm seph H. Murphy, drew that one, Ellis of Schenectady. I since his department is admin- A cheer went up from the ; istering the lottery, which is gi'oup of about 200 persons as-, based on horse races run before sembled when it was announced j the drawings. ' General Assembly Ends Today UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.-imanent settlement and the lack (AP) — The U.N. General As- 1 -* x ^-^^X. -, __ sembly prepared today to end i1s emergency session with a resolution sending the unre- solved problem of peace in the Middle East back to the Securi- ty Council. The cease-fire lines around the Arab territories conquered by .Israel were quiet Wednes- day. But statements and reports from »U side* underlined the iack of progress toward a pei- of prospects that fhe council can resolve the issues between Is- rael and the Arabs. Israel's ambassador to the U.N., Gideon Rafael wrote the presidents of the.council and the assembly that his country could not be expected to withdraw from the occupied territories \without any simultaneous and *Ab parallel action states paac* with by the *Arab ft situation «f