80 Are Killed in Fiery Jet Airliner Crash
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County at four square miles. the New Castle, Del., Airport at Elkton, "It was just like the sun streaks of lightning in the air," arrived to start the investiga- "Going down in flames at today that lightning caused the Seventy-one persons had dis- The crash occurred about 15 8:58 p.m. (EST) awaiting clear- was coming at me, It was so he said. "An instant afterward tion. The area was cordoned off 0158 Zebra" (8:58 p.m. EST). crash of a big Boeing 707 jet eirfbarked from the plane dur- males southwest of Wilmington, ance to approach Philadelphia bright I couldn't look at it." the sky was completely lit up by and flares sent an eerie light The message reportedly was airliner In which 60 persons per- ing a stop in Baltimore only 10 Del., rear the Maryland-Dela- International Airport. Another witness, Henry Lin- a bright orange. You could see over the torn, blasted and overheard by the ground control ished Sunday night. ware border and U.S. 40. The plane! acoording to the air- del! of Newark, Del., said it was the parts of the plane starting charred wreckage. minutes earlier. J> center in New Castle, Del., and The Pan American World Air- The proud airplane disinte- Holding Pattern line, was carrying 73 passengers apparent to him that ligtnirvg to fall then. There were few large pieces at Dover, (Del.,) Aif Force ways jet, en route from Puerto grated in tiie air. Bits of wreck- The Federal Aviation Agency and 8 crew members when it had blasted the plane from the Start Investigation of wreckage, although one big Base. Rico to Philadelphia, fell in age fell over an area estimated in Washington said the plane crashed. air. Early today, 11 Civil Aeronau- jet engine dug a hole 100 yards Witnesses said burning frag- from the home of Gregg. Small ments spiraled iaziiy to the bits of airplane parts fell on the ground, then exploded into farmhouse roof of Mr. and Mrs. small fires despite a pelting Henry Berry. rain. Edwin R. Tuliy, special agent Jerry Greenwald, 20, of Hock- in charge of the FBI office in essin, Del., watched the crash Baltimore, said the flight re- from a window of the Merry- corder, which is designed to land Roller Rink near Glasgow, survive crashes and tell investi- Del. gators about the minutes pre- Like Bomb Explosion ceding the disaster, had not "It looked like a bomb explo- been found, sion," he said. "There was a big Tully confirmed that several flash and a few seconds later witnesses had said lightning you could see the wing torn off. struck the plane. You could actually see people Last Radio Contact falling- out. The plane came Pan Am said Flight 214 de- down slowly and wlien it hit the parted San Juan at 4:10 p.m. ground it looked like it exploded and arrived in Baltimore at 7:35 again." p.m., where the 71 passengers The wreckage was so disinte- got off. It left Baltimore at 8:25 grated that no bodies were p.m. and was expected in Phil- found immediately. A tempo- adelphia at 8:45 p.m., 15 min- rary morgue, set up in the base- utes behind schedule. ment of the National Guard Ar- The airline said the last mory in Elkton, was empty. known radio contact between Red Cross workers sadly the plane and ground was a (See CRASH, Page 3) Jerseyans Aboard JUIll-Fated Plane MMMMM GOOD — Lisa Davis obviously enjoys the sugar cube—coated with two By The Associated Press blonde, came out of her room a SWEEr VICTORY — The "Victory Ovar Polio" campaign was a family affair for Mr. Tears of grief and words of few times. Her face was tear- drops of the Sabin polio oral vaccine—being given her by her father, George Davis, and Mrs. Clarence Gals and their children, Paul, S; Priscilla, 8; Pamela, 12; Peter, wpe played a somber counter- streaked and she appeared too in the River Street School, Red Bank, feeding station yesterday. Her mother and point early today in the home of numbed and shocked to speak. 16, and Patricia, 14. Dispensing the Sabin vaccine on sugar cubes to the family in 11-year-old brother, George, Jr., also participated. Looking on approvingly are Mrs. fames K. Morett, a crewman on The Moretts' 13-year-old daugh- he ill-fated jet liner that crashed 1 Red Bank High School are Gerald Tierney, wnior field representative of the state Barbara Kriess, Red Bank, far left, the nurse on duty, and Dr. James Parker, Jr., far ter , Christine Ann, sat and wept ith 80 persons aboard near Elk- continuously. Two year-old Kevin Department of Health, far left, and Dr. Edward Banta, Red Bank. right, and D^ Macy Rudnick, second from right, both of Red Bank. on, Md. Morett also was awake. At one Morett's wife, Dahlia, kept to point a relative picked up a nurs- ler room for the most part. Her ing bottle and went Into the bed- father spoke with other relatives room to feed the baby. who had come to the Morett Two couples aboard the air- home at 182 Thomas Dr., Pa- liner were listed as having New ramus, after word of the crash Jersey addresses. 190,905 Receive Sabin Oral Vaccine was received. They were Mr. and Mrs. S. D. The father. a seaman, spoke Brown of Cherry Hill and WU- By DORIS KULMAN That was the total number of expected to attend the make-up Neptune, chairman cJ the so- Colts Neck Township, 76 per cent. without a hitch, even in. Middle- over and over again about there liam Harris and his wife, Eve, still being some hope, despite first residents—55.25 per cent of the clinics this Sunday. ciety's "Victory Over Polio" com' Dr. Niemtzow declared the par- town Township High School of Salem! ASBURY PARK — The word that all aboard the plane battlo in t3» "Momnouth County population — who turned out tat Not Jubilant mittee, declared the campaign i ticipation a measure of a munici- where some 1,827 resident Another man, Israel Brtider, perished. He said the family re- Medical Society's all-out war the 68 feeding stations for the first Dr. Frank Niemtzow, Freehold success — but they didn't seem pality's "health intelligence." showed up during the final hal was believed, to be an Atlantic ceived a telephone call from Pan •gainst polio was waged, but not of three doses of Sabin oral vac- president of the county medical particularly jubilant. Particular Emphasis hour of the six-hour program. City resident returning home American about II p.m. saying won, with 190,905 cubes of sugar cine. society, which sponsored the pro- The turnout in some areas was Between 30 and 50 per cent of There was .little if any waitin from Puerto Rico, where lie at- that Morett, 36, a purser for the yesterday. Another 10 to 15 per cent are gram, and Dr. Anthony DeSpirito, "very disappointing," Dr. De- thqse who attended the 58 "feed at the stations., which . were tended the wedding of his grand- Spirito noted. "I don't know why ing1" stations were over 30 years manned by rVo nurses,: a doctor, airline for several years, was daughter. :•"-'' more people didn't participate." of age. The medical society has and- a pharmacist working on dead. A California couple, Nathan and He cited particularly Red Bank, put particular emphasis on the three-hour shifts. Scouts, mem Mrs. Morett, an attractive (See JERSEYANS, Page 2) where only 47 per cent of the pop1 need for older people to immunize bers of Parent Teacher Associa They Begged For Seconds ulation participated; Oceanport, themselves against the disease— tions and other civic and service with a 44 per cent participation; not only for their own protection groups handled the clerical work. 6 Millstone Township and Roose- but also to eliminate themselves George Zuckerman, Asbury RED BANK — The Sabin vaccine was willing acceptance of the Sabin coated sugar. velt, with a 32 per cent participa- as possible "carriers" and ob- Park publicity director, who Just Like the Sun tasteless, but the sugar was sweet. Major and Mrs. Anthony T. Williams, 48 tion, and Eatontown, with a 30 viously got the message across. served the anti-polio crusade in Everyone chewed on it willingly—and no Little Silver Pkwy., had come "because we per cent participation. The massive campaign went off (See VACCINE, Page 3) 9 one worried about what the dentist would say. have seven grandchildren, as well as a 17- Many little children obviously enjoyed the year old daughter at home." Holmdel Percentage Was Coming at Me Mrs. Carl Borgeson, 82 Garden Rd., However, Dr. DeSpirito said new experience of being told to eat sugar.