Evening star. [volume], July 07, 1960, Page A-3, Image 3

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
I n
W <
rflA. ■
ftiWiLi.-«
». >
............ -*. « * *
- -i -*■«’ *' * * <•<
MF TMt , ' -T"~' , *’~ , J ■■’ ■■¥ ■ ■ *•*!
‘ * HBI •»<-' ~ Atsy^•• ~' - ■ ~ •“’•&•*.•. ~ - ¥■ < **»'~*.i£&
MBHBnMF*’’*•**' > <>«-< ' ♦ <s;w *•<*•■'» , .__ w ... *, <£*>?*:<*
<*>■ >Ry^^w» (3 BßWM>MwW?X»fc*>*6< y ~ "•' ' ' . -. <c:M WHHjMMk * ■ «» ..*!•£• x- WWNk.w.'.A *'-'«aeg k
.. ■> ,'V-..”7; Wpfj —“ ♦ jltowStf!-.'- —«Af-'►***-£>*“ ”■* .
gy »_ -« >*
itf it'' ' - H' \
MABr ««> *■ - «Jhf* ' ---*■ - ■•'**'x u :f*nr- „ _ m»hi. a *..• <■>
* nOkfc . » •»> <. >fttfr*r r ' —-.:L4fr,w-*** ■•■ , \*7
Navy, Coast Guard and private craft search for
survivors of the Navy blimp which crashed into
the Atlantic off New Jersey’s Barnegat Light
•One Dead, 17 Missing
In Blimp's Sea Crash
' LAKEHURST, N. J.. July 7
(AP).—-The Navy began grap
pling operations today in an
effort to raise a giant blimp
that buckled in the air and
Crashed into the Atlantic off
the New Jersey coast yesterday.
At the same time Naval and
Coast Guard vessels continued
a search for 17 missing crew
members feared entombed in
the wreckage.
A Coast Guard cutter placed
in anchor in the wreckage this
morning, and Navy salvage
Ships were en route to the
scene. A Navy official said
part of the blimp's gondola is
still believed attached to the
bag, in water 55 feet deep.
One crewman was killed and
three others rescued. The
blimp had 21 men aboard when
she crashed “like a sagging
banana.”
A Naval board of inquiry was
named to investigate the
blimp's mysterious collapse.
The survivors were picked up
by several fishing boats on the
calm ocean under sunny skies.
The blimp was under the
xommand of Lt. Joseph J.
Sapiuk of Lakewood, N. J„ and
Omaha. Nebr. He was among
the missing.
One of the survivors said a
helium line may have ruptured,
causing the sausage-like bag to
collapse.
The Doris May 111 reached.
ihe scene three minutes after|,
the 403-foot blimp fell into the j
-T Vater. (
.* "It looked like a sagging
banana. Then it crumpled and :
came down in a hurry,” said '
Frank Mikuletzky, 19. of Bame- ‘
gat Light, a mate aboard the
fishing vessel.
He jumped overboard with, a
life ring and pulled survivors
from the floating wreckage.
The blimp had been out on .
a search patrol for the 40-foot
sloop Vat 69, reported missing
with a crew of seven or eight
on her way home from the J
Newport, R. 1.-to-Bermuda
sailboat race last month.
Nothing More Heard
Ironically, the yacht was '
found safe by a Navy subma- s
rine at almost the same mo-!!
ment the hugh blimp radioed
the international distress call
“May Day, May Day.”
Those were the only words
heard from the blimp, one of
four of the ZPG3W class, the
largest airship in the world.
A Navy board under the
v LOST
BICYCLE. 26-in., blue, boys’; taken
..from Queenstown Bowling Alley. July
CAT. white Angora: "Tony"; lost vic. i
District Heights, Md.: very frightened
.Reward Call RE. 5-5665._ j
CATS (2). Siamese, dark brown, shortl
a tail, male: domestic female, white i
with varied colored spots, short tail,
eyes need medical care; reward AP
l±r?9?l.or .UN. 4-3831. .
DALMATIAN DOG. male, black right :
-&!_& 3 C - e o n 7 t IS VU,e ' V *■■ Ch ‘ ldrenS •
DOO. Boston terrier, black and" white.!
'name "Pugg"; vic. East Taylor Run I
Pkwy., Alex.; reward. KI. 8-859*2.
DOG. small, old. black, part spitz.'
partially blind; vic. Takoma and N :
•Y. aves.. Md.; named "Susy." JU
v>-3042.
*r°, G , huir bl « ck -~"Tippy" - on - tag
*LjI. 3-4977.
DOG. French poodle.
-l!o B ’o O 4 ’7 lo ' oo Ga ' ave ’ reward
DOG7~dachshund. male. 6 yrs. olch 1
all brown; answers to 'Schnapps’;:
sin £ e »Pm. July 4: vicinity
North_B_each. Md ; reward. MULITZ.
eves 2 . Alpine 7-3641.
D ,?. G Pekingese, male, black and tan, I
J»t Bi &
DOG. collie, female, trl-color. 9 yrs.. !
S1„ Ju .T 4 x ' ,l c Cedar lane. Bethesda.
OL.
*a^?1 ddag : *?? sv ? 51 r »w. with shoulder !
' v/ ap A vicinity of Georgetown; reward
-JU. H-4427. >
PARAKEET. freeri7*vlc722d"andTMass. I
?V e i» n o. ’ Slo ° reward. Reply Box
star.
PARAKEET, small, blue, answers "to
rL e rrT»n me s Os i T au y « |C Dpnnts Md
PA r 4 Jl B . ID Silver Spring, reward.
4-02.»2.
PURSE, lady’s, dark blue, containing
A money, false teeth, keys; vic 7th
V * J - uly 5: re *»rd.
alter ~ p.m
ln Arlln < ton - VaTarea;
initials GRW; contains identification
and cash, cash not important; re-
* ward. DE. 2-5073. _
WRIST WATCH, lady’s. White gold,
rectangular, stones; vic. Woodard <fe
Lothrop or H Johnson s 7 Corners
Fri. night. July so. 5-BUR4.
WIHST WATCH, lady’s. Hamilton,
gold; Initials F. L. W. on back re
ward. Call WO. 6-7648.
WRIST WATCH, lady’s. Hamilton, dia
mon. with diamond wrist band; m or
around the Glassmanor (Md.) Giant
store. Reward. LO. 7-9381.
FOUND
b !n Ck . J}- d « w . hit *- y°un»~ male;
S^5J» e a«. t 0 4815 Calvert st. n.w. FE.
’ - v’ST
•P l . l ®* JU- 5-5183, 8 a m. to 9 p.m.
DOG, dachshund, vic Os Silver Rnrmr
« co shelter.
JU. ft-5183. 8 a m. to (♦ p.m.
lPrr l Pr ’ male. lona tail, in Rn
theada._JU. 5-5183. 8 a m to 9
SWEATER, lady's, vic Oa ave and
Kennedy n.w CO. 5-7614.
Publithed Daily and Sunday
Second Class Postage Paid
at 225 Virginia Av* S E.
at Washington, D C.
command of Capt. F. N. Klein,
commander of Fleet Airship
Wing I, to which the blimp
belonged, will investigate.
One of the survivors, AE 2 c
Joseph' Culligan, 20, of East
Keansburg. N. J., said he had
been sleeping and awoke to
find the gondola filling with
water.
"I stood up. picked up a
piece of jagged metal, cut a hdle
in the fabric of the balloon and
got into the water,” he said.
About 10 other crewmen
were also asleep, he said.
Also rescued were AC 3 c
Donald L. Shaumier of Flint,
Mich., and AEM 3 c Antonio
Contreras of Geronimo, Tex.
A fourth man. AC 3/c Edward
B. Turner of Joppa. Md., and
Lakehurst, was fished from the
water and transferred to the
aircraft carrier Essex and then
by air to shore, where he was
pronounced dead of a broken:
neck. The Essex had been in
New York over the Fourth of!
July and reached the scene 20
minutes after the crash.
One Returns to Hospital
Shaumier was taken to Fort
Dix Hospital in fair condition, j
Culligan and Contreras were I
treated at the Naval Air Sta
tion here.
The blimp had 8 officers and i
13 enlisted men.
: “We were blue fishing when .
right on the bow we saw the
blimp collapse amidship,” said j
Capt. Charlie Eble of the Doris j
111. “The gondola fell first. ,
It seemed just like a great big ;
rag falling.”
The blimp hit the water j
about 15 miles southeast of ,
Barnegat Inlet and iome 115 ,
miles southeast of New York
City.
The $l2 million airship, of
the Reliance type, is used for i
radar patrol.
The crash was the third ma- i
jor airship disaster in New Jer- ■
sey. The Navy dirigible Akron !
crashed off Atlantic City in a
storm April 4, 1933, taking 73
lives. On May 6. 1937, the|
German passenger dirigible
Hindenburg burst into flames
and crashed as it was mooring
here after a trans-Atlantic!
flight. Thirty-six persons died.
The Navy reported the fol-1
lowing men were missing after i
iyesterday’s crash:
Lt. Joseph J. Saniuk, airship
commander, Lakewood, N. J., I
and Omaha, Nebr.
Lt. William J. Carey, Nahant, 1
Mass.
Lt. Walter B. Jennnigs. Toms
River, N. J., and Youngstown,
Ohio.
Lt. (j. g.) Richard J. Hall.
Beachwood, N. J., and Rich
land, Wash.
Lt. Richard H. Clapper. Lake
hurst. N. J., and Meshoppen, Pa.
Lt. (j. g.) Robert E. Leonard,
I CALL ST 3-61001
110HN 6. WISSIER I
r~ i
I
Custom Shop
50% OFF |
SrORTaHIRTS
FORMERLY 7.95 TO 10.95 . . . NOW 3.97 TO 5.47 £
PURE SILK NECKWEAR |
FORMERLY 2.50 .. . NOW 1.25
FORMERLY 3.50 .. . NOW 1.75
FORMERLY 5.00 .. . NOW 2.50 »
BLOUSES $
FORMERLY 7.95 TO 12.95 . . . NOW 3.97 TO 6.47 ®
MENS JEWELRY
[ FORMERLY 3.50 TO 7.50 .. . NOW 1.75 TO 3.75 W
j ALL MERCHANDISE MARKED DOWN FROM OUR Q
REGUAR STOCK ALL SALES FINAL 8
The Custom Shop
14ih Si. Cor. N. Y. Ave. Also New York,
Chicago, San Francisco E
yesterday. Rescue craft picked up four of the
21-man crew, one of whom died. The 17 others
are feared dead.—AP Wirephoto.
Lakewood, N. J., and Atlantic
Highlands, N. J.
Lt. Orion V. Montgomery,
Lakehurst, N. J., and Huron,
S. D.ak.
Ensign Robert H. Pipes, Bay
ville, N. J., and Calhoun, La.
A.D. 2 Steve B. Thompson.
Spartanburg, S. C. (lived on
base).
A.M.S. 2 Frederick A. Furney,'
Tome River, N. J., and Gettys
burg. Pa.
Leo J. Coutu, Lakehurst, N. J.
A.T. 1 Frank J. Rosley, Toms
River, N. J., and Cumberland,
Md.
A.C.W. 3 Roger Kuesel, Ran
dall, Minn, (lived on base).
A.D. 1 Francis E. Blalock.
Toms River, N. J., and Birming
ham. Ala.
A T.N. 3 Bruce O. Garison,
Fort Wayne, Ind. (lived on
base).
A.T. 2 Jerry E. Shabel, Lake
hurst, N. J.
A.C.W. Henry V. Godbold,
I Conway, S. C.
Kennedy Seen
With Johnson
In No. 2 Spot
RICHMOND. July 7 (AP).—
Senator Kennedy's Southern
spokesman today foresaw a
Kennedy-Johnson ticket as a
likely result of next week’s
Democratic convention in Los
Angeles.
William Battle, son of the
former Virginia Governer,
served with Senator Kennedy
in the same Navy PT boat
squadron in the Pacific. He said
his belief in the possibility of
such a ticket with Senator Ken
nedy at the top wag strength
ened by ' Senator Johnson's
formal announcement he was a
candidate for the presidential
nomination.
Senator Johnson said he had
always been prepared to serve
, his country in any capacity.
Mr. Battle said the Texan thus
left the door wide open for the
formation of a Kennedy-John
son ticket.
“In my opinion it would be
the strongest possible ticket for
the Democrats,” said the Vir
ginian.
We are
offering New
1960 Fords,
Falcons &
Thunderbirds
at the lowest
prices and lowest
financing In town
COME IN MAKE
US PROVE IT.
Kennedy Due
To Fly West
Tomorrow
l
HYANNIS PORT, Mass., July
, 7 (AP).—Senator Kennedy of
I Massachusetts plans to leave
Cape Cod tomorrow night for
Los Angeles and the Democratic
. National Convention.
i A spokesman at the family
summer home here said Sen
ator Kennedy will fly to New
■ York at 9 p.m., and take a 9:45
am. flight out of New York
for Los Angeles Saturday.
j The Senator, front runner
for the Democratic presidential
. nomination, has been on vaca
tion at Hyanrfis Port since last
Saturday, except for a quick
’ trip to New York Monday for
his televised reply to former
President Truman and another
flight to New York yesterday.
Senator Kennedy has been
golfing, swimming and sailing
on Nantucket Sound. Stephen
Smith, his brother-in-4aw and
golfing partner, said the pro
gram is much the same for the
rest of the week.
In New York yesterday, Sen
i ator Kennedy conferred with
i J. Raymond Jones, a Harlem
, political leader. Negro press
: criticism of the Senator’s can
i didacy for the Democratic
presidential nomination appar
ently was the subject of dis
cussion.
Mr. Jones is one of Harlem’s
most influential political lead
ers and is a close ally of Repre
sentative Powell, Democrat of
New York.
Mr. Powell has said that
although he favors Senator
Symington of Missouri for the
Democratic nomination, he
probably would support Sen
. ator Johnson of Texas because
J he does not believe Senator
Symington can be nominated.
Mr. Powell has said he does
’ not like Senator Kennedy be
! cause of his civil rights record
and for being “soft on Mc-
Carthyism.”
Soft Shell
: CRABS
! Fan & Bill's
Reservations EX. 3-3411
~ " ~~— —~~
&
1849 1960
S 5
| The Bourbop men of America’s
| oldest family distillery offer you this
| guarantee of satisfaction:
| YOU'll LIKE I
i Cabin Still j
!0R WE PAY THE Blll*f
I
0 Wsfl Qmi t r'l tl
i
Sj. Home of Stitze!-Weller Bourbons SK
v «
TONIGHT ENJOY
A BOURBON MAN’S
BOURBON I
91 PROOF • SOUR MASH f I
*The entire purchrxe price refunded if I
you ore not completely istisfied.
DierrtteeiT
Distilled and bottled solely by r-tl
Stitzel-Weller Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky. Makers of
famous OLD FITZGERALD, Bonded 100 Proof Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
Rosendahl Asks Probe
Os Navy Blimp Policy
By the Associated Press
Retired Vice Admiral Charles
E. Rosendahl called today for i
a congressional investigation of
the Navy’s attitude toward air- 1
ships in the light of
blimp tragedy.
He questioned the wisdom of
building large airships without
dividing the gas bag into com
partments.
Admiral Rosendahl, long a
leading advocate of lighter
than-air power and a sharp
critic of the Navy on this score.)!
said in a prepared statement!
that the plunge of the latest!
type of blimp into the Atlantic
off the Central New Jersey
Coast in ideal weather points
to “a grievous situation some
where in the broad airship
picture.”
Wants Public Airing
“This is not just another!
airship accident to be swept!
under the rug with another
condemnation of airships in
general,” he said.
“It is high time that some ;
wholly neutral agency, such as ;
I the Congress, undertake a thor-1
ough public airing of the deep- :
seated factors behind the i
Navy’s continued unrealism in ;
airship matters that could i
pyramid into such a tragedy.”!
Admiral Rosendahl, the war- 1
Carvel to Run
In Delaware
DOVER, Del.. July 7 <AP).— i
Elbert N. Carvel of Laurel an- :
nounced today he is a candidate 1
for the Democratic nomination
for Governor, a post he lost <
in 1953.
J. Caleb Boggs, who beat Mr.
Carvel, is not eligible to run ,
again after serving two terms. ■
| Harry Smith, State insurance ,
commissioner, announced two
days ago he was a candidate ;
for the nomination to be made ;
at a oenvention August 25.
There are four candidates so
.far for the Republican nomi- i
. nation for Governor to be i
made in a convention August ;
31. They are Lt. Gov. David
Buckson, former Lt. Gov. John 1
W. Rollins, Magistrate Frank
J. Carrello and Robert Hackett.
Mitchell Says
He'd Accept !
Nomination
HOUSTON, Tex., July 7 (AP).
—Secretary of Labor Mitchell
declared firmly last night he is
not a candidate for the Repub
lican vice presidential nomina
tion.
But in the same breath he
said he won’t refuse the nom
ination if he is drafted.
i “I have said before no one
should refuse the nomination.
That applies to me also," he
said. '
“I do not consider myself a
candidate now,” the Secretary
said. “If lam nominated, then
I will consider myself a candi
date.”
Mr. Mitchell said he will be
good AA
! EARTffkl 1/
ORIENTAL CUISINE
Luncheon Cocktails-Dinner
Friday features:
Lobster Cantonese
Sweet and Sour Shrimp
Crab Meat Chow Don
8224 Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda—OL. 6-4535
and 1117 17th St. N.W.
Washington—NA. 8-0441
Orders Frenared to Take Out
time chief of naval airship
training and experimentation
at Lakehurst. N. J., was the
senior surviving officer of the
crash of the dirigible Shenan
doah in a storm in September,
1925. In repeated congressional
testimony over a span of years
he has accused the Navy of
neglecting development of
lighter-than-air craft.
Admiral Rosendahl, now ex
ecutive director of the National
Air Transport Co-ordinating
Committee, New York, recalled
that the Navy commended its
| blimps last winter for perform
ance during weather which
crippled all other flying along
the Northeast Atlantic sea
board.
Material Failure
He said the lost blimp un
questionably was the victim of
some sudden material failure
that let the lifting gas escape.
“Apparently the craft was
deprived of a great amount of
its natral buoyancy with such
rapidity as to plunge it into the
sea carrying with it 17 trapped
men," the admiral said.
“This loss is undoubtedly re
lated to the questionable wis
dom of building such large air
ships on the non-compart
mented or blimp principle.
“This in turn stems from the
Navy's continued blind refusal
I
at the Republican National
Convention in Chicago July 25. !
Mr. Mitchell touched on sev
eral other matters during a
half-hour press conference.
He’s in town for a civic club
speech today.
He said the general economic i
outlook for the remainder of
1960 “is very good.”
“I think employment will go
up more each month,” he said.
“I think 1960 will go down as
one of our best years.”
Mr. Mitchell said talk of a
35-hour week is “inappropriate”
at this time.
“An artificial reduction of the
work week is not advisable
now,” he said. “We should be
working hard to produce epough
goods for our defense needs.”
tFOOD PREPARED
WITH LOVING CARE
Old Club Restaurant
♦ Washington, Alexandria a
TMeet friend* at Washinaton’s hia.X
Jtorica) old clubhouse Southern?
♦Pecan Pie put of this world Pricesf
♦vpu like Most attractive
♦dininr rooms in Canital area Lunch>
from 75c: dinner starts at 6175#
♦ K| se j?.i^?? day ’ Plrk Pree> Ph on*<
♦ Parties Banquets, Meetingg, Kacaptions?
RENTS
as low as s!■,.,
No obligation to u
bey but full retail . ■
credit if yoa do |B
CcmwbelLa oi'T-ale*
" 1 1108 G Street, N.W.
> ’ •'' ,-vyz , , >.yA; '^ Y ’p
b Store Hours daily: 9:30 a.in. to 5:45 p.m 1
' Corners open tonight until 9:30 p.m s\
j CLEARANCE OF ?
MEN’S AND BOYS’ 5
? CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS
c
> Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishings taken from stock, 2
many groups of our fine merchandise exceptionally reduced for A
immediate clearance ... All are priced at great savings, but not 7
* all sizes, prices or colors in any one group. Here is a partial <
r . listing of reductions: t
I 'J
f MAIN STORE AND 7 CORNERS I
| MEN’S SHOPS |
Were NOW p
C SUITS 59.50 47.50 I
65.00 52.00 5
G 100.00 79.50 5
C 115.00 92.00 <
Also reduced a limited selection of sport coats and slacks
Shoes—up to l/.j off original prices on a group of summer t
shoes in combinations and perforated leathers. Also a limited .
| group of year-round styles. /
MAIN STORE, SPRING VALLEY
; AND 7 CORNERS *
* MEN’S FURNISHINGS 2
C Were NOW j
< TIES 2.50 1.G5 3
? 3.50 to 5.00 2.65 Z
? 6.50 to 7.50 3.65
Shirts— white broadcloth and oxford 5.95 an j 6.00__4,65 x
Q Also greatly reduced a group of patterned, sport and polo shirts, j
1‘ hosiery and robes. ’,
< YOUNG MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING *
£ AND FURNISHINGS >
G Up to l/ 3 off original prices on a group of young men’s and 3
V boys’ clothing and furnishings y
G ALL SALES FINAL NO APPROVALS *
V NO MAIL, TELEPHONE OR C.O.D. ORDERS
G
Julius Garfinckel & Co. j
/ *
A
F Street at Fourteenth • NAtional 8-7730
I Massachusetts Avenue at 49th • EMerson 2-2255 •'
w 7 Corners, Virginia • NAtional 8-7730 X
THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C., Thursday, July 7, 1960
to properly evaluate, admit and build compartmented structural
benefit from the rigid airship airships for the purposes call
lessons of the past, and so ing for such craft.”
i
»
JffKe JWWfe You Cm!
N
t ——
■L
ft
bl . “■
1
SEMI-ANNUAL
SJLE
French, Shriner Urner
SHOES
$ 16.95 to $ 21.95
Our entire stock of summer shoes and
large quantities of selected year round
shoes are substantially reduced in this
twice-yearly event. There is no better time
than now to get acquaintfd with the quali
ty touches for which French Shriner is
nationally renowned. The savings will be
1 a tribute to your foresight!
LEWIS & TH°S. SALTZ
J-iOffG Street, N T . W. Executive
A-3