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SCRANTON, PA. SCRANTONIAN Circ. S. 48,912 JUL #;T956 ESTABLISHED 1888 11 press Supping bureau J 165 CB%^ Street - New York PITTSBURGH, PA. PRESS .Sfflg %1g|irc, D- 290,946 - S'. 480,902 '' JUL-t 1956 ^^OPEN INQUIRY INTO CAUSE OF CRASH?╟÷Testifying befo^^lHouse Commerce subcommittee probe into the June 30 Grand Canyon crash of a TWA Constellation and a United Air Lines DC-7, William K. Andrews of the Civil Aeronautics Board said "in all probability" the two planes collided at 21,000 feet. Hearing testimony during the opennig day yesterday at Sand. Hotel In Las Vegas, Nev., are, from left: Clerk Elton Layton, Martin Cunningham, Hops. Torbert M&ebonald, Oilin Teague, John Jlynt, Waiter Rogers, John Williams, Ghair- ^a??_jiar3ii3^ajad Carl Hinshaw. " ;" ?╟÷(UP Telephoto). OPEN INQUIRY INTO CRASH Planes Collided in Air, CAB Aide Tells Probers ^^ANE CRASH PROBERS HEAR WITNESS?╟÷William K. :<eS??^idrews, of the Civi/ Aeronautics Board, testifies before ?╜ijpi>i'House Commerce Subcommittee probe that two air- Jjijpers that crashed into the Grand Canyon June 30 col- ^med "in all probability." Left to right at the Las Vefv w.'*afc*',v"- i-ayton, Martin Cunningham, Torbert MacDonald, Olin To~ ' Reps. ^cer,Ru?e?> j0hn Willi, and Carl Hinshaw. LAS VEGAS, Nev., July 8 flJ.R) A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner told a Congressional committee Inves tigatmg com- imercial aviation's worst disaster Sat it was his opinion tt*two ihuge airliners collided in mm air" before /^gmg mto the (Grand Canyon, killing all 128 persons aboard. | 1 William K. Andrews, director of the CAB's Bureau of Public i Safety and first witness called in the inquiry into the crash of the United Airlines DC-7 and the Transworld Airlines Super Con- 1 stellation last Saturday, testified: FT "In my opinion, it was a midair collision at approximately 21,000 feet." Andrews made the statement vafter being asked bluntly, "did they collide?" 1&M^ "Our preliminary examination of?╟? the wreckage indicates that - distinct possibility," Andrews an- swered. J Rep. Owen Harris (D., Ark.,), 'chairman of the Congressional j Subcommittee on air traffic, asked, "would you say it was a probability?" 1 "It does indicate a collision," Andrews said. | An Air Force officer who directed the search and body-re- ' covery mission had stated earlier, this week at the crash scene that there was "positive" evidence the planes collided in flight. He said [that a piece of one plane's 'wreckage appeared to have paint, from the other plane smeared! on it. -.?f||l| I Another witness, CAB safety ;i investigator William M. McNa-| ?√ßmara, testified the planes' flight plans placed them six to eight I miles apart just before they had been scheduled to gUve a radio position report at 11:31 a. m. ; over the Painted Desert of Arizona. The planes never reached (Continued on Pa; Qm, r,Teaaue, John Rynf] ams' ^airman Oren Harris, P|s Collideil th??antdtHne,WreCka?eindic^es| I l?╟?rStlHct Possibility." Would you gav m w?╟? i?╜|s?╜ It does ftdicajjka collision " Uncertainty Remains Andrews told ill subcommit ??|Ke11?;dhJr "We don't know yet. The ?·?Σ≤tsh<?Σ≤Pes from one ?╟?tt other have not been analyzed I ! from7hehaVe mWe '" ?╜ I i? the canyon." L^;A"dreWS Weawd before1 onZ^T^ SIP I Weather Was Rough In earlier testimony, he said m GovernmenTS M|f ?Σ≤ls and in turbulent Matter' just prior to the crash Un"ed0WDS?Sanr^itteethe uncontrolled territorv?Σ≤ Ji "SOMEBODY DOWN THERE LIKES ME"?╟÷Squealing teen-agers and wistful middle- aged females were pushed into the background at one of Frank Sinatra's sessions at The Sands in Las Vegas. Four-year-old Troy Pritchard grabbed the ringside rail, jumped, up alld B^rWrHirnear-perfect time to the singer's rhythm numbers and even sang along with him on some of the tunes he knew. Sinatra stopped hoteiguards from removing the youngster and later learned that the Las Vegas boy knew almost every Sinatra record made since the boy was two years old. Here, Sinatra faces the lad who really "digs him the most!"! ,