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icmini manned orbital flights. craiMcCle^n CallshoiHsna 1Titan Disasteron t“I•% #Great Trafledv’canHishotBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS amj* This is a great tragedy. ^ j -.aid Sen John L McClellan. -pj 'J— Ark . of the explosion and t ^ fire that killed 53 in a Titan II yj iiissile silo near Searcy Mon- m)(),la' Sea'McClellan was speaking from a^p;he White House in a telephone waj]interview with the AssociatedPress President Johnson summoned McClellan and otherSI)members of the Arkansas con- anjngressional delegation to confer Heover the disaster. portJohnson sent a special message to Gov. Orval E. Faubus. who was at Little Rock Theceivp 1 eprortelegram said: pr(n“I want to express my very deep sympathy to vou and to the families of all those involvedin the tragic fire. I have di rjer, rected the Secretary of the Air t.-j Force to make certain that all jjat the individuals involved receive jie|p the very best medical treatment j)recavailable and to offer them any Ark; assistance they need. I have area also ordered an immediate investigation ’Johnson said he had telephoned Air Force Secertarv Eu- risirgene Zuckert and ordered him sipato give the families of the men dan)ah possible assistance AirFaubus said he had offered Oiall available state aid to the A !Air Force to help in the disaster pairIcork, including the facilities of migthe State Police and the Arkan- expl“1sas National Guard
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Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Tue, Aug 10, 1965
Page 10
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