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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1968

Page

5

Jet Crash Survivor Recalls Violent Milan Landing

A Calitalia jetliner hit trees near Milan in a violent storm. Eight two of the 95 aboard survived while one passenger remained missing. Diane Gottheil and her family from Urbana Illinois endured the wreck and aided other travelers before being rescued.

Varese Italy Diane Gottheil Fred Gottheil University of Illinois At Urbana Lisa Gottheil Fred Gottheils Rome Canada Israel Milan

Six Die in Two Light-Plane Collision West of Rock River

Wreckage of two light planes found west of Rock River with six bodies, including three children, said by Albany County officials to have no survivors. Deputies and Civil Air Patrol traced debris scattered over a wide area. The report notes a possible inflight collision.

Rock River, Wye UPI Rock River Civil Air Patrol Albany County Sheriff’s Office

Nine Bodies Found in KC135 Crash Near Red Bluff

Air Force rescue teams confirm all nine airmen aboard the KC135 Stratotanker perished when the aircraft crashed and burned in foothills east of Red Bluff during a training flight. Beale AFB identified Lt. Col. Glen H. Rolfe and Sgt. David W. Decante among the recovered remains, with the ninth identity not yet released. The wreckage sparked a forest fire controlled later. two other planes involved carried several passengers from New Jersey and Las Vegas, with collision suspected in flight near Laramie.

Red Bluff Air Force Beale Air Force Base Marysville Glen H. Rolfe Winton David W. Decante Merced Mt. Lassen Union Pacific Railroad Earl Jamison Las Vegas Nev Cheyenne Wyo Rangely Colo New Jersey Denver Jackson Laramie CAP del Kolb Nagley Sommerset N.J

Marine Copter Makes Successful Soft Landing in Griffith Park

A Marine Corps transport helicopter with five aboard sustained engine trouble and forced a soft landing on Forest Lawn Drive in Griffith Park. The Sikorsky CH-53, en route from El Toro to Lemoore, landed without injuries to any aboard, including two Marines. Pilot was Marine Aircraft Cmdr. Ted Huss.

Marine Corps Griffith Park el Toro Marine Base Lemoore Air Station Fresno Cmdr Ted Huss Forest Lawn Drive

California Health Department appoints chief deputy director

The department announced by Director Dr Louis F Sailor that Webster was named chief deputy director of the California Department of Public Health. Webster has been chief of the department's division.

The Cali Fornia Department of Public Health Louis F. Saylor Webster

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