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Airliner Crash Narrowly Misses Fence at Municipal Airport
An investigation opens into yesterday’s crash of a Trans World Airways Constellation at Municipal Airport. Elizabeth Taylor and 54 others escaped unharmed as the four engine liner rammed a wooden fence after a rain slick touchdown. Passengers included Conrad Hilton Jr. Ward Bond John Ford Nancy Olson and Nate Blumberg of Universal International. The plane, with one engine dead, skidded to a stop after striking a field hump and fence and brushing ground with its tail and wingtip.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Conrad
Nick) Hilton Jr
Ward Bond
John Ford
Nancy Olson
Nate Blumberg
Universal-International Studios
Municipal
Hollywood
Conrad Nick Hilton Jr
Laft
Ward Bond Fleff
Melvin
O. Bowen