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helps evi* tleued nt. “I rfully. don’t onlyto an ment.int is. might om a don't regu-ch. I ratherwith lip iny an*owardVrk.trk.4e.ss rNTSUyionntemOnly One MayHave SurvivedAirforce CrashNORTH BAY, Or.t. (AP)—Two survivors—both from the Little Rack Air Force Base—have been rescued near the wreckage of two JJ-S- Air Force planes which col* Jined in the air near here yesterday.Three other men still are missing.., T4hf. Air Defense Command identified the rescued men asCapt Roy N. Minor of Manchester. Tenn., and Lt. Theodore C Adams of Greenville. S.C., Missing from the R47 bomber trom Little Rock were Lt. Lloyd A. Horn of Boise. Idaho, and Lt. Carlton W. Hunt of Oklahoma Lily. Also missing was Lt. Gaylor; :rreu of Garner. Iowa, pilotof the other plane, on F-I02 fighter based at Kincheloe Air Force Base, Mich.The planes collided at noon yes-lerday m clear weather at 30,000 feet during an Air Defense Command training exercise,Miner and Adams parachuted to *afet'- Adams, a bridegroom of Jess than one month, was picked up last night. Minor, father of three, was found today.Rescue teams said' no bodies were found in the wreckage of he bomber leading to speculation that Horn and Hunt also para chuted from the stricken plane.We are presuming they did parachute out.” saicl an Air Forcespokesman at Little Rock “The two survivors said they heard pistol shots last night in the area where they were picked up.” The spokesman said Adams was slightly injured and Minor.commander of the aircraft, escaped injury.The crash area is covered with six inches of snow and searchersS mo key Says;Ijpaiuuidcd cawjpijrei win cuuwCorn* #£ earefyJ!New articles of windpronf and water-viesi'stanl; clothing design ed for wearing on the water invo been announced for adults and youngsters.Non-skid shoes, safetydn.fi a ting shirts and jackets, colorful sweaters and rugged foul weather gear will be received with pleasure.Many gifts can da double duty ashore. A portable radio will be popular all year around, e specially if it includes marine and airway-weather bands. Binoculars need not be too strong since a rolling deck makes anything more than six to eight power hard to holdon a subject. A wide angle view is preferred.With the many items available, •shopping for a -boatman need novei* be a problem.said this would make it easier to find the missing men. They said men who parachute together usually land within a 10-mili* radius unless there is a strong wind.NORTH BAY, Ont. (AP)—The Air Forces of Canada and the United States planned a joint attempt today to rescue a U.S. Air Force flier who may be. the only survivor of a collision in the air above the snow-coveted bush of northwest Ontario.The lone flier was seen walking around in the bush 250 miles north of Saulte Sto. Mrie after I wo U. S. Air Force planes — a S47 bomber and an F102 fighter—col lided and crashed yesterday, Four men were aboard the bomber anti one in the jet interceptor.The airmen in the crash were identified as Lt. Gaylor B. Treu. 27, of Garner, Iowa, the fighter Pilot; Capt Roy W. Minor, 3-1, Manchester, Tenn. the bomber pilot; ISt Lt. Theodore C. Adams Jr. 24, Greenville, S.C.; ISt Lt. Lloyd A. Horn, 27, Boise Idaho, and ]St Lt, Carlton W. Hunt. 2d. Oklahoma Cily Okla., an observer aboard the bomber.There was no indication of the identity of the survivor sighted, cr whether any others escaped.The bomber was from Little Rock, Ark., and the interceptor from the Kincheloe, Mich., Air Base. They were participating in a routine defense exercise with Canadian and other U.S. planes when they collided about 30 00'j feet above the rugged bushland 45 miles from the Ih.gwa, Ont , station of the Pine Tree vadarwarning line.A Canadian pilot reported ing a parachute billowing from a lice and u flier walking in the snow^ shortly after lie- collision.U.S find Canadian helicopters were dispatched to the area inn snow, high winds and darkness prevented rescue attempts Tlw night temperature wns in the low 20sA Canadian Air Force CM7 later picked up the wink of a flashlight. from Irv crash area ft dropped food, clothing and .survivalsir 1 me M i Vn1•M; Jla! Lagear.
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