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1 Explodes, Crashes,iIV-No One Is Injured«rsededrMOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) r j~The Air Force sought to deter-. r !mine today what caused, a jet.j,wl 1 j^training plane to explode ana t;anndid-crash in a field near a farm house’s15 miles north of here yesterday./No one was injured.Lt. Col. Robert D. Wallace, 42,,cari-’s'riveaschseiof Kennebunk Beach, Maine, and 1st Lt. David W. Smith,. 26,. of ^ Frederick, Md., bailed out at 8,000 rfeet. .. 12A piece of flaming wreckage set 2 fire to' the front, porch of the; home of Alex Zebelian .Sr. Other wreckage set fire to the nearby house of Zebelian’s son,' Alex, Jr. iyj - Neighbors put out the-fires with garden hoses. • • -a The two - seater TF102, Delta Dagger trainer exploded six minutes' after taking off on .a • training flight from SeUridge Air^^'ce' Base. Lt Smith I was. , . 1 • h '.mi 1trojs. 1 \;v?*^’vThe officers landed by para chute two miles apart. A helicopr ter picked them up and took them to Selfridge Base Hospital for observation.Pipjr
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