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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1962
Page
1
The Southland's Finest Evening Newspaper appears with a late news plan for a Los Angeles bound edition. This financial and home edition countrywide paper lists 76 pages and a price of 14 cents. The edition advertises sports and classifieds amid routine daily content.
An American Airlines Boeing 707 Astrajet bound for Los Angeles with 95 aboard crashed into a marsh off southern Long Island after takeoff from Idlewild. 32 bodies were found by rescuers two hours after, with 24 recovered shortly before. Coast Guardsmen reported no survivors. the tragedy occurred in clear weather just as Marine Col. John Glenn was due to visit. The astro-jet wreckage lay half in water, half in marsh at Broad Channel Jamaica Bay.
All four crewmen aboard the American Airlines 707 jet died when the Long Island crash occurred. Captain James Heist, 58, veteran flyer with 22 years at the airline, is among the deceased. The ill fated flight claimed 98 lives. Hollywood stuttering comedian Molly Ates, 67, also died in the crash. he was famed for curing stuttering.
President Kennedy urged Congress to create a land conservation fund and authorize up to $1 billion to acquire recreational areas across the United States. The plan would use fees and surplus receipts to repay funds, with Treasury advances up to $500 million during an eight year span.
Mohawk Airlines pilot Capt Harrar reported seeing an American Airlines jet in a complete vertical position just before it crashed in a Long Island marsh, killing 93. He followed the jet after takeoff from Idlewild, noting the 860 foot climb before the plunge. Passengers corroborated a vertical nosedive and a perpendicular crash into the swamp with no fire or smoke observed.
Niagara Falls announces a June honeymoon promotion with half price stays for newlyweds. Hotels and motels offer single occupancy rates, and restaurants provide two meals for the price of one, per the Chamber of Commerce.
New York reports the first fatal U S passenger jet crash involving a Boeing 707 turbofan. The Jamaica Bay accident follows another 707 crash near Brussels in 1961. The jet cost about 5.5 million and carries up to 179 passengers.
Increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday with a 60 percent chance of showers Friday. Slightly warmer tonight, with a maximum temperature by noon today of 58 degrees.
UPI reports American Airlines released an incomplete list of passengers aboard the New York to Los Angeles jetliner that crashed today. Names include J My, Aida 2, Wits, Chirco, Connolly, Corbin, Covina, Dewer, Dehuca, Dickson, Felback, Goldberg, Handing, Edison, Harwell, Heyne, Seredker, and Jones. Continued on page A5.
A hotel in Assiut Egypt collapsed at 2 30 am during a Ramadan feast. Twenty nine people died and seven survived with five others missing after the disaster as rescue teams combed the debris for remaining victims.
John Glenn, hero of space, is honored in Manhattan as a roaring throng greets him along Broadway. The parade began at Bowling Green at noon amid confetti and banners while news of an airline crash elsewhere cast a somber note.
President Kennedy expected to unveil Friday a plan to resume atmospheric nuclear tests, according to authoritative sources cited on page AF. The disclosure centers on policy steps and potential international reactions amid Cold War tensions.
Rescue teams ferried to the remote Andean town of Conchuses where between 60 and 100 people were reported killed and dozens injured by an avalanche sparked by heavy rains. Surrounded by glaciers, the village, known for parley corn and alfalfa, lies reachable only by a primitive road. The disaster follows a 1942 earthquake that devastated Conchuses and killed hundreds in the sea.
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