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carrying Wichitafootball teamSILVER PLUME, COLO. (AP) —A plane carrying the head coach, athletic director and part of the Wichita State University football team crashed and burn, ed yesterday in rugged country near the Continental Divide in Colorado.The Colorado State Patrol said it had tentative reports that 40 persons were aboard the plane and 11 survived.The survivors, many of them badly burned, were taken by*ApparentvictimslistedOfficials at Wichita State issued this list of Wichita players aboard the plane who are apparent victims in the crash;Randy Kiesau, Clinton, Okla.Don Christian, Duncan, Okla.Ron Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.Carl Krueger, Chicago.Jack Vetter, McPherson, Kan.Steve Moore, Derby, Kan.Marvin Brown, Solomon, Kan.Tom Owen, Temple Terrace, Fla.John Duren, Oklahoma City.Rick Stines, Kansas City, Kan.Mai Kimmel, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.Tom Shedden, Oklahoma City.Gene Robinson, Dayton, Ohio.Other persons aboard whose fate was not known included;Mr. and Mrs. Ray King, Hes-ston, Kan.; King is a state representative; Dr. Carl Fahr-bach, director of admissions and records, WSU.Marty HarrisonFloyd Farmer, WSU ticket manager.Head coach Ben Wilson and his wife, Helen.Mr. and Mrs. John Grooms.Mr. and Mrs. Ray Coleman.Bert Katzenmeyer, WSU athletic director, and his wife, Mari-an.Nixon'swelcome!excitingfMADRID (AP) — President Nixon and his wife got the royal treatment in Spain—a state din. ner at one palace and an overnight stay at another. The dinner wasArmy helicopter and ambulance to hospitals in Denver about 55 miles east of the scene of the crash, eight miles west of Silver PlumeWichita State University offi. cials in Wichita said names of the victims would not be released until relatives were notified.Officials at St. Anthony’s Hos. pital in Denver confirmed that head football coach Ben Wilson and Mrs. Wilson and athletic di. rector A. C. Katzenmeyer, andMrs. Katzenmeyer, were among those aboard the downed plane.The associate athletic direc. tor, Lloyd Farmer, also was reported to be aboard the plane that crashed.It could not be determined whether they were among the survivors.Twenty.three members of the football team were aboard a sec. ond plane which made it safely to Logan, Utah, where the unde, feated Shockers were to playUtah State today. Passengers aboard the second plane were informed of the accident when they landed, then were taken to a motel.Sheriff Harold Brumbaugh of Clear Creek County said the plane crashed about 300 feet off U. S. 6 in timber in the Dry Gulch Creek area.The scene was near the Love, land Basin ski area and the con. struction for the Straight Creek tunnel, to be the nation’s highestautomobile tunnel.Workers on the project said they saw the uniformed body of a crewman that had been hurled about 30 feet in front of the wreck.age.An orange football jersey, white football pads and helmet were seen at the wreckage.Workers said they could see bodies stacked inside the fuse, lage, which remained intact.The scene in about one and one-half miles east of the base****Remaining Wichita playersstunned by news of crashLOGAN, UTAH (AP)—Aboard the second Wichita State football chartered plane which landed safely at Logan, Utah, yesterday after the first plane crashed was Wichita Beacon Sports Editor Dale Mullen. In an account of the reaction on the second plane, Mullen said:“The 22 Wichita State football players, six assistant coaches and seven other passengers aboard the second chartered plane were notified of the crash near Silver Plume, Colo., after it landed at Logan about 4 p.m., Central Standard Time.“Just prior to the landing, Assistant Football Coach Bob Seaman was called to the pilot's cabin and was told he had a phone call waiting at the Logan Airport from Wichita State President Dr. Clark Ahlberg.“During Seaman's absence, several players speculated on the reason for the delay — guessing perhaps they were at the wrong airport or, the Utah State team had taken off for Wichita.“Approximately ten minutes after leaving the aircraft, Seaman returned and called roll. He announced the crash of the otherplane. A stunned silence follow- called off. ed. Most of the players and passengers broke down. The passengers left the plane and boarded a bus. After arriving at Bough Motel they were given sedatives by a physician.”After eating a box lunch at the motel the players made plans to attend church.Upon arrival in Logan, Wichita State Assistant Football Coach Church Ramsey said:“We have some kids that are really shook up.”Today's game between Wichita State and Utah State has beenToday at 5 a.m. the players will leave the motel by bus for the Salt Lake City airport ami will depart from there at 7:20 p.m. on United Air Lines for Denver. They will leave Denverat 9:10 a.m. on Continental Air.lines Flight 140 and arrive in Wichita at 11:17 a.m., Central Daylight Time.The trip was the first on a road trip football game for Mrs. Wilson in the two years her husband, Ben Wilson, has been head football coach at Wichita State.Lowered voting agepheld by federalcourtWASHINGTON (A P)—The 1970 voting rights law has been up. held by a three.judge federal court in Washington. The lawincludes a provision to lower thevoting age from 21 to 18.The judges ruled that denying the vote to 18.year.olds wouldPreacher-Senatordebate October 12violate the equal protection re. quirements of the 14th amend, ment. That, said the panel, would constitute invidious discrimina. tion.The court acted on a suit brought by five New Yorkers against Attorney.General Mitch, ell and the New York City Board of Elections. The suit contended that lowering the voting age was not authorized by the constitution.A preacher and a state senator will debate the controversial llquor-by-the -drink issue in Johnson County Oct. 12.The Rev. Roy S. Holloman and Sen. Norman Gaar will faceoff at a noon luncheon sponsored by the Johnson County president's council of the various Chambers of Commerce.When Kansans go to the polls Nov. 3, they'll be asked to vote “yes” or “no” on three constitutional questions. The first in-volves liquor-by-the-ounce. A “yes” victory would authorize legis-Registrationbooks openIn its decision, the courtasked itself this question: “Is the Con. gressional determination that denying the right to vote to other, wise qualified citizens between the ages of 18 and 21 constitutes an invidious discrimination, ut. terly lacking in rational sup. port?”The court answered the ques. tion by referring to onetime Su. preme Court Justice Felix Frank, furter. The three.judge panel said: “Surely this is, as Mr. Justice Frankfurter observed in another setting, one of those rare instances where to state the question is to answer it.”of ll,922.foot Loveland Pass.The National Transportation Safety Board has sent an eight, man team to investigate the crash.Wichita State University Pres-ident Clark Ahlberg said the survivors included eight football players, a trainer and the plane’s co-pilot. He said the list of sur. vivors included Keith Morrison, John Taylor, Dave Lewis, Glenn Kostal, John Hoheisel, Randy Jackson, Bob Renner, Mike Bruce, and Rick Stephens. The trainer was listed as Tom Reevesand the co.pilot as Ron skipper. Alhberg said he received the identities from a doctor in Ida. ho Springs, Colo.Ahlberg said indications were that those aboard the plane that crashed were 22 football play, ers, several athletic department officials and some friends of the university—among them Kansas State Representative and Mrs. Ray King.Ahlberg said he plans to fly toDenver,Kansas Governor Robert Dock, ing ordered flags in the state flown at half-staff. He termed the crash a great tragedy forKansas.Clear Creek County Sheriff Harold Brumbaugh said the plane, believed to have been a Convair, crashed about one and one.half miles east of the base of 11,992.foot Loveland Pass. The aircraft burst into flames whenit hit some trees while apparentlytrying to land on the highway which winds through the mountainous country.The state patrol said motor.ists saw the wreckage from the highway and reported the acci. dent.The remains of the plane lay about 300 feet off the road on a 30 per cent grade in an area, eight miles west of the old min.ing town, called Dry Creek Gulch.Officials at Wichita State said two planes were chartered from Golden Eagle Aviation of Okla. homa City to fly the football team to Utah.The federal aviation adminis. tration said it had a report the plane had stopped at Denver’sStapleton International Airporten route Westward. There ap. parently was no radio contact with the plane in the moments before it crashed.Katzenmeyer took over as Wi. chita State athletic director in May, 1968 after 21 years as ad. mlnistrative assistant to Fritz Crisler, the former University of Michigan athletic director. He collaborated with Sam Snead to write a book called “How to Play Golf.”Wilson started his second (Continued to page 7)There are nine days left to register for the Nov. 3 election.Good Morning!
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