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Evening star., 1954-10-13
Clinton Plane Crash Seen Ending Chance
OF ArIines Using Andrews Field
STAR stan Photos.

"This is an example Of the
hazards which the people Of
southern Prince Georges County
have been faced with and are
threatened to a greater degree
with the proposed commercial
ization of Andrews and we should
continue every effort to defeat
and prevent this"
Planned to Sell Home.
After the crash, Mrs. Caroline
Scott, sister of Mrs. Vaughn,
said the Vaugl1ns were planning
to sell their house on Moore's
Lane. near Clinton. about four
miles from the base. as soon as
they could find another place to
live. Mrs. Scott, who lives sew
eral miles from the Vaughn
home, and near the Cheltenham
Naval Radio Station, said she
already has sold her home be-
cause Of the noise and danger
Of Andrews planes.
william H. Vaughn. 80. who
is John Vaughn's brother and
Oldest Of five brothers in the
family. said his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Vaughn. sr., we're
too grief-stricken to make any
comment on the accident. The
elder Vaughns live on q 5-acre
farm on woodward road. about
q mile from Andrews and two
miles from Clinton. The senior
Vaughn is q retired government
worker In his SOS.
William cried unashamedly as
he talked to reporters. In q
choked voice he said:
"This Is q danger spot and
that's why 1t happened. They
fly over so low the pots and pans
rattle. You can't sleep at night
and you can't hear yourself talk
In the daytime"
The commanding officer Of the
95th Fighter -Interceptor Squad
ron, 1t. Col. Floyd w. Whitlow.
jr., disclosed that the officers end
men Of his organization ale TAX
ing up o collection to aid the
vaughn family.
Evening star., 1954-10-13
CoIors to Reach
Height on Drive
Within Few Days
sy The Associated Press

RICHMOND. Va, Oct. 49,
Leaves on trees In the Shenan-
doah National Park have started
turning but the full height OF
their autumn color Is not ex-
pected until the middle Of next
week, q State Chamber Of Com
merce official said today.
Thousands Of motorists visit
the park each fall to see the
forests lining the scenic Sky
line Drive. Forests cover an
estimated 85 per cent Of the park
area and some IS overlooks along
the Skyline Drive provide van
tage points for motorists on the
l05-mile long drive atop the
Blue Ridge mountains.
Evening star., 1954-10-13
Montgomery 6. o. P.
Names Publicity Chief

Donald H. Dalton of Chevy
Chase. Md, has been appointed
publicity director for the Repub-
licans Campaign Committee Of
Montgomery County, according
to State Senator Anders r. Lof-
strand, jr., chairman
Mr.. Dalton, a wartime Navy
lieutenant commander, teaches
public relations at Southeastern
University. He is on the speak
ers' bureau of the Community
Chest. A former newspaper re-
porter, he was for five years pub
licity chairman for the Young
Republican Club of Montgomery
County.
He lives at 1908 Springfield
place, Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1954-10-13
Council Considers
1OO-Ft. Setbacks on
Community Pools

A measure that would permit
community swimming pools in
residential areas, restricted only
by rigid setback requirements, is
under consideration by the
Montgomery County Council.
The proposed amendment to
the zoning code was presented
to the council yesterday and was
based on recommendations of
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission,
according to George F. Nesbitt.
Mr.. Nesbitt said a committee
comprising himself. Assistant
County Attorney Joe M. Kyle.
Planning Commissioner Donald
e. Gingery and attorney j. Bond
Smith had been unable to get
together.
100 Feet Inside.
The proposed & amendment
calls for the pools to be set back
100 feet from all property lines.
The proposal prompted Har-
old F.. Hammond, council presi-
dent, to comment that he
doubted II any tract could be
found in existing residential
communities to meet this re-
quirement.
The original amendment would
have permitted the pools to be
established on minimum 2.5-acre
tracts In redisential areas. The
council, however, failed to act on
this proposal and sought to come
up with an amendment that
would provide more protection
for surrounding properties.
The setbacks proposed now are
so rigid that the 5-acre tract
proposed as pool site by the
Old Georgetown, Inc, could not
meet the requirements. The pool
would be Is feet wide and the
setbacks would require 275 feet
Of width, some 80 more than Is
available.
Pool Council Requirements.
The Montgomery County Com
munity Swimming Pool Council
had proposed that the pools be
permitted on 2.5-acre tracts with
at least 10O-foot frontage, 35-
foot rear yards. 25- foot sideyards
and 50-foot front setbaclks. The
council also urged that screening
be required and that off-street
parking be provided.
The Pool Council is composed
Of the various community as
sociations which have formed
to build pools on a self-help
basis for use of member families.
The County Council is expected
to consider the pool amendment
next Tuesday,
Mr.. Nesbitt said the Planning
Commission did not feel there
was a need for off-street parking
at the pool sites, since they
primarily are located within the
neighborhood served.
Councilman Louis A. Gravelle
said he wanted a provision in
cluded that would require that
the pools be located In the
neighborhood served.
Evening star., 1954-10-13

big numbering commercial planes
on the military field would be
almost suicide. I think there are
definitely enough hazards right
now to the people near the base,
and to put commercial planes
there would increase the hazards
almost to the point where it
would almost be criminal.
II was accused Of trying to
prevent these commercial planes
going into Andrews in order to
help out Friendship Airport, but
that is not SO. The fact is that
Friendship is already there. and
it is one of the best equipped air
fields in the United States.
Citizens Official Comments.
Fred Spinks, president Of the
Forestville Citizens Association,
said he had the highest praise
for the 95th Fighter -Interceptor
Squadron. He added:
I'VE will fight with more vigor
than ever If the question Of us
ing Andrews for commercial air-
liners comes up. With the mill
tary and commercial planes
there I can't see how we can
avoid more tragedy. I believe
we have enough hazards now
without additional ones"
Commenting along the same
lines was Thomas s. Gwynn, jr.,
civic leader Id the affected area.
q past president of the Clinton
Lions Club and b past president
Of the Southern Prince Georges
County Board of Trade.
Mr.. Gwynn said: 1T is very
disheartening and discouraging
to think such things can happen
in an area Of this kind. It makes
me feel the use Of Andrews for
commercial planes would in
crease the hazards Of living In
the area. It is sickening to wit
ness what occurs when q plane
like this falls. J"
Ernest A. Loveiess. jr., Demo-
cratic candidate for the House
Of Delegates In Prince Georges
County and also Q resident Of
! Clinton. declared:
Evening star., 1954-10-13

Yesterdays Clinton (Md.)
plane crash killing four persons
should spell the death knell of
attempts to use Andrews. Air
Force Base for commercial pur-
poses because ''ic would be al
most criminal to do it." Repre-
sentative Small, Republican, of
Maryland, said last night.
Air Force spokesmen expressed
deep regret over the crash. They
stressed that the planes are
based at Andrews to protect the
Washington area, including Clin-
ton. from an enemy air attack.
The victims Of yesterdays ac-
cident were Mrs. Dorothy
Vaughn, %. her two children,
Rose Anne, 4, and John w., 2.
and the pilot, 1t. Robert B.
Sandberg, 26, Of the 95th Fight
er-Interceptor Squadron. The
father of the children. John w.
Vaughn, who was burned, is in
District Genera, Hospital In
critical condition
Chief among the objectors
was Representative Small, a resi-
dent Of Clinton, near where the
tragedy occurred. In his COM
ments, he was mindful Of the
Morningside (Md.) crash Of q
B-25 bomber into q house on
April 8. 1851. when three per-
sons were killed. and Of the
crash Of another F-86D near q
Forestville (Md.) school on
June 16, 1858.
Families Got $234.507.
The Morningside crash, 1t was
recalled, resulted in damages
totaling 1924, ,507 being awarded
ia Baltimore Federal Court on
December %, 1858, to the
families Of the victims. The
settlement was called the largest
ever made In that court. s
In expressing sentiments
against commercial expansion Of
Andrews, In view Of yesterdays
tragedy, Mr.. Small said:
Il feel. Of course. as I have
always felt tnat p sliperiulpose
Evening star., 1954-10-13

They were 20 feet apart. The
policemen said all three ap-
parently were blown through the
air by the impact.
The, policemen said the plane
attracted their attention when
they spotted It in trouble and
flying tvery low Just or the rum
way and about three miles from
the Vaughn home.
Mr.. King said he was working
| in a bean patch near the Vaughn
house when he heard the crash
and saw the flames. He said he
then heard a bang" saw q
rocket arching through the air.
and ran for the house OF his
sister and brother-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Garcie K. White.
The, rocket bored a hole in a
bushel basket Of peaches on q
table outside the Whites house.
Mr.. King said, and then smashed
through a porch on the side Of
the house. It was removed by
Air Police.
Warned Mrs. White.
"I ran in the house and told
Mrs. White and her two children
to get in the basement" Mr..
King said. Minutes later, Mr..
King said, he rushed out and
found Mr.. Vaughn wandering
dazedly along Moores lane with
his trousers on fire. He said Mr..
Vaughn was not wearing a shirt,
but had on the butchers apron
he usually wore when feeding
the pigs.
MY kids. my kids" Vaughn
muttered. MY wife and kids
are down there. I tried to get
them but couldn't" Mr.. King
quoted Mr.. Vaughn. He said he
poured a bucket Of water ever
his seriously burned neighbor as
the first rescuers drove up.
Officers rolled Mrs. Vaughn in
blankets commandeered from
the Whites house until the first
of eight Prince Georges County
and service ambulanceS and
seven fire companies arrived.
A Clinton Rescue Squad lnem-
ber, 1t. Douglas Cover, was
overcome by smoke and heat.
He and five other firemen were
given oxygen at the scene.
A second fire alarm was turned
in for a separate fire at the same
time in brush at the end Of
the runway. Mai. G. j. Victor.
provost marshal Of the base.
said the brush fire was started
by wing-tip fuel tanks jettisoned
by 1t. Sandberg before he pulled
the trigger on his election seat.
Parachute Unopened.
Air Force spokesinen said the
minimum safe altitude for ejec-
tion from a fast-moving jet is
500 feet. Normal SAFE altitude
is 1000 feet, they said. 1t. Sand
berg's body was still strapped
lin his seat when it was found,
an hour after the crash. His
parachute never opened.
1t. Sandbergsg next Of kin was
listed as Mrs. e. O. Sand dberg
of Wenatchee. Wash.
Mr.. Vaughn, D former resident
lot Takona NPark. Md. works at
| q Safeway store at New Hamp-
shire and Eastern avenues In
Takoma Park, his family said.
The vaughn's moved to Clinton
In 1946, according to William II.
Vaughn, 80, the oldest Of 1ive
brothers In the family. The
family said Mrs. Vaughn was ex-
pecting her third child in April.
The couple had been married
six years.
Funeral ARRANGEMENTS were
incomplete today. Stunned mem
bers Of the Vaughn family said
they were too shocked to think
yesterday.
Evening star., 1954-10-13
Council Studies
ciiyOwnersllip
OF Water Firm
Bendheim Offers
Protest Letters in
Support of Move

y
Possible municipal ownership
of the Alexandria Water Co. was
under study today by q special
f1ve-member committee Of the
city council.
Members Of the committee
named at q meeting of council
last night, are Vice Mayor Leroy
Bendheinn, chairman, and Coun-
cilmen Daniel r. O'Flaherty,
James NJ. Duncan. jr., Frank
Mann and Dave Haddock.
The committee was appointed
on motion Of Mr.. Bendheim. who
announced two weeks ago that
he would propose an investiga-
ton of the water company and
the possibility Of acquiring it for
the city. He showed the council
a stack Of letters from Alexandria
residents complaining Of water
rates and lack of adequate water
during the past summer.
He presented a letter from the
city's chief sanitarian, A. g. Slay-
maker. stating that the water
company had been reluctant"
to extend service into sections Of
Alexandria's annexed territory
where it is needed unless the
prospective customers could put
up "prohibitive" deposits.
Inacti0n Of Leaks.
Mr.. Slaymaker's letter also
stated that the health depart
ment on occasion had been un-
able to get the water company
to take action for months-some-
times years-in correcting water
leaks.
This convinces me we should
give serious consideration to the
need for acquiring the water
company" said Mr.. Bendheim.
He explained that State law
specifically permits cities of u.s.
600 population and over to own
and operate their own water
companies. Alexandria Water
Co. is a private firm, a sub
sidiary Of American Waterworks.
Councilman OFlaherty said
the committee should consider
the possibility Of placing the
waterworks under the new Alex
'andria Sanitation Authority,
which was created to operate the
city's disposal system.
The council deferred awarding
contracts for construction of the
new municipal incinerator, pend
ing further study of bids.
Model Planes Restricted.
The council passed on final
reading an ordinance prohibit-
ing operation of noisy gasoline
powered model airplanes in the
city, except at locations and at
times specified by the recreation
director. City Manager Ira Will
lard was instructed to confer
with the recreation director
about selecting appropriate sites.
In response to a request from
Vice Mayor Bendheim, the coun-
Gil was notified by the School
Board that it was willing to turn
over the abandoned Lee School
building to the city which needs
more municipal Office space. The
city's National Guard units cur
rently use the Lee School, which
was abandoned for classroom use
a year ago. The school has been
mentioned as a possible new To-
cation for police headquarters.
It is located on Prince street
between Henry and Patrick
streets.
Mr.. Willard reported it would
cost about $4,000 to remodel
and use the old Coast Guard
building on Jones Point, which
the city seeks to lease or acquire
from the Government. He was
instructed to continue his efforts
to acquire the building for the
city.
Evening star., 1954-10-13
Fire Auxiliary Donce

The Jefferson Volunteer Fire
Department Ladies Auxiliary will
hold a dance at 8 pm. Saturday
at the Odd Fellows Hall. Falls
Church, Va.
Evening star., 1954-10-13
Air Force 10 Probe
Crash kiIIing ; H.
Family and Pilot
Continued From First Page.)
wanta" according to Capt. Moore
but got no response.

NSOIltlLluSA S1pLA 3 nCt EdSS.t
want2" according to Capt. Moore
but got no response.
Little Warning.
Robert A. King, 33, a witness
to the crash. on a quiet. dead
end dirt lane 2 miles from Clin-
ton and II miles from Wash
ington, said the plane hurtled
into. the Vaughn's backyard
with only a seconds warning.
It clipped the tops of trees
for 100 yards. making a "riff1ine
sound" Mr.. King said. It then
plunged into a 10-foot deep gully
in back of the Vaughn's trim,
white four-room house, splashing
blazing fuel over a 100-yard
circle.
Members Of the family who
visited Mr.. Vaughn in the hospi-
tai yesterday said he told them
he turned and saw the plane
coming after hearing it crashing
through the tree tops behind
him. "He turned to get the
children and that's all he re-
membered," said Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Walters. Mrs.
Vaughn's parents.
Mr.. Vaughn. according TO Mrs.
Walters, had said 'if Dorothy
ever died he didn't want to
i've" Doctors and family n1enl-
bers kept the death Of his wife
and children a secret in visits
yesterday.
Mrs. Walters said her daughter
remained conscious and talked to
her parents until only q few
minutes before she died.
Not Told Of Children.
"She asked about the children,
but we didn't tell her." Mrs
Walters said. "She asked several
times about food she had left
on the stove when she stepped
out of the housefo the back yard
She asked If the stove had been
turned of. We told her that 1t
had"
The Vaughns were struck
about 11:25 am, apparently
as they stood between 9
small pickup truck, which
shielded them from the shower
OF debris, and q 6-by-12 foot
wood pig pen. The truck. the
pigs and a carton containing q
dozen loaves Of stale bread-ap-
parently food for the pigs-were
blistered and blackened by the
flames. The packages OF bread
were broken open and the bread
was toasted.
GIulCC OSOKBCo NVN4Aey 1o4ASS
CorpL William L. Perry and Pvt
Kenneth II. Bradford. the first tc
arrive on the scene. made i
heroic attempt to save Mrs
Vaughn. She died at Casualty
Hospital at .3:45 pm. yesterday,
about four hours after the crash
with burns over 95 per cent oi
her body.
In Smouldering Debris.
The children APPARENTLY died
instantly.
Ofdcers Perry and Bradsford
said they found Mrs. Vaughn
about 200 feet from the pig pen
blackened and with her clothes
burned OF, but still alive. The
bodies Of the children were found
buried under smouldering debris
also about 400 feet from the pia
pen. but IA another direction
Evening star., 1954-10-13
oxon HiHG. o. P. RoIIy

"A Republican rally for Oxon
Hill and Piscataway districts will
be held at the Oxon Hill Fire
house on Livingston road at 9
pm. Thursday.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Civil Liberties Union
Calls Bill 10 Bar Risks
AfFaciories Defective
EMMY LOU

The American Civil Liberties
Union declared today that an
administration proposal for re-
moving suspected security risks
from defense plants is far too
sweeping and an infringement
on due process Of law"
The union said In statement
fled with the House Judiciary
Committee that it recognized
the need for barring Communists
from sensitive jobs, but that in
making the accommodation be-
tween freedom and security, the
definition of q sensitive position
and q security risk should be
exactly drawn"
The administration plan. em-
bodied in q bill before the COM
mittee, does not draw that line,
the ACLU asserted.
The proposal, the union said,
covers many positions which are
not sensitive and makes no
attempt to confine loyalty inves-
legations to the areas where
they are actually necessary"
Also, it continued. the bill is
defective in that it does not pro-
vide that only the Government
should conduct security investi-
cations. The union asserted that
private investigators are being
used in some industries to clear
workers using information CLASH
fed as confidential or lower and
that those investigators "are in
a poor position to genuinely pro-
tect the national security"
The union also attacked legis-
lation designed to dissolve Com
munist-infiltrated unions in de-
fense and related industries, de-
claring that its ''loose defini-
tions" make it a threat to legiti-
mate union activity.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Stussen OFF to Attend
Trade Tulks in Puris
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK. July 12.-Harold
E. Stassen, foreign operations
administrator, left by plane yes
terday for Paris to take part in
trade talks with the French
government.
Mr.. Stassen said the talks,
following those held in Washing
ton last week with British ON
cials, were moving to Paris at
the invitation of the French, who
could not attend the Washing
ton discussions.
From Paris. Mr.. StaSSen said,
he will go to London to attend
the ministers session on the
future convertibility of currency.
Evening star., 1954-07-12
Lights Dim, Brighten Fast

CLEVELAND. = Fluorescent
lights seem to burn steadily. but
they don't. The light brightens
and dims at the rate of 40 times
q second-too fast for the eye to
notice the pulSation.
Evening star., 1954-07-12

The famous Borbzon slip that never rides up, twist
or turns! In Borbizon's own eosy-to-core-for royo
crepe (you KNOW how Borbizon fobrics WeorD del
coteIy edged with nyon embroidery! IL Borbzo
FOUR famous size ronees. Il. you know Borbizon-
youllwont to stock up! If you dont-now's the tim
to find out why, once Borbizon fon-youlI neve
switch to lesser brond White, pink or black tLitt
Miss sizes in white onIy) group! One week ony-s
better hurry!
LGnsburghs-LINGERI Floor
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-05

524 pound per acre increase in
tobacco yields over those of 1858.
and 379 pound increase over
the l948-l952 average before
the drought. Where there is a
sizeable allotment, the increased
income in a years lime means
considerable profit, lMg. Chill
dress reports
Back TO Mr. Warrington for a
final estimate. He has oeen grow
ing tobacco for 80 years. "Tobac-
co for 30 vears "ToNacco reeds
co needs two things, hot weather
and and water he says We We
got plenty Of one. not much
Of the other. and the figures talk
for themselves when you get
around drought with rr.ga-
ton"
Wilmington studi the mar
ket situation carefully and as you
sit there watching him sort and
tie his tobacco for another trim
you get the impression from a grin
around the corners of his mou. h.
he's repeating inWardly-" Bro
ther We whipped the drought this
year"
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-05
Gull or Poison
HardWOds to Make
Better Pine Stands

"Hardwoods replace Pine is
A common expression and this IS
Just what is happening to great
areas OF cumberland over the
Piedmont Area which once sup
ported valuable stands Of pine
Young pine seedlings must have
full sunlight to develop but hard
woods will become established
and grow in the shade Of pine
Pine timberlands which have
oeen cut over one Or more
lines and possibly burned overl
are usually left with stands Of
Gull hardwood Such trees res riot
the establishment and develop
ment Of young pine and popular
seeding by shade and root COM
petition
Where such a condition exists
the Gull hardwood and weed trees
should be used if possible, bul
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-05

Whiting on. is firm in his favor
of lrreauon 1T isn's 100 per
cent llTe natures rains but it
helps a -whole lot in dry wealth
e. he gays Il am speaking only
for ,ob@cco farming since that's
the typc were using water for but
I belevs the system viii about pay
for ltse4 in two years at the rate
we've Experienced TINS year"
r. B Childress. soil conserva-
zionist a Amelia county. reports
tlat tee county forms have u-
lleatna- systems now, with more
gong Z Among them are those
pr + 8 Davis. NJ H Fleming,
and J IN Smith, at Mannboro.
ODen sgippen. Amelia Route /.
& P Fasting and w T. Smi h.
lie says w T. Smith reports
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-05

when this point i not possible
sucn trees should be destroyed
by girling or poisoning to re-
lease young natural seedlings Of
desirable species or to make room
for planting with loblolly pine
Poisoning may be done with
Animate Of 245-T which ara
non oxis to animals and can bc
purchased at hardware ana seed
stores
Tlm3erland owners planning a
timber sale should reserve 100
Arizona sun., 1954-04-02
Education Notes

II. Brewer, adviser to the Col
.lcge's NAACP chapter, will be in
charge.
Dr. Marshall will report briefly
on events in connection with the
school integratiCn cases now pend
ing in the Supreme Court.
In recognition of his contribu-
tions, DR.. Marshall has been placed
on the honor roll of Race Rela-
tons by the Schomburg Collec-
ton of the New York City Public
Library; he received Howard Uni
versity's Alumni Award in 1914,
and in the same year was awarded
the Spingarn Medal. In 1913. Vir-