Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-09

hos been told But whot Of thos'
who ore left? At least twice o
mony relatives, including $50 chill
dren, were trogieOIly effected. From
survivors oil over the Nation tn
Associated Press hos put toeethe
q greet human interest story.
blow recently for plumber How
ard Laxton.
Last Thanksgiving his g.
month old baby died. His wife
Louis, and their 5-year-old son
Michael were flying to their for
mer home in Cape Girardeau
Mo, to find living quarters be-
fore he joined them. Mrs. Lax
ton was pregnant.
Both Mrs. Laxton and Bessie
Whitman. SO, st. Louis. got
aboard on last-minute cancella-
tons. Another late boarder was
Andrew Nasalroad. 81, Pacoima,
Calf, service station operator.
His brother had talked him into
visiting with his wife and two
children in Missouri before they
were to come home this week.
Mrs. Marie Braughton and her
daughters Linda, 9, and Connie,
6, were to rejoin Mr.. Braughton
in Kansas City.
Crewmen Had Families
All these were among the 70
persons on the TWA Super
Constellation. Up front sat
Capt. Candy. Al. Mission, Kan,
father of four; his co-pilot, jim
Ritner. 81. Fairmont. Mo, father
of three; and two flight engi-
neers. Forrest Breyfogle, 81,
Kansas City. and Harry H. Allen,
"a. Los Angeles, each twice a
father. Obviously they were not
men to take needless chances.
Two fathers also sat at the
controls of the United DC I
Capt. r. F. Shirley, 48. Los An
geles, and First Officer BOZ
Harms. SO. Burbanks, each left
a widow and a daughter.
The StewardeSSeS-two aboard
each plane-were the clear-eyed,
smiling. efficient girls you'd ex-
pect. United's Nancy Kemnitz
"a. was a former Moline, ILL.,,
cheerleader who recently turned
down a supervisory job.
TWAS bright Beth Ellis Davis,
Is. Richfleld Springs, N. Y, who
had just won her 18th scholar
ship. She planned to complete
her masters degree at Cornell
University and become a teacher.
Co-pilot Harms, A friend re-
called. recently had summed up
flying problems
Nothing ever happens if you
keep your right altitude and stay
on course
Boy Gridder Aboard
On the United plane was 10
year-old Fred Stacker, whose
leg had just mended from foot
ball injury last fall. What fun
lit would be to fish with grandpa,
Hans Stacker. ST., in Wisconsin,
on Columbus Lake or any other!
Peter Austin Whyte, Is, men,
Der of a prominent Detroit
family, was going back to start
his first real job after being
given a trip to see friends on
the West Coast. This was going
to be the real thing, not just
carrying the water bucket fol
the Detroit Lions football team
as he used to.
Too young for big dreams
we're jeffrey Order, 5, Granada
Hills. Calf, and Carol Church
Is, San Diego. The latter died
with her grandfather, Albert
Vogt. Evanstown, H.; Jeffrey
died with his mother.
Mrs. Rosemary Bishop, so
Camarillo, Calf, mother OF
three, had only her youngest
Stephen, three months, with her
They were going to visit grand
mother in Brazil, Ind
Coincidentally. there was q
Stephen Bishop aboard the TWA
plane. too. Stephen r. Bishop
10, TWA file clerk. was returning
to Kansas City after a Holly
wood vacation.
On Way to See Father
Aboard United, Navy S/3C
Christopher Balsat. 10, was rush
ing to the bedside Of his fathel
who had undergone a series o.
major operations in Fostoria
Ohio.
On TWA Air Force Pfc. Rob.
ert Sontag was flying to hi
mothers bedside in Little Rock
Ark.
A few seats away Bob Beatty.