Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22
FREAK TRAGEDIES AVERTED

= FREAK TRAGEDIES AVERTED
One of the biggest airliners in operation,
and repeatedly the fastest conventional type
passenger aircraft, was recently involved in
a freak accident which could have resulted in
one of the nations worst aerial tragedies.
The four-engine plane was flying at about
$4,000 feet over Tennessee, on a nonstop
flight from Texas to New York, when it en-
couGtered rough air. The passengers buckled
their seat belts as the big plane bounced up
End down in the turbulent aid and suddenly
terrific roar was followed by crash over
head and hole opened in the top of the cab
in, about six or eight feet long and several
feet wide.
Although the passengers did not at first
realize it, one of the propelers had spun off
the giant aircraft and had narrowly missed
crashing into the passenger cabin.
The pilot, Captain L. T. Hansard, of
Smithfield, Texas, made an emergency land
ing seven minutes after the prop flew off his
aircraft and let his passengers down safely
However, it was an eery experience for the
passengers, who were flying in pressurized
cabin one minute and few seconds later,
were suddenly flying in a non-pressurized
cabin, where air pressure had dropped to the
14,00 feet level.
Another freak accident, occurring near
Columbia, S. c., happened only forty-eight
hours earlier. A flying boxcar, military
transport and cargo plane, had taken off from
a Columbia airport and had been unable to
gain altitude after one of its engines failed.
In this case too, tragedy was narrowly
averted, for all the passengers in the plane
bailed out safely, including the crew. The big
plane crashed a few minutes after the pass
engers had left
In both these cases serious and tragic ac-
cidents were narrowly averted. We point to
them as proof, once again, that there are still
many mysteries about flying, weather and
even engines, which are not completely un-
derstood.
YOUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT
The biggest investment the typical Am
erican family ever makes is its home. In
teligent home owners try to protect that in
vestment. They maintain and improve the
property. They insure it against hazards, of
which fire is paramount. But many a home
owner has found, after calamity struck, that
he hadn't adequately protected his invest
ment at all-and that his insurance was no
where near sufficient to make up for the
loss
The reason is simple. The cost of home
construction-and of other kinds of struc-
tures-has just about doubled since 1945. The
cost of furniture, clothing and dinnerwdre
found in every home, has more than doubled
The cost of washing and sewing machines
and the general price trend is still up
ward.
What can the householder do to protect
himself against possibly calamitous loss?
This is simple too. First of all, he should
make an inventory of all the property in his
house that might be destroyed by fire or
windstorm or some other insurable disaster
not forgetting the "little things" like books
and pillows and curtains and bedding, whose
Of al In l9TUp
amounts. Second, he should see his local in
surance agent and make sure that both his
house and its contents are insured in line
with the values of today-not the obsolete
values of yesterday.
POLIO VACCINATION MAKES SENSE
Suppose someone took you aside and said ::
"You have an enemy who may waylay you
and cripple you for life. But | know how
you can stop this enemy You'll have to act
fast. 1t won't cost much money, and it will
take only 1S0 seconds of your time"
If you knew the facts were true, you'd
take him up on it, wouldn't you?
Well. the facts are true. The enemy is
paralytic polio If you're under 40 years
old, you're possible victim. If polio strikes,
you may face life shattered by disease and
disability.
There is no cure for paralytic polio, but
there is way to prevent it. The preventive
is the Salk vaccine. 1t is safe and it works.
Three properly spaced shots-at so seconds
Shot-gives you protection.
Over 45,000,000 Americans have been
smart enough to get this protection. But
60,000,000 in the susceptible age group have
been foolhardy enough TO neglect it.
Don't be one of the foolhardy ones. The
polio season starts soon. You still have time
to safeguard yourself and your family if you
act at once. Go to your doctor or your clinic
now. Vaccnate-before it's too late