Evening star., 1960-01-20
New Evidence
InAirCras1es
IsDue Today
By CHARLES YARBROUGH
Star staif Writer

Star Stan Writer
New evidence gathered by in
vestigatorS of two airliner
crashes was to be presented be-
fore the Senate Aviation SUBJ
committee today.
The committee, headed by
Senator Monroney, Democrat
of Oklahoma. was to receive
information from the Civil
Aeronautics Board, possibly
the FBI and other probers, in
a closed-door session.
Shortly after the committee
opened hearings on aviation
safety, on January II, it was an
nounced that unSolved crashes
would be discussed only al
closed sessions.
: An exception was made ir
the case of the National Air.
lines crash over North Caro-.
lima because of the possibility
that a bomb caused the crash
and the CABS preliminary
findings were aired in an oper
session.
3 Crashes Killed 126
The North Carolina crash
and another National Airlines
accident over the Gulf of Mex
leo in November killed rs per-
sons.
The crash of a Capital Air
lines Viscount southeast OF
r ic h mond Monday night
claimed another so lives.
Oscar Bake, director of the
CABS Bureau of Safety, re-
turned last night after a pre-:
liminary investigation of the
North Carolina and Virginia
crashes and is to appear before
the Senate group.
He said cause of the National
crash in North Carolina is still
as much of a mystery as the
day it happened" The DC-6B
wreckage has been reassembled
Investigators have recovered 70
per cent of the aircraft.
Mr.. Bake pointed out that
the CAB has never said q bomb
caused the crash, but a report
to the Senate committee said
fragments of metals and other
debris alien to, the airplance
were imbedded in the body of
one victim. indicating an un-
usual explosion.
The body of that man, New
York lawyer Julian A. Frank,
was found about 20 miles from
where the other dead and the
main wreckage of the plane
were found.
Pilots Make Appeal
Gordon Doran, new Hanover
County coroner, said yesterday
that Mr.. Franks wallet, empty
save for identification cards
had been found with the body
The Monroney committee
yesterday heard an appeal from
the Air Line Pilots Association
for new laws for protection
against bomb plots.
Clarence N. Sayen, ALPA
president, outlined proposals
to take away the profit mo-
tive" in bombings and for
authority to search baggsg ge
in suspicious cases.
But Mr.. Sayen and almost a
dozen pilot Officials Of the as
ISOLATION said oomps are not
their gravest concern. His
comments before the subcom-
mittee were a combined criti-
cism of the Federal Aviation
Agency and recommendations
for increased safety measures
particularly in landing and
navigation aids in the immedi-
ate area of airports.
The pilots organization
counted last years commercial
airline toll at 331 dead. In
cluding crews killed on train
ing flights. The training flight
toll was not included in FAA
figures submitted last week.
Legislation Suggested
Mr.. Sayen suggested legisla-
ton to eliminate any possible
source of profit" for those who
would insure themselves or in
tended victims. He also ex-
pressed the hope that news
papers, television and radio
would cease publicizing bomt
scares.
"One scare brings on anoth-
err" he said.
Edward Tape, chairman of