Evening star., 1961-02-15
BY the Associated Press

Howard r. Lille Of Corning.
N. Y, manager of the research
and development division of
Corning Glass Works, was
among those killed in the plane
crash near Brussels today.
Mr.. Lille, SO, was en- route
to Brussels for a meeting of
the Executive Committee OF the
international Commission on
Glass. He was president of the
commission.
A renowned scientist, he held
major patents and was the ALL
thor Of many technical articles.
He was a past president and
fellow of the American Ceram-
les Society. He had been with
Corning Glass since 1927.
Mr.. Lille had planned to
visit his daughter Alice. a STU
dent at the University Of Pisa
in Italy.
The Brussels plane crash
struck a heavy blow at Boston
skating ranks. At least six
skaters from the Boston area
were aboard.
In addition to l6-year old
Laurence Owen of Winchester,
who last Sunday won the wom-
ems Singles Title in the North
American competition at Phila-
delphia; her sister Maribel, 20,
and their mother, Mrs. Maribel
Vinson Owen. their coach and
mine times United States cham
pion. the group included:
Dudley S. Richards. 90, Of
Boston. team captain for the
Prague meeting; Bradley Lord,
21, Of Swampscott, and Gregory
Kelley, Is, Of Newton. Mr.. |
Kelley was accompanied by his
sister. Natalie. The Kelleys
were the children Of DR.. Vim
cent Kelley.
Doug Ramsay, 16-year-old
Detroit figure skating cham
pion. and his coach. C. William |
Swallender, originally weren't
scheduled to be on the plane.
Only the first three win
ners in the American Senior
Mems Competition at Colorado
Springs, Colo, were to compete |
in the World Championships
at Prague. Doug was fourth.
But the third-place winner,
Tom Brown Of Los Angeles, |
couldn't go and the United |
States Figure Skating AsSocia-
ton told Ramsay, youngest of
the competitors at Colorado
Springs. that he would make
the trip.
1T is wonderful" Ramsay
had said when told of the as
sociation's action. 1T is the
biggest thrill of my life"
1T is a fine break for Doug's
career said Mr.. Swallender,
So. RamSay's coach since he
first started skating nine years
ago. Mr.. Swallender lived in
suburban Southfield.
Ramsay. a high school junior,
had to get special permission
to take time off from school to
make the trip. He promised to
make up the work next sum-
mer.
Ramsay last year won the
National Junior Champion
ships at Seattle and the Mid
west Senior Mems Title at Min
neapolis.
Mr.. Swallender previously
coached Ginny Baxter, a De-
troit girl who took fifth in the
1852 Winter Olympics at Oslo,
and third, the same year, in the
World Championships at Paris.
Other Swallender pupils
were Billy Kipp, a Los Angeles
professional: Walter Sahlin,
skating coach at the University
of Denver; Don Pacoby of the
Ice Follies; Newbold Blyack w,
United States Figure Skating
Association official, and Mar
gle Jurmo and Yvonne Drum
mond, two promising figure
skaters.
Mr.. Swallender leaves his
wife. Genevieve. and two sons.
Ramsay leaves two sisters
and a brother. in addition to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Ramsay, jr., who are natives
Iof Canada and were skaters
themselves when they were
younger.
Larry Pierce, "a, OF Indi-
annapolis had been skating
since the age of 8.
Marilyn Meeker of Indian
apolis, his skating partner
since 1856, had planned to ac-
company him on the United
States teams trip but was
forced off the ice by a broken
ankle