LIST OF PASSENGERS RE PASSENGERS ABOARD PLANE THAT CRASHED AFTER TAKEOFF FROM TAICHUNG

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• Publication Date: June 21, 1964

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The following is an, unofficial list of passengers aboard
the tv-engine C-46 plane of the Civil Air Transport that
crashed in flame shortly after takeoff from Taichung for Tai-
pei at 5:30 p.m. yesterday. Four other passengers whose names
were not immediately available are not included in this , list
of 53 persons.
S. Wright !Mrs. A. Beach
Unto Loke Wan Tho ,). Spear
Mrs. Loke Wan Tho McAlroy
}Lary Chow Mrs. McAlroy
Ali-s. Harry OWN Mrs. N. Lehmon
Chin Chin .chiu Miss N. Lehmon
William C.K. Hu H. Panpal,
lisia- Wei -tang ' . is. Panpal
Paul Wang Chi-p Miss K. Seelman
Peter F. Long P. Cody
Wu Shac-sui Z. Deandela
Shih Chun-ling F. Tom
York Pang Mrs. F. Toni
Shu Cheng-ping - Miss H. Lee
Chow Yu-ling I) Downs '
,Chow C;., n-Chin
Hsieh Chin-chuan Best
Chiang lc iing Bengee Lin, pilot SCehe 0 "2(rilw- 1
Feng Pai ,-,, ong Kung Mu-shuen, co-pilot
Yen Yen-yuan Chang Yung-kung, steward
Chien Chih-ching Chen Ching-ching, stewardess ,
Chen Hsueh-shila 11..Y. Choi, stewardess ,14
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Lee Yung-fen 6 �
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J. Davidson
Tseng Chiang -, J To Iti 6 I/ ' j------ 57/la/A -
Wang Cheng-yi
Liu Hung-cheng
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FolloWing is the official list of American civilians killed
Saturday in the crash of the Civil Air Transport plane short-
ly after takeoff from Taichung, Central Taiwan.
1. John Davidson, Bellevue, Wash., a representative of
Seaboard World Service.,
2. Bertis Downs, Clifton Force, Va., missionary,
3. Miss Helen Lee, New York City, student.
4. Miss Lucia Lhamon, Sarasota, Fla., American Embassy
secretary.
5. Mrs. R. M. Lhamon, mother.
6. Jack Schwaninger, Hialeah, Fla., Federal Aviation A-
gency official stationed in Tokyo.
Following is an unofficial list of American military per-
sonnel and dependents as well as of other American civilians
listed as victims unofficially: '
7.-8. Raymond F. and Mrs. Lila V. McElroy, navy, Pen-
sacola, Fla.
9.-10. Henry F. and Margaret Antalo, navy, Rochester,
N.Y. -
11.-12. Lt. and Mrs. Antionette P. Beach, Ellision, Ky.,
daughter of Mrs. Cecilia R. Beach, Seattle, Wash.
13. John E. Danell, army, Milldevillage, N.Y.
14. Lt. B. Best, (288 1/2 West Ave.) Los Angeles.
15. John B. Spear, no address.
16. Miss K. Seelman, (19 Parkside Court) Utica, N.Y.
17. Patrick Cody, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cody of
the Naval Auxiliary Communications Center, Taipei.
18. 19. Mr. and Mrs. F. Tom, (904 Filbert St.) San Fran-
cisco, Calif.
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All 53 Aboard Nationalist
China Plane Are Lost
Sy United Press International
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 20�A
twin-engine passenger plane
carrying 53 persons, including
at least lb Americans, crashed
tonight shortly after taking off
from Taichung, in central Tai-
Wan. No survivors were found.
Eyewitnesses at the Scene,
190 miles south of Taipei, said
'12 bodies had been recovered
from the wreckage of the Civil
Air Transport Line plane.
While official sources said at
least 19 Americans were among
the 48 passengers aboard the
Chinese Nationalist craft, unof-
ficial sources said there were
21 Americans among a group
of tourists who had visited the
Pescadores Islands in the For-
mosa Strait.
The Americans reportedly in-
secretary in the United States
Embassy in Taipei, and her
mother. Their home town was
not immediately available.
[United States officials
reported, according to The
Asssociated Press, that the
Americans aboard included 8
servicemen and four de-
pendents.]
Chennault Founded Line
Reports said the fully loaded
aircraft, which had a crew of
five, crashed at Fengyuan, 10
miles north of Taichung, five to
10 minutes after it had taken
off from Taichung. At least one
engine appeared to explode,
they said.
The airline which was found-
ed by the late Gen. Claire Chen-
nault, leader of the Flying
Tigers in World War II, sent in-
vestigation teams to the scene.
In a statement issued this eve-
ning, the line said:
C.A.T. aircraft returning
from Taichung, flight No. 106,
crashed approximately 20 miles
north of Kungkuan Airport,
Taichung, today.
"The wreckage has been
sighted and rescue and investi-
gation teams weite en route to
the scene of the accident.
Korean Stewardess Aboard
"Early reports were unable to
confirm any information on sur-
vivors. The passenger list will
be released as soon as confirma-
tion can be made."
The pilot was listed as Ben-
gee H. Lin, 37 years old� who
joined the Civil Air Transport
in 1950.
Bonnie He Yung Cho, the air,
line's first Korean stewardess;
also was aboard.
The delegates to the Asian
Film Festival had been on a
tour of Central Formosa end
were on their way back th
Taipei. s
Among the film delegates on
the plane were Mr. and Mrs
Dato Loke Wan Thu. He was_
president of the Cathay Organ-
ization, which owns a motion
picture firm and general�invest-
ment company in Hong Kong.
He also was president of Malay-
sia Airways.
Other passengers were listed
as H. L. Chow, a film producer,
and his wife, and C. K. Kung,
chairman of the Movie Pro-
ducers Association of Hong
Kong.
KOREAN SEARCHERS
FOR PEACE BAFFLE!)
Special to Tne New York Times
SEOUL, South Korea, June 20
�Little headway is being made
in negotiations between the rul-
ing Democratic Republican
party and the Opposition to
retreat from the present con-
city by the Martial Law Corn-
trol of the City by the Martial
Law Command.
Martial law was proclaimed
in Seoul on June 3. Sporadic
demonstrations by student
groups against discussions to
normalize trade relations with
Japan, which had been going on
since March, suddenly boiled up
into violence. Students demand-
ed that the regime of President
Chung Hee Park resign.
The declaration of martial law
did not quiet the students. In-
stead there was more violence
in the capital and similar dem-
onstrations in the provincial
cities. The regime responded by
closing all schools throughout
the country. Elementary schools
have reopened, but all colleges
are still closed.
� A committee of 24 members
of the National Assembly, 12
Democratic Republicans and six
each from the principal opposi-
tion parties, began last Tuesday
to seek a way to restore normal
conditions.
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(Reuters)�The 7,255 ton Pana-
manian freighter Union At-
lantic was reported sinking in
the Bay of Bengal tinight.
An 5-0-S message picked up
from the stricken vessel said
the crew was taking to the
was 150 miles away when the
first S-O-S was flashed.
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21 Americans among a grouping the line said:
of tourists who had visited the "A C.A.T. aircraft returning
Pescadores Islands in the For- rom Taichung, flight No. 106
mom Strait. sashed approximately 20 mile
r rth of Kungkuan Airport
The Ameticans_reportedly in-
aichung, today..
"The wreckage has beet
sighted and rescue and investi
gation teams were en route tc
the scene of the accident.
"Early reports were unable tc
confirm any information on sur-
vivors. The passenger list will
be released as soon as confirma.
tion can be made.
The pilot was listed as Ben.
gee H. Lin, 37 year old, whc
joined the Civil Air Transport
in 1950.
Korean Stewardess Aboard
Bonnie He Yung Cho, the air-
line's first Korean stewardess,
also was aboard.
The delegates to the Asian
Film Festival had been on a
tour of Central Formosa end
were on their way back to
Taipei.
Among the film delegates on
the plane were Mr. and Mrs.
Dato Loke Wan Tho. He was
president of the Cathay Organ-
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TAIPEI, Formosa,
A Nationalist Chinese air-
liner with 53 people aboard�
including at least 19 and pos-
sibly 21 Americans�crashed
In flames last night soon:
after taking off from Tai-
chung in central Formosa.
� Latest reports indicated there
� were no survivors.
Eyewitnesses at the crash
scene, 100 miles south of
-here, said 12 bodies were re-
covered from the plane's
� smoldering wreckage in the
first hours of rescue opera-
tions.
Official American sources
:in Taipei said the Americans
on the plane, a C-46 Civil
Air Transport (CAT), in-
cluded eight service men and
' four dependents. Miss Lucia
Lehman, a secretary of the
. U. S. Embassy here, and her
mother also were listed as
' passengers.
� The informants said bodies
of the Americans were being
. returned to Taipei.
, Unofficial sources said the
Americans were in a group of
tourists returning from a visit
to the Pescadores Islands in
Formosa Strait.
Several delegates to the
'just-concluded 11th Asian
film festival in Formosa also
were aboard the plane. The
delegates reportedly included
a.group of eight Malaysians,
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-among them Mr. and Mrs.
Date Wan 'rho. Mr. Loke Wan
Tim was president of Malay-
sia Airways and head of the
Cathay Organization, which
owns a movie theater firm
and general investment com-
pany in Singapore.
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EARLY qOPES
First reports said one of the
Malaysians had survived the
crash but was seriously in-
jured. But a CAT statement
issued last night said:
"Early reports were unable
to confirm any information
on survivors. The passenger
list will be released as soon
as confirmation can be made."'
The C-46, with 48 pes-
sengers and five crew mem-
bers, was said to have crashed
near Shenkan (Divine Hill)
village five to 10 minutes after
leaving Taichung on the final
leg of a flight from the Pes-
cadores to Taipei.
Witnesses said, at least one
engine appeared to explode
just before the crash or im-
mediately afterward.
The airline announced that
the crew consisted of four
Shinese and its first Korean
stewardess, Bonie He Yung
Cho. -
CAT was founded by the
late Gen. Claire L. Chennault, �
who won World War II fame
as commander of the Flying
Tigers in China.
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