Friday, October 21, 1977
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Plane wreck kills rock musicians
McCOMB, Miss. (AP)-A twin-engine airplane carrying 26 persons, including members of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, crashed in a swampy area last night, killing three performers and three other persons, medical authorities said.
University Daily Kansan
An official of the Southwest Mississippi Medical Center said 20 persons were injured, some critically, when the plane went down after experiencing fuel troubles.
The spokesman said the dead included Lynnyrd Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt, guitarist, Steve Gaines and his sister, vocalist Cassie Gaines.
ALSO KILLED were pilot Walter Wiley McCreary and co-plot William John Green (and the unidentified pilot)
Authorities said six members of the band authorized two hurt crutches and four stable beds.
assistant road manager for the band, officials said.
Authorities said identification of the dead had been hampered because some passengers had been playing poker and had been unaccounted for in identification papers out when the plane crashed.
Renan Richmond, assistant administrator of the medical center, said, "We have people in here with broken arms, legs, head lacerations—some of them are pretty bad."
AUTHORITIES SAID it appeared that the Convair 249 Riding from Greenville, S.C., to New York, was on track.
after running low on fuel, but struck tree
in which it was rubbed in a wooded area near
Mississippi State University.
A spokesman for the McComb flight service said he understood the Federal Aviation Administration had instructed the plane to land at the McComb airport—about eight miles northwest of the crash site—after it reported running low on fuel.
Witnesses said the plane cut a 100-yard swat out of tree tops, then crushed, the nose twisted to the left and the fuselage pointing into the air.
Lynyd Skyndy, a group of 10, was reported to be heading for a concert Friday night at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Pan Am cuts Orient flight rates
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Pan American World Airlines announced yesterday plans to cut in half the cost of flying to the Orient, saying its proposed budget fares could open the Pacific to tourists as well as business travelers on expense accounts.
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TODAY: KANAS SAVINGS AND LOAN LEAGUE Institute will meet all day in the Union's Big Eight Room, UNIVERSITY RELATIONS "Meet the Public in Print" seminar will begin at 8 a.m. in the Union's Governor's and Council rooms.
TONIGHT: CREATIVE FANTASY CLUB will meet at 7 in the Union's Jayhawk Room. KUF DANCE CLUB will meet at 7:30 in Barela, pianist, will present a FACULTY RECITAL at 8 in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. ST LAWRENCE CENTER POLKA will be at 8 in the Union Ballroom. FIREWORKS BALL will be at 8 in the Union's Hast's Nest.
TOMORROW: Lawrence CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Congressional Breakfast with Rep. Larry Wim, R-Overland Park, will be held at 8:15 a.m. in the union's Big Eight Library of the University of Chicago HISTORY will sponsor a workshop on "Bird Migration and Banding," which will begin at 9 a.m. on West Campus. The MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY will sponsor a workshop, giving gifts for the Birds," for to 7 years old at 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Doyle Hall.
**SUNDAY:** Lawrence **FOLKLORE**
SOCIETY will meet at 2 p.m. at 700 Indiana
Street, Chicago, IL. *Albert Gerken will present a*
*CARILON RECITAL at 3 p.m. in the*
*Campanile. CHAMBER THEOR will sing at*
*3 p.m. at the University Theatre, Murpah*
*Hall.*
Announcements
HOPE Award voting will conclude today. Seniors may vote in the Union lobby, the information booth across from Flint Hall and Wescoe Hall cafeteria.
The Pacific budget prices, which Pan Am hopes to introduce next year, are patterned after those just put into effect between New York and London.
They would permit one-way, reserved-seat travel to Tokyo on scheduled flights for $199 from Hawaii, $299 from the West Coast or $349 from New York. Economy class or Tokyo now casts $403 from Hawaii, $502 from the West Coast and $681 from New York.
Pan Am said it would put budget tickets to the Orient on sale immediately, subject to approval by U.S. and foreign governments, even though its first flights using the new fare plan are not scheduled before Jan. 15, 1978.
offered on flights New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle with Bangkok, Guam, Hong Kong, Auckland, Hawaii, Osaka, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo.
The airline said the new fares will be
Like their Atlantic counterpart, the Pacific budget fares require a traveler to buy his ticket at least 21 days in advance and then depart on a departure. The airline then would assign the passenger to a flight with empty seats, or he would leave of departure at least a week in advance.
Dan Collisy, a Pan Am vice president, said the budget fare is designed primarily for vacationers who can be flexible about the time they travel, in contrast to business travelers who now predominate on Pacific flights.
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A HOSPITAL spokesman said six surviving band members had been admitted. They were identified as Gary Rossing, guitarist; Allen Collins, guitarist; Billy McGee, drummer; William Wilkerson, bassist; Artemas Pyle, drummer, and Les Hawkins, backinger
Everett Fairly, an air traffic controller at the McBomb airport, said, "We were told by the Houston, Tex., flight center that the plane was having fuel trouble or was running low on fuel and that they had turned them around to land at McBomb. I tried to call them, but we couldn't raise them and reported it had lost radar and radio contact."
Fairly said a jet was landing at McComb at the time and he asked the pilot of the jet to the area where the small plane was last reported. The jet pilot reported picking up a strong signal from the emergency locater on the plane, Fairly said.
"But it was very dark and the pilot said he could see nothing from the air," Fairly said. Witnesses said the plane did not catch fire.
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