The technical part of the report was like a foreign language to me. It is frequently swept by wind and rain driven in cross currents through the Shenandoah mountains that loom on either side. Senator Frank Lundeen & Two FBI Agents, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-24/massey-directors-saw-government-conspiracy-against-company-filing-shows.html, http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2009/09/03/11291/death_of_senator_from_minnesota_still_shrouded_in_mystery, http://www.google.com/search?q=Those+aboard+the+plane+realized+they+were+going&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a#q=Those+aboard+the+plane+realized+they+were+going&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=7a1&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&tbm=nws&prmd=ivnsb&source=lnt&tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:1940,cd_max:1949&sa=X&ei=aBPhTbSFKIrrgQejkOyyBg&ved=0CBMQpwUoCQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=73a5782601ead03&biw=790&bih=476. My maternal grandfather was thrown in, front a moving train. In a follow-up interview with us, Victor further noted: Animosity from government had been present for some time [before the fatal crash]. The account posted above contains several distortions: The screw was in place up to the point the altimeter was disassembled, the suspected it might have been loosened by the fire, but a test was inconclusive: http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR71-03.pdf pg. In early 1968 the UAW withdrew from the AFL-CIO and joined forces with the Teamsters and two smaller unions to form the Alliance for Labor Action (ALA), with a membership totaling over four million. There were several other problems with the construction of this altimeter: According to a Kollsman Instrument report, the same rocking shaft that contained the missing set screw "has the improper pivot on the forward end." The jet engines were immediately stopped by the branches. Fish could still shout. Braden was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on February 22, 1918. As his spawn and wanna-bes . FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover certainly never lost his violent bitter taste, stalking Walter for some forty years, using undercover informants and illegal bugging equipment. The gangling, trumpet-tongued Congressman was on the witness stand in Washington, called there to explain his relations with George Sylvester Viereck, veteran Nazi propaganda agent. This was consistent with the indentation mark near the screw hole, that looked like a mark a left by a high speed drill bit that had drilled in the wrong area, then quickly withdrawn. The right engine ingested wood and. 3) An end stone was missing from the opposite end of the rocking shaft. That afternoon a Pennsylvania CentralAirlines DC-3 transport dived full speed into a field near Lovettsville, Virginia. facts? Does Rep. Pete Stauber know the difference between the agencies he oversees? Fairview Cemetery. . In the process the perennial candidate switched party allegiances to independent, then became a member of the Minnesota Farmer Labor Party, a precursor to the DFL. 25 DEAD IN CRASH OF AIR TRANSPORT; LUNDEEN IS KILLED; IN VIRGINIA STORM Crash Near Mountain in Fog and Rain Startles Village Dwellers BODIES WIDELY SCATTERED Debris Spread Over Hundreds of. The UAW and those in the world who sought social change, lost an incredible, voice for their causes when Walter Reuther was silenced on May 9, 1970. FDR had a strong majority in both houses of congress. It had never had a fatal crack-up in 13 years of operation. No one received material from that flask without going through Dr. Ivins. In fact, the FBI has never officially closed the books on its investigation into the possibility that sabotage might have caused what was then the nations worst aviation disaster. W. M. BURLESON, 57 Lock Lane, Richmond, Va. Theme by AcademiaThemes, Formation of the Lovettsville Historical Society, Lovettsville Historic District Listed On the National Register of Historic Places, The History of Lovettsvilles Oktoberfest Celebration, History of the Potomac River Crossing at Berlin/Brunswick, Street Names of Lovettsville and Their Meanings, African-American Methodist Episcopal Church, Lovettsville, Virginia, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, Virginia, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church from WPA Historical Inventory Project, 1938, Providence Primitive Baptist Church (former site of Old Presbyterian Church), Lovettsville, Virginia, Reformed Church (now St. James United Church of Christ), Lovettsville, Virginia, St. James Reformed Church from WPA Historical Inventory Project, 1938, Brown Funeral Home, Lovettsville, Virginia, Freedom Masonic Lodge No. Both men were, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. The Rev. In view of that agency's track record, "case closed" could mean, "case open". Ernest Lundeen Memorial. For this he earned the wrath of powerful corporate and political interests. Lundeen's husband, who had been tragically killed in a plane crash near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia two years earlier, was reportedly under investigation by the FBI at the time of his death. Lundeen was a senator from Minnesota and was a Farmer-Labor. Lundeen was not a part of the efforts to commit violence. Why were the newspapers so unwilling to give it to them? Some were due to aircraft failures, but most by pilot inexperience. The crash that aviation officials deemed a " senseless accident " occurred when a helicopter flew too close to inspect the landing gear of the plane carrying Heinz. Why did the other, newspapers remain silent about the possibility that Walter Reuther was, Walter Reuther had made many enemies in both the political arena and in the, world of business through his negotiations for the UAW, and his social, agenda. 3) Parenti, Michael and Peggy Norton. In the former case why were the only parts you posted from the article. (WTC 7 collapse comes to mind as a similar official determinationunprecedented event). 14 March 2000. http://pages.prodigy.net/kpmcclave/RFKbio.htm. Investigators said after that, the pilots were only passengers aboard the plane. (In this context, it might be noted that in January 1970, only three months before the fatal plane crash, the Nixon White House requested Reuther's FBI file The call came from Egil Krogh, a Nixon staff member who was later arrested as a Watergate burglar. It was pointed out to Victor Reuther that no mafia figures had offered valid information on the plane crash. A. HOLLOWAY, interstate commerce commission, Washington. One can imagine that this was not well received by the Nixon White House. On the evening of May 9, 1970, Reuther, along with his wife. From what little was left of the plane it was hard to tell what had happened. Inspection revealed charred aluminum in the brass screw threads. Ella was born on May 14 1860, in Judson Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 6) Kennedy, John F. American Presidents. programs that he advocated for the poor did not endear him to his enemies. The Kollsman report stated: "One of the pivots which supports the rear of the rocking shaft was incorrect in that it is intended for a ring stone application only. You check if what the tower just gave you is correct. NAS holds out the possibility the anthrax producer may have gotten it from somewhere else, that it was possible to get similar genetic results from other means (that is, suggesting thats not the only way to have produced the samples found in the letter). See our full republication guidelines for more information. He was labeled a radical, black civil rights activist with ties to the Nation of Islam. The mechanism construction isolated the unit to one of three major types, each of which had numerous variations, none of which were TSO certified. Had an untraceable altimeter been substituted for the original? Theme by AcademiaThemes, Formation of the Lovettsville Historical Society, Lovettsville Historic District Listed On the National Register of Historic Places, The History of Lovettsvilles Oktoberfest Celebration, History of the Potomac River Crossing at Berlin/Brunswick, Street Names of Lovettsville and Their Meanings, African-American Methodist Episcopal Church, Lovettsville, Virginia, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, Virginia, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church from WPA Historical Inventory Project, 1938, Providence Primitive Baptist Church (former site of Old Presbyterian Church), Lovettsville, Virginia, Reformed Church (now St. James United Church of Christ), Lovettsville, Virginia, St. James Reformed Church from WPA Historical Inventory Project, 1938, Brown Funeral Home, Lovettsville, Virginia, Freedom Masonic Lodge No. Who knows what evidence may have been found to either support or. Jonas was born in 1856. (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan's exports of integrated circuit chips rose in 2022 for a seventh consecutive year, further solidifying the economy's leadership status in a global semiconductor industry . One can also assume that this was not well received by any of the, corporations providing material for the American war machine. The $50,000 was obviously an attempt to silence us", In 1960 NIXON called Walter Reuther "a labor leader-turned- radical politician." A drawing of this shaft and its jeweled bearings pointed out several areas of "possible interference" with the altimeter's accuracy as a result of these mismatches. Pip mentions that there was absolutely no sign of trouble reported at the. J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI would plague Walter Reuther for almost forty, years. The senator would not say why. Many of us believe that our media is, the last bastion of truth and freedom. TOM, YES I agree with your ideas presented in your post and add this in context. en route to the unions recreational and educational facility at Black Lake. to spur local or national attention nor any debate in the other newspapers? He described AID and AIFLD as CIA conduits. . I found 31 articles on the, subject of Walter Reuthers death. In 1948 Braden married the former Joan Ridley, whom he met when she was on Nelson Rockefeller's staff. Because he had once denied knowing Agent Viereck, Hill himself was tried for perjury a few weeks ago, had been sentenced to two-to-six years in jail. What I found were newspapers that were very selective about what, version of truth they wished to reveal to the public. I decided to focus my research on May 9, 1970 (the day of Reuthers death), through the end of that month. The FAA/NTSB found "no indication of sabotage." Nixon's invasion of Cambodia and the killing of four students at Kent State University prompted Reuther-the day before his death-to send a telegram to the White House condemning the war, the invasion, and "the bankruptcy of our policy of force and violence in Vietnam?' He notes that witnesses saw the planes, bright landing lights wink on as it approached the field. suffered the loss of part of his right eye and parts of his jaw. I wanted to know more about him and, this paper gave me the opportunity to do just that. THE DEAD Roll with it, David, instead of trying to endorse the "serious" people. 2. 118, AF & AM, Lovettsville, Virginia, Hammonds Blacksmith Shop, Lovettsville, Virginia. U.S. Sen. Ernest P. Lundeen died 69 years ago this week in a crash that remains shrouded in mystery. Photographs of the set screw revealed normal threading. Arthur Nelson, who won a special election to fill the remaining two months of Lundeens term, filled the seat until Ball took office again as a freshman on Jan. 3, 1943, Even though Ball opposed President Franklin Roosevelts New Deal, unlike Lundeen, he supported FDRs foreign policy, voting for the Lend Lease program as a way of helping Great Britain serve as a barrier between us and whatever designs Hitler and his allies may have on this continent.. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the newly appointed House Oversight and Accountability Committee chairman, on Sunday sidestepped multiple questions about why the panel won't investigate former President Trump over his handling of classified documents, despite plans to probe President Biden for similar offenses. One of the pilots radioed that, they had the airport in sight. Both incidents are amazingly similar; the altimeter in the fatal crash was believed to have malfunctioned. Cloud Times: How a U.S. Lundeen's candidacy had as much or more to do with clearing her husband's name than in actually winning his Senate seat. Lundeen's candidacy had as much or more to do with clearing her husband's name than in actually winning his Senate seat. and other parties may have been involved in Walter Reuthers death? Some may have felt that he had become too powerful and had to be, stopped! An even bigger problem is the complete lack of attention on what happened to the anthrax after it came from Ivins flask, if it did. was a sham. Both pilots and three other passengers, including the Senator's first wife, were killed in the crash. When the United States entered the war, he served in the OSS. So the poor are defined as "the poverty problem." The report seemed to focus on the, altimeter found in the wreckage. When US Attorney Jeff Taylor announced FBI was closing the investigation in February 2010, he gave the following 7 pieces of evidence that Ivins was the culprit. The communist label was used in attempts to smear and delegitimate Reuther. Although funding non-communist labor unions was a common practice, had Walter Reuther misappropriated any of these funds, the CIA would have been able to get a handle on him. 1) Dewey, James. With Walter Reuther dead, AFL-CIO President George Meany's hawkish views on the Vietnam war went unopposed. And we could see what had happened as soon as we got on top of the hill. Former Minnesota senator Ernest Lundeen's story of suspected sedition is back in the headlines thanks to a. My interest in Walter, Reuther arose in part from my experiences as a member of the United Auto, Workers. The last time that a former US Senator was killed in a plane crash was in April 1991 when former Texas Senator John Tower was one of the 23 passengers and crew members killed in the crash of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines Embraer Brasilia near . The next evening after Victor had given, the dog to family friends, he was shot in the head while in his home. In 1958, at a GOP fundraiser, Senator Barry Goldwater declared that "Walter Reuther and the UAW-CIO are a more dangerous menace than . His remains were spread about the area of impact. that it is basically the same environment that allowed the deaths of JFK, Malcolm X, RFK and MLK. The proper hole was located, and the threads were drilled out. Senate probe The Kollsman Report speculated that the damaged threads, and loose screw, might have been caused by heat damage: "Examination of a similar rocking shaft exposed to 1100 degrees Fahrenheit, believed to be higher than that which the subject instrument was exposed to, showed that with a thread which is unabused, and with a properly tightened screw: a) the screw did not come out due to high temperature exposure: letter b= there is an aluminum deposit on the brass screw threads under load: c) the thread in the shaft tapped hole, Photo 39, is not damaged to the extent shown on Photos 24, 25, 26 and 27.". But Rogges continued warnings of the fascist threat to the United States had an impact. Any part that comes into contact with the altitude capsule itself is critical. Rhodes said, because a note dropped by the stewardess, Margaret Carson of Pittsburgh, was found on a farm three miles from the spot where the plane went down.Rhodes said the note asked that whoever found it notify the Pitts burgh office. Odd that if the NTSB based their findings on the reports by Barfield and Kollsman Instruments that not only is there no independent confirmation of their existence but the safety boards report made no mention of the them or the first company and the second was only mentioned in passing. The fact it was a war surplus altimeter is strange. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Creative Commons license. Eric Ostermeier, curator of the Minnesota Historical Election Archives, said Lundeen would have given that pro-Nazi Labor Day speech found among the wreckage of the plane crash with a lot of flair and what not.. Both papers had many details about his life and the plane crash that killed. The effects of the problem are taken as the problem itself. 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