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Show DESERET NEWS. Friday, 2 November 13, 1970 Fliers, Die C7 . In Lake Crash OGDEN Two Utah men killed Thursday when their light plane crashed into shallow water of the Great Salt Lake a few minutes after taking off at the Ogden Air- J. B. Christensen, 1581-- 1th St., Ogden, an employe of Union Pacific Railroad, witnessed the crash. He said the plane came in at an angle and bcunced In the water and mud flats. There appeared to be no effort to change coarse, he said. were port. The two-secraft went down about nine mileg north of the airport, not far from Little Mountain where the lake waters are only six Inches deep. Cause of the crash Green body was thrown about 50 feet from the demolished aircraft. Workman was still strapped in his wells s not known. Killed were Jerome Green-wel- l, 41. Layton, the pilot, and Lynn Charles Workman, 21, h St., Ogden. Officials at Hill Air Force Base were lhformed by phone that a plane was down just after noon and this was confirmed by the pilot of an Air Force cargo plane who circled the crash site. A helicopter was dispatched from Hill AFB and reached the downed aircraft about 1:15 p.m. the bodies were removed and taken back to the W seat. Both men were apparently killed instantly, Tiie plane had been rented by Greenwell, an experienced 631-28t- pilot, from Key Aviation in Ogden about 11:30 a.m. and was to have been returned In an hour. bee, Chief Deputy Weber County Sheriff W. F. Fetler and Capt. Wayne King were at the scene when the bodies were taken from the Wrecked plane. Autopsies will be conducted today at University Hospital on the two victims. Officials Want to know if the pilot suffered a heart attack or if some other physical disability might have caused the crash. An Inspection team from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was scheduled tO visit the crash site today before the wreckage is Hospital, Dixie Finances Aired U. The Budget-AudLegislative Committee Thursday afternoon reviewed financial problems at the University of Utah Hospital and at Dixie College. it ' Leo Memmott, legislative analyst, told the committee that $883,000 had been advanced to the U, of U. Hospital last year, and after this was repaid, as of June 30, another $630,000 was 1970, advanced. In addition, a depreciation fund for the hospital had been Used to meet .a deficit in accounts receivable,' Memmott said. He described these transactions eg of dubious legality. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton now has spent $25,000 from his emergency fund to pay for an independent audit of U. of U. Hospital accounts to be made under State Auditor Sherman J. Preeces direction, Mem- mott reported. Dr. G. Homer tate commissioner Durham, of higher education, told the committee that his board had not been l . consulted or Informed of the advances made to the U. of U. i Hospital. He said the audit- ing staff at the U. of U. hat responsibility for coping with the problem. ; The probbm at Dixie it was explained, is that during a changeover to computer accounting, bank balances have not been reconciled for many months. Col-leg- e, Sen. W. Hughes Brockbank, Lake, committee chairman, emphasized that there is no evidence of dishonesty at Dixie, but the situation there is such as to "invite dishonesty. lt - Brockbank emphasized that a true picture ct finances at both schools is essential before the Legislature can act wisely upon proposed approDixie has been priations. granted deficit appropriations for the last four years, he i , said. , IT ' 3! 7 ii& gsny vs. itungztsfy &J1S& (USSR) GR) dsrs (Ksffimja ham mi: rjgil) a cpit-Kjjn- y vfi l ( (SELtdh OiHT-- llttill33Ti Cjfjl ups (Ml (Hum sP ess ffiEGX-- 0 I t mm. ZK 0 (HtUa |
