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Las Vegas Age
Las Vegas, Clark County, Lincoln County, Nevada
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A rescue plane piloted by Joe Crosson arrived in Teller, Alaska, from Fairbanks to search for missing Arctic explorer Lt. Ben Eielson and mechanic Earl Borland, who have been lost for 18 days. Crosson planned to fly to Siberia. Meanwhile, Soviet pilots cancelled their search plans.
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NOME, Alaska, Nov. 29 (UP) - A plane fully equipped for a flight to Siberia to search for Lieut. Ben Eielson, well-known flying explorer in the Arctic who has been missing eighteen days, arrived at Teller tonight from Fairbanks.
The plane, piloted by Joe Crosson of Alaska Airways, Inc., which had secured Eielson as its vice president, completed a non-stop flight from Fairbanks here. Fifteen minutes later Crosson departed, anxious to rescue his associate.
Flying conditions at Teller were good and Crosson hoped to leave Saturday for Siberia.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 29 (UP) - A message received by Territorial Governor George A. Parks today said that pilots of two Soviet planes who had intended to search for Eielson, noted aviator, and Earl Borland, his mechanic, missing 13 days, tentatively have cancelled their plans. There was no reason given for the action.
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Teller, Alaska
Event Date
Nov. 29
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eielson and borland missing 18 days; soviet search cancelled
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Rescue plane equipped for Siberia flight arrived at Teller from Fairbanks, piloted by Joe Crosson to search for missing Lt. Ben Eielson and mechanic Earl Borland. Crosson departed shortly after arrival and hoped to leave for Siberia Saturday. Soviet pilots cancelled their planned search.