ARMED FORCES: Trouble in the Air

First Lieut. Verne Goodwin, 30, was running a Buick agency at Las Cruces, N. Mex. when he was recalled to active duty as a pilot in the Air Force. A World War II veteran whose wife was expecting a child, he applied almost immediately for a ground job. He said that he had become afraid of flying. The Air Force turned down his request. Last December, when he was ordered to fly to England as copilot of a C124 cargo plane, Goodwin refused to obey. Last week at Biggs Air Force Base, Texas,...

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