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Pieces of one or more of four hydrogen bombs aboard an Air Force B52 that crashed Sunday off Greenland have been found, the Pentagon But “it still has not determin ed whether parts of the plane or of the four nuclear weapons car ried on the plane went into or through the ice,’’ the Defense Department said. Left unanswered was whether the bombs are imbedded in the ice or are on the surface. This was the first official con formation of reports that the number of nuclear bombs aboard the plane totaled four. The announcement did not Imake clear precisely where the parts of the hydrogen bombs were found, but indications were that this was on the thick ice cover over North Star Bay where the plane went down. The Pentagon said earlier search teams using dog sleds and helicopters found scat tered debris and fuel burns near 'the impact site about seven miles southwest of Thule, Greenland. It said scientists had detected what is described as low-level alpha In revealing that “pieces of were identified among the debris,” the Defense Depart ment statement did not say whether significant amounts of the bombs were located. Nor was it clear whether just one bomb or more were involved in ? But in response to questions, a spokesman said the pieces were indeed part of one or more of the bomb assemblies. The Pentagon has refused to discuss the size of the bombs, hut sources indicate they were the equivalent explosive force of 1.1 million tons of TNT.. Teams now on the scene are working to set up facilities to provide some shelter against the minus 25 degree tem peratures which can freeze exposed flesh in two minutes. A wooden helicopter pad has been built, and a prefabricated building was assembled on the scene by pouring water over the joints and then letting the water freeze them together. The Pentagon said search (See BOMBS on Page 2) conditions were so bad the teams canceled search effort! The six survivors of the oition. One of them. Cant returned to the Andrews Air Hopkins suffered a broken arm and minor frost bite. The five other crewmen who Plane went down are still at