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Families of Fliers Missing Over Cuba Seek U.S. Support
In Charleston and beyond, Beatrice Thompson and Joyce Swanner press Sen. Smathers Sen. Byrd and Rep. McIntyre for help after their husbands Robert Thompson and Robert Swanner disappeared on a secret December 1961 leaflet dropping mission over Cuba. Reports say their plane was shot down. survivors await official confirmation for insurance and Social Security benefits.
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Charleston
W.va
U.S
Cuba
Robert Thompson
Robert Swanner
Miami
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Shirley Sykes
Double Check Corp
Double Check
Thompson
Beatrice Thompson
Joyce Swanner
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Robert C. Byrd
D- W.va
Clifford G. McIntyre
Maine
Washington
Melbourne
Blanche Debolt
Lawrence Paradis
Presque Isle
Paradis
FBI
Border Patrol
Coast Guard
White House
Andrew Hatcher
Charleston Daily Mail
Chet Hawes
Hawes