Planes Vanish Yearly Across U S Weighing Missing Aircraft
AP report notes at least 75 U S planes have vanished in seven years with Alaska leading at 13 missing. California and Michigan show multiple searches as wreckage surfaces years later due to mountains and water. Civil Air Patrol coordinates most searches. rapid response improves survivor odds, with drops after three days.
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Los Angeles
D-La
Amelia Earhart
Rep. Hale
United States
Alaska
Boggs
Washington
California
Florida
Michigan
Civil Air Patrol
Frank Burnham
Air Force Rescue and Recovery Service
Scote Air Force Base
Ill
CAP
Air Force
California CAP drills expand search scope for missing planes
Civil Air Patrol pilots in California conduct large scale searches for missing aircraft, assigning seven by seven mile areas and flying at 500 feet. About 200 CAP volunteers, unpaid, use known wreckage charts and three search patterns to locate missing planes, often within hours if a flight plan exists.
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California
CAP
Burnham
Air Force
Bicentennial Event Oct 2 for Methodists
The New York Conference of the United Methodist Church will observe a Bicentennial celebration on Saturday Oct 2 at its Rye NY center with the theme This Nation Under God Justice Harry A Blackman of the U S Supreme Court will speak He is a United Methodist Fairfield county churches are part of the conference The site is the boyhood home of John Jay first chief justice and second president of the American Bible Society
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New York
United Methodist Church
Rye
N.Y
Harry A. Blackman
U.S. Supreme Court
Fairfield County
John Jay
American Bible Society
Conference Saturday For State's Ostomates
The Second Statewide Ostomy Conference will be held Saturday at the Ramada Inn in North Haven. Sponsored by the United Ostomy Association and the Connecticut division of the American Cancer Society, ostomates will hear specialists discuss day long topics.
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Ramada Inn
North Haven
United Ostomy Association
Connecticut ‘Division
American Cancer Society
First American diving bell and Florida treasure search
A 680 pound bronze diving bell with a seat and windows was cast in Havana and used off Florida in 1626 to retrieve treasure from Spanish galleons wrecked near the Florida Keys in a hurricane four years earlier.
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Americas
Havana
National Geographic
Florida
Florida Keys
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TriStar
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Ft. Lauderdale
Tampa
K. Kennedy
la Guardia
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St. Pete
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Delta
American Express
Ostomates
S.A.T
H.S
Academic Development CO
American Speedreading Academy
Lafayette Bank
Telecare
Fairfield
Trumbull
Lafayette Bank & Trust Co
North End
Madison and
Capitol Avenues
Lafayette Plaza
Barnum
Barnum Avenue
Elizabeth Street
Post Road
Main Street
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