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Missionary's letter reaches wife too late
An American missionary held for a $68,000 ransom by Muslim rebels wrote his wife from Manila prison saying he was ok and praying for her. The letter arrived after his wife Maisie Van Vactor died of heart failure in a Manila hospital, following surgery for an intestinal obstruction.
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Kano
Nigeria
London
Chad
Mamari Djime Ngakinar
Malloum
Ngakinar
Moundou
Imam Ibrahim Moussa
N’djamena
Wadal Abdelkader Kamougue
Philippines
UPI
Manila
Maisie van Vactor
Lloyd G. van Vactor
Scranton
S.C
Marawi
Dansalan
United Church of Christ
van Vacter
St. Luke Hopsital