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Lake Tahoe Air Tragedies Claim 13 Lives in Week
California crash toll climbs to 13 in a week as light aircraft failures near Lake Tahoe kill more. El Dorado County officers recovered three Selma residents from a Cessna 177 wreck eight miles southwest of the lake. Six die in a Beechcraft loss at South Lake Tahoe airport and four others perished near Minden after takeoff from Tahoe Truckee. Victims include Mildred Jorgensen, 26, and Doug Wiesser, 31, from the Champion plane, plus Dr Didio and family in San Diego. Virginia Borg, 34, of Burbank, and others from Los Angeles and Beverly Hills are named among the dead.
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South Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe
Tahoe Basin
South Shore
el Dorado County
Selma
Here
Minden
Nev
Tahoe Truckee
Douglas P. Champion
Civil Air Patrol
Champion
Mildred Jorgensen
Doug Wiesser
Joseph Michael Didio
San Diego
Darlene
Sherryl
Ann
Dianne
Joseph Jr
Michele Marie
Didie
Thousand Oaks
Virginia Borg
Burbank
Douglas County
Arthur L. Seitzman
Edward Philip Pinter
Beverly Hills
Ronald L. Terboric
Los Angeles