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Six Selassie great-grandchildren reach U.S. in secret flight
Six great-grandchildren of Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie arrive in New York after a covert escape through five nations. They tell the AP their mother died in jail and their father remains imprisoned. Friends of the family plan help as they seek a new life in America.
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New York
Haile Selassie
America
Dejazemach Fere Mariam
Ethiopia
Rachel
Associated Press
David
Sweden
West Germany
England
U.S
Freedom
Virginia
Adams
Samson
Choate School
Connecticut
Ethio
Joey Adams
Cindy
Kennedy Airport