Madeira crash leaves 17 missing after Swiss jetliner sinks
Rescuers search Atlantic waters for 17 missing as 19 die and two survive from the Christmas trip chartered Caravelle jet from Zurich and Geneva bound for Santa Catarina Airport off Porto Novo Madeira. Swiss investigators head to the island amid no clear crash cause. Survivors describe long hours in icy sea and rescue by fishing boat and larger vessel.
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Funchal
Madeira
Atlantic
Zurich
Geneva
Santa Caterina
Porto Novo
Yolande Thi¢rrin
Maria Luciana Oliveira Pult
Cyprus masses demand death for kidnappers in Nicosia rally
About 50,000 Cypriots filled Freedom Square to back President Spyros Kyprianou after his son Achilleas was released by suspected EOKA B kidnappers. Kyprianou forgave the captors, saying repentant ones may stay among the people while non repentant face punishment. The demonstration foreshadowed post coup tensions as details emerged about the kidnapping and possible organizers.
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Nicosia. Cyprus
Freedom Square
Nicosia
Spyros Kyprianou
Makarios
Kyprianou
Cyprus
Achilléas Kyprianou
Marcos
National Guard
Achilleas
Kyprianous
Troodos Mountains
Eoka-B
Vasos Pavlides
Enosis
Greece
Cherokee seventh and eighth graders collect for Girls Ranch
Cherokee middle grades raise clothing and goods for Girls Ranch in Scottsdale. Items include hair dryers radios lamps and books. Students will repair and launder teen clothing and visit the ranch in groups, while many activities fund school programs and express gratitude to volunteers.
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Betty Reedy
Scottsdale
Cherokee Association of Parents and Teachers
APT
Nancy Mongan
Cherie
Flood damage tally tops earlier Santa Cruz floods
Federal officials say October floods on the Santa Cruz River in Southern Arizona will exceed the $13.4 million initial estimate with road repairs at about $5.3 million versus $3.2 million planned and crop damages still to be determined. Counties of Santa Cruz Pima and Pinal were declared disaster areas.
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Tucson
Santa Cruz
Arizona
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Pima
Pinal
Bolin Pledges Support After Shocking Arizona Center Visit
Gov. Wesley Bolin, visiting the Arizona Training Center in Coolidge, condemned conditions for the mentally retarded as a disgrace and pledged backing for a legislative committee to investigate care. He noted understaffing and toured about half the cottages housing 608 residents, urging solutions and reforms.
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Coolidge
Arizona
Wesley Bolin
Bolin
Frank Kelley
Scottsdale
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Lynette Jorgensen
William Kopas
William Mentis
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Celeste Zimmerman
Shelley Bonebrake
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Ty Montgomery
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Amy Paul
Julie Plenge
Scott Shivers
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Harper’s Nursery
Marion Spillman
TPA
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