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USA for Africa aid lifts off from Los Angeles
A Flying Tigers Boeing 747 with 240000 pounds of medical and food relief lifts off from Los Angeles International Airport at 1230 am. Lionel Richie Kenny Rogers and Marlon Jackson join the send off as USA for Africa funds support reaches 45 million dollars. Plans call for pickups in New York and Brussels before delivering to Khartoum Sudan and Ethiopia with half the cargo.
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Los Angeles
USA For Africa Foundation
Lionel Richie
Kenny Rogers
Flying Tigers
Los Angeles International Airport
Marlon Jackson
USA For Africa
Ken Kragen
New York
Brussels
Belgium
Khartoum
Sudan
Ethiopia
Harry Belafonte
Julie
Richie
Michael Jackson
Wendy Ferris
Columbia Records