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Pan Am Jet Crashes Near Caracas Amid Search Effort
Pan American Flight 217 disappeared from radio contact while on approach to Maiquetia, near Caracas, at 8 59 p m EST. The jet was at 1000 feet when it vanished. Survivors feared as five naval vessels and private craft searched a wide area off the coast. Passengers included Venezuelan officials and international crew, with several Cubans and New York residents among the reported names. The Dyckman House in New York City has been listed as a National Historic Landmark.
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Marquetia
Pan Am
Pan American
New York
Antonetti
Luis Baltran Gonzalez
Frank Toscano
Fairlawn
N.J
Maiquetia
Venezuela
la Guaira
Caracas
Sidney FE
West Islip
N. Y
William J. Canell
Upper Saddle River
Richard H. Titus
Ridgewood
Alfred C. Perez
Valley Stream
N.Y
Heidrun M. Caplan
New York City
Franciska C. Buyers
Catherine Kane
Eve Johansson
Stockholm
Sweden
M. Ambrey
Dyckman
William Dyckman
Sidney E. Stillwaugh
N. J
William J. Cannell
Heidrum M
Evan
Johansson