Boy Taken Two Years Ago Returns Home In Long Beach
In Long Beach California 13 year old Bobby Smith is reunited with his family after a 21 month ordeal. Police say David Collins 55 lured him away and held him captive in 18 cities before his Rhode Island arrest. Bobby described an emotional homecoming as experts note the need for gradual adjustment.
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Bobby
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National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Washington
Gerhard Kohn
Young Horizons
Orange County
Kohn
Nancy McBride
Adam Walsh
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Adam
Wheeler
Seattle Area
Redding
Bakersfield
Seattle
Oregon
Tennessee
Louisana
New Bedford
Fall River
Mass
Pawtucket
Providence
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Robert Smith Sr
Earhart's 1935 Hawaii to Oakland solo flight remembered
On Jan 11 1935 Amelia Earhart landed in Oakland after an 18 hour 16 minute solo flight from Hawaii. A bronze plaque at Wheeler Air Force Base in Oahu will be unveiled at 4 44 p m to mark the 50th anniversary. Survivors and relatives gather as plans to honor her bold aviation milestone are noted.
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California
Los Angeles
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Oakland
Calif
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North America
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Wheeler Air Force Base
Morissey
West Medford
Mass
Grace McGuire
Martin Jenson
Kennedy rebuts attack on U S blacks in South Africa visit
Sen Edward Kennedy defending American black rights during a Cape Town visit rebuts Foreign Minister Botha who urged him to focus on U S blacks. Kennedy cites U S disparities while noting deep racial inequities in South Africa. The dispute centers on mortality and poverty gaps, and Kennedy calls for dismantling apartheid.
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Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
Desmond Tutu
America
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Lue Wanbon
Botha
United States
Gerrit Viljoen
Cooperation, Development
Viljoen
Ortega sworn in as Nicaragua president with Castro in attendance
In Managua Fidel Castro and about 4,000 guests watched former guerrilla Daniel Ortega take the oath as Nicaragua’s president. Ortega, 39, leads the Sandinista movement and condemned the United States in his inaugural speech. Carlos Nunez, head of the National Assembly, placed the sash and administered the six year-term oath.
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Daniel Ortega
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