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Azores Earthquake Devastates Terceira Island
A 7.0 quake devastates Terceira and parts of Sao Jorge in the Azores. 52 Portuguese killed and 300 injured per Lajes Air Base reports. Ponta Delgada puts dead at 29 with many injured. U.S. airmen aid relief, Angra do Heroismo damaged, mournings declared, and President Eanes flies to the scene.
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
U.S
Terceira
Air Force
Lajes
Sao Jorge
Washington
mid-Atlantic
Pico
Faial
Portugese
Jacinigo Candido
Angra
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Lisbon