Day: April 14, 1973
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Day out for alr crash orphans
By John Christopher, Daily Express Saturday 14th April 1973 THE ORPHANS of the Swiss air disaster were whisked away from the heart-breaking atmosphere of two motherless villages yesterday. Forty children from Axbridge and Cheddar in Somerset were taken to the seaside cinema at Weston-super-Mare to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The day-trip tragedy,…
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The snow melts to reveal its secrets
Source – Bristol Evening Post ©copyright [1973] Bristol Evening Post From MALCOLM SMITH Hochwald, Saturday The snow is melting now from the tracks leading to the crash scene of Vanguard Oscar Pappa where I stand and contemplate in silence. Overhead, a helicopter carrying members of the investigation team flits into view momentarily between the tips of…
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The snow melts to reveal its secrets
From MALCOLM SMITH Hochwald, Saturday The snow is melting now from the tracks leading to the crash scene of Vanguard Oscar Pappa where I stand and contemplate in silence. Overhead, a helicopter carrying members of the investigation team flits into view momentarily between the tips of the pines. It is the only noise which breaks…
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Stay away from the air disaster villages: MP
Evening Post Saturday April 14th 1973 Stay away from the Somerset air disaster villages this weekend, Mr. Jerry Wiggin, M.P., appealed to- day. “The last thing we want is ghoulish onlookers pestering these people in their time of grief,” he said at his Abridge home. “There’s certainly nothing to all see here and I’m sure…
