Month: April 1974

  • Peace, a year after horror

    Peace, a year after horror

    Wester Daily Press Reporter  April 11th 1974 A MONUMENT to 108 people who died when an airliner plunged into a wooded hillside in Hochwald, Switzerland, exactly one, year ago, was unveiled yesterday. A total of 140 relatives and friends, and 20 of the 37 survivors looked on. They travelled in two bus-loads from England, to lay wreaths…

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  • True Neighbours…

    True Neighbours…

    The Bristol Evening Post 10th April 1974 – From Malcolm Smith BASLE, The people of this part of the borderland of the Swiss nation gave the world a lesson on the meaning of a true neighbour John R. Wraight, British Ambassador.  Thursday Flags still fly at half-mast at the airport here as British visitors head…

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