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Wednesday December 2, 1998

Bones, Shoes May Have Been Amelia Earhart's

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Bones, Shoes May Have Been Amelia Earhart's

December 2, 1998 • Researchers have found the strongest evidence yet that aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan crashed-landed in the South Pacific in 1937 and died waiting for rescue.

Bones, Shoes May Have Been Amelia Earhart's

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