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• Saturday's seminar at the Guard base for family of the South Dakota Army National Guard's 1742nd Transportation Company will offer tips to keep vehicles running efficiently, and prevent breakdowns.
• Local parts stores Sturdevants, Dakota Auto Parts, and NAPA are providing gift certificates for free oil and filter for up to 30 people. Auto care students from the school will perform the oil changes at no cost on certain days and times.
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AP News in Brief
Radar suggests missing jet may have turned back as officials check on suspicious passenger IDs
• KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back before vanishing, Malaysia's air force chief said Sunday as authorities were investigating up to four passengers with suspicious identifications.
• The revelations add to the uncertainties surrounding the final minutes of flight MH370, which was carrying 239 people when it lost contact with ground controllers somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam after leaving Kuala Lumpur early Saturday morning for Beijing.
• A massive international sea search has so far turned up no trace of the plane, which lost contact with the ground when the weather was fine, the plane was already cruising and the pilots didn't send a distress signal -- unusual circumstance for a modern jetliner operated by a professional airline to crash.
• Vietnamese air force jets spotted two large oil slicks Saturday, but it was unclear if they were linked to the missing plane, and no debris was found nearby.
• Air force chief Rodzali Daud didn't say which direction the plane might have taken or how long for when it apparently went off route.
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It's too early to say why a Malaysia Airlines plane vanished but here are some probable causes
• NEW YORK (AP) -- The most dangerous parts of a flight are takeoff and landing. Rarely do incidents happen when a plane is cruising seven miles above the earth.
• So the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet well into its flight Saturday morning over the South China Sea has led aviation experts to assume that whatever hap (Continued on page 23)
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