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ByOliverTeves The Associated Press MANILA, PHILIPPINES A ferry carrying 189 passen- gers and crew capsized Thursday minutes after it left a central Philippine port in choppy waters, leav- ing at least 35 dead and 20 others missing, coast guard officials said. They said at least 134 people from the M/B Kim Nirvana were rescued by nearby fishing boats and coast guard personnel or swam to safety off Ormoc city on Leyte Island. Coast guard spokes- man Armand Balilo said the wooden outrigger ferry was leaving Ormoc for the Camotes Islands, about 27 miles to the south, when it was lashed by strong waves. He said the captain and some of the crew were res- cued and are in custody pending an investigation. Coast guard officials and survivors said it wasn't im- mediately clear what caused the 36-ton ferry, which was carrying a heavy cargo of construction materials and bags of rice, to overturn. Survivors told The Asso- ciated Press by cellphone that the bow suddenly rose from the water before the vessel flipped over on one side, turning it upside down and trapping passengers underneath. Among the passengers who survived were at least three Americans and a Ca- nadian. Lawrence Drake, 48, a re- tired firefighter from Roch- ester, New York, said he was able to revive a woman who wasn't breathing while they were in the water via mouth- to-mouth resuscitation. Drake said he also saved the woman's pregnant daughter and an 8-year-old boy. LEYTE ISLAND Ferry capsizes in Philippines; 35 dead By Niniek Karmini The Associated Press MEDAN, INDONESIA The aging Indonesian mili- tary transport plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood of Medan killing 141 people had a propeller "abnormality" that indicates an engine stalled, the air force chief said Thursday. Air Marshal Agus Su- priatna told reporters the fact that the plane turned rightward after takeoff and was flying at a lower than normal speed also suggests an engine fail- ure. Before crashing shortly after takeoff on Tuesday, the C-130 Hercules hit a 115-foot radio antenna, he said. "By hitting the antenna, I imagine it cer- tainly affected the plane," Supriatna said. The search for bod- ies ended Wednesday. The plane was carrying 122 people and the im- pact also killed people on the ground. The wreckage of the plane has been re- moved from the neighbor- hood in Indonesia's third largest city and two nearby roads have been reopened. Thesmellofjetfuelstilllin- gers around the crash site. Air force spokesman Dwi Badarmanto said it has grounded other B-type C-130 Hercules planes pending the investigation. He didn't say how many planes were involved. Supriatna said the early findings of the investiga- tion suggest a propeller was "feathered" by the pilot, using a technical term to describe a high- angle position for the blades that reduces the tendency of the plane to swing in the direction of the failed engine. INDONESIA Plane may have had engine problem By Elena Becatoros The Associated Press ATHENS, GREECE The bat- tle for Greek votes entered full swing Thursday ahead of a crucial weekend refer- endum that could decide whether the country falls out of the euro. For Greeks, particularly the elderly, the daily struggle to get cash ground on in the face of un- certainty. Greece's rescue lenders have halted negotiations on a new financial aid pro- gram until after the vote on whether to accept reforms the creditors proposed last week in exchange for bail- out loans. That Greece will now need a third international bailout is a near certainty. The International Mone- tary Fund, one of the coun- try's creditors in its two bailouts so far, said Thurs- day that the country needs debt relief and 50 billion euros ($56 billion) in new financing from October through 2018. The analysis was made before Greece defaulted on IMF loans Tuesday and closed its banks Monday. The outlook is worse now. Debt relief has been one of the main demands of Prime Minister Alexis Tsip- ras' government, but it met with strenuous resistance in negotiations with Greece's creditors who, apart from the IMF, are other eurozone countries and the European Central Bank. But Tsipras has also been adamant he does not want any more bailouts in- volving just loans — rather a different "growth pact" with Europe that will al- low the economy to emerge from a depression. Tsipras called the refer- endum for Sunday advocat- ing voters reject creditor's proposals, saying it would put the country in a stron- ger negotiating position. The idea was dismissed by the head of the eurozone finance ministers' group, Jeroen Dijsselbloem. "That suggestion is sim- ply wrong," Dijsselbloem told lawmakers in the Netherlands. European officials and the Greek opposition have warned a "no" outcome Sunday could be tanta- mount to a decision to leave the euro. "The consequences are not the same if it's a yes or no," French President Fran- cois Hollande said. "If it's the yes, even if it's on the basis of proposals that have already expired, negotiations can resume and I imagine be quickly concluded," he said during a visit to Cotonou, Benin. "We are in something of an unknown. It's up to the Greeks to respond." Until then, the coun- try remains in limbo, with banks shut and strict cash withdrawal limits imposed. For a second day, crowds of elderly Greeks, some struggling with walking sticks or being held up by others, thronged the few banks opened to help pen- sioners without debit or credit cards withdraw at least some money. The banks closed on Monday to prevent remain- ing funds fleeing after Tsip- ras announced he was call- ing the referendum. Greeks are now re- stricted to a daily with- drawals of 60 euros ($67), although in practice this has become 50 euros for many as large numbers of ATMs have run out of 20 euro notes. Pensioners without bank cards are being allowed to withdraw a maximum 120 euros for the week from open bank branches. "All I know is that that we are all going crazy here," said Anisia Kaklam- anou, among those waiting to get into a bank in cen- tral Athens. "And I don't know what to do on Sun- day: vote "yes", vote "no". I don't know. All I know is that I have 120 euros to get by until whenever the banks open." The question on Sun- day's ballot is whether vot- ers accept or reject a re- form proposal made by creditors during negotia- tions last week. But that particular pro- posal is no longer on the ta- ble. It was amended later in the week and has now been rendered moot by the fact that Greece's international bailout expired Tuesday. The same day, the country also became the first devel- oped nation to miss a debt repayment to the Interna- tional Monetary Fund. The country is now seek- ing a different deal with its European creditors. But European officials have said they cannot negotiate until after Sunday's vote. Dijsselbloem said it will be "incredibly difficult" to build a new bailout pack- age for Greece if the coun- try votes "no". EUROZONE Greek vote campaign begins amid grinding cash crisis GIANNISPAPANIKOS—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Demonstrators wave European Union flags in support of the yes vote for the upcoming referendum in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday. N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N TY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 FAX: (530)528-0130 545 Diamond Avenue • P.O. 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