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ByMaggieMichael, Elena Becatoros and Raphael Satter The Associated Press CAIRO An EgyptAir jet- liner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard swerved wildly in flight and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday, authorities said. Egyptian and Russian offi- cials said it may have been brought down by terrorists. There were no signs of survivors. EgyptAir Flight 804, an Airbus A320 with 56 pas- sengers and 10 crew mem- bers, went down about half- way between the Greek is- land of Crete and Egypt's coastline, or around 175 miles offshore, after take- off from Charles de Gaulle Airport, authorities said. Greek Defense Minis- ter Panos Kammenos said the plane spun all the way around and suddenly lost altitude just before van- ishing from radar screens around 2:45 a.m. Cairo time (12:45 a.m. GMT). He said it made a 90-de- gree left turn, then a full 360-degree turn to the right, plummeting from 38,000 to 15,000 feet. It dis- appeared at about 10,000 feet, he said. There were no reports of stormy weather at the time. Egyptian and Greek au- thorities in ships and planes searched the suspected crash area throughout the day for traces of the airliner or its victims, with more help on the way from the U.S., Britain and France. But as night fell, they had yet to find any confirmed debris, at one point dismiss- ing a reported sighting of life vests and other floating material. Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathi cautioned that the disaster was still under investigation but said the possibility it was a terror attack "is higher than the possibility of having a tech- nical failure." Alexander Bortnikov, chief of Russia's top domes- tic security agency, went further, saying: "In all like- lihood it was a terror at- tack." There was no immediate claim from militants that they had downed the plane. If it was terrorism, it would be the second deadly attack involving Egypt's aviation industry in seven months. Last October, a Russian passengerplanethattookoff fromanEgyptianRedSeare- sortcrashedintheSinai,kill- ing all 224 people aboard. Russia said it was brought down by a bomb, and a local branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility. Thursday's disaster also raises questions about se- curity at De Gaulle Airport, at a time when Western Eu- rope has been on high alert over the deadly Islamic ex- tremist attacks in Paris and at the Brussels airport and subway over the past six months. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that airport security had been tightened considerably be- fore the disaster, in part be- cause of the coming Euro- pean soccer championship, which France is hosting. The plane's erratic course suggested a number of pos- sible explanations, includ- ing a catastrophic mechan- ical or structural failure, a bombing, or a struggle over the controls with a hijacker in the cockpit. Egyptian security offi- cials said they were running background checks on the passengers to see if any had links to extremists. The Egyptian military said it did not receive a dis- tress call, and Egypt's state- run daily Al-Ahram quoted an unidentified airport offi- cial as saying the pilot did not send one. The absence of a distress call suggests that whatever sent the air- craft plummeting into the sea was sudden and brief. Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Latiff, an aerospace expert at the Uni- versity of Notre Dame, said that while it is too early to tell for certain, an acciden- tal structural failure aboard the highly reliable A320 is "vanishingly improbable." He also cast doubt on the possibility of a struggle in the cockpit, saying the crew would have triggered an alarm. Instead, he said, "sabo- tage is possible, and if there were lax controls at airports and loose hiring and secu- rity policies, increasingly likely." Similarly, John Goglia, a former U.S. National Trans- portation Safety Board member, said early indica- tions point more to a bomb, since no mayday call was apparently broadcast dur- ing the abrupt turns. He said the aircraft's black- box voice and data record- ers should hold the answers. Those on board, accord- ing to EgyptAir and vari- ous governments, included 15 French passengers, 30 Egyptians, two Iraqis, one Briton, one Kuwaiti, one Saudi, one Sudanese, one Chadian, one Portuguese, one Belgian, one Algerian and two Canadians. The passengers included two babies. MEDITERRANEAN SEA Terrorismsuspectedincrash of Egyptian plane; 66 missing MICHELEULER—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A relative of the victims of the EgyptAir flight 804wipes her tears as she is comforted by unidentified people at Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris, on Thursday. AZEEZ AKUNLEYAN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, third right, receives Amina Ali, le , the rescued Chibok school girl, and her 4-month-old baby at the Presidential palace in Abuja, Nigeria, on Thursday. By Michelle Faul The Associated Press LAGOS, NIGERIA The first Chibok teenager to escape from Boko Haram's Sam- bisa Forest stronghold was flown to Abuja on Thurs- day and met with Nigeria's president, even as her free- dom adds pressure on the government to do more to rescue the 218 other miss- ing girls. Some already have died in captivity while the oth- ers are held under heavy guard in the forest, the escapee has revealed, ac- cording to the family doc- tor. The 19-year-old, who was 17 when she was kid- napped, was shielded from journalists when she ar- rived at the presidential villa, with her mother carrying her 4 month- old baby. The group was shown into President Mu- hammadu Buhari's office for a private meeting that lasted an hour. Television cameras and photographers were al- lowed in briefly afterward to register images of the woman with Buhari. "I am delighted at the news that ... one of the missing Chibok girls has regained her freedom," the president said in a statement. "But my feel- ings are tinged with deep sadness at the horrors the young girl has had to go through at such an early stage in her life." He said medical person- nel and trauma experts had examined her for five hours on Wednesday and promised that she would get the best medical care and education that the government can offer. But aid workers said the young woman should be getting immediate care in- stead of making public ap- pearances. "It is an outrage!" said Francisca Vigaud-Walsh, women and girls' advocate at Refugees International, saying the escapee's case should not be politicized. The Bring Back Our Girls movement called a rally Thursday evening to celebrate. The movement, which inspired a world- wide social media cam- paign using the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls that reached to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, has met faithfully every week at Abuja's Unity Fountain to demand the government act more aggressively to rescue the girls. In his statement, Bu- hari repeated promises his administration will do all it can to bring the girls home. 1st Chibok girl to escape terrorists feted in Nigeria ABDUCTION By John-Thor Dahlburg and Matthew Lee The Associated Press BRUSSELS NATO invited the Balkan nation of Mon- tenegro to become its 29th member, agreeing Thursday to expand for only the sev- enth time in its history de- spite Russia's angry objec- tions. The decision is still sub- ject to formal approval by the U.S. Senate, the alli- ance's 27 other national par- liaments and Montenegro's parliament. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said it was the "beginning of a new se- cure chapter" in the former Yugoslav republic's history. He and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the move as proof that NATO is committed to its "open door policy" of expansion despite opposition from Russia or any other country. "Montenegro's accession underscores once again our determination to be able to make membership deci- sions that are free from out- side influences and under- scores our resolve to stand together against any kind of threat," Kerry said. Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic attended the signing of an accession protocol at NATO headquarters in Brussels. He said his coun- try, bombed by NATO war- planes 16 years ago, would stand "shoulder to shoul- der" with the other mem- bers of the U.S-led alliance. "You can count on us at any time," Djukanovic said. Russia has accused NATO of trying to encircle it, and Russian allies like Serbia havevowedtodo what'snec- essary to defend its national security and interests. "Yet another NATO at- tempt to change the mili- tary political landscape in Europe, especially in light of the alliance's course to restrain our country, inev- itably affects Russian in- terests and forces us to re- act accordingly," Russian Foreign Ministry spokes- woman Maria Zakharova said Thursday. EUROPE NA TO f or ma ll y in vi te s Montenegro as 29th member By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON Presi- dent Barack Obama could lift restrictions on arms sales when he makes his first visit to Vietnam next week. That would remove a final vestige of wartime animosity but would not please China, which views growing U.S. defense ties in its backyard with deep suspicion amid rising mil- itary tensions in the South China Sea. There's considerable support in Washington for the lifting the restric- tions, including from the Pentagon, but also pock- ets of congressional op- position, leaving uncer- tain whether Obama will announce it when he vis- its Vietnam, starting Sun- day. The administration is pushing for more prog- ress on human rights, a constant drag on the rela- tionship. Significantly, the communist government has committed to allow independent labor unions as a condition of its partic- ipation in the U.S.-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, but it still holds about 100 political prison- ers and there have more detentions this year. As part of Obama's ef- fort to help Southeast Asian nations counter Bei- jing, the U.S. in 2014 par- tially lifted an arms em- bargo in place since the end of the Vietnam War, allowing Vietnam to buy lethal defense equip- ment for maritime secu- rity. Vietnam, which has mostly Russian-origin equipment, has not bought anything, but is still eager for Washington to remove the remaining restric- tions. If nothing else, it would show relations are fully normalized and open the way to deeper security cooperation. "Real progresson pro- tecting human rights and fundamental freedoms in- cluding through legal re- form is crucial to ensur- ing that Vietnam and our relationship achieves its full potential," Dan- iel Kritenbrink, the White house senior director for Asian affairs, told report- ers Wednesday. He re- fused to comment directly on whether the remain- ing arms sale restrictions would be lifted — also sen- sitive because of criticism of Vietnam's rights record among congressional oppo- nents of TPP. The risk of confron- tation with Beijing is al- ready growing as the U.S. challenges China's is- land-building and asser- tive behavior in the South China Sea, where five other Asian governments, includ- ing Vietnam, have terri- torial claims. The Penta- gon said that two Chinese fighter jets flew Tuesday within about 50 feet of a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane, forcing the pilot to descend sharply to avoid a collision. China on Thurs- day denied its behavior was unsafe, and demanded the U.S. stop spying. China would view the lifting of the restrictions as an attempt to woo Vietnam closer to the U.S. and away from China. "It will un- doubtedly be seen as aimed at weakening China's posi- tion and influence in the re- gion," said Bonnie Glaser, a China expert at the Center for Strategic and Interna- tional Studies, or CSIS. But Beijing will be guarded in its reaction be- cause Vietnam is a frater- nal communist neighbor. Asked about the prospect of the U.S. lifting arms re- strictions, Foreign Minis- try spokesman Hong Lei said Thursday that China "hopes the countries con- cerned will play a construc- tive role in ensuring their cooperation be conducive to the regional stability and safety." Hanoi and Beijing have an ambivalent relation- ship. Despite the ties be- tween their ruling par- ties, they fought a bor- der war in 1979 in which thousands died, and clashes in 1988 over their conflicting claims in the South China Sea claimed dozens of lives. Those tensions reared again in 2014, when China parked an oil rig off Vietnam's central coast, sparking confrontations at sea and deadly anti-China riots in Vietnam. OBAMA'S VISIT US could li Vietnam arms embargo amid tensions LEGALNOTICE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOHN MACLAREN DOIG II CASE NO. 15365 To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred- itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN MACLAREN DOIG II A Petition for Probate has been filed by JEFFREY L. DOIG in the Superior Court of California, County of TEHAMA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE re- quests that JEFFREY L. DOIG be appointed as personal represen- tative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal repre- sentative to take many actions without obtaining court appro- val. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to inter- ested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to h d i ) h i d the proposed action.) The inde- pendent administration authori- ty will be granted unless an in- terested person files an objec- tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: June 20, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in Dept. 1, located at 633 Washington Street, Room 17, Red Bluff, CA 96080. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objec- tions with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contin- gent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative ap- pointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the first issuance of letters to a general personal represen- tative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal de- livery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California d l l h i statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Re- quest for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inven- tory and appraisal of estate as- sets or of any petition or ac- count as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner Jeffrey L. Doig 208 Wabasso Street Wolverine Lake, MI 48390 Publish: May 20, 27 & June 3, 2016 LEGAL NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF TEHAMA Estate of Marvin Leo Lander, aka Marvin L. Land, aka Marvin Lander NO. 15196 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY [Probate Code §§ 10300, 10304] Please take notice that David W. Lander, as the personal repre- sentative of the estate of Marvin Leo Lander, aka Marvin L. Land- er, aka Marvin Lander, de- ceased, will sell at private sale, under the terms and conditions specified below, real property of the estate situated in the City of Red Bluff, Tehama County, Cali- fornia, and described as follows: Lot 4, Stenberg Subdivision, Tract No. 77-1010, as the same is shown on the map filed in the Tehama County Recorder's Of- fice, January 8, 1980, in Book T of Maps, at pages 117 and 118, and further described as 965 Aloha Street, Red Bluff, California 96080. Written offers for this property will be received at the office of Jeffrey R. Boone, attor- ney for the personal representa- tive, at 406 Solano Street, Corn- ing, California 96021 or may be delivered to the personal repre- sentative personally, on or be- fore June 3, 2016. Sale will be made at 5 p.m. on June 3, 2016, to the person making the high- est and best offer for the prop- erty. The terms of the sale are: all cash in lawful mone y of the i d f i i h y United States of America with 10 percent of the amount offered to accompany the offer and the balance to be paid on close of escrow. The personal represen- tative reserves the right to re- ject any bid that is less than $50,000.00, which is the apprais- ed value of the property. For fur- ther information please contact the attorney of the personal rep- resentative at (530) 824-4102. All sales are subject to confir- mation by the superior court, and no sale may be consummat- ed and no deed may be record- ed and delivered to a purchaser until court confirmation has been acquired by the personal representative. Dated: May 13, 2016 Jeffrey R. Boone, SBN 236606 Law Office of Jeffrey R. Boone 406 Solano St Corning, CA 96021 Telephone: (530) 824-4102 Email: jeff@jboonelaw.com Attorney for David W. 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