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Show Searchers look for survivors in two disasters ST JOHN'S. NEWFOUNDLAND-Search NEWFOUNDLAND-Search planes and ships scoured the Atlantic off Newfoundland Tuesday of last week for W men lost and presumed (load in a sinking oil rig and 14 Soviet sailors lost when their ship went down Rescue headquarters in Halifax. Nova Scotia said 19 sailors were killed and 14 missing from the Soviet con tainership Mekanik Tarasov Only four Mirvivors were picked up Search officials said they "heard through Mobil's communications that oil supply Ixvits have now picked up a total of 18 bodies " One officer said the number "has to lc considered unconfirmed" un-confirmed" until Mobil, which has leased the rig. made an official report A provisional breakdown indicated the rig was manned by 52 Newfoundlanders. Newfoun-dlanders. lf other Canadians. 15 Americans and one British citi7.cn |