Riot by spring break students in Fort Lauderdale
Police from six communities quell a riot by about 3500 vacationing college students at an unlighted beach north of Fort Lauderdale. The disturbance involved stone throwing and traffic disruption lasting nearly two hours before control returned. About 50 arrests and 25 injuries occurred. The event marks the worst spring break violence in 16 years, with police noting large spending by students during the stay.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Here
U. S. Aia
Atlantic Ocean
J. Lester Holt
Florida
Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Financial Exchange
Water fight erupts into campus riot at Bowling Green
At Bowling Green State University a water fight between fraternities escalated into a large campus demonstration with 500 to 2000 students involved. Police and deputies halted traffic on U S 6, several arrests were made, and the crowd dispersed after a late curfew.
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Bowling Green State University
McDonald
University Union
Palm Sunday Walk Attracts 25000 To Jerusalem Holy Week
Latin Patriarch Alberto Gori led a Palm Sunday procession of 25 000 pilgrims from around the world in Jerusalem opening Holy Week. Foreign consuls and Catholic bishops joined Assyrian and Roman rites as tourists for a three hour walk under two miles. In Rome Pope John XXIII blessed palms at St Peter s Basilica the first papal appearance there since 1870.
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Alberto Gori
Holy Land
Vatican
John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter's
St. Paul
UN Announces Congo Peace Moves Includs Neutral Zone Plan
United Nations proposes two steps to ease Congo turmoil. Troops to pursue friendly relations with Congolese forces and a neutral zone to be set along the Ruanda Urundi border to reduce hostilities.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
United Nations
Congoles
Ruanda-Urundi
Civil War Centennial Assembly Moves to Charleston Naval Station
The Civil War Centennial Commission plans to relocate its April 11-12 meeting to the Charleston Naval Station in South Carolina to bypass racial barriers in the city.
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Washington
Civil War Centennial Commission
Charleston, S. C., Naval Station
Submarine Badgered by Canoeists at Holy Loch Protest
Three young canoeists demonstrated against nuclear weapons at Holy Loch Scotland shouting at the U S Navy Polaris firing submarine Patrick Henry a protest action involving a nuclear deterrent facility.
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Holy Loch
Scotland
U. S. Navy
World's Richest Man Installs Coin Phone
Paul Getty, famed American billionaire, says he has installed a pay telephone in his Sutton Place mansion in England to curb long calls by guests and servants. He notes a London call costs one shilling three pence and cites costly extended chats as the motive behind the device.
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London
Paul Getty
Getty
Five Children Drown When Boat Sinks in River
In Schneider Indiana a picnicking group on Kankakee River drowned five children when a 10 foot rowboat with ten people sank offshore. Ted Bell and family survived with three children, while Theo dora 5 Charlotte 13 Kenneth 4 Debbie Murzyn 2 Regina Murzyn 5 perished.
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Schneider
Ind
Kankakee River
Ted Bell
Calumet City
Bell
Theodora
Charlotte
Kenneth
Debbie Murzyn
Regina Murzyn
Telescope Satellite May Be Launched
Washington reports the first U S telescope in space could be launched this week. The satellite will hunt gamma rays across space, a form of radiation similar to X rays but of shorter wavelength, emitted by radioactive substances.
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Washington
U. S
Space
Five day forecast signals warmer than normal week
The five day outlook shows temperatures about six degrees above normal with highs in the mid 50s and lows in the mid 30s A cooler Tuesday precedes a week of showers and scattered thunderstorms delivering one to two inches of rain.
SEATO Ministers Seek Firm Response to Laos Crisis
SEATO foreign ministers meeting in Bangkok warned against a Communist takeover in Laos and prepared to meet force with force if needed. U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged restraint while stressing alliance duties to assist Southeast Asia in its fight for freedom. The ministers, including seven others, pressed concerns over Laos Pathet Lao advances against the royal government forces.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Laos
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
SEATO
Policy Note Carried By Gromyko
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko heads to the White House for talks with President Kennedy as Pravda hints at a peaceful Laos settlement. The article notes general approval of British plans but questions whether airlifts to rebels have stopped and if Khrushchev is directing a halt to fighting pending diplomacy.
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Washington
Andrei A. Gromyko
White House
Kennedy
U.S.S.R
Laos
Communist Party
Pravda
Gromyko
Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Key West
Fla
Soviet Union
Train Kills School Girl Injures Four
A train accident at the Chautauqua Road crossing near Carlisle killed six year old Eileen Sturgill and injured four other children and their mother Mrs. Mary Sturgill of Chautauqua. The NY Central line struck the car taking the children to school. the crossing lacks warning lights despite years of local requests.
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Train
Middletown
Ohio State Limited
Mary Sturgill
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Road
New York Central Railroad
Carlisle
Algeria Talks Set Paris Peace Negotiations Start
The French government announced peace talks will begin April 7 at Evian les Bains on the Swiss border with representatives of the Algerian rebel government in exile.
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Paris
Evian-les Bains
Frontline Quiet Persists Near Vientiane Laos
Frontline reports indicate continued quiet along Laos near Vientiane as hostilities subsided. No new clashes reported and military observers note a lull in fighting at the front.
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Vientiane
Laos
Helicopter Rescues Three From Muskingum River
In Zanesville Ohio a National Guard helicopter crew plucked three children from a stranded pontoon boat on the Muskingum River amid a five hour drama. Firefighters later saved the parents as six Crooksville civil defense workers also escaped from the same area.
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Muskingum River
Quentin Knussmann
Zanesville
Crooksville Civil Defense
Donald Goodyear
Goodyear
Kevin
Pamela
Gregg
Nelsonville Teenager Dies After Accidental Shooting
In Nelsonville 14 year old Phillip Whitmore died from a gunshot wound at a neighbor's home. The coroner ruled accidental shooting after the weapon was handed to Whitmore by friend Hubert Davis 15. Davis described the sequence from the moment of discharge.
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Athens County
Charles Patton
Phillip Jack Whitmore
Harper St
Frank Williams
Phillip
Hubert Lee Davis
William
Davis
Whitmore
Ohio Senators Move to Ratify DC Voting Rights Amendment
Columbus reports Ohio Senate plans to be the final state needed to ratify a U S constitutional amendment granting District of Columbia residents the right to vote for president. The battleground tactic aims to deliver the pivotal approval and secure DC suffrage.
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Ohio
Columbus
U. S
District of Columbia
Buckeye
D.C
State Department reports U S plane shot down over Laos
The State Department announced a U S aircraft with eight aboard is believed shot down in the Laos region by communist forces. Government officials said the missing plane is not accounted for and the incident is under investigation.
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Washington
State Department
U. S
Laos
Reds
Plane Crash Injures Two CAP Members
A light plane carrying three Ohio Civil Air Patrol members made a forced landing south of Delaware, injuring two. Lt. Col. Floyd Shaffner and Capt. Don Watkins, both of Delaware, were hospitalized. Pilot Col. Robert Herweh, Ohio wing commander, said engine failure occurred about 300 to 400 feet after takeoff from Delaware Municipal Airport.
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Delaware
Ohio Civil Air Patrol
Here
Floyd Shaffner
Don Watkins
Robert Herweh
Cincinnati
Ohio
CAP
Herweh
Delaware Municipal
Homer Helps Police Solve Murder Case
In Tucson at Hi Corbett Field Tito Francona hit a long spring training homer near a palm fringe outfield. Police recovered a body buried near a trench behind the fence identified as Fred Victor Burden, 50, a confessed slayer, who had apparently killed himself about 48 hours earlier.
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Tucson
Ariz
Cleveland
Tito Francona
Hi Corbett Field
Tito
Indians
John C. Cota
Fred Victor Burden
Burden
Slayton Picked to Lead Urban Renewal Admin
President Kennedy selects William L. Slayton, former Washington real estate executive, as commissioner of the Urban Renewal Administration from Washington D C to lead the agency.
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Washington
William L. Slayton
Washington, D. C
Kennedy
Urban Renewal Administration
Tax Sharing Plan Urged by Ohio Group
An Ohio coalition named Ohio Share-The-Tax-Plan urged the legislature to enact a uniform tax sharing law. Comprised of city and village officials, the group noted that only six or seven of Ohio’s 60 municipal income tax ordinances share revenue with their home communities from non resident workers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Universities Allowed to Issue Dorm Bonds by DiSalle Act
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle signed a law permitting state universities to issue bonds for dormitory and dining hall construction, enabling expanded campus housing projects in Ohio.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
First man to reproduce his profile on a coin
An old note explains Alexander the Great as the first to have a profile minted on a coin while a classified ad touts selling a 1956 Ford V-8 pickup for 250 dollars. It notes quick sales with the first caller winning and many buyers calling.
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Alexander
Alexander the Great
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