Passover Message Links Jewish Freedom To Human Liberty
The festival began at sundown and lasts eight days with a universal call for freedom. In North Bennington Rabbi Kaufmann and Rev. Parsley Jr. urged Christians and Jews to honor heritage and learn the Seder’s meaning. They highlighted freedom’s responsibilities and cited modern struggles for liberty.
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Egypt
North
Bennington
Charles Parsley Jr
Congregational Church
Temple Beth el
Sigmund L. Kaufmann
Passover Ritual Details and Seder Customs
The passage outlines Passover rituals including horoset namon grape-wine with a tad of to symbolize the mortar of Hebrew slaves and Karpas with parsley or lettuce. It notes four cups of wine for joy and gratitude, with a pillow on the father’s chair, and the meal starting with Kiddush and Urchatz as purification rites.
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Egypt
Gas Firm Hosts Town Officials To Explain Plant Noise
Vermont Gas Corp officials invited Bennington trustees and James B. Gibney to the Lincoln Street plant to discuss complaints from 28 nearby residents about noise dangers and odors from gas production. State Fire Marshal, Health, and Public Service Commission reps attended to hear concerns and learn about the flare stack burn off and new manufacturing process.
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Village of
Bennington
James B. Gibney
Vermont Gas Corp
Lincoln Street
Virgil Stark
Vermont Gas
Stark
New York City
Pachaly
Vermont New Hampshire Truck Strike Called For Sunday Night
Federal mediator to meet with management and union as 1 600 New Hampshire and 425 Vermont drivers prepare to strike Sunday night selective action by Basil French and 43 firms. Union cites cost of living clause and differing conditions in New Hampshire versus national trucking.
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Teamsters
John J. O'Reilly
New England
Nicholas Morrissey
Morrissey
United States
Basil French
French
Frederick C. Dykeman
Vermont Teamsters
New Hampshire Carriers Council
Patriot's Day Reenactment Recalls Lexington Concord Battle
Boston and Middlesex towns marked Patriot's Day with reenactments of the 1775 ride to warn of British troops. Riders, bells, and ceremonies recalled Lexington Green and North Bridge battles, with cemeteries in Old Granary and Copp's Hill honoring Revolutionary figures. The Acton militia hero Capt. Isaac Davis was praised at his home.
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Boston
Middlesex County
Little Seaport
Concord
Lexington Green
Littleton
Acton
Sudbury
Arlington
Menotomy
Lexington
North Bridge
Minuteman National Park
Isaac Davis
Carlisle
Old North Bridge
Concord Independent Battery, Co. D
Massachusetts
Police Department Proposals Submitted in Burlington
A specialist from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, R. Dean Smith, unveiled sweeping overhaul recommendations for Burlington’s troubled police department. He declined to estimate costs, noting some benefits will accrue to the department at no cost to the city.
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Burlington
International Association of Chiefs of Police
R. Dean Smith
Ben-Mont faces strike with final offer to unionized workers
The Ben-Mont plant cites financial strain and demands a union vote as it presses its latest contract offer for Local 534 of the Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union. The company lists six points including modified union shop, vacation improvements, extended insurance, and staged wage increases through 1964, while the union plans further talks after rejecting a prior March proposal.
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Ben- Mont
Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union
H. J. Wallace
Peter Tufo
Tufo
Kennedy weighs steel price rollback plan amid industry clash
An AP analysis notes President Kennedy seriously considered asking Congress to mandate a steel price rollback during a cooling off period with hearings. The move mirrored Taft Hartley style restraint. A House Antitrust subcommittee planned steel price hearings May 2 but were postponed. Kennedy stressed wage price restraint and cooperation with industry to stabilize the economy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House Antitrust Subcommittee
Air Force to Field Paratrooper Ready Strike Command
The Air Force plans a new unit with airborne capable officers and air controllers to direct ground based fighter support. Gen LeMay wants many Air Force personnel trained at Ft Benning to earn paratrooper wings. Strike Command, based at MacDill AFB, unites land and air units into mobile task forces for rapid global deployment.
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Washington
Air Force
Army Air Force Strike Command
Curtis E. LeMay
Army
Airborne School
Ft. Benning
Bruce K. Holloway
Strike Command
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
Argentina in Crisis as Military Demands Clash With Guido
Troops and police sealed key points in Buenos Aires as President Jose Maria Guido faces a military bid to bar Peronists from politics after elections. Interior and labor ministers hint resignations. Peronists warn of disturbances unless May 1 office takeovers are blocked.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Maria Guido
Guido
Expictator
Juan Peron
Arturo Frondizi
Rodolfo Martinez
Oscar Guiggros
General Confederation of Labor
Exploding Meteor Shocks California to Utah Sky
A dazzling multicolored meteor flash lit the night sky from Kansas to Northern California and caused Eureka Utah street lamps to flicker off briefly as a photoelectric system triggered by daylight.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Kansas
California
Eureka
Tshombe Free To Visit Home After U.N. Escort
Katanga's Moise Tshombe departed from Leopoldville by plane bound for Elisabethville despite central government efforts to block him. An attempt to remove Tshombe via a blocked airstrip prompted U.N. forces to deploy machine gun posts. Tshombe said he would Easter visit Elisabethville and return to Leopoldville for further talks. President Kimba denounced the central government action as a disdain for negotiations.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
Leopoldville
U.N
Tshombe
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Evariste Kimba
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