Arbor Day Revival of an Ancient Custom
Arbor Day is a modern observance revived from ancient practice. from Aztec root ceremonies to royal tree plantings culture spread worldwide. early advocates George P. Marsh and J Sterling Morton spurred it, with Nebraska’s first Arbor Day 1872 inspiring millions of trees and federal acts like Timber Culture. Arbor Day promotes future-minded forest care, soil and moisture protection, and urban beauty through tree planting and identification, urging readers to plant locally and learn tree names.
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England
Japan
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Israel
George P. Marsh
Italy
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J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
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Nebraska City
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Great Plains
East
United States
Congress
Maine
York County Extension Office
Court House Annex
Alfred
Houston march to close King mourning period planned
A Sunday march through a predominantly Negro area in Houston will end the mourning period for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. Earl Allen said plans will be discussed afterward to strengthen Houston's black community.
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Houston, Tex
Martin Luther King Jr
Earl Allen
Houston
Quadruple wedding unites Smith family and three sailors
Margaret Smith a 38 year old widow and her three daughters Rachael Elaine 19 Laura Lynn 18 and Edna Carolyn 16 will wed Saturday in a quadruple ceremony. The brides will marry three sailors stationed on a ship in Long Beach harbor. Elder James P Sandefur of the Shiloah Primitive Baptist Church will officiate. The clergyman said he had never performed a quadruple ceremony before.
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Sandefur
Welcome Farewell for Kathy Fiscus Parents in San Marino
Residents of San Marino gathered to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs David Fiscus parents of Kathy Fiscus who died in an abandoned 104 foot well nineteen years ago A banquet marked their 30 years in San Marino before moving to Monterey Calif Heroic dramatic rescue efforts were noted for Kathy at the bottom of the well
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San Marino
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
David Fiscus
Monterey
Kathy
Williams boy freed from electric gate in Bel Air incident
In Bel Air California firefighters freed 3 year old Christian Williams after he became wedged in an eight foot iron gate. They worked about six minutes to force the gate open and release him. The boy was treated for a bruised left side after the mishap involving his father singer Andy Williams.
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Bel Air
Calif
Andy Williams
Christian Williams
Christine Kaufmann wins uncontested divorce from Tony Curtis
Los Angeles AP Christine Kaufmann 23 testifying she was very nervous and lost weight during nearly five years of marriage. The German born actress became Curtis second wife in February 1963 Las Vegas. Terms of settlement not disclosed. Curtis 41 did not attend the short hearing in Superior Court. A separation was announced last November. Curtis plans to marry model Leslie Allen 24 of Newton Mass. Friends say the couple will wed April 20 in Beverly Hills.
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Los Angeles
Christine Kaufmann
Tony Curs
Curtis
Superior Court
Lis. Kaufmann
Las Vegas
Nev
Leslie Allen
Newton, Mass
Beverly Hills
Laos bridge blown up ends six day cease in war
VIENTIANE Laos AP A six day calm in the sporadic clash between Pathet Lao and government forces ended when the Communists blew up a bridge in southern Laos on Tuesday according to government sources.
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Associated Press
Vientiane, Laos
Pathet Lao
Laos
Airlines adopt family plan to boost U S tourism
Montreal AP reports major carriers approved by the International Air Transport Association a family plan offering wives and children ages 12 to 22 the one way price on full fare roundtrip tickets, aimed at increasing tourist traffic from Europe and the Middle East to the United States.
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Montreal
Europe
Middle East
United States
International Air Transport Assn
India asks US to let sale of Suez wheat to Egypt proceed
New Delhi requested U S permission to sell 27 400 tons of American aid wheat stuck in the Suez Canal since last June to Egypt. Food Minister A P Shinde told Parliament that Egypt has agreed to buy the shipment and the ship is now unable to leave the canal. No price has been fixed.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
A.P. Shinde
Shinde
Soviet Crackdown Intensifies Amid Czechoslovakia Reforms
Moscow reports the Communist Party, alarmed by liberalization in Czechoslovakia, orders a broad crackdown on dissenters. The central committee, after a secret two day meeting, backs offensive measures against bourgeois ideology as protests against secret police actions persist since the January trial of four dissidents.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Oldest living things and historic milestones quiz
Quick Quiz questions identify the bristlecone pines as the oldest living trees with specimens older than 4,000 years and detail the American Legion’s March 1919 organization in Paris by Eighth Army veterans. Also notes Esther 8:9 as the Bible’s longest verse by descriptive length.
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White Mountains
California
American Legion
American Expeditionary Force
Paris
France
McCarthy Sees Victory Shift in Democratic Race
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy moods toward winning the White House after wining New Hampshire and Wisconsin primaries. He now targets Nixon and the Democratic National Convention with a campaign pivot from Vietnam debate to presidential bid. This reflects a shift in strategy as Kennedy enters the race and Johnson steps aside.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
White House
Minnesota
Vietnam
McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Johnson
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Indiana
Chicago
Milwaukee
Holy Week impacts local events and services in Kennebunk area
Holy Week schedules adjust the Friday teenage dance at the Youth Center and Arundel Grange meeting. A VFW Auxiliary gathering occurs at the Post Home tonight with refreshments. A Kennebunk Rotary reception for Dr and Mrs Kenmuir Evans is set for April 20 at Glen Mor. Bridge club results and next date April 18 are listed along with Holy Thursday to Easter Vigil Masses at St Martha's Church in Kennebunkport.
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Arundel Grange
Carl Clough
V.F.W
Post
Fletcher Street
Glenys Palmer
Kennebunk Rotary Club
A. J. Kenmuir- Evans
Glen Mor
Kennebunk Duplicate Bridge Club
Unitarian Church
North
Philip Tilton
John Kozlewski
Robert Knapp
Wayne Goodrich
Hank Lambermont
Clarence Main
Lee Pfeiffer
St. Martha’s Church
Kennebunkport
St. Martha's
Easter Mass Times and Local Meetings in Kennebunkport Area
Easter Sunday masses are scheduled at St. Martha's Kennebunkport 7 9 11 a.m. St. Monica's Kennebunk 8 30 and 10 a.m. St. Mary's Wells Beach 9 a.m. The Evening Alliance meeting at Kennebunk Unitarian Church elected officers with Mrs. Richard Haskell as president and announced a May 14 recreation unit. The Kennebunk Free Library Board noted National Library Week April 21 27 with an Open House planned April 21.
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St. Martha’s Church
Kennebunkport
Kennebunk
Wells and Ogunquit
St. Martha’s
St. Monica’s
St. Mary’s
Wells Beach
Kennebunk Unitarian Church
Richard Haskell
Frederick Shields
James Johnston
Philip O'Donnell
J. Robert Downing
Alton Clark
Europe
John Kozlewski
Maynard Welch
Kennebunk Free Library
W. A. Lawrence Jr
National Library Week
Florence flood artworks nearing total restoration
Prof Umberto Baldini headed restoration of flood damaged works in Florence. With foreign aid, work accelerated to curb mold from water and mud. Unregulated drying risked cracking paint, but restoration moved toward safety.
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Florence
Italy
Umberto Baldini
Boston Students Buy Sell Marijuana For Tuition
Federal narcotics official Bowman G. Taylor says some Greater Boston college students fly to the West Coast to buy marijuana and sell it to fellow students. He notes trips occur twice a month with earnings around 8000 dollars per trip and that some participants are coeds.
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Boston
Greater Boston College
West Coast
Bowman G. Taylor
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Peter Needham drinks seven pints on stage in Coventry
Actor Peter Needham, 35, plays a henpecked husband in a Coventry production and guzzles seven pints of beer per show, with fourteen pints for matinees, saying onstage tipsiness felt authentic though wine is his own preference.
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Coventry
England
Roger Redfarn
Peter Needham
Needham
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