North Vietnam Upbraids U S On Peace Talks Contact Delays
North Vietnam accuses the United States of ill founded pretexts to shun talks and insists Washington shows no goodwill. Hanoi criticizes U S refusals to use Phnom Penh or Warsaw as preliminary meeting sites while noting no final venue has been agreed and leaving open a possible agreement in days.
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Hanoi
Nhan Dan
Phnom Penh
Warsaw
Democratic
Repub
George Christian
Cambodia
Washington
vrIevce
U Thant
United Nations
Johnson
Mingo Still Visits Station Every Day
Old Orchard Beach portrait of Ted Mingo, a 79 year old former fire chief who still visits the station daily to chat. He recalls 40 years in firefighting, a 1954 Atlantic Avenue fire tragedy, and life from 1901 in Maine through early 20th century work, with humor about mapless birthplaces and a long career caring for town duties.
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Doll
Old Orchard Beach
Tee
Theodore Mingo Waits
Mingo
Atlantic Avenue
Loon Bay
Maine
Older Beach
Lincoln, N.H
Fred Whittier
W.J.C. Milliken
Milliken
Ted Mingo
Christians Prepare For Joyous Easter Climax Across Faithful Gatherings
The Associated Press reports Easter events worldwide with Rome’s vigil led by Pope Paul VI at St. Paul’s Basilica and a Good Friday cross procession. Jerusalem’s Holy Week sees Christian Arabs and pilgrims at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre amid Israeli rule. A Judeo Christian Mass is planned near Starved Rock State Park to honor Marquette. Colgate University holds an interdenominational Easter service amid a campus sit-in protesting fraternity racial discrimination. In New York Central Park the Yippies plan a food-can rise for the Poor People’s March, as communities mourn Dr. King amid Easter celebrations.
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St. Paul's Basilica
Paul VI
Christ
Jerusalem
United States
Via Dolorosa
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Starved Rock State Park
Ottawa
Iil
Chicago
Joseph Donnelly
Jacques Marquette
Illinois
Marquette
Father Donnelly
Colgate University
Donald Berry
Berry
New York City
Central Park
Youth International Party
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King
U.S
Vietnam
Georgia
King
Morehouse
Chuckle Motte Hanging in Research Department Wall
A lighthearted note references a puzzle in the research department labeled as a simple problem once solved. It hints at a playful item pinned on the wall rather than a formal report.
Easter and war headlines mix in News At A Glance
Vietnam B52s kill 200 Viet Cong in a saturation raid in the Mekong Delta. Easter observances and pilgrimages mark the holiday. President Johnson hosts Easter weekend in Texas with family. Ramsey Clark says FBI uncovers substantial evidence in King assassination probe. Kansas City unrest eases after curfew disruptions. National Farmers Organization relaxes its 35 state livestock boycott. Dr Kelly Gabler warns of a mass disaster from biological testing near an Army center. Margaret Smith and three daughters wed in quadruple ceremony. Senate anticrime bill actions stall over handgun sale provisions. West German cities brace amid violence after leftist student leader shooting.
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Ramsey Clark
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
Kansas City
National Farmers Organization
Kelly H. Gabler
Utah
Margaret Smith
Washington
Senate
End and Beginning in Nation Torn by Riots and King's Death
The era closes with the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and a nation grappling with racial violence while America inches toward peace in Vietnam. Congress passes civil rights housing protections as troops patrol the Capitol and Johnson orders callups. King’s funeral rituals and public marches mark a watershed moment in the civil rights era.
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Martin Luther King
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