Pair Cross Channel in Big Balloon Flight
Two American balloonists from Sioux Falls South Dakota crossed from Britain to France at 13 000 feet in a large hot air balloon marking a first for the channel. Don Piccard and Ed Yost landed at Gravelines near Dunkirk after a dawn ascent from Rye England.
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Des Moines Vandals Rampage Across City Area
Des Moines AP reports a four hour vandal spree causing estimated damage over 4400 dollars. Incidents spanned north central Des Moines into Polk county with smashed windows, car brakes released to roll down hills, oil paint sprayed inside homes and at a motel, and vehicle fires from kerosene warnings.
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Indonesian Rail Wreck Toll Rises to 37 Dead
Jakarta AP reports the Jakarta Bandung express derailment death toll increased to 37 with 126 injured as of Saturday. Authorities continue rescue and investigation efforts into the weekend.
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Trieste To Start Trip To Seek Thresher
The navy will ship the bathyscaph Trieste aboard the Point Defiance to seek the sunken atomic submarine Thresher off New London. The 13 250 ton ship carries the Trieste on a large open deck and the mission aims for visual observation to determine the cause of the disaster.
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British Youths Brave Channel on a Bedstead
In Calais a drifting iron bedstead on a raft with an outboard motor carried two Liverpool University students Donald Kidd and Keith McKenna ages 18 and 19 from Dover to Calais. They rode the bed as a bet claiming five hours for the journey. The voyage began in calm conditions but rough 12 foot waves turned it into a nightmare until a Calais tug rescued the float.
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Beer Drinking Gets Top Billing Among U S Youth
Daytona Beach reports 35000 college students set to celebrate Easter with high spirits. Police cite 138 minor arrests amid pranks and crowded beaches while Fort Lauderdale sees about 10000 people under tighter controls and reduced public drinking.
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First Crossing Tumbles Bridge In Italy
A new iron bridge at San Piero in Bagno collapsed as the first vehicle crossed, sending engineers and officials into Fossatone stream. The structure replaced a dangerous stone crossing torn down earlier.
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Rocket Crashes During Chicago Space Month Hoist
A 71 foot military Scout rocket being hoisted for Midwest Space Month crashed onto Wacker Drive near the Civic Opera building in Chicago. Ten workers escaped injury as the 8,000 pound missile broke into three sections blocking the upper deck southbound lane for about 30 minutes. Ernie Zichal of Illinois Bell, Space Month coordinator, said the rocket had been two thirds up when the accident occurred.
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US House Unit Sees Latin America Stable Yet Threatened
A bipartisan four member study mission says the United States holds a stronger Latin American standing than in years past but urges faster action by hemisphere governments to guard against communist subversion. It warns immediate long term measures are needed to secure Alliance for Progress and notes the Food for Peace school lunch program as a beneficial but cautions feeding surplus food can carry risks.
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U.S
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Cuba
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Easter Rites Observed At Jerusalem
Thousands of Christian pilgrims from many lands gathered in Jerusalem for Easter sunrise services. More than 100 Christian sects joined Greek Orthodox Armenian Coptic and Syrian faithful at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Holy Saturday rites and the Miracle of the Holy Fire as bells rang and hymns filled the incense scented air.
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Unity Talks Mark GOP Rift Over Easter in Holy Land
In Washington Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater reach a tacit truce to seek GOP unity. They downplay nominating fights as they discuss healing the liberal conservative split ahead of next year’s presidential race. Goldwater praises Rockefeller while both hold informal meetings to bridge party differences.
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Choir Loft Collapse Injures 40 in Peru Cathedral
In Sicuani's Cathedral during a Good Friday service the choir loft collapsed injuring 40 people, twelve of them seriously, according to officials in Lima.
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Sicuani
New Philharmonic Hall to undergo tuning and interior changes
New York AP reports the Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall will be tuned due to insufficient bass tone and interior redesign costing over 300000 dollars. Architect Max Abramovitz notes acoustical fixes are common in such projects and aim to make bass notes land softly on shell-like surfaces before the next season opening.
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Max Abramovitz
William Schuman
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Sin now pay later sign on church bulletin board
A church bulletin board displays the line Sin now. Pay later a tongue in cheek message reflecting moral caution with a humorous twist. The simple two phrase sign captures a playful warning about immediate gratification versus consequences.
Youth Admits Skier Killing
Reno police charged 18 year old Thomas Lee Bean with murder after he confessed to strangling and dismembering Sonja McCaskie a former British ski star whose body was found at her apartment last week. Bean allegedly re enacted the crime at the victim duplex following a bullet punctured chase through downtown Reno.
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