Easter observances mark resurrection across world
Easter weekend saw sunrise services and pageantry as Christians celebrate the risen Christ with egg hunts and new finery. Protests for a bloodless world and a global ban on nuclear arms spread amid religious observances from Jerusalem to Rome, Cuba, and beyond, with Pope John XXIII delivering messages to millions. In Laos the Soviet Union offered a path to a ceasefire and a 14 nation conference, while clashes continued as U.S. and British officials discussed sequencing steps toward neutrality and peace.
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Christ
Holy Land
Moscow
Soviet Union
Laos
Britain
Indochina
France
China
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
London
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Vientiane
Frank Roberts
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Khrushchevy
United States
Control Commission
India
Canada
Poland
Two Bodies Found At Crash Site Near Denton
Two more airmen killed in the B52G crash near Denton were found the morning after the Friday night incident. An Air Force pilot from Wilson North Carolina was identified among the dead. The fuselage crater shows the bomber came down nose first after midair explosions, with six crewmen accounted for including two survivors.
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Denton
Air Force
Wilson
N. C
Public
Seymour Johnson Afb
Jackie Kennedy Easter Outfit Chooses Casini Design
Palm Beach reports Jacqueline Kennedy will wear a pale blue pillbox hat and matching silk two piece dress with three quarter sleeves for Easter Sunday. Oleg Cassini designed the look, with weather considerations guiding the color. She plans beige shoes white gloves and a beige handbag for the appearance at church.
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Frances Lewine
Palm Beach
Fla
Jacqueline Kennedy
Oleg Cassini
New York
Cassini
Sunrise Services Across North Carolina Easter Awakening
North Carolinians attend sunrise services on Easter Sunday with Moravian rites in Winston-Salem drawing as many as 40000 worshipers at Home Moravian Church. Bishop J Kenneth Pfohl leads a 20 minute cemetery service after a dawn program by 600 musicians.
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Winston-Salem
Home
Moravian Church
J. Kenneth Pfohl
Leada
Pfohl
Wood
Murphy
Church of God of Prophecy
Beaufort
Fort Macon
Douglas A. Branch
Baptist State Convention
Morehead City
Carteret
Secret Service tightens watch on Palm Beach Cuban plot
In Palm Beach the Secret Service enlies an enlarged force tracking four suspected pro Castro Cubans including a woman as they keep Caroline Kennedy under 24 hour guard during Easter weekend at her grandparents home. Havana denies plot claims while officials warn an arrest may be delayed pending airtight evidence.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Secret Service
Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Atlantic Shore
Havana
Revolucion
Caroline Kennedy
Ann Seeman
Pierre Salinger
White House
Man Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life in Chicago Driveway
Gregory drives with his wife and three children to the McNeil home. He fires at least one shot from a 30-30 rifle, killing Mrs. Gregory in the front seat and then shoots himself after moving toward the McNeil house. Neighbors report jealousy and threats prior to the deaths.
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Arthur Gregory
Josephine
Guilford County
R. B. Davis
Gregory
Sisoe
Glen McNeil
En McNeil
Gregorys
McNeil
Dorothy McGee
North Carolina Senate to debate redistricting amid slow session
Raleigh AP reports the North Carolina General Assembly, after 72 weeks, has yet to bring major controversial legislation to a vote. Hearings proceed on small loan regulation, auto insurance extension, and Sanford school financing. A key floor issue is Senate redistricting by 1960 Census lines, fielding Gov. Sanford’s promise. Currie pushes floor action with Gov. help expected. House reapportionment awaits amid balance concerns.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Gov. Sanford
Claude Currie
Senatorial Representation Committee
Currie
Democratic Party
Senate
Welch asks Senate panel to probe John Birch Society
Belmont Mass AP Robert Welch founder of the John Birch Society asks the Senate Internal Security subcommittee to investigate the group. Welch’s secretary released a night letter to subcommittee chairman Sen James Eastland vowing members will not plead the Fifth and that their only crime is fighting communism.
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Belmont, Mass
Robert Welch
John Birch Society
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Welch
Sen
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Subcommittee
Eisenhower
Eastland
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
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