Prosperous Easter Shines for Merchants and Fashion
An Associated Press survey finds Easter shopping brisk with a 3 percent sales rise over last year. Warmer weather boosts demand for dresses coats and hats while fashion shifts favor mannish fedora turban and a beltless shift dress. Some areas face cold spells or boycotts and a steel strike threat dampens confidence.
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National Retail Merchants Association
John
Kennedy
Associated Press
Destroyer Carries Sealed Package From Thresher Sinking
The destroyer Samuel B. Roberts arrived in Newport with a sealed plastic package weighing two to three pounds from the Thresher submarine sinking scene. Cmdr. William Murray Jr. led the Roberts crew and an officer took the package to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, home port of the Thresher.
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Newport
R.I
Samuel B. Roberts
Thresher
Roberts
Cmdr
William Murray Jr
Skylark
Portsmouth
N.H
Pilgrims Trace Christ's Steps on Good Friday in Jerusalem
Reverent pilgrims bearing crosses traced Christ's last steps along Jerusalem's Street of Sorrows to Calvary. More than 10,000 worshippers from many lands joined processions led by 60 Franciscan friars, praying at the 14 Stations of the Cross as UN blue helmets watched the crowd.
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Jerusalem
Christ
Street of Sorrows
Calvary
Pontius Pilate
Jesus
Jordan Valley
Dead Sea
Leity
United Nations
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Mount of Olives
Garden
Gethsem Mane
Judas
Inside 4B Christians Trace Christ Steps to Last Supper
A fragmentary report describes 4B Christians from nearly 100 sects moving from St. Savior's Convent toward the cenacle on Mt. Zion the Last Supper site. The cenacle lies in the Israeli sector of a divided city near barbed wire where Arab and Israeli forces have endured a fragile 14 year truces.
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Christ
St. Savior's Convent
Jon Mt. Zion
No Man’s Land
X15 Flight Reaches 73000 Feet Mapping Flight
At Edwards Air Force Base California technicians scan photos from the X15 rocket plane. Air Force Maj. Robert Rushworth piloted the craft to an estimated 73000 feet during the first high altitude fringe of space flight.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Robert Rushworth
Proud Ship Becomes 286-Foot Sea Coffin
The Thresher disaster 129 sailors lost after the submarine sank in the 3400 foot trench east of Cape Cod. Seawolf detected noises and tapping on the hull while surface ships cleared the area to prevent interference. No life expected. the hunt continued for the wreck.
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Associated Press
Bem Price
Washington
Thresher
Weymouth
Mass
Cape Cod
Seawolf
Alnil
UGC
North Carolina Senate Advances Absentee Ballot Bill
The North Carolina Senate quickly approved a tightening absentee ballot bill after endorsements from the State Board of Elections. The session also halted attempts to reinstate the Dixie Classic holiday tournament and debated school accreditation language. A constitutional initiative amendment and a uniform lower court study were sent to committees, with pro and anti opinions voiced by several lawyers.
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Raleigh
Senate
Ira T. Johnston
Ashe
William Joslin
State Board of Elections
House
T. Clarence Stone
Strong
Stone
Judiciary Committee
J. Homer Stockton
Macon
Southern Association
North Carolina
Senate Committee On
Ray Walton
Brunswick
A. D. Folger
Mt. Airy
Robert Martin
High Point
Floyd Crouse
Sparta
Folger
Crouse
Superior Court
Herman Clark
Henry Anderson
Fayetteville
A. Pilston Godwin
Gatesville
Clark
T. F E. Story
Wilkes
Stockton
Story
Tom Bennett
Carteret
Sanford
Congress
Treasury
Dillion
Navy pays homage as Thresher crew remembered and mystery deepens
The U S Navy held a solemn ceremony in Portsmouth New Hampshire to honor 129 men lost with the nuclear submarine Thresher on its trial run. A court of inquiry in Groton resumed probing the disaster as oil and wreckage samples were sent to Portsmouth for examination. The admiral noted that the inner events aboard the submarine will likely remain unknown.
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Navy
America
Portsmouth
N. H
Quiry
Groton
Conn
Cmdr
John W. Harvey
C. James Zurcher
Atlantic Command
Harvey
Iself
Adm
George W. Ander
Ousted Red Art Expert Defends Western Art at Kremlin
Boris Ioganson, former head of the Soviet Artists Union, defends Western art at the Kremlin congress. He argues for moderation and warns against destroying talent amid Khrushchev era campaigns, citing impressionism's positive influence on Russian realism.
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Moscow
Boris Ioganson
Soviet Artists’ Union
Communist Party
Kremlin
Literary Gazette
Congress
Artists’ Union
Joganson
Khrushchev
Kennedy Plea Averts New Steel Price Clash
President Kennedy urged restraint on steel prices in a move seen as easing prospects of a fresh government industry clash. United States Steel Corp called its price review ongoing with no statement after Easter while Wheeling Steel posted a six dollar per ton rise on key products.
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Washington
Kennedy
Aser
United States Steel Corp
Wheeling Steel Corp
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers
Congress
West Virginia
Wheeling
Bus Crash Brings Psychological Harm to Transit Official
In Los Angeles a Metropolitan Transit Authority manager Cone T. Bass escaped injury when his boss R. L. Witte’s bus bumped into a car as 1.75 million vehicles crowded the city. Witte was not physically hurt but suffered notable psychological damage.
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Los Angeles
R. L. Witte
Cone T. Bass
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Bass
Witte
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N.C
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Guilford
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Atlantic
Boston
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Navy Court of
U.S
Loganson
Paul the Pelican
Paul
St. James’ Park
London
House of Commons
Ministry of Works
Commons
Three Pelicans
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