Easter party born from lost driver’s route in 25 years
Chicago AP. Eddie Shields a newspaper truck driver now 52 recalls getting lost on a route 25 years ago in Jackson Park leading to the La Rabida sanitarium. The Easter party for about 90 pediatric cardiac patients features eggs cakes coloring books candy and more. Shields funds this and other festivities and hopes a $250000 wing bearing his name will be built with proceeds from his comedy act.
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la Rabida Sanitarium
Chicago
Eddie Shields
Shields
Jackson Park
la Rabida
Shield
Demonstrations continue in Birmingham after mass arrest
In Birmingham, about 60 people including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were arrested during a Free dom March amid peaceful protests. Leaders plan further actions such as kneeling at white churches on Easter and student involvement, with Albert Boutwell set to become mayor as city hall tensions grow.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Fred Shuttlesworth
Ralph D. Abernathy
Wyatt Tee Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Boutwell
Albert Boutwell
Alabama
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A compact page note previews comics features and editorials with weather outlook hints. It signals broader sections inside the newspaper, inviting readers to explore comics and opinion items alongside a brief forecast.
New Threat From Tuna Is Noted
The FDA announced a canned tuna contamination risk tied to botulism type E affecting six metropolitan areas including New York and Detroit. Kensin labeled “Dagim white tuna kosher for Passover” were recalled after about 100 cans were tested positive, with ties to Washington Packing Corp. and an A&P store in Detroit.
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Washington
FDA
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Augusta
New York Area
Washington Packing Corp
San Francisco
A&p
California
Leaks on Britain's nuclear survival plan shock London march
Scotland Yard begins a probe into who leaked Britain's nuclear survival pamphlets handed to about 10 000 anti nuclear marchers from Aldermaston to London. Officials warn pamphlet details are largely accurate and promise prosecution for publishers.
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Scotland Yard
Britain
Aldermaston
Oxford
Harold Macmillan
Militant Committee of 100
Cuba
Committee For Nuclear Disarmament
John Collins
St. Paul's Cathedral
CND
Former Thresher Skipper Links Sinking to Instant Flooding
Cmdr. Dean L. Axene testified at a Portsmouth court of inquiry that he believes the Thresher disaster, which claimed 129 lives, was related to an instantaneous flooding event. He said the crew could not react in time and noted instrument issues during an earlier failed deep sea test in the same area.
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N.H
Thresher
Dean L. Axene
Axene
Columbus
Ohio
Russia
Grand Banks
Korth
Navy Court of
Visitors at Parks Increase in March for North Carolina
The state parks drew 82,933 visitors in March aided by good weather, up 29,211 from a year earlier. For the first three months, attendance reached 156,094 versus 121,977 in the same period in 1962 as reported by the State Department of Conservation and Development.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation and Development
Easter Meaning Explored by High Pointers
A Sunday feature explores the meaning of Easter through a group of High Pointers. The Enterprise notes urban renewal efforts in High Point focusing on rehabilitation and renewal of yards streets and neighborhoods. A profile on Robert Kennedy analyzes his role and controversy in Washington.
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Sunday Enterprise
Robert Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy
Murder confession on Dream Girl ties two deaths to gallant chase
In Key West a bloodstained Dream Girl cruiser is found adrift near Cuba. Roger Foster, 17, admits killing Douglas Trevor, 47, and his son Edward, 22, and says he murdered them and threw them overboard after a long coast guard search. Authorities report notes of mental turmoil and possible anti Castro, Nazi links, and a failed athletic injury backdrop as motive factors.
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Cuba
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Monroe
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Terrell Tanner
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Tanner
Communist Party
Fidel Castro
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Dream Girl
Trevors
Nicholas Channel
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Edward
Newburgh Youth Navy Air Force Recruit Returns Home In deceptions
Charlie Griscom 13 percent of Newburgh New York arrives at Idlewild from Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas with his stepfather Staff Sgt James J Hessler. He enlisted March 29 in Baltimore using a friend's birth certificate. Air Force found the deception after a form letter to Ronald Merry's parents.
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Newburgh
N. Y
New York
Idlewild
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
James J. Hessler
Charlie
Air Force
Baltimore
Lackland
Ronald Merry
Soviet Poet Yevtushenko Cancels U S University Visit
Informants report nonconformist poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko canceled a planned tour of American universities including Princeton Stanford Indiana Chicago due to illness and possible official pressure. The move follows criticism from Khrushchev allies over his Babi Yar critique of Soviet anti Semitism.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Princeton
Stanford
University of Indiana
University of Chicago
Yevtushenko
Khrushchev
Writers Union
Easter Pilgrims flock to Holy Land for rites
Thousands of Christians descended on Jerusalem for Eastertide rituals marking Jesus crucifixion and resurrection. Eastern and Western rites held four burial services on Good Friday as robed priests retrieved nails and anointed a linen wrapped Christ effigy. About 15 000 worshippers attended with processions along the Stations of the Cross and vigil at Calvary.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Holy Land
Calvary
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Navy maps sea floor for Thresher wreck search
Dark weather hampered 45 mph winds and 15 to 20 foot waves as 12 ships search 8,400 feet deep off Boston for the Thresher. Oceanographers use echo sounding gear to map the Atlantic bottom for a possible underwater TV scan and Trieste bathyscaphe. Navy officials announce a broader probe into subs design while 129 crewmen are declared legally dead for death benefits.
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Thresher
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