High Point to Receive All-America City Award
High Point prepares to receive the All-America City Award marking 1962 progress. A grand celebration includes a record fireworks display in North Carolina, speeches, bands, jet planes, and sky divers. Luther Hodges will give the main address. Mayor Carson Stout will accept the award with Look Magazine officials present.
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High Point
North Carolina
Commerce
Luther Hodges
Look Magazine
National Municipal League
Carson Stout
Harold P. Johnson
America
Jean Herrick
Easter services unite faiths across worlds
The Associated Press reports thousands attend sunrise services in Jerusalem and around Christendom celebrating the Resurrection. Pope John XXIII issues an Easter message urging progress toward peace by ending suspicion and civil strife among nations.
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Associated Press
Christ
Rome
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Christendom
Palestine
John XXIII
Vatican Radio
Contempt Action Against King Sought in Birmingham
Attorneys filed contempt proceedings against Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and eight desegregation leaders plus 136 others for violating a state injunction. King and others remained jailed as supporters planned Easter kneel-ins and continued demonstrations in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
J. M. Breckenridge
W. A. Jenkins Jr
King
Washington
Justice Department
Wyatt Tee Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Walker
Ralph D. Abernathy
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Diefenbaker Moves Toward Change as Liberals Gain Ground
Ottawa AP Prime Minister John Diefenbaker conceded to a pro Liberal servicemen vote and moved to transfer power to Lester B Pearson. The Liberals neared a majority after service ballots added two seats, with Pearson and Diefenbaker arranging a Monday meeting to finalize the handover. One cabinet seat flipped in Pontiac Temiscamingue, another in Ontario, weakening Diefenbaker's hold.
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Ottawa
John G. Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Liberals
Pearson
Diefenbaker
Paul Martineau
Quebec
Pontiac-Temiscamingue
Ontario
Thresher Inquiry Hearings Hear Crew Loss Details
Lt. James D. Watson testified at a naval court of inquiry that the Thresher’s last sound resembled a ship breaking up as a compartment collapsed. He described the final seven minutes of radio chatter before silence after 9 17 a m EST and noted a garbled test depth message before no further contact.
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J.g
James D. Watson
Naval Court of Inquiry
Massachusetts
Watson
Skylars
Thresher
Skylark
Bernard L. Austin
Naval War College At
Newport
R.I
Court of Inquiry
Wat‘son
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Paul Schweitzer
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Herrick
Look
West
Risen
Mortimer M. Caplin
Internal Revenue
Caplin
Baltimore
Asst. Atty
Burke Marshall
J. A. Bivens
Easter Demonstra
Albert Boutwell
Eugene
Bull) Connor
Boutwell
Connor
City Hall
Thresher Inquiry
Portsmouth, N.H
RY Mere
Robert Kennedy
Sanders
Business Society Theatre Television
Steere
Eene
Netnee
Teehee
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