Plans Advancing For Apple Hill Playhouse Season
Indiana's Nancy Chesney and co producers Harry Cauley and Jack Zaharia prepare for a third season at Apple Hill Playhouse near Delmont. The troupe recruits New York actors and local apprentices, with alumni expanding to Off Broadway, Stratford, and a film in Germany. The 102 year old barn theater plans summer productions including The Owl and the Pussycat and a Cauley written play. University lectures and concerts accompany the season to bolster funding and showcase professional theater for rural audiences.
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Indiana
Nancy Chesney
Harry Cauley
Jack Zaharia
Apple Hill Playhouse
Delmont
Apple Hill
Montgomery Clift
Germany
Barbara Cloud
Army
the Ledges Playhouse
Michigan
Cauley
New York
London
Hollywood
William Penn Playhouse
the Cauley
Gerald Wendt
World of Tomorrow
Fisher Auditorium
Adhouse
Apple Hills
Fisher Playhouse
Outer Space
Uesday
Keithater
Cal
Rural Affairs Advisory Council
San
Idra Dietz
Theater of Conthe
Com
Playhouse
Countians Observe Good Friday and Passover
Countians observe Good Friday ending Easter and Passover beginning Tuesday with Christians marking the resurrection and Jews celebrating freedom. Banks closed and many stores shut noon to 3 pm as officials report variable spring weather across Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph Barr urges spiritual rededication to help the nation face modern tasks. Passover recalls Moses leading Jews from Egypt and the Red Sea parting.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Joseph Barr
Weather Bureau
Egypt
Moses
Red Sea
Irish writer Sean O Faulain joins Wesleyan campus fellowship
On Campus Middletown Conn AP Irish writer Sean O Faulain has arrived as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan University. French historian Mircea Eliade and Chilean diplomat Sergio Gutierrez Olivos will join him in residence next semester at the school.
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Middletown, Conn
Sean O'Faulain
Wesleyan University
Center For Advanced Studies
Mircea Eliade
Sergio Gutierrez Olivos
O’faulain
Light snow melts in county amid clear roads
Light snow fell again in Indiana County but produced negligible accumulation as temperatures rose. Highway crews salted and cleared slick spots, then returned home as roads opened. Elsewhere, weather stretched from mild West to cool Northeast with scattered precipitation and a cold front driving storms.
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Indiana County
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Indiana
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Northern Plains
Gulf of Mexico
South Central
Clarksdale, Miss
Central Plains
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alpena
Michigan
Midwest
Appalachians
Carolinas
New England
Texas
Marquette
Mich
Blythe
Calif
Ike's Vacation Nearing End
Palm Desert California AP reports former president Dwight D Eisenhower and Mamie plan to leave El Dorado Country Club for their Gettysburg farm between April 27 and May 1. Friends say the winter vacation is ending.
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Palm Desert
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
el Dorado Country Club
World Christians Gather For Easter Observances
Pilgrims thronged the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem for Easter rites, re enacting the Way of the Cross as 25000 Christians from around the world filled hotels and convents. Soviet priests joined Western and Eastern congregations, sharing Easter for the first time in three years. President Johnson planned Good Friday services in Texas. Across the globe, Holy Week rites, travel booms, and distinct national observances marked the holiday period.
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Jerusalem
Christ
Pontius Pilate
Calvary
San Francisco
Tokyo
Sweden
South Africa
Soviet Union
Johnson
Washington
Johnson City
Tex
San Fernando Cathedral
San Antonio
Mexico
Jesus
Broadway United Church of Christ
New York
Malcolm Boyd
Charlie Byrd
Florida
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Veracruz
Tampico
Monterrey
Acapulco
Berlin
ADN
Britain
The
Automobile Association
Harold Wilson
Scilly Isles
England
Pittsburgh Fights Milk Rate Hike
Pittsburgh filed suit in Commonwealth Court to rescind a half cent per quart milk price rise in its marketing area. City Solicitor David Stahl argues the order violates the Milk Control Law and burdens the Pittsburgh school district and students. a prior injunction request was denied as the new price took effect Tuesday.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Commonwealth Court
David Stahl
State Milk Control Commission
Stahl
Frontier air war and Viet Nam clash report
Air Force jets hit supply areas 12 miles north of the 17th Parallel as three buildings were destroyed and three damaged in seven missions. A depot at Quang Xa faced explosions and a fireball 1 600 feet high. SAC B 52s saturated a Viet Cong camp 65 miles southeast of Da Nang. One aircraft was lost in 24 hours. an ALE Skyraider ditched near Da Nang with minor injuries. A Viet Cong attack on a 60 man outpost near Long An Province sparked a government response. Ho Bo Woods patrols yielded light contact and rice stores, raising seizures to several hundred tons since Operation Circle Pines began. Troop strength nears 235 000 under McNamara approval.
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Air Force
17Th Parallel
South Viet Nam
Quang Xa
Strategic Air Command
Guam
da Nang
U.S
Saigon
Long An
U.S. 1St Infantry
Ho Bo
Washington
Viet Nam
Defense
Roberts. McNamara
Heiress and Man Surrender After Disappearance
A 11 year old heiress Edith Angelia DeeDee Jenkins and Donald Collins 20 turned themselves in to San Diego police after leaving home two weeks earlier. They phoned from Mission Beach and were turned over to county sheriff s deputies. They said they spent three days at Mission Beach then hitchhiked to Los Angeles area and drove north in a 1952 pickup traded for a hi fi set.
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San Diego
Calif
Edith Angelia
DeeDee) Jenkins
Donald Collins
Mission Beach
Clarence Myers
DeeDee
Los Angeles
Collins
Big Sur
Burglaries Hit VEW and VFW Clubs in Robinson and Seward
State police report burglaries at two VEW and VFW clubs. In Robinson, cash and change were stolen after vending machines were forced open and money taken from behind the bar, discovered by Charles Nixon. A similar break in was reported at the Seward VFW Club, investigation turned over to Greensburg troops.
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Robinson
Indiana
VFW
Charles Nixon
Seward
Greensburg
Auto Insurance Rate Increases Faced By Court
Commonwealth court has received five more exceptions challenging a 15 to 20 percent rise in automobile casualty rates that took effect October 1. Edward O. Spotts, Pittsburgh lawyer, filed Thursday on behalf of Donald R. Johnson of Mount Oliver, contending Insurance Commissioner Audrey Kelly erred in approving the hikes.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth Court
Edward 0. Spotts
Pittsburgh
Donald R. Johnson
Mount Oliver
Spotts
Audrey Kelly
Brezhnev Leads Narrowly Revitalized Soviet Politburo
The party and its Secretariat kept most leadership intact as nearly 5,000 delegates re elected the Central Committee. The Politburo shrank from 12 to 11 with the retirement of Mikoyan and Shvernik and the addition of Arvid Pershe of Latvia. Brezhnev announced the lineup naming Kosygin Podgorny Suslov Voronov Kirilenko Shelepin Mazurov Shelest and Pelshe. Observers noted Shelpin’s possible drop in status as the congress stressed party unity before some 1,000 foreign delegates.
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Central Committee
Politburo
Anastas I.mikoyan
Nikolai M. Shvernik
Arvid J. Pershe
Communist Party
Kirill T. Mazurov
Dimitry
Pol Pyotr V. Shelest
Pelshe
Shelpin
Brezhnev
LSU Athletic Director Wounded in Baton Rouge Shooting
Baton Rouge Louisiana AP reports LSU athletic director James J Corbett 48 was found in a wrecked car with a back wound and later underwent surgery. He muttered that's what you get for trying to help someone as two policemen heard. Corbett's condition listed as fairly good after four transfusions. Police examined his car and the bullet at the crime lab. The scene yielded no weapon and authorities pursued leads about an assailant.
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Baton Rouge
James J. Corbett
Louisiana State University
Corbett
George Stirrat
State Police Crime Laboratory
Stirrat
New York
Charines
Sy Cog Cavese Reese Comne
Johnson
Broadway
Lynda
Lucia
American Guild of Variety
San An
Tonics Torms
President Johnson to sign Medicare extension in Texas
President Johnson, back in Texas, arranged two public appearances for today the signing of a medicare extension bill and attendance at Good Friday services in San Antonio. Civic and church officials and residents were surprised by the sudden schedule as Johnson arrived late Thursday amid a bustling tourist city scene.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Texas
Ilvine Iran Wahhington
Soviet Officers Retrieve Bodies After Berlin Crash
Soviet officers brought the remains of Capt. Boris Kapustin and Lt. Yuri Yanov to West Berlin for burial with a 36‑man honor guard and funeral march. British and West German salvage crews recovered the wreckage of the claimed MIG I7 as the incident prompted Western officials to condemn Soviet overflights.
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West Berlin
Red Army
Boris Kapustin
Yuri Yanov
East Berlin
U.S
Berlin
Tass
Three Die In Rural Pa. Home Fire Killings
A rural home near Williamsport Lycoming County burned early today killing Rodney A. Peet and two others. Neda Peet 77 and James Peet 41 of McDonald RD 3 Washington County also died. James Peet Jr. 17 and Charles R. Peet 16 were treated at Divine Providence Hospital for burns. State police fire marshal investigations underway. A nearby storekeeper said the fire started about 2 30 a.m. and spread rapidly.
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Williamsport
Rodney A. Peet
Proctor Star Route
Lycoming
Sullivan County
Neda Peet
James Peet
McDonald R.D
Washington County
Peets
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
Buddhists Lead 2000 In Violence In Vietnam Protests
Buddhists march in a large protest with 2000 demonstrators clashing with reporters and confronting American Military Police who were ordered to remove U S newsmen. MPs drew pistols to restrain journalists as monks join the front line guiding crowds and signaling them forward amid the street confrontation.
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U.S
Obituaries reflect multiple local deaths in April 1966
A mixed obituary page notes Bernice Empfield Minser of Penn Run died after a two car crash on Route 422 near Indiana on April 7 1966 born January 6 1911 in Buffington Township Indiana County survived by husband and son and a brother with services set at Robinson Lytle Funeral Home interment in Brush Valley. Additional notices honor H Guy Stewart 66 of Kokomo Indiana died April 7 1988 a longtime steel worker survived by widow Naomi and siblings. John Shermenti 58 of Apollo R D 3 died April 6 1966 born November 15 1907 in Loyalhanna Township survived by wife Amanda and multiple children and stepchildren with services at Yockey and Yockey Avonmore and burial at Edgewood Cemetery. Mary Menegatti 38 of Homer City died April 6 1966 born July 19 1897 in Italy survived by husband Tranquillo and several children with services at Homer City area church and churchyard burial.
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Bernice Empfield Minser
Harry Minser
Penn Run
Indiana Hospital
Route 422
Indiana
Buffington Twp
Indiana County
John Irwin
Mamie Findley Empfield
Brushvalley
Cherryhill
Minser
Harmony Presbyterian Church
John
Ehinaie D. Empfield
Robinson - Lytle’s
W. James Leg
H. Guy Stewart
Kokomo
J. Milton
Dora Lydick Stewart
Stewart
Naomi Jacobs Stewart
J. Wendell Stewart
Mildred Stewart
Ellers
Memorial Park
John Shermenti
Apollo R.D
Old Fairbanks
Loyalhanna Twp
Armstrong County
Rosa Petitory Shermenti
Hebron Lutheran Church of
Avonmore
Amanda Shaffer Shermenti
John Jr
McKeesport
James
Samuel
Yockey
Herbert D. Dubler
Edgewood Cemetery
Saltsburg
Mary
Menegatti
Tranquillo Menegatti
North Railroad Ave
Homer City
Italy
Lino
Rosa Bartoluci Barrattini
Clyde
Isabel) Silveri
R.D
Thomas
Rose) Benamati, Jr
Lucy
Louis
Baltimore
Toms River
N.J
Anna
Eda Prianti
Askew
St. Louis R.C
Lucernemines
Megr
H. A. Podowski
Court Queen of May
CDA
Altar Rosary Society
UN Delays Rhodesia Meeting as Africans Seek Strategy
The U N Security Council delays urgent Rhodesia meeting while African members seek strategy. Ambassador Keita cites ongoing consultations, with a session possibly set for Monday and Britain pressing for U N authority to use force to sanction Rhodesia over the Greek tanker Joanna V at Beira.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.n.security Council
Britain
Rhodesia
Council
Moussa Leo Keita
Mali
Keita
U Thant
U.N
Economc
Beira
Mozambique
Motorist Kills Two Vallejo Policemen
In Vallejo California a motorist shot and killed Patrolmen Calvin Thacker and William Eason after police trapped him on a dead end street. Reinforcements sealed exits from the city and two bridges as investigators hunted a restaurant worker from El Cerrito linked to the crime by a partly completed citation found beside a patrolman. Police noted prior records in Napa and Oakland and a past assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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Vallejo
Calif
Calvin Thacker
William Easson
California Highway Patrol
San Francisco Bay
el Cerrito
Napa
Oakland
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Frontier
LSU
Gazette
Leity
Buddhist Institute
Time Magazine
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Frank McCulloch
Starcom
Tan Son Nhut
Nguyen Cao Ky
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