Notable Birmingham March Arrests as King Leads Rally
In Birmingham on Friday, about 60 including Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. were arrested during a peaceful Freedom March. Roughly 1,000 Negroes followed the leaders Dr. King Fred Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy as police blocked the procession and jailed the organizers. Plans for continuing demonstrations, kneeling at white churches on Easter Sunday, and further actions ahead of Mayor-elect Albert Boutwell's inauguration were outlined by SCLC officials.
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Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Fred Shuttlesworth
Ralph D. Abernathy
Wyatt Tee Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Boutwell
Albert Boutwell
Alabama
Eugene Connor
Connor
City Hall
Dr. King
Abernathy
Shuttlesworth
Walker
Justice Department
Burke Marshall
J. A. Bivens
Bond
Bivens
Easter Celebrations Worldwide Mark Resurrection Day
Christians across Protestant Catholic and Orthodox traditions prepare for Easter with outdoor services at mountain shrines sea fronts and caves. President Kennedy and family may attend Palm Beach services while Miami hosts a large sunrise pageant. Moravian and cave services attract thousands in Winston-Salem and Missouri locations.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
Palm Beach
St. Edwards
Joseph P. Kennedy
Weather Bureau
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Florida
Miami Stadium
Miami Council of Churches
Winston-Salem
N.C
Home Moravian Church
God's Acre
City of the
Missouri
Lyman Riley
Meramec Caverns
Stanton
Onondage Cave
Leaseburg
Weather outlook fair tonight with sun and warmth ahead
The forecast calls for a clear night with low temperatures in the upper 30s Then Sunday brings sunny skies and rising temperatures with highs around the mid 60s Read by churches section for Sunday details.
Trucker Spreads Easter Joy at La Rabida Sanitarium
Eddie Shields 52 tours every holiday to La Rabida in Chicago donating Easter treats to about 90 young cardiac patients and other children. He began this after a 25 year detour led him to the hospital and he funds a wing with proceeds from his charity efforts.
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Chicago
Eddie Shields
Shields
Jackson Park
la Rabida
Scotland Yard Seeks Clue To Leak In Nuclear Plan
The report notes investigations into a leak tied to a nuclear plan, with authorities seeking a clue on the motive and source behind the alleged disclosure amid broader security concerns. It references related Cold War era procedures and ongoing inquiries by police and defense officials.
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Scotland Yard
Easter Pilgrims Flock To Jerusalem For Holy Rituals
Thousands of Christians travel to the Holy Land for Eastertide rituals marking the crucifixion burial and resurrection. About 15 000 Christians attended events with Good Friday processions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and stations of the cross along the Trial of Christ through Jerusalem.
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Jordan
Holy Land
Calvary
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christ
Pontius Pilate
Holy Saturday Observances Mark Easter Countdown
Vatican Catholic services mark Christ burial as Lent ends and Easter nears. Pope John XXIII plans the Easter message and encyclical Pacem in Terris Peace on Earth. He will give Urbi et Orbi blessing from St. Peter's balcony after the Pontifical Mass.
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John XXIII
Vatican
Rome
St. Peter’s Basilica
Christ
Pope John
United Nations
St. Peter's
Urbi
Orbi
Lester Pearson declines Gustavus invitation in Nobel Hall ceremony
Canadian Liberal leader Lester B. Pearson has turned down an invitation to join other Nobel Prize winners May 4 at Gustavus Adolphus College in St Peter Minnesota for the hall dedication ceremony.
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St, Peter, Minn
Lester B. Pearson
Gustavus Adolphus College
Killer Of 2 Man Boat Crew In FBI Custody
Roger Foster, 17, admitted killer of the Dream Girl charter boat crew, was brought to Key West by Coast Guard and held by FBI and county officers. He claimed to have murdered captain Douglas Trevor, 47, and his son Edward, 22, after the boat was found adrift near Cuba. Foster’s motive cited possible Cuba trip and anti Communist aims. a note in his motel blamed insanity and warned not to publicize his death.
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Fla
Roger Foster
Coast Guard
FBI
Foster
Cuba
Douglas Trevor
Edward
Fidel Castro
Sheriff's Department
Trevors
H. A. Foster
Griffin
Roger
Terrell Tanner
Dr. Foster
Tanner
Communist Party
Castro
Income Tax Deadline Is Extended To Monday
Madison AP reports the State Department of Taxation will accept income tax returns mailed by midnight Monday as meeting the filing deadline. The ruling aligns with a federal decision allowing postmarked returns to count, since the prior deadline falls on Sunday when post offices are closed.
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Madison
State Department of Taxation
Internal Revenue Service
Detectives Clash With Ban The Bomb Marchers In London
Scotland Yard detectives joined about 15 000 demonstrators during a 50 mile Easter march from Alder Maston to London as 1000 protesters broke away to clash with police near Reading. Pamphlets exposing nuclear wartime plans were distributed to marchers and mailed to officials and media, prompting security criticism and possible prosecutions.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Aldermaston
Reading
Seven Die in Wisconsin Friday Highway Crashes
Seven persons were killed in separate Wisconsin highway accidents Friday, increasing the 1963 toll to 172. Victims included Andrew Peterson and Mildred Svetlik in Walworth County, a two-vehicle crash near Turtle Lake, a Port Washington area car collision, and a Madison motorcycle fatality.
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Associated Press
Walworth County
Andrew P. Peterson
Round Lake
Ill
Mildred E. Svetlik
East Troy
Elkhorn
Nancy Hawke
Leon Swan
Peterson
Robert Hoey
Racine
Jeffrey
Charles Vosika
Lawrence Springeen
Emerald
Donald Hoff
Minneapolis
Minn
Barron County
Turtle Lake
Martin S. Weiss
Milwaukee
Allen J. Bartlett
Elm Grove
Waukesha County
Port Washington
Richard L. Lyons
Madison
Passover Tuna Botulism Alert Traced to Washington Packing
FDA announced defective cans of Dagim white tuna marked kosher for Passover and WY2 WY3 codes contaminated with type E botulinum. Shipped to New York Detroit Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh and Augusta. about 20 cans tested positive, mostly in New York. Washington Packing Corp. actions followed deaths in Detroit linked to the issue. California ordered removal of all tuna from the firm since December.
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Larry Osius
Associated Press
Food and Drug Administration
Washington
FDA
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Augusta
Washington Packing Corp
San ‘Francisco
A&p
Washington Packing
California
California Health Department
Dagim Taharim
Brooklyn
N.Y
Kosher Foods Supply House
Appleton Boy Killed by Truck in Farm Yard Accident
In Appleton a 5-year-old boy Francis Van Rossum was killed when run over by a fertilizer truck in a neighbor's farm yard. The driver Paul Uitenborck 25 stated he failed to see the child while hauling fertilizer.
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Appleton Boy
Appleton
Francis van Rossum
Louis van Rossu
Paul Uitenborck
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