Easter Services Mixed With Quake Tragedy Toll Rise
Christians nationwide held Easter observances from midnight to sunrise despite disaster as Alaska Oregon and California quake toll neared 75 while severe winter storms caused service cancellations. In Rindge New Hampshire 3000 braved rain and snow for the sunrise at Cathedral of the Pines and Bar Harbor Maine saw 200 attend despite a snowstorm with the coldest weather comment from Rev. Ronald Mosley.
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Diuches
Alaska
Oregon
California
Midwest
New England
Rindge
N.H
Cathedral of the Pines
Bar Harbor
Maine
Ronald Mosley
Bar Harbor Congregational Church
U.S.S. Constitution
Boston
Mt. Mansfield
Stowe
Los Angeles
Wichita Mountains
Lawton
Oklo
Mt. Davis
San Francisco
Red Rocks Park
Denver
Colo
Flier Says Plane Strayed Into East Germany Accidentally
Two U S Air Force fliers released after 17 days in confinement testified the RB-66 reconnaissance aircraft crossed into East Germany by accident. The U S Air Force European Headquarters affirmed no change in the position that the order was unintentional. Captain David I Holland and Captain Melvin Kessler, both 30s and from Minnesota and Pennsylvania, were shot down March 10 and released last Friday.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
UPI
Air Force
East Germany
U.S
Air Force European
David I. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin Kessler
Philadelphia
Riots in India Leave Hundreds Dead Across East
UPI reports government officials say nearly 300 killed as Hindu, Muslim, and Christian clashes sweep eastern India. Swedish engineer Magnus Lettius, returning from 18 months in the region, estimates the death toll could reach 1,000 to 1,500, citing Jamshedpur as a center of violence.
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Erment
India
Stockholm
Magnus Lettius
Letti
Calcutta
Orissa
Bihar
Rourkela
Negroes Barred From Easter Services Across Florida
In St Augustine Mayor Shelley blamed northern agitators for racial tensions as Negroes were turned away from all white Easter services. In Jackson Mississippi seven white professors and two Negroes were jailed after attempting to integrate Capitol Street Methodist Church while two other Negroes were turned away from Calloway Church.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
UPI
Joseph H. Shelley
Jackson
Miss
Capitol Street
Calloway Methodist Church
Shelley
Malcolm Peabody
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
Peabodys
John Gill
Grace Methodist Church
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West Coast
Hawaii
United Press International
Bourbon
Wiram Walker & Sons Limited
Walkerville, Canada
New Delhi
Hich
Lettius
Jamshedpur
East
Srinagar
Kashmir
Arnold Christensen
Bostonian, Johnston & Murphy
Fremont
Phyllis & Arnold Christensen
Fremont Street
Las Vegas
Nevada
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