Christians Braving Drizzle for Jerusalem Good Friday
About 1,000 Christian pilgrims walked the Via Dolorosa toward the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem as a light drizzle fell. Monks, nuns, and families paused at Stations of the Cross amid shops, with Arab, German, Swedish and Spanish delegations present and no incidents reported under security given by Israeli police.
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Jerusalem
Holy City
Christ
Via Dolorosa
Church of the Holy Sepulchure
Bled Road
Jesus
Daughters of Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
Middle East
Negro Chooses to School Unit in Kansas City
Rev. E A Wadlowe a 55 year old pastor of St. Peter Christian Methodist Church was appointed to the Kansas City Kansas school board. His selection follows Tuesday elections which defeated Dr William C Fletcher the board's only black member. Nichols had resigned hoping a black appointee would represent 28 percent of the student population.
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Kansas City
Kan
E. A. Wadlowe
St. Peter Christian
McLOUTH Happy Hour Club Meeting At Mrs Ridgway Home
Mrs Alice Ridgway hosted the Happy Hour Club with ten members and four guests on Friday afternoon. Bingo winners included Viola Edmonds Frances Brittain Wilma Tate Dorothy Willits and Mildred McPherson. Refreshments followed the business session. Clarence Laster drives the Lawrence mail truck while June Laster vacations with the Orville Dick family in Paramount California. Mr and Mrs Phillip Schmidt of Kansas City attended Herman Watson funeral services and visited his mother Mrs Jane Schmidt. Mrs Ruth Bower Chapman was dismissed from Kansas University Medical Center after illness. Bob Hertwick and family moved back to McLouth.
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Alice Ridgway
Myrtle Kimmel
Dorothy Willits
Ruth Allen
Mildred McPherson
Viola Edmonds
Frances Brittain
Wilma Tate
Clarence Laster
Lawrence
June Laster
Orville Dick
Paramount
Calif
Phillip Schmidt
Kansas City
Herman Watson
Jane Schmidt
Ruth Bower Chapman
Kansas University Medical Center
Bob ‘Hertwick
Dearing
McLouth
Two Des Moines Men Escape Jail In St John Flight
Two Des Moines men Samuel L. Peters Jr. and James J. Burns escaped from St John Kansas jail after overpowering Sheriff Frank Gere and fleeing in his patrol car with a shotgun a pistol and a rifle. They are wanted on charges including robbery kidnapping and airplane theft with ongoing manhunt by authorities.
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ST. John, Kan
Des Moines
St. John
Samuel L. Peters Jr
James J. Burns
Frank Gere
Burns
Peters
Elephants Go On Marula Fruit Bender In South Africa
In Kruger National Park 7700 elephants gorge on ripe marula fruit and drink the fermented juice. Rangers report drunken behavior, warning that some elephants become aggressive while others ignore visitors as bottling and rampaging follow. Monkeys and wart hogs also eat fallen berries. Venda tribes brew beer from the fruit and some villages disarm during the season.
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Skukuza
South Africa
Kruger National Park
South African Medical Research Center
Venda
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