Return Hopes Fading for Two Fliers
Berlin reports indicate Western officials doubt Easter release of two American airmen shot down over East Germany. Captains David I. Holland and Melvin J. Kessler remain unreturned as U.S. inquiries to Soviet officials yield no progress. Lt. Harold Welch survived and is in U.S. custody after parachuting.
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UPI
East Germany
U.S
United States
Dean Rusk
Washington
Anatoly Dobrynin
David I. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Nuns Show Different Cancer Patterns in New Study
An AP report from Palm Beach Shores describes a preliminary study of 1 116 nun deaths among 116 173 nuns in 262 communities during 1963. Findings include rare cervical cancer, higher breast and ovarian cancers, and notably low lung cancer rates in a smoking-free group.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Palm Beach Shores
Fila
Asarien
Aerican Cancer Society
James T. Nix
New Orleans
United States
Nix
Diver Presents School Program at Central Junior High
Central junior high students attended a lyceum titled Underwater Wonders presented by National School Assemblies. Skindiver Jean Kauanui gave a display of diving gear and explained techniques. She is linked to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and has collected marine specimens for various institutions. Law ton high school will view the program Monday.
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Jean Kauanui
Kauanui
Scripps Institute of Oceanopgrahy
la Jolla
Calif
Lawton High School
Religious Riots Spread as Christian Tribes Attack Villages
In eastern India the death toll nears 300 as Christian Adivasi tribesmen in Bihar attack Muslims and burn two villages amid Hindu Muslim rioting. Army is in control of major towns. Jamshedpur tally rises with 164 Muslims among 171 dead. Prime Minister Nehru appeals for harmony.
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India
Bihar
Pakistan
K. B. Sahay
Bihar- Orissa
Sahay
Jamshedpur
Orissa
Rourkela
Nehru
Normal Robert Taylor Relaxes With Ranch Life
Hollywood star Robert Taylor prefers life on his 113 acre ranch over Hollywood glamour. He hunts skeet shoots and helps with chores with Ursula Thiess, his wife since 1954, while his film career slows. he enjoys simple ranch living and says he likes it.
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Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Bob
Taylor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ursula Thiess
Bar
Bara Stanwyck
Tayior
Teller Faints, Stops Bandit's Second Holdup
Glendale California AP reports bank teller Susan Leroy 43 fainted when a bandit attempted a second robbery at the Gateway branch of Bank of America. Leroy had previously been robbed by the same gunman on March 11, netting $520. The bandit fled empty handed.
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Glendale
Calif
Susan Leroy
Miss Leroy
Gateway
Bank of America
Valor Awards Across Services in Korea War Honors
The report shows 78 Medal of Honor awards by the U S Army, 8 by the Navy, 42 by the Marine Corps, and 4 by the Air Force for valor in the Korean War.
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U. S. Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Oklahoma Senate hopefuls hit campaign trail across state
Republican candidates Forest Beall Bud Wilkinson and Tom Harris Each crisscrossed districts in pursuit of voters Wednesday Beall stopped in Stillwater and Cushing with future stops planned in Haskell Sequoyah and Le Flore counties Wilkinson toured Bartlesville Pawhuska Hominy and Fairfax with more stops in Stillwater Yale and Cushing Harris campaigned in Oklahoma City and planned a swing through Anadarko Lawton and Chickasha Democrats included incumbent J Howard Edmondson who sought beef import relief and co sponsored amendments while Raymond Gary toured Boise City Keys Texhoma Goodwell and planned appearances in Guymon Hooker Beaver and Buffalo
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Senate
U. S
Robert S. Kerr
Forest Beall
Bud Wilkinson
Tom Harris
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Stillwater
Cushing
Wilkinson
Bartlesville
Pawhuska
Hominy
Fairfax
Yale
Harris
Oklahoma City
Anadarko
Lawton
Chickasha
J. Howard Edmondson
Kerr
Washington
Raymond Gary
Boise City
Keys
Texhoma
Goodwell
Guymon
Hooker
Beaver
Buffalo
Board Approves Lake Murray Lodge Renovation Plan
Oklahoma City board approves a 265000 renovation for Lake Murray Lodge near Ardmore with 75 percent of rooms ready by June 1. It directs bids for under 40000 for carpets drapes and lobby furniture at Western Hills Lodge Wagoner and lists contracts for painting floors carpets drapes furniture and mechanical work.
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Lake Murray Lodge
Ardmore
Planning and Resources Board
Board of Affairs
Western Hills Lodge
Wagoner
Lake Murray
Western Hills
Jim Cooley Co
Midwest City
Carpet
Nazi Stripped Of High Honor In Bonn After Wartime Record
Bonn Germany AP A high Bonn decoration awarded to convicted war criminal Heinrich Buetefisch was ordered withdrawn after Communist press reports highlighted his Nazi past. Buetefisch, an ex SS Major, had been convicted by an American war crimes court for using concentration camp inmates as slave laborers and had just received the Grand Cross of the Federal Order of Merit for postwar rebuilding efforts. West German President Heinrich Luebke ordered the removal after learning of the wartime record.
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Bonn
Germany
Heinrich Buetefisch
Heinrich Luebke
Buetefisch
Allergies and How They Affect Daily Life Broadly
This piece explains that about half of people have allergies to some trigger such as pollen dust animals foods or sun. It outlines common illnesses hay fever asthma skin and digestive issues and notes reactions vary by individual with some needing medical tests and care.
Dixie Loyalty For Johnson Cheers Party
Washington AP Democrats tout Southern backing for Johnson noting South Carolina Governor Donald Russell praised Johnson’s experience and qualifications at the state party convention. Georgia Governor Carl Sanders also predicted Southern support, while Mississippi politics cooled a separatist bid and Texas unity efforts emerged. A historical debt reference closes the piece.
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Washington
Johnson
South
Donald Russell
South Carolina
Russell
Dallas Measles Cases Hit Peak
Dallas records 475 measles cases in the past week totaling 1,260 red measles and 12 German measles in the first 12 weeks of 1944. Health Director J W Bass says the peak may come this week or next and about 30 percent go unreported.
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Dallas, Tex
Dallas
J. W. Bass
Boy to Sing Jewish Prayers at Passover in San Francisco
A San Francisco Jewish congregation will hear Passover prayers sung by a 10 year old Mexican Indian boy named Yusua Baltasar Laureano Ramirez Resendiz. He traces his faith to ancestors who fled Spain during the 15th century inquisition. Since age three he has chanted Jewish liturgy in a Mexico City synagogue where his father serves as lay rabbi.
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San Francisco
Yusua Baltasar Laureano Ramirez-Resendiz
Spain
Mexico City
Rare National Day marked April 30 in early U.S. history
The story notes a rare holiday still observed in the past and recalls George Washington being inaugurated as the first president on April 30, 1789, tying the date to national founding events.
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United States
George Washington
Baker Inquiry All But Ended
Washington reports the five month Baker inquiry into former Senate aide Robert G. Baker is nearly finished with only columnist Jack Anderson as a possible remaining witness, unlikely to be summoned. Also notes McNamara told Congress the $1 billion Johnson aid request is $400 million short of military leaders’ needs, and signals on civil rights votes in the Senate with plans for an early session to advance or send the House bill to committee for hearings.
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UPI
Senate
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Jack Anderson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Johnson
McNamara
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Mike Mansfield
Wayne L. Morse
Judiciary Committee
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