David Finds a Home on Good Friday
In Fort Worth Texas a 10 year old boy named David Massey faced a dark day when he found his mother Maude Massey dead. He was aided by local officer E R Forister who, after a long talk, decided to adopt him with his wife Mrs Forister. The family faced a naming quirk as a dog shared David’s name but the couple chose to welcome him into their home.
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Fort Worth
Tex
David Massey
Maude Massey
David
E.R. Forister
Forister
Ben Massey
Betty
Jackie
Edward Newton
Southboro
Mass
Gloria
Rita
Cecilia
Sandra
Donna
Barbara
Patricia
DE Palma
Italy
United States
Indianapolis
Resurrection Rites Scheduled Across Area Churches
Sunrise services and Easter programs fill church calendars as worshipers observe Jesus triumph over death. Traditional midnight rites vary by denomination with a Long Beach Protestant candle light service at First Congregational Church and a Catholic midnight Easter vigil noting triumph over the resurrection. Major sunrise service listed for 5 30 p m at Veterans Memorial Stadium with Rev Claude Young delivering the message.
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Spencer Crump
First Congregational
3Rd St
Cedar Ave
Long Beach Area
Robert W Magin
Christ
Michael Cook
Boy Solprano
Donald Thrall
Emerson G. Hangen
Long Beach Veterans’ Memorial Stadium
Council of Churches, Ane
Claude Young
The
Long Beach
Easter Dawn Waited by Christian World
The Christian world awaits Sundays dawn marking Christ’s resurrection. Easter, after Lent, is a day of light and triumph with sunrise services, pageantry, and joyous customs from Jerusalem to Hollywood Bowl. Celebrations mix solemn worship with Easter eggs, parades, and festive fashion. Continued on Page A-3, Col 8.
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Calvary
Christ
Jerusalem
Rome
New York
Grand Canyon
Hollywood Bowl
Europe
Strike Puts Detroit On Milk Ration
Detroit faces reduced milk supply as a six day strike by 12600 dairy farmers of the Michigan Milk Producers Assn disrupts deliveries. Protesters blockade depots and trucks, while authorities open an emergency ration depot at Herman Kiefer Hospital for children and the sick. The wildcat strike by the Pair Shore Bargaining Assn pits factions within the dairy community amid tense Southeast Michigan unrest.
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Detroit
Smass
Herman Kiefer Hospital
ALT
Michigan
Michigan Milk Producers Assn
Shore Bargaining Assn
Producers Association
Ercamerics
Pope to renew peace plea in Easter address from Rome
Vatican officials said Pope Pius XI will renew a peace appeal in his Easter blessing to the world. An estimated crowd in St Peter's Square will hear a 10 minute speech broadcast worldwide by radio networks in 17 nations, with translations heard across continents.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Rome
Sir Peter's Basilica
Moscow
Vatican Radio
Radio Free Europe
Bureau Predicts Cloudy Easter Weather
The Weather Bureau forecast cloudy conditions for Easter sunrise services with strong gusty winds in Ames and southern desert regions. Weekend shows some afternoon sun but continued cool temperatures across the area.
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Uv. A. Weather Bureau
Ames
Southland
Eisenhower weighs options on race relations commission
President Eisenhower said Congress must create a bipartisan commission on race relations or he may convene a conference of southern governors and attorneys general to address the South's desegregation issues. He remains hopeful Congress will act, noting a letter to Governor Collins outlining potential alternatives.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Florida
Leroy Collins
Collins
Stalin Accusations Circulate Over Second Wife Death
Diplomatic sources report Communist circles in Russia circulating a claim that Stalin personally shot his second wife Nadia Alleiuyeva. The tale, read at meetings in Moscow and major cities, adds to the mystery surrounding Nadia’s 1932 death amid prior theories of suicide or poisoning.
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London
Russia
Stalin
Nadia Alleiuyeva
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Moscow
Nadia
Isaac Deutscher
Klementi Voroshilov
Classified and Page References List
A compact index of where to find various sections in the newspaper including Churches Classified Comics Obituaries TV Radio Shipping Tables Sports Theaters and Weather on page B-3 and related pages across A and B sections. It guides readers to B-3 B-11 B-12 and A-7 for specific content categories and features.
Downey Drug Store Blast Ruins Shop After Fire
An explosion and fire damaged a Downey drug store at 110388 St Downey Ave Friday night causing an estimated 143000 in damage. Firefighters from six county stations, led by Chief Harvey Cryzenfield, contained the blaze within 50 minutes. Owner Virgil L. Cole reports 108000 in stock and 40000 in building damage. Investigators consider burglary or arson but found no tampering or narcotics connection. cause undetermined.
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Downey
St. Downey Ave
Crosn
Harvey Cryzenfield
Virgil L. Cole
Floral Dr. Whittier
Estem
Achisee
S. Downey Ave
Three Killed in Fiery Air Force Plane Crash
Three died when a twin engine Air Force cargo plane crashed Friday night seven miles southwest of Klamath Falls Oregon. Two survivors were seriously injured and taken to a hospital, with names withheld pending identification by relatives. The craft flew from McClellan AFB near Sacramento California to McNary Field in Salem Oregon.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
UPI
Air Force
McClellan Air Force Base
Sacramento
Calif
McNary
Salem
Collision on Curve Kills Six Persons
A fatal highway crash on Highway 171 near Stonewall and Gloster killed six people. Arthur T. Davidson, 69, his wife Mary, 65, and daughter Helen, 35, all of Shreveport Louisiana, died alongside Joseph Robinson, 71, his wife Alecia, 44, and son Otis, 21, of Houston Texas. The victims were connected to racing and law enforcement roles, with Davidson previously a prominent racer and SHREVEPORT official.
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Racing Hall of Fame
Shreveport
Li. Wi
Mobilgas
Ding
Shreves
Syracuse
N.Y
Marion
Stonewall
Gloster
Arthur T. Davidson
Mary
Helen
Joseph Robinson
Alecia
Otis
Houstom Tex
Thief Turns Out to Be Husband in Purse Snatching
Grand Rapids police responded to a purse snatching call in a downtown store and found the supposed thief was the complainant’s husband. He said he took the purse to stop his wife from buying more.
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Grand Rapids, Mich. UR
Weather outlook with clouds and cool afternoon sun
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with a partly sunny afternoon. Expect continued cool temperatures throughout the day with limited warmth from sun.
Russia offers three month arms freeze plus hydrogen bomb ban
Moscow Radio reported Russia accepted Eisenhower open skies idea and proposed a three month armaments freeze followed by broad cuts. The plan includes banning all hydrogen tests and seeks immediate conventional arms reductions to pave for prohibiting atomic and thermonuclear weapons and their removal from national armaments.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Eisenhower
Tass
Red guides boys on embassy tour in Washington prank
Kalamazoo Michigan boys David Cook and Robert Angelus both 15 recounted a personally guided tour of the Russian embassy in Washington during a school trip. They slipped in with a signed Russian note and were invited back. FBI advised against a return visit after notifying their congressman August E. Johansen.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Kalamazoo
Washington, D.C
David Cook
Robert Angelus
Washington
August E. Johansen
Michigan
FBI
Robert
He'll Save Paint for Houses Eggs Fine Except in Salad
Cleveland painter Phil Wosnyk recalls using household paint to color Easter eggs. He mixed several colors on a whim, and later his sister-in-law noticed the potato salad tasted odd. The family teased him, suggesting turpentine might be in the paint, but the kids continued coloring their eggs themselves.
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Cleveland
Phil Wosnyk
Eddie
Indaw
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