Rusk says cease-fire move hinges on Britain and Soviet Union
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the next step in Laos is for Britain and the Soviet Union to arrange a cease-fire. He noted the Kremlin favored a three nation commission to oversee it, with timing left vague. The United States would pursue appropriate action if the Red threat continues.
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Soviet Union
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Rusk
Laos
SEATO
Major Laotian Defeat Reported At Tha Thom
Laos government acknowledged a major defeat at Tha Thom and said 14 North Vietnamese battalions plus pro Communist rebels launched a heavy offensive across eastern and southern Laos. Tha Thom was captured, nine North Vietnamese battalions participated, with new attacks against Kam Keut and Mahaxay signaling a broader push near Vientiane and the border.
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Laos
Vientiane
Kam Keut
Mahaxay
Kidnap Plot Probed as Kennedy Family Vacation Near Palm Beach
Secret Service intensified 24 hour surveillance on four suspects in Palm Beach linked to a pro-C Castro group believed to plot to kidnap Caroline Kennedy. No arrests planned while authorities seek airtight evidence as the Kennedy family stays at their parents Easter weekend home. Cuban news service in Havana denied the plot reports as unfounded. Caroline Kennedy is now guarded by more than one agent when she leaves the estate and was previously accompanied by a cousin on a downtown shopping trip.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Secret Service
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Caroline
John Jr
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Revolucion
Caroline Kennedy
Ann Gargan
President Extending Holiday in Florida Visit
President Kennedy extended his Florida vacation by a day and will return to Washington Tuesday afternoon. He plans to confer with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Washington on Wednesday after relaxing with Secretary of State Dean Rusk at the Kennedy family home.
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Palm Beach
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A Glance Inside a New Version of Crucifixion Story
A feature imagining if Jesus had been crucified in Middletown, with Carl Thomas of The Journal offering an unusual Easter account on page 21. The piece explores how the Resurrection anchors Christian faith, as George Cornell of the Associated Press notes on page 8. Barry Goldwater, dubbed the conservative’s conservative, could be the 1964 GOP presidential nominee, covered on page 32. It has been 25 years since the Lindbergh kidnapping suspect died in the electric chair, detailed on page 36.
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Easter Observances Worldwide Mark Resurrection Hope
Easter observances spread across homes churches shrines and public marches. Pilgrims in Jerusalem and Rome heard Pope John XXIII proclaiming peace and renewal while Cuba saw large Good Friday processions with little police interference. In New York peace marches and a Quaker Witness for Peace vigil marked anti nuclear aims as Britain saw 17000 marchers against the H bomb. Holiday travel disrupted by banner parades spanning about 40 miles in both marches.
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Germany
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London
Wear That Easter Hat For Fair Weather This Day
The weatherman predicts fair conditions with rising temperatures and a high in the mid 50s this afternoon. Tonight should be not quite so cold, inviting Easter outfits for evening wear.
Veteran Pastor Merrill Dies After Long Illness
In Cambridge Massachusetts the Rev Dr Charles C Merrill aged 89 a Congregational Christian minister and longtime church leader for 63 years died Saturday after a lengthy illness.
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Johnson Leaves On Overseas Trip
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson departed Saturday for an expanded overseas trip visiting Africa Switzerland France and Spain His purpose includes attending Senegal independence celebrations and meeting with US officials in Geneva Paris and Madrid The trip includes an overnight stop in Puerto Rico and ends with a return to the United States by week’s end
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Arthur Dean
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Paris
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Robert S. McNamara
Andrews Air Force Base
G. Mennen Williams
Bookie Gets Phone Bet Goes Wrong in Columbus
Columbus AP report details vice squadman Richard Neff arresting an alleged bookie at a home. A telephone bet of $50 was placed on Melrose Silver, who won the third race at Aqueduct returning $13 to win $325 if the caller had collected.
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Neff
Melrose Silver
Aqueduct
Chuckle Golf Parody Laments Taxes Like Play On Greens
A humorous line compares golf to taxes, noting the effort to reach the green ends with landing in the hole. The quip frames the sport as a grind that circles back to the same outcome, delivering a witty, compact joke.
Saturday Misfortune: Seidensticker in Four Crashes
Columbus, Ohio AP reports William L. Seidensticker, 62, involved in four auto accidents in under five minutes Saturday. His car struck a rear vehicle, backed into another, then rammed a parked car inside a service station after moving onto the lot. Unhurt, he was cited for drunken driving and backing without safety. He blamed brake failure.
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Wilam L. Seidensticker
Floyd York
Seidensticker
Rubens Adoration Sells For 77000 Pounds Donated
London AP reports Rubens Adoration of the Magi fetched a world record 275000 pounds or 770000 dollars at a London auction. The painting was donated to Cambridge University, disclosed Saturday by art dealer Leonard Koetser who bought it two years ago for Maj. Alfred Allnatt.
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Alfred Allnatt
Russians back plan for Laos talks and pause in fighting
Moscow proposed a 14 nation conference to settle Laos with a cease fire. Kennedy called the note hopeful but disagreed on some points. Laotian government reported renewed communist offensives as Western and Soviet diplomats debated the sequence of steps toward neutrality.
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Britain
Holy Fire marks resurrection at Church of the Holy Sepulcher
In Jerusalem the Church of the Holy Sepulcher opens for 36 hours as Holy Fire services proceed across Armenian Orthodox Greek Orthodox Copts Syriac Ethiopians and Catholics. A Muslim keys keeper from the Joudeh and Huseibeh families ensures access amid historic sectarian tensions and repair work led by mediator Rohi Khatib.
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