Filipino bootblack nails to cross in Good Friday act
In Pampanga Province a 25 year old Filipino bootblack named Eusebio Libres was nailed to a wooden cross as a personal act of thanksgiving for recovery from a long illness. His hands were tied and ether given as the cross was hoisted. he hung unconscious before being removed for treatment.
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Eusebio Libres
Pampanga
Pampanga Province
Libres
Henry Miller Theater Sold for 500000 Cash
The Henry Miller Theater, a 946 seat Broadway house opened in 1918, sold for 500000 cash to the Nederlander family chain led by David T. Nederlander. The deal keeps the theater’s name and its legitimate productions, part of a larger expansion including Chicago Detroit and future Dallas Houston Atlanta and Phoenix venues.
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Presidents to Meet in Uruguay Discuss Latin American Market
In Punta del Este, Uruguays casino scene hosts President Johnson and 20 other Latin American leaders April 12 to 14 to discuss boosting life for the Latin American poor and launching a Latin American common market. The Alliance for Progress was founded here in 1961 and Cuban expulsion from OAS occurred in 1962.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Johnson
Alliance For Progress
inter-American
Cuba
Organization of American States
Ottoman and Bolt Measure Cloth History Highlight
A fragmented note links an Ottoman as a sofa type with a bolt of cloth at 40 yards, and mentions Ottoman as a Turkish dynasty name used in textile measurement. The text hints at historical use of terms in furniture and cloth trade.
Pentagon to retire Davy Crockett atomic mortars worldwide
Secretary McNamara announced the Army will inactivate nearly all Davy Crockett atomic mortars from units with 155mm howitzers by June 3, leaving only roles in airborne or air mobile formations. The weapon, added six years ago, proved vulnerable to counterfire and did not meet expectations.
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Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Davy Crockett
U.S
Army
Germany
Vietnam
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