Blind Children Attend Ringling Circus in Narrated Seats
Fifty blind and partially blind youths, ages 7 to 19 from Washington area schools, used earphones to hear Ringling Bros narration as WMAL announcers describe acts from ringside. The setup, sponsored by Ringling Bros, WMAL, and a local phone company, gave the children a vivid three-ring circus experience without sight.
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Holly
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
WMAL
Frank Harden
Jackson Weaver
Washington Area
John Frazier
Ford Faces Tough Call on Tax Cut Bill
President Ford labels his choice to sign or veto the $24.8 billion tax cut as a tough call due to mixed aspects. White House reaction condemns the bill for its size the repeal of oil depletion allowances and concerns over a 100 billion dollar deficit for fiscal 1976. If signed rebate checks for 1974 taxes would start mailing May 15.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Bombs shake Jerusalem during Easter observances
Two bombs exploded in the Jewish sector of Jerusalem as Easter pilgrims walked the Way of the Cross. A time bomb on a bus wounded four. a second device outside a Jaffa Road shoe store caused no casualties or damage. Police detained about ten Arab men for questioning.
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Jerusalem
Holy City
Jaffa Road
Henry A. Kissinger
Tragedy at Rijeka Hospital Kills 24 Babies
A fire at Dr. Zdravko Koci Hospital in Rijeka, Yugoslavia, caused by old wiring and an explosion, killed 24 infants from carbon monoxide poisoning and oxygen deprivation. Four babies remain in critical condition as officials investigate.
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Rijeka
Yugoslavia
Zdravko Koci
Da Nang Airlift Halted Amid Riots. Lam Dong Falls
Rioting mobs forced the suspension of the Da Nang refugee airlift and heavy shelling halted another aid flight to Cambodia. Lam Dong province fell to Communist forces, threatening Phan Rang and Phan Thiet, as Saigon police reported NVA and Viet Cong advances along the central coast. General Weyand met Thieu in Saigon. The Da Nang incident left Bao Loc under Communist control and raised fears of further territorial losses across South Vietnam.
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da Nang
Saigon
Indochina
Phnom Penh
Frederick C. Weyand
U.S. Army
Washington
Nguyen van Thieu
Lam Dong
South Vietnam
Bao Loc
Dalat
Phan Rang
Phan Thiet
Mekong
Binh Dinh
Saigon Command
DeDuc
Tornadoes and Heavy Snow Hit Midwest and Plains
Heavy snow and freezing rain stagger the upper Midwest and Plains as thunderstorms spawn tornadoes in the central Plains. Snowfalls of 10 to 20 inches in South Dakota and over a foot in the Duluth area worsen road closures along I-94 from Tomah to the Minnesota line.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
National Weather Service
Rockies
Great Lakes
South Dakota
Duluth-Superior
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Tomah
Wisconsin-Minnesota Line
America must aid Vietnamese in war’s anguish, bishops say
Cincinnati Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, head of the U S Catholic Conference, urged the world to protect human rights and not turn away from the Vietnamese people in the Southeast Asia war. He framed the Good Friday message around shared humanity and U S involvement in Vietnam.
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Arab East Jerusalem
Christ
Calvary
Cincinnati, Ohio
Roman Catholic Bishops of
United States
America
Cincinnati
Joseph L. Bernardin
U.S. Catholic Conference
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
U.S
Vietnam
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Church of Holy Sepulchre
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Rveenreenvens
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Bong Son
Ed Daly
World Airways
Daly
Midwest
Dakotas
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Hudson
Wis
Southeast Asia
Bernardin
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