Millions Greet Easter Worldwide Observances
Easter Sunday observed by Christians worldwide with sunrise services at varied sites from Radio City Music Hall to mountain tops. Pope Paul VI issued messages of goodwill to Oriental and Anglican churches as record air traffic at Kennedy Airport accompanied travel and family reunions. Weather added challenges with a cloudy Fifth Avenue parade forecast and unseasonable cold impacting observers from Canada to Denver and Boston Harbor.
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DC4 Lost In Pacific Vanishes With Nine Aboard
A military four engine DC4 charter plane with one engine alive disappeared Saturday over the Pacific. It was inbound from Wake Island via Honolulu and radioed ditching instructions before going silent at 5 35 am with fuel to 10 47 am. Coast Guard search planes found no trace about 1000 miles southwest of San Francisco. The plane is owned by Facilities Management Corp of Hawthorne California and operated under the Military Air Transport Service.
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Alaska quake releases energy far greater than Hiroshima blast
The Alaska earthquake was stated by the Coast and Geodetic Survey to have released 10 million times more energy than the Hiroshima atomic bomb, which the report notes had an energy release of 2000 tons of TNT.
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Alaska
Hiroshima
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Alaska Earthquake Devastation Leaves Anchorage Rearming
Anchorage bears the brunt of a massive earthquake as Alaska declares a major disaster. Death toll rises to 16 in the city with extensive wreckage and 100+ missing reports. Kodiak Valdez Seward Seismic destruction extends to Prince William Sound and distant coastal towns.
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US Quakes Toll Compared to Major World Quakes
The article notes Alaska’s Friday night quake as the strongest in the United States since 1906. It compares U S quake deaths to historic events including the 1556 Chinese disaster with about 830000 deaths and mentions Kashmir and Skopje quakes with fatalities in the thousands.
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Skopje
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Boy Defends Report Card Fame with Witty Claim
A young student quips that he was the highest of all the kids who failed, shielding his report card with a humorous defense. The remark underscores classroom humor as teachers note mixed progress.
Easter fashions fade as Middleton shops shift to autumn
A Middleton city feature notes Easter celebrations fading in favor of autumn themes at the new local dressmaking industry. Archeologists reveal renewed interest in the marble "Glory That Was" and the piece MICHELANGELO'S PIETA is slated for display at the New York World's Fair.
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Michelangelo
Tide Wreck Devastates Crescent City in California
A massive Pacific tidal wave struck Crescent City shortly after midnight causing at least 10 deaths and up to 50 missing. The disaster damaged all 150 downtown stores and sparked explosions at four gasoline plants. Mayor William Peepe quoted damage at 35 million dollars as Gov. Edmund Brown visited the wrecked town.
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Pacific
William Peepe
Elk Creek
Edmund G. Brown
Eureka
Loveland Boy Hangs Himself in Loveland Home
Cincinnati AP report says 11-year-old James Mack Jr. hanged himself in his Loveland bedroom using a bath robe and cord tied to a bedpost. The father forced entry as the door was blocked by a bed. the coroner cited illness from a cold and measles.
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MacArthur Improving After Major Surgery at Walter Reed
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur is reported to be making satisfactory progress following major surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The bulletin released Saturday by hospital officials confirmed the recovery pace and noted no complications.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Giant quake eyed at magnitude near 87 by experts
The seismic event prompted experts to estimate a possible magnitude around 87 on the Richter scale, indicating an extraordinarily powerful earthquake. Local authorities activated emergency procedures as aftershocks followed and damage assessments began.
First Good Friday Had A Quake Too
A description of an earthquake on Good Friday historical note referencing biblical events and scripture Matthew 27:41 about the temple curtain tearing and rocks splitting during the quake. The text links the quake to the observance of Christ's crucifixion in Jerusalem and notes its violent impact.
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Alaska
Jerusalem
Temple
Plane crashes on Mt Vesuvius near Naples
An Italian four engine turboprop with 40 passengers and 5 crew, total 45 aboard, crashed on Mount Vesuvius near Naples during a heavy rainstorm. Police feared all on board perished as searchers scoured the area after losing contact with Ca podichino Airport tower.
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Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Capodichino
Old Fault Blamed for Alaska Quake by UC Seismologist
Berkeley Calif AP UC seismologist Tom Turcotte attributed Friday night Alaska quake to Fairweather Fault near Yakutat Bay. He notes the fault’s history of activity including the 1958 Lituya Bay quake that generated a large local tsunami.
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Yakutat Bay
Lutuya Bay
Yakutat
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