Relive Agony Of Crucifixion Across Faithful Gatherings
Christians nationwide commemorated Good Friday with diverse services and vigils. Chicago area cemeteries displayed rough hewn crosses as Catholics and Protestants observed the day while many markets and banks closed. In Philadelphia Fred Schoen, a bank messenger, pursued a gunman to recover an attache case with papers.
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Chicago-area
Angelica
Los Angeles
United States
Canada
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Israel
Egypt
Philadelphia
Fred Schoen
Sundown Marks Passover Across Jewish World
United Press International notes Passover begins at sundown for about 12 million Jews worldwide. Eight days for Orthodox and Conservative Jews, seven for Reform, with the Seder as the holiday’s central ritual.
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United Press
Israel
Egypt
Sparrow leads five into robberies after bird song
In Rochester Minnesota five men were charged with robbery after Gerald Sparrow confessed his role in two armed holdups and implicated the others. The police linked the alleged crimes to the sparrow song and the suspect's confession.
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Rochester, Minn
UPI
Sparrow
Gerald Sparrow
Passive Brazil Revolt Smashed
About 3 000 dissident sailors and marines surrendered to the army after a two day rebellion in a downtown building. They were moved to barracks of the Guards Battalion of the 1st Army. Navy and air force personnel had earlier revolted in Brasilia last September. Reed more.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
1St Army
Navy
Air Force
Brasilia
Metallurgical Workers ' Union
Cpl
Jose Anselmo
Anselmo
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Amaury Silva
Severed stern towed toward harbor after ship explosion
The tanker San Jacinto, split amidships by an explosion while off Virginia, towed stern with 35 crewmen aboard refusing rescue. The Lambert's Point tug led the tow, 100 miles from Newport News, pace three knots as harbor arrival expected noon Saturday. One crewman died aboard Mobil Pegasus. master Capt Harold Titus declined to abandon ship.
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Portsmouth
Newport News
Coast Guard
Chincoteague Island
Atlantic
Mobil Pegasus
San Jacinto
Harold J. Titus
Pine City
N.Y
Navy
Northampton
Tern
Chincoteague
Freighter Mormac Pine in distress after aboard fire
The freighter Mormac Pine reported a fire in No. 4 hold carrying sisal hemp and cocoa about 145 miles southwest of Bermuda. A Coast Guard plane was diverted from a Bermuda training flight and the cutter Half Moon was dispatched as search and rescue standby to assist as fire spread toward the forward tank.
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Portsmouth
UPID
Coast “Guard
Bermuda
Coast Guard 5Th District
Coast Guard
Half Moon
Rights Bill Heads to Senate Floor Debate
The Senate set the civil rights bill for debate with backers planning a full case on all 11 titles. Southern foes led by Richard Russell claim their stance is not over, while Martin Luther King warned of possible direct action if filibusters persist. Democratic leaders noted no votes are planned next week.
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Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Humphrey
Russell
Georgia
Martin Luther King
Capitol
Soviets Build Fastest River Hydrofoil Craft
The Soviet Tass agency says a new river hydrofoil built in the Soviet Union reaches 68 miles per hour and carries 150 passengers. It uses gas turbines and water-jet propulsion instead of screws.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Russians free two U.S. airmen after East Germany shootdown
In Helmstedt Germany the United States announces Captains David Holland and Melvin Kessler were released after 17 days of pressure. They, along with Lt Harold Welch freed earlier, were shot down March 10 when their RE 66 was downed 20 miles into East Germany.
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Helmstedt
Germany
U.S
East Germany
Munist
United States
Washington
David I. Holland
Holland
Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Harold Welch
Detroit
Welch
Kessler
Magdeburg
Berlin
Abraham Kessler
David
Ambrose
Six year old girl drives car in Dutch town
In Hollandury, a traffic cop watched a six year old girl steer a car through town to a kindergarten where she stopped. A two year old boy occupied the passenger seat while a waiter claimed he could not refuse and said the car had two brake pedals. He was ticketed and scolded by the officer.
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Venlu
Hollandury
McNamara Says South Viet Nam Forces Being Expanded
Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara announced a stepped up expansion of South Viet Nam air and ground forces amid mounting guerrilla war. He ruled out withdrawal or neutralization and pledged U S support for as long as needed to quell the insurgency.
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Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
McNamara
North Viet Nam
James V. Forrestal
National Securty Industrial Association
U. S
Viet Nam
President Gratified By Fliers Release From Germany
President Johnson expressed pleasure at the Soviet release of two U S Air Force officers Capt David S Holland and Capt Melvin J Kessler who had been held in East Germany since March 10 The fliers were handed to U S military liaison officers at the Marienborn checkpoint at 7 53 am CST and moved toward Wiesbaden for medical checks The White House said details on questioning are not yet known and the reason for the crash remains unclear
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Johnson City
Tex
UPD
Johnson
Germany
George Reedy
Texas White House
Reedy
U.S
David S. Holland
Melvin J. Kessler
East Germany
Lbj Ranch
Texas
Holland
Kessler
Three Die In Denver Bus Crash
A Continental Trailways bus with 40 passengers collided with a Colorado state highway snowplow west of Denver. The bus driver Earl Chamberlain 55 of Denver and truck driver Carl Hicken ?, died plus 4 year old Pamela Jo Grant of Louisville Kentucky. Three fatalities and 33 injured were reported with eight hospitalized at Lutheran Hospital.
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Denver
UPD
Continental Trailways
Here
Pamela Jo Grant
Louisville
Hier
Lutheran Hospital
Colorado State Patrol
Continental
Earl
Chamberlain
Carl Lewis Hicken
Hideaway Park
Cole
Lutheran
Tll
Licken
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Lyle Strahan
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Silvio Mota
Mota
Association of Sailors and Marines
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Pack Co
Martin Dotilla
Wilbert N. Beck
J.g
7. S. Bayer
Virginia
Northhamp
U. S. Navy
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
John Stennis
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
William Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Wienebageland
Hannover
Wiesbaden
White House
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