Age-Old Rites Set for Easter
Easter will be observed with age-old church rites and sunrise services from mountain tops to canyon rims. President Kennedy will vacation in Palm Beach, missing the White House Easter egg roll. major sunrise services are planned in Washington and around the nation, including Arlington Cemetery and a carillon in the Dutch bell tower. Early outdoor observances include Frederickburgs Easter fires in Texas and 30 000 eggs hidden by Guam governor Bill Daniel near Liberty. the Cathedral of The Pines in New Hampshire hosts one of the earliest services at 4 45 am EST on Easter day.
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Edwards Air Force Base pilot breaks altitude record in X-15 flight
Joe Walker soars to 165000 feet aboard the X-15, setting a new altitude mark. He reports weightlessness for two minutes and a sensational view of California and Baja coast under cloudy conditions. Engine stumbles and cabin loss caused anxiety before a calm landing at Edwards.
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Jet Explodes in Midair Killing Two Missing Four
An $8 million B52G bomber failed during an aerial refueling near Lexington North Carolina. Two crew members parachuted to safety, two were killed, and four are missing. The aircraft based at Dow AFB Maine reportedly exploded in flight during a rendezvous with a tanker at high altitude.
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N.C
W. F. Minnich
Des Plaines
Jil
G. C. Farnham
Loveland
Cols
Air Force
Dow Air Force Base
Maine
O. V. Jones
Strategic Air Command
Seymour Johnson Afb
Goldsboro
N. C
Minnichland Farnham
Mass Rites for 12 Kinfolk in Tennessee Cabin Fire
Funeral services are set for 12 members of one family who perished when a rural cabin burned down in Clarksville Tennessee. Local authorities report the blaze caused total loss of the home and all occupants. Funeral arrangements were announced by the Clarksville formalities and church officials.
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Clarksville
Tenn.upi
Milwaukee mother saves three children as fire prompts rescue
Mrs. Russ Ger Bahr on Milwaukee's northwest side runs back into a burning home after being led to safety by Milwaukee Electric Co. workers who earlier helped four of her six children escape. She believes one child Russell Sr. remained inside before safety was secured.
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Milwaukee
Rusger T. Bahr
Russell Bahr
Russell Jr
Bren
Fire Claims Three Children In Home Blaze
Fire at a residence left three children dead as their mother summoned aid. David Miller and James Smith aided Mrs. Bahr and other occupants to safety in Menomonee Falls. The sixth child, identified as Brad, attended school in Sussex. Loss estimated at 7500 dollars.
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David Miller
James Smith
Menomonee Falls
Joseph ‘Brad
Friess
Sussex
Bahr
Katanga Army Captures Manono Town in Congo Clash
Katanga units led by white mercenaries seized Manono, a tin mining town 300 miles north of Elisabethville, routing about 600 Gizenga troops. Seven Gizengist soldiers were killed. no civilian deaths reported and UN forces stayed clear as the offensive began from Piana.
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Manone
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Katanga Province
Jean Marie Kibwe
Manono
Elisabethville
Kibwe
Lualaba
Moise Tshombe
Godefroid Munongo
U.N
Iome
Munongo
Trish
Sean McKeown
Piana
Fatalities Lowest In Eleven Years
Chicago AP report says nationwide traffic deaths in Jan–Feb 1961 were 4 970, 4 percent below the 5 250 recorded last year. Severe east snowstorms helped lower toll. February fatalities were 2 320 and January 2 650 with an estimated 200 000 disabling injuries in the period. 108 of 728 cities reported no traffic deaths.
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National Safety Council
Council
Bomb blasts kill mayor of Evian in France
Two bombs exploded near Evian's Hotel Beau Rivage killing Mayor Camille Blanc of Evian and injuring his wife Madame Blanc. The blasts at 3 a.m. disrupted Algeria peace talks planned for next Friday despite brief assurances they would proceed.
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UPI
Camille Blanc
Evian
Lake Geneva
Tunis
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Switzerland
Combet
Hotel Beau Rivage
Madame Blanc
Daniel
One Death Raises State Toll to 179
Buford Jones a 43 year old Elroy resident and railroad section worker was killed in Millston Jackson County when struck by an automobile. He left five children and was walking to his parked car on Highway 12. The motorist Raymond J Mac of Milwaukee was identified by Deputy Sheriff Ted Johnson and held.
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Jackson County
Wisconsin
Buford Jones
Elroy
Highway 12
Millston
Ted Johnson
Raymond
U S Firm Demands Laos Ceasefire Before Talks
Washington officials insisted Laos must halt shooting before any international conference to neutralize the war. A Soviet proposal to delay a cease fire for a 14 nation Laos meeting would be studied, as Rusk neared a report to Kennedy after talks with Nehru and SEATO ministers.
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United States
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Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
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India
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Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Kennedy Rusk
Kennedy
SEATO
Fourteen Year Old Injured In Cap Blast In Baraboo
In Baraboo, a dynamite cap exploded in a pot bellied stove injuring 14 year old Terry Green. He lost a hand and likely both eyes, and is hospitalized in Madison in serious condition. Police say caps were stolen from a hardware warehouse and distributed to area youths.
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Baraboo
Terry Green
Terry
Madison
Sauk County
Mike Spencer
Mathias Tobias
Tobias
Spencer
Mendillo Disqualified as Police Candidate by Civil Service
The New Jersey Civil Service ruled that Philip Mendillo is disqualified from becoming a policeman due to a weakness for dice games. He remains eligible for consideration for the fire department.
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Trenton
XN. J
UPD
State Civil Service
Philip Mendillo
Fire Department
East German Leader Ulbricht Oversees Key Cold War Talks
At a Kremlin conference Walter Ulbricht led discussions stressing Germany as the Cold War testing ground. Warsaw bloc nations backed Khrushchev’s call for a swift German settlement and urged peacetime measures including demilitarizing West Berlin by turning it into a neutral free city.
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A.S
Khrushchev
Kennedy
United States
West Germany
Eisenhower
Laos
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Europe
China
Indochinese
Age Belo
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Warsaw
West Berlin
Earthslide Near Kiev Kills 145 and Wrecks Town
A massive earthslide near Kiev, Ukraine, killed 145 people and caused extensive damage estimated in the millions. Reports say 143 were hospitalized, with 43 later released, as workers and foreign visitors endured the disaster area around Babiy Yar.
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Kiev
Pravda
Ukraine
Sooviet Union
Babiyar
Convict Peel In Slaying Of Chillingworth
Joseph A. Peel Jr., 37, convicted of masterminding the 1955 slaying of Judge C E Chillingworth, remains jailed awaiting sentencing and possible trial for the judge’s wife murder. Jury recommended mercy, making life imprisonment mandatory. sentencing set, appeal heard.
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Joseph A. Peel Jr
C. E. Chillingworth
Fort Pierce
Fla
Florida
Peel
Cc. E. Chillingworth
D. C. Smith
Chillingworths
Marzerie
Palms Beach
Atlantic Ocean
Peel Flosd Holzapfel
Bobby Linito
West Taln Beech
Rees Yhes
Chillingsworths
Irked youths toss belongings into hotel pool
Irked youths at a Palm Springs hotel confronted owner Stanley Smeselman over Easter events. In a tense moment the teens threw clothing into the hotel pool and tossed a tequila bottle toward a uniformed policeman near the scene.
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Stanley Smeselman
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