Passover and Easter Observances Reach Global Scale
In Jerusalem Jews begin Passover amid crowds and warmth while Christians prepare Easter services across the United States. Pope Paul leads a Good Friday cross procession in Rome and appeals for Christian protection in the Holy Land. Across the nation, Passover Seders occur in homes and synagogues, Easter sunrise services are planned, and student volunteer efforts take place in Nevada Missouri and other locales.
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Paul
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Othe
Washington Park Campground Ban For Antiwar Protest
The Interior Department rejected a bid by the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice to camp in Rock Creek Park during demonstrations from April 24 to May 9. Officials cited National Park Service rules banning overnight camping on federal land in DC. Rennie Davis urged bending restrictions to avoid violence seen in Chicago in 1968.
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Washington
Chicago
Washington Park
Interior Department
Rock Creek Park
National Park Service
District of Columbia
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Rennie Davis
Students Help Poor and Elderly During Vacation
Nearly 100 collegians from Siena College and partner schools gather in Nevada Missouri to assist the poor elderly and handicapped. Coordinators Bill McBride and Bill Capotesto, both 1969 Siena grads, lead the week long Easter project from St Francis Academy. Colleges represented include Scranton Marywood Newton Boston Holy Cross Merrimac St Rose Iona and more.
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Eastern Colleges
Nevada
Missouri
Siena College
Albany
N.Y
Bill McBride
Bill Capotesto
Siena
St. Francis Academy
McBride and Capotosto
University of Scranton
Marywood College
Scranton
Newton College of the Sacred Heart
Newton
Mass
Boston College
Holy Cross
Merrimoak College
Andover Mass
College of St. Rose
King’s College
Wilkes Barre
Iona College
New Rochelle
Retired Maj. Gen Turner pleads guilty in arms case
Alexandria based retired Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner once Army police chief admits soliciting 136 firearms from Chicago police and keeping them. He faces up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Sentencing is deferred pending a probation report. Turner, 57, was released on personal recognizance.
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Alexandria
Carl C. Turner
Army
Chicago
U.S. District Court
Oren R. Lewis
Ore
Rebels Fight Police Posts in Hills of Ceylon
Government forces clashed with youths in the hills of Kegalla district as curfew stayed in effect. Authorities say about 15,000 rebels are hiding in the 700 square mile area and claim 130 insurgents have been killed since fighting began Monday.
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Kegalla
Ceylon
Thy
Paperworkers vote to cut pay to save mill closure
In Mechanicville New York AP reports paperworkers approve a ten percent pay cut and reduced benefits to keep the Westvaco mill open past its June 1 closing. About 20 miles north of Albany a group of middle management employees plan to take over the plant after the parent company ceases operations.
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Mechanicville
N.Y
Westvaco Mill
Albany
Etna Erupts with Lava Flow Near Catania
Mt Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, sprayed flaming rocks and lava down its slopes for a fifth day. No immediate danger to Easter tourists in Taormina Acireale or Catania remains despite ongoing eruption.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Europe
Taormina
Acireale
Bus crash kills eight near Temerioh in Malaysia
Eight people died and thirteen were injured when a chartered bus carrying Indian Hindu pilgrims collided with a truck near Temerioh, about eighty miles from Kuala Lumpur, police reported today.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Temerioh
Here
ABC Gives Democrats Time To Respond To Nixon Indochina Speech
New York AP reports ABC allotted 30 minutes of prime time for the Democratic party to answer President Nixon’s remarks on Indochina aired Wednesday night. The telecast is aimed at presenting party views to a national audience.
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New York
American Broadcasting Co
Nixon
Indochina
Burma Ruler Ne Win Hospitalized in New Delhi Stopover
Gen. Ne Win, 60, ruler of Burma, fell ill in New Delhi and was admitted for observation and treatment. His return to Rangoon was postponed as doctors reported a recurrence of internal bleeding similar to a previous attack two months ago.
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New Delhi
India
Ne Win
Burma
Ran
Goon
Rangoon
Martial law curbs foreigners and detentions in Pakistan
Karachi Pakistan President Mohammed Yahya Khan issued sweeping martial law regulations Friday night ordering expulsion of foreigners suspected of harming Pakistan and detention of Pakistanis accused of threatening security. Suspects can be restricted moved or jailed up to seven years for not surrendering to detention orders.
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Karachi
Mohammed Yahya Khan
Pakistan
Easter Bunny visits Community Day Care Center party
A pre school crowd at Community Day Care Center on New St. welcomed Mr. Easter Rabbit resembling SUCO sophomore Tom Milliman for an outdoor Easter party and egg hunt. Twenty seven children joined in as the Sing Out Lake Ontario group provided treats for the big hunt.
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New St
Mr. Rabbit
Tom Milliman
SUCO
Mr. Longears
Lake Ontario
Five Drug Firms to Repay $32.4 Million for 1956 Overcharges
New York AP reports a federal judge approved an escrow fund of 32.4 million dollars to repay Blue Cross and private hospitals for drug overcharges from purchases made about fifteen years ago. The fund is part of a 130 million dollar refund offer by Pfizer American Cyanamid Upjohn Bristol-Myers Squibb Beech-Nut. The ruling by Judge Inter B. Wyatt does not certify the full refund plan yet and covers 1954 to 1956 antibiotic overcharges.
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New York
Blue Cross
Charles Pfizer & Co
American Cyanamid Co
the Upjohn Co
Bristol-Myers Co
Squibb Beech-Nut
Inter B. Wyatt
Wyatt
Good Weather Predicted For Easter
The Associated Press reports Easter Sunday should be mild for New York State with a cold front easing by morning. Temperatures range from the 20s in the north to around 30 in the south, rising to the 40s and 50s by day, with little rain and winds easing to under 20 mph.
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Associated Press
New York State
National Weather Service
Mercury
Man Held In Fatal Syracuse Shooting
Walter Hill, 36, was fatally wounded in a south side parking lot Friday night. Police say a man who turned himself in is being held. Roger Field, 36, initially booked on assault, will have charge upgraded to murder after Hill died at Upstate Medical Center. A witness saw an argument in a Burt Street Oakwood Avenue lot before one man fell.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Walter Hill
South Side
Roger Field
Public Safety
Hil
Up State Medical Center
Nude ballet show ends in chaos at London pub
A nude ballet at Bill Fentiman's pub drew 500 patrons as heavy audience breathing caused fog on a transparent screen separating performers. Fans complained visibility and furniture was damaged. the host refunded 24 cents and promised future nude dancers without the screen.
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London
Bill Fentiman
Fenntiman
Pearl Cooper
Fentiman
Nine Kids Mother Dies After Car Truck Crash
Mrs Wilson C Covert, 45, of Alexander near Batavia, mother of nine, died in a Rochester hospital from injuries sustained in a March 19 truck automobile collision.
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Batavia
N.Y
Wilson C. Covert
Alexander
Rochester Hospital
Viet Commando Attack Repulsed at Fire Base 6
South Vietnamese forces repulsed a North Vietnamese commando assault on Fire Base 6 as U S bombers and helicopter gunships continued pressure on three NVA regiments nearby. Commandos suffered 12 killed with captures of rifles and launchers. two South Vietnamese soldiers were wounded.
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N. Viet
Saigon
Central Highlands
Triborder
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S
Bong Son
South China Sea
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
Hoffa Granted Unsupervised Furlough to Visit Ill Wife
James R. Hoffa, released from Lewisburg prison to visit his seriously ill wife in San Francisco, received an unsupervised furlough after her doctor said his presence was urgently required. The stay is not expected to exceed a week, with Hoffa remaining through Monday.
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San Francisco
James R. Hoffa
Pennsylvania
Justice Department
Washington
Teamsters Union
Presi
U.S
Lewisburg
Shenker
Josephine
Boy 6 to be multimillionaire heir in New York will
Ridgewood New Jersey AP report says six year old Donald Chickering Jr is named chief beneficiary in his mother Marina Maguire Chickering Weiner’s will. The child, grandson of George F Chickering Jr, lives with grandparents amid a formal probate in Surrogate Court New York.
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Ridgewood
N.J
Donald Chickering Jr
New York
Donald
Marina Maguire Chickering Weiner
George F. Chickering Jr
Chickering
Marina Maguire
Donald Chickering
Miss Maguire
Portersville
Calif
Nixon Family Easter Visit to Camp David
President and Mrs. Nixon spend the Easter weekend at Camp David with their daughter Julie and son in law Navy Ensign David Eisenhower. Tricia Nixon is expected to join Saturday. The first family plans Easter church services in the area and may be joined by Mrs. Eisenhower for dinner at Camp David.
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Nixon
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Julie
Navy Ens
David Eisenhower
Tricia Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senator Brooke: Nixon expects no war in 1972
U.S. Senator Edward Brooke said President Nixon told him Republican candidates won’t face the 1972 campaign burden of war. Brooke spoke after visiting a Boston church protest against Southeast Asia fighting. He urged leadership to withdraw American troops and war materiel from Vietnam by December 31, 1971, linking a withdrawal to the possible release of U.S. POWs.
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Boston
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Brooke
Vietnam
Church loses court action on property
Albany AP The New York Court of Appeals upheld lower rulings that the Second United Presbyterian Church in Johnstown must surrender its worldly goods to the Albany Presbytery after breaking from the Presbyterian Church USA. The 142 year old church dissolved under Religious Corporation Law and the property must revert to the Presbytery as the reorganized Johnstown Covenant Church continues.
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Albany
N.Y
Presbyterian Church of the
United States of America
Presbytery
Court of Appeals
Second United Presbyterian Church
Johnstown
Albany Presbytery
Johnstown Covenant Church
Western Great Lakes Shipping Season Opens
The western Great Lakes navigation season is underway as the Poe Lock logged its seventh passage at noon Friday. Ice conditions are good with no delays. The Carson J. Callaway, a United States Steel ore carrier, was the first ship through, transiting the lock about 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Jordan Plans Amnesty For Guerrillas
Amman informed sources say a new amnesty law would pardon about 900 Palestinian guerrillas jailed for illegal weapon possession once all leave the capital. The regime also plans mandatory death penalty for illegal possession and reports a withdrawal accord with guerrilla commanders. In Beirut five Jordanian phosphate trucks were attacked and burned. A Gaza refugee camp blast killed two children and wounded a mother and others, with a related El Burei camp blast killing two children and an adult.
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Associated Press
Amman
Jordan
Beirut
Gaza Strip
Rafah
el Burei
Singer Margueritte Piazza Honored by Cancer Society
Washington AP reports singer Margueritte Piazza, chairman of the 1971 cancer crusade, received the American Cancer Society's annual courageous person award from President Nixon. The citation praised her heroism in her personal cancer battle and the hope she offers to thousands in the fight for life.
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Washington
Margueritte Piazza
American Cancer Society
Nixon
Miss Piazza
Unitarian Church Starts Its Own Sex Education Class
Los Angeles AP report says Emerson Unitarian Church in Canoga Park will run eight Sunday sessions for 60 children ages 3 to 11, split by age with couples present. Minister Robert F. Kaufmann says lessons will use real terminology to answer questions honestly.
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Unitarian Church
Los Angeles
Unitarian
Robert F. Kaufmann
Emerson Unitarian Church
Canoga Park
Kaufamann
Kaufmann
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