Easter in a war-torn world as pope pleads for peace
Pope Paul VI in Rome urged an end to war and division during Easter services. Across the globe Christians marked Holy Week with processions and prayers. In Fredericksburg Texas President Johnson attended St Barnabas Church. peace marches occurred in England and New York. About 160000 crowded Fifth Avenue for Easter Sunday celebrations.
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Associated Press
Old Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
Church of Mary Magdalen
Garden
Gethsemane
Jesus
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
St. Peter's Square
Rome
Pope Paul VI
Christ
Fredericksburg
Tex
Johnson
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Luci
Pat Nugent
England
New York City
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
57Th
46Th Streets
Bomb Shortage Cuts Air Raids in Vietnam
The Defense Department reports a temporary reduction in air strikes in South Vietnam due to a bomb distribution problem. Da Nang disorders diverted ordnance vessels, hindering unloading. steps are underway to fix the issue. No comment on whether Da Nang disorders were communist in origin.
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Washington
Defense Department
Viet Nam
Arthur
Sylvester
Pentagon
da Nang
MACV
Military Assistance Command
South Viet Nam
RVN
Republic of
Three Ohio Men Die In Private Plane Crash Near Buffalo
Federal investigators probe the cause after a Piper Cub crash near North Collins killing Roy M. Hoskins 34 of Geneva on the Lake Ohio Raymond J. Kruzel 33 of Cleveland and pilot Dennis J. Shackelford 25 of Cleveland. The aircraft struck trees and nosed into a rural road.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Federal Aviation Agency
Ohio
Erie County
Roy M. Hoskins
Geneva- On-The-Lake
Raymond J. Kruzel
Cleveland
Dennis J. Shackelford
Glens Falls
FAA
Rutland, VI
Rochester
Erie
Duke Wales Dies Of Heart Attack And Son Killed
Wellington Wales 48 editor of the New York Times dies of a heart attack at his home in New York City. His son Samuel G. Wales 19 a Harvard student is killed in Boston after being struck by a train near South Station. Police say he may have slipped while trying to catch the train.
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New York
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Wellington Wales
New York Times
Samuel G. Wales
Wales
Harvard University
South Station
Boston
Young Wales
Duke Wales
The
Times
Times Sunday
Reporter Magazine
Auburn
N.Y
Citizen-Advertiser
Police Arrest Drunk Man Leading Tipsy Alligator
A Houston man, drunk on a downtown street, wandered with a two-foot alligator on a string. After bail, he left the gator with police who placed it in a box to sleep it off.
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Houston
Tex
J. O. Brannon
Brannon
Surgeon Quits Big Practice To Serve In Small Town
Dr. Walter A. Mendyka quits a Cleveland hospital staff post to practice in Machias Maine. He cites a need for a surgeon and plans to move with his wife Frances and 11 children after the school year ends. The family, moving Christmas Eve, will join a 36 bed hospital serving a wide rural area.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Walter A. Mendyka
Machias
Maine
John XXIII
Mendyka
Mendykas
Frances
St. John’s Hospital
Bangor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Campobello
Stargazer Satellite Failure Ends Orbit After Two Days
Cape Kennedy AP reports Amer ica's Stargazer satellite failed after two days in orbit due to battery loss. The two ton observatory with ten telescopes never operated, delaying the first astronomical observatory in space and signaling costly lessons for the second OAO set for 1967. The total cost exceeds 75 million dollars including the rocket and repeated postponements.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
America
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OAO
United States
Plane Crashes Near Pittsfield Injuring Two Passengers
Rhode Island pilot Robert Breen walked out of deep woods with injuries and reported a Sunday crash of a single engine Piper Cherokee on October Mountain off Route 8 near Pittsfield. Passengers Alex Mazika of Johnston and George McNamee of Providence were injured. Breen sought help at a local home.
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Washington, Mass
Rhode Island
North Smithfield
R.I
Watertown
Unit
Robert Breen
Providence
Charlotte Morgan
Breen
October Mountain
Route 8
Pittsfield
Alex Mazika
Johnston, R.I
George McNamee
Student douses self with gasoline at White House protest
Arthur Zinner a 20 year old Boston University student attempted to set himself ablaze in front of the White House to protest the Vietnam War. He was restrained by two detectives and a Secret Service agent and taken to St Elizabeths Hospital for observation. His father said he was not active in any peace group.
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NEW York
State Supreme Court
George Carney
Wildcat
Holland-American Line
Carney
Irving H. Saypol
New York Shipping Association
Manhattan
Holland-America Line
West Houston Street
International Longshoremen's Association
Afl-Cio
New Jersey
The
Shipping Association
Foley Square
ILA
Kerkedyk
Rotterdam
Pier 40
Washington
White House
Arthur Zinner
Boston University
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Zinner
Secret Service
Jack Zinner
Columbus, Ohio
Honolulu
Jerrie Mack
Port Columbus
Rockies
Brooklyn
Red Hook
Raymond McNeill
McNeill
Jeffrey McNeill
Donna McNeill
John Garrigan
Long Island College Hospital
Garrigan
Gerard Bransfield
Abraham Widlett
Hamilton Ave
Vandals Try to Upset Churchill Statue in Woodford Green
Vandals attempted to overturn the statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Woodford Green a district northeast of London. Police reported the incident occurred Sunday night near Parkmont where Churchill symbolized local support.
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Winston Churchill
Woodford Green
England
Sir Winston Churchill
London
Parkmont
Buddhists Plan Protest as Ky Regime Faces Pressure
In Saigon Buddhist leaders vow to continue demonstrations until the Ky junta quits. Monks back Viet Nam Buddhist Forces seeking civilian rule and immediate elections while denying anti American aims. Government reports cite Viet Cong agitation amid ongoing U S air strikes and ground battles near the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Johnson
Honolulu
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Central Committee
Viet
Kien Tuong
da Nang
United States
Johnson Delays First Ball Game as He Vacation Plans Unfold
President Johnson will not attend the Opening Day game to remain at his Texas LBJ Ranch during Easter. Vice President Humphrey will throw out the first ball in Washington as Johnson enjoys desk work, boating, and church services amid Viet Nam protests and a pending decision on a new official residence for the VP. Luci Johnson and fiancé Nugent joined a lake outing near the ranch.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Washington
Texas
Hubert H. Humphrey
LBJ
San Antonio
Viet Nam
Luci
Patrick J. Nugent
Waukegan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Humphrey
Not to Extend April 15 Income Tax Deadline
IRS says there will be no extension of the April 15 filing deadline for individuals this year. Friday, April 15 remains a regular business day unless it falls on a weekend or legal holiday. Returns must be postmarked by midnight Friday.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Air Force caps flights in North Vietnam at 100 missions
The Air Force imposes a 100 mission limit for each airman on a tour in North Viet Nam. The rule applies to all combat fliers as the war effort continues.
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Viet Nam
Washington
Air Force
North Viet Nam
Irish Plan Hunger Strike On Uprising Anniversary
Eighteen young Irish militants begin a hunger strike on the 50th anniversary of the Easter uprising. They vow to fast from noon today to 3 45 p m Saturday, recalling 1916’s bloody rebellion and condemning government betraying revolutionary ideals. The group includes Dublin University students and Belfast supporters from Misneach Courage.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Republc
Britain
Dublin University
Belfast
Misneach — Courage
Joe Clarke
Cuchulainn
Mairtin O’cadhain
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