Sunrise Easter Services Plan Across Nation
The American Christians Across Nation plan sunrise Easter services in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl for returned prisoners of war and missing in action. About 15,000 are expected. Dr. Carl F H Henry leads Rose Bowl services in Pasadena. Stone Mountain, Georgia hosts a sunrise service with a second event for World War II. New York features an Empire State Building sunrise, The Brethren at Radio City Music Hall, and an Oriental music Easter concert with Hand el's Messiah. Winston-Salem Moravian Easter Sunrise service draws about 30,000, a tradition since 1771.
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Hollywood Bowl
New York
Empire State Building
Seattle
Radio City Music Hall
Winston-Salem
N.C
Easter Sunrise Services Planned Coast to Coast
From Stone Mountain Georgia to the California valleys, American Christians planned sunrise services to observe another Easter according to the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Stone Mountain
Georgia
California
D&W Schedules Anniversary Steam Train to Montreal
April 28 special marks the 150th anniversary for the D&W rail line and will be its first steam powered run since 1953. A powerful 4-8-4 locomotive hauls 22 cars on a 480 mile round trip to Montreal. 1000 tickets were sold out long ago.
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Montreal
Return
UPI
Violent Storms Sweep Rockies and Plains Tornadoes Kill Two
Tornadoes and severe storms lashed the Mississippi Valley and Rockies with fatalities and injuries across Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma. A woman died near Harrison Missouri a twister struck Atlanta officials said heavy property damage occurred including five buildings in Ar. Mississippi River floods forced evacuations in Assumption Parish Louisiana where about a third of Morgan City residents moved to higher ground. A spring blizzard pelted the Rockies and western plains. Page 11 continued notes.
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Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Assumption Parish
Louisiana
Morgan City
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Harrison
Seizure of Thai trawler yields vast narcotics haul
In Saigon AP reports U S narcotics official says a Thai fishing trawler loaded with 12220 pounds of raw opium and 281 pounds of morphine base was seized in Vietnamese waters. If converted to heroin and sold wholesale in New York the haul could be worth 16.5 million dollars.
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U.S
William Cunningham
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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Vietnam
New York
Lon Chaney Jr Recovering From Illness in California
Horror star Lon Chaney Jr, 67, is recovering after cataract surgery and beriberi treatment in San Clemente, California. He has been in and out of hospitals since July, but his wife says he is up and about again. Chaney portrayed Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, and Count Dracula.
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Lon Chaney Jr
Chaney
Easter Pilgrims Brave Chilling Winds In Jerusalem
Easter pilgrims braved winds to attend Holy Saturday rites at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Pope Paul VI led a Way of the Cross in Rome as security concerns hovered over Israel during Easter and the 25th anniversary celebrations.
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Crusader Church
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Holy
Israel
Rome
Paul VI
Christ
IRA Cease fire for Two Londonderry Districts
The IRA says it will begin a week long cease fire in two Londonderry Catholic districts Bogside and Creggan while pledging to intensify its campaign elsewhere in Northern Ireland The truce follows a request by community leaders for a festival and will last as long as the British army stays out The statement warns fighting will resume if British arrest and harassment continue and notes normal military action will proceed in other brigade areas The move comes as IRA Provisional leaders pledge to pursue Ulster unification with the Irish Republic and after the release of Sean MacStiofain potentially signaling a shift in leadership dynamics
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Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Bogside
Creggan
Ulster
IRA
Dean Martin Plans Wednesday Civil Wedding at Bel Air Home
Santa Monica AP report says Dean Martin, 55, will wed 25 year old Cathy Mae Hawn after obtaining a marriage license. A civil ceremony is planned Wednesday at Martin's Bel Air home following his divorce from his second wife in November.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Dean Martin
Martin
Cathy Mae Hawn
Bel Air
Tiny Williamsburg Michigan Faces Gas Fueled Danger
Gas geysers and mudholes threaten Williamsburg Michigan with fires and explosions. 25 families evacuated as Amoco crews drill to relieve pressure near seven trillion cubic feet gas field. Rail traffic halted to prevent sparks. officials enforce no smoking around the site.
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Williamsburg
Mich
Donald Bateman
Michigan Public Safety Commission
Williamsburg Creek
Amoco Productions
Standard Oil of Indiana
Amoco
Mitchell OK'd Paying Watergate Conspiracy
Washington AP report states an associate of John Mitchell testified he approved payments from Nixon re election funds to the Watergate conspirators after the June 17 arrests, intended to cover legal fees, not silence. Mitchell testified for about three hours before the federal grand jury. he denied paying or conspiring to silence defendants and noted no approval of bugging operations by him.
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White House
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John W. Dean III
G. Gordon Liddy
Dean
Robert McCandliss
New York Times
McCandliss
U S Prods Hanoi With Positive Action For Compliance
The Nixon administration combines sharp prods with a promise of a positive response to win Hanoi’s compliance with the Paris cease-fire. Charles W Bray says Hanoi must withdraw foreign forces from Cambodia and Laos and respect neutrality. Two Air Force pilots are missing after a mission over Cambodia, as drones resume over North Vietnam and U S aircraft continue operations at Cambodia’s request.
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U N Council condemns Israel for commando acts in Lebanon
The U N Security Council condemned Israel for commando attacks against Lebanon by a vote of 11 to 0 with four abstentions on a British French resolution. The United States abstained, while China the Soviet Union Guinea also abstained. The measure called for condemning all violence that endangers innocent lives and required nine votes including the Big Five for approval.
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Israeli border police seize three armed guerrillas near Lebanon
Tel Aviv reports three Arab guerrillas crossed from Lebanon on a terrorist mission. They surrendered after warning shots were fired in Wadi Dis, two miles south of the border and about 14 miles northwest of the Sea of Galilee.
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Israel
Lebanon
Wadi Dis
Sea of Alilee
Vietnam cease fire sabotaged says Giap
North Vietnam defense minister Gen Vo Nguyen Giap accused the United States of deliberately sabotaging the Vietnam cease fire in a Hanoi radio report. In Mexico, an unidentified gunman opened fire with a submachine gun at a Sabinas Hidalgo restaurant, killing the city police chief and wounding two others, Nuevo Leon state judicial police said.
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North Vietnam
Vo Nguyen Giap
United States
Ately
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Hanoi Radio
Monterrey
Mexico
Sabinas Hidalgo
Here
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Stolen 12th Century wooden saints from BRASPARTS church
Three 18-inch wooden statues of saints, crafted by Breton artisans in the 12th century, were taken from the village church in Brasparts during the night, police said today.
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Brasparts
France
Anik 2 Satellite Launch Expands Canadian Coverage
CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP A Canadian communications satellite named Anik 2 was launched aboard an American Delta rocket to extend service to northern Canada and establish a new telephone link between Alaska and the continental United States. The satellite orbits were described as highly elliptical, reaching from about 130 to 22,300 miles above Earth.
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Alaska
United States
Delta
Retired Church Custodian Wins $50,000 Lottery
Palmer Hahn of Sylvan Beach, a 76 year old retired church custodian, won $50,000 in the New York State Lottery. He says he feels a lot freer about the figure. Hahn buys four weekly tickets at a bowling center and retired 11 years ago after working as custodian at two nearby Rome churches.
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Sylvan Beach
N.Y
Palmer Hahn
New York
Wounded Knee Residents Vow Action Against Occupation
In Wounded Knee South Dakota displaced residents say they will act in two weeks if the government does not end the occupation of the village begun February 27 by the American Indian Movement AIM. Francis Randall chairman of the Wounded Knee Community warns of driving out occupiers with rifles.
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Francis Randall
American Indian Movement
AIM
Easter Service Canceled By Baseball Game In Cleveland
In Cleveland, the Easter Sunday service at Old Stone Church was canceled by the pastor to avoid conflicting with a baseball doubleheader by the Indians. The 9:30 a.m. service was dropped but the 11 a.m. service will be held, with parking cleared by noon for fans.
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Old Stone
Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Raymond Lewis
Third Star for Black Officer James Washington elevated
The Air Force will promote Maj Gen Daniel Chappie James Jr to lieutenant general, the highest ranking Black officer on active duty. Secretary Richardson announced the promotion and James will also serve as deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs.
QE2 sails to Ashdod amid Sabbath controversy
The luxury liner QE2 with 620 Jewish passengers docked safely at Ashdod Israel after religious leaders urged delaying unloading for the Sabbath. Transport Minister Peres affirmed modern times allow ships on Saturday as security and ceremony mark Israel’s 25th anniversary.
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Israel
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Shimon Peres
Peres
Britain
Ex-White House aide Magruder eyed California post
Former White House aide Jeb Stuart Magruder told the Los Angeles Times that two months ago he was considering running for California secretary of state. The report notes Magruder had previously alleged that former Attorney General John N. Mitchell approved the Watergate bugging plan.
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White House
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Atty
John N. Mitchell
California
Los Angeles Times
Nixon Takes Easter at Key Biscayne While Missing Aides
President Nixon spends Easter weekend at Key Biscayne with his family, leaving three top aides behind in Washington. Haldeman Ehrlichman and Kissinger are absent, with Ziegler saying they are with their families.
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