01 Apr 1961
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1961
Page
1
In Havana on Good Friday night police arrested 50 marchers from the Church of Our Lady of Charity after a Midnight procession was disrupted by six youths dressed as militiamen. The detainees were held at the 0th Precinct without charges as the event ended amid tension following earlier gunfire at the Easter celebration.
The Weather Bureau predicts a bright Easter Sunday with mild, mostly sunny conditions for much of the country. A few Pacific Northwest showers and scattered snow are possible, while eastern Iowa floods begin to ease as the Cedar Rapids area shifts flood attention downstream toward the Lower Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
More than two thousand pilgrims and tourists prayed in unseasonably cold weather in Old Jerusalem on Holy Saturday. Tourist guides reported a mix of Jewish and Muslim visitors alongside Christians as services were held in front of sacred sites during the Holy Week observances.
An unnamed informant says Secret Service locates pro Castro Cuban plotters in Palm Beach area and watches them. Four suspects are under surveillance as authorities say there is no arrest yet and a kidnapping plan was also reported. A security guard child at the Atlantic shore home is cited as Easter guest of the President and Mrs Kennedy.
A fragmentary text reflects on Holy Week Saturday from Luke 23 54 about sorrow disbelief and the vigil of the Roman guards as women grieve and hope seems to sleep. It references Josephs tomb and the anticipation of resurrection the next day.
The Easter weekend inspires global reverence as Christians await the dawn of Easter Sunday. In Toronto, Rabbi Feinberg and others warn of threats to peace amid "Easter Fires" ceremonies and rising tensions across Europe and North America.
President Kennedy signed an appropriations bill to start paying emergency unemployment benefits to workers who exhausted regular benefits. The measure includes 16 billion for emergency needs across federal agencies in the current fiscal year ending June 30, plus 70 million to pay unemployment compensation for federal employees and ex servicemen.
San Francisco reports that extended unemployment benefits under a U S labor department accord will begin by April 1. The plan adds 13 weeks of benefits for workers who have exhausted regular benefits across California and other western states. An estimated 30,000 more Californians will become eligible immediately.
Havana reports government dismantles alleged anti-Castro conspiracy in India linked unrest. At least two killed and fifteen injured in riots as Nagpur authorities clash with sailors and rebels. About sixty plotters flee to unknown destinations. Three torpedo boats with fifty six sailors and a petty officer depart Baracoa port heading toward an uncertain location, possibly Haiti.
Muskegon Mich UPI Gordon Unwin did not cash his $12 045 unemployment check and turned it back to the Michigan Employment Security Commission The agency blamed a misprint in its check writing machine and issued him a replacement for $49
President Kennedy said Russia's attitude toward Britain's Laos cease fire proposal is a useful step toward a peaceful settlement of the Southeast Asian crisis. He and Secretary of State Rusk reviewed the Russian note in Palm Beach and discussed it by telephone after meeting at the White House.
Western observers in Moscow reported that the Soviet Union conditionally accepted a British cease-fire proposal for Laos. The note, based on U.S. and French consultations, suggested the warring Laotian parties hold peace talks themselves, with talks potentially starting in a few days. Russia asked for an immediate meeting of the Airce nation supervisory commission.
Pikeville dispatch reports a wind swept blaze destroyed a five room frame house in Buskirk killing five children aged from four months to eight years. Mrs Damron 38 and her son Raymond 18 escaped with burns. she is in fair condition in Williamson West Virginia hospital. The victims are Jimmy Dale Damron Gene Edward Arerele Terry Lee and Tammy Lynn. Fire Chief George Tanner cites Mrs Damron widow saying she and Raymond fled the home but she tried to return until flames barred entry.
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