World observes Good Friday across churches and Holy Land
Christians worldwide mark Good Friday with pilgrimages and solemn services. In Vatican City thousands attend Mass of the Presanctified Host while in Jerusalem pilgrims traverse the Via Dolorosa. Across the United States Catholic and Protestant churches hold three hour services as Argentines stage Holy Week processions amid political tensions.
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St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican City
Holy Land
No Man’s Land
Israel
Jordan
Arab Jerusalem
Jerusalem
East Wall
Christ
Pontius Pilate
Calvary
United States
Buenos Aires
Archbishop denies Margaret Townsend marriage rumors
The Archbishop of Canterbury said he gave no comment on rumors of Princess Margaret and Group Captain Townsend marrying. He told South African radio he would not discuss the topic and denied making remarks attributed to him. Also, Billy Wallace dismissed an American radio report linking him to the princess.
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Canterbury
Princess Margaret
Peter Townsend
Geoffrey Fisher
Grahamstown
South Africa
Capetown
Dr. Fisher
South
Central
East Africa
Billy Wallace
Formal Search Abandoned for Missing AF Plane
Officials at EGLIN FIELD report the formal search for a missing 46 plane on an Air Force contract flight between Mobile Alabama and Macon Georgia has been suspended though new leads are being investigated. The plane operated by Capitol Airways and piloted by A B Brickley and Dick Merwin from San Antonio Texas carried over 6000 pounds of equipment marked Restricted. A three state aerial search across southeastern Alabama northwestern Florida and southwestern Georgia failed to locate the cargo plane.
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Air Force
Mobile
Ala
Macon
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Nashville
A.B. Brickley
Dick Merwin
San Antonio
Tex
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Americans Celebrate Easter Across the Nation in Sunrise Celebrations
The Easter story will be told in parks, stadiums, ch AR?d pageants and sermons from the Rockies to New England. Predawn services draw crowds in 75 000 at the Wichita Mountains amphitheater and 75 000 lilies fill the Hollywood Bowl for the 35th sunrise. Salem Square Winston Salem hosts Moravian Bishop J Kenneth Pfohl for the 25th year. Grand Canyon hosts former Gov Howard Pyle narrating the tale. Cathedral of the Pines Rindge New Hampshire hosts dawn worship with lift assisted ski ascent Mansfield Vermont. Atlantic City pier hosts an ocean stadium service. Washington DC marks Easter at Arlington Cemetery Walter Reed Carter Barron and Bethesda with White House lawn egg rolling.
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Markets Closed for Good Friday Across US
All security and commodity markets in the United States are closed in observance of Good Friday. Banks in most states remain open for business, as do various livestock markets.
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New York
INS
United States
Good Friday Drama Reading at Mira Mar Hotel Plaza
A Holy Week closing event on S Palm Ave features four readers performing a John Masefield piece titled Trail of Jesus in the Mira Mar Hotel plaza at 11 15 p m. Mason Baldwin portrays King Herod Scott Edmonds Pilate Stuart Lancaster Longinus and Frances Meehan Procula lead the cast in a 15 minute epilogue.
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Scott Edmonds
Pilate
Stuart Lancaster
Longinus
Frances Meehan
Procula
Atomic blast called off due to weather in Las Vegas
The scheduled Nevada atomic weapons test was canceled today because weather was unfavorable. A separate U S 301 head on crash near here killed Patrick Castonguay, 35, of Homestead, and seriously injured Thomas Huffstiller, 26, of Cherryville.
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Here
Patrick Castonguay
Homestead
Thomas Huffstiller
Cherryville
N.C
P. D. Carter
Sam Oswald
Castonguay
Huffstiller
Headon
Eden reshuffles cabinet lowers average age
Britain’s prime minister Anthony Eden reshapes the cabinet moving Harold Macmillan to Foreign Affairs and elevating Selwyn Lloyd to defense. The change lowers the average ministerial age from 58 1/2 to 54 1/2 years and fuels speculation of a general election potentially on May 26.
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Senator Sparkman Warns on Formosa Air Buildup
Senator Sparkman said it would be folly to let the Chinese Communists keep building air strength opposite Formosa, unless Eisenhower acts. He warned the Nationalists should not bomb bases under construction along the South China coast if U.S. action is not taken. A Republican senator noted Washington is reviewing Formosa reports of a potential air power advantage for Red China.
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Sen
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Formosa
Eisenhower
United States
South China
Red China
Formosa Strait
Army Cuts Defended in Senate Interview
Sen Knowland R Calif defended Eisenhower army reductions saying there is no manpower shortage in the armed forces and opposing moves by some Democrats to block the reductions amid fears of a Soviet Far East war.
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Sen
Soviet Union
Far East
Senate
Truck Driver Charged Over 12-Ton Shrimp Loss
FBI agents pursue a Sikeston Missouri man named Robert W. Brewer after a poker game allegedly led to 12 tons of frozen shrimp going missing from interstate commerce. Brewer faces charges of unlawfully converting merchandise for his own use.
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FBI
Robert W. Brewer
Sikeston
Mosquitoes, mice trap debate on screened porch
A visitor ridicules the size and ferocity of the mosquitoes on a Southern porch. The old host declines screening saying it would be unsportsmanlike and prefers using mouse traps.
Boosters Plan April 15 Benefit to Aid SHS Band Trip
Band Boosters announce a two hour benefit variety show and dance on April 15 at Municipal Auditorium to raise funds for SHS band and choral trips to the state finals in Miami and Tampa. The group has $1,350 of $2,000 needed and seeks community support from students and local merchants.
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Miami
Tampa
Municipal Auditorium
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Jayne Snyder
Bataan Day Observed At New Mexico Capitol
In Santa Fe tomorrow the Bataan Veterans Organization will hold ceremonies at the 200th Coast Artillery memorial. The event marks Bataan Day proclaimed by Congress last year. Manuel Armijo recalls the 1942 surrender and urges vigilance to avoid future surrender.
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N.M. P
Capitol Grounds
New Mexico
Philippines
Bataan
Bus Strike Parley Set in Charleston Negotiations
A session will open Monday in Charleston between Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines officials and AFL Motor Coach Employes Union negotiators to resolve a 725-driver strike. It is the first talks since talks broke off March 18 as Greyhound serves about 160 million passengers yearly across a Pittsburgh Washington Cincinnati Jackfore region.
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Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines
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Washington
Cincinnati
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Fila
Freeze Grips Midwest and East as Cold Sweeps South
Cold spell extends from Great Lakes to interior New England and southwest to Indiana Kentucky and the Virginias. Snow flurries in the Northeast. Nightly cooling in the eastern quarter and Gulf states. Temperatures run 5 to 20 degrees lower than last night.
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New England
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Kentucky
Virginias
Gulf States
Florida Theater Classifieds Offer Free Tickets
Look for your name in today’s classifieds and visit The News office at 1045 N Lime Ave to claim free theater tickets.
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Expansion of Chinese air bases alarms Formosa region
The Nationalist Defense Ministry said the Communists began using a large air base at Luchiao 200 miles north of the Matsu Islands on April 3. It described the base as the largest in Red China and usable by jets and heavy bombers. Reports also said Foochow and Swatow airfields are being remodeled as warplanes threaten Formosa.
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Formosa
Chinese Defense Ministry
Luchiao
Lukiao
Matsu Islands
Red China
Reds
Foochow
Matsus
Swatow
Quemoy
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Hsiung En-teh
Luchino
Chiang Kai-shek
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Wang
Weather forecast and marine outlook for Florida and east Gulf
Sarasota area expects partly cloudy skies through Saturday with cooler conditions today and tonight. Florida map shows cooler north and central portions with continued warmth in the south. highs 70s in the north to 80s in the south, with light showers possible in the north Saturday. East Gulf winds rise from moderate northeast to fresh by Saturday, a few showers in the extreme north. Readings: temperature 73, barometer 29.96, max 78, min 68.5, rain none.
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Florida
Marine
East Gulf
Herb
Sjolander
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Chiang Kai-shek Leads Good Friday Observance
Chiang Kai-shek and wife Soong Mei-ling led Chinese Christians in Taipei observing Good Friday. The Nationalist leaders fasted and addressed worshippers during a broadcast service at the Methodist church in Scholar's Forest suburb.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Scholar's Forest
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