Churches Mark End of Lent and Begin Easter Vigil
The Associated Press reports Holy Week observances as churches mark Lent ending and Easter vigil beginning. St. Peter's bells ring for the end of Lent while pilgrims in Jerusalem attend ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Sunrise services are planned across the United States with Easter egg rolls and noon Easter blessings from Pope Pius XII.
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Eisenhowers Plan Brief Gettysburg Visit and Easter Service
President Eisenhower left the White House for a短 Gettysburg farm visit to see Mrs. Eisenhower who has been recuperating from illness and overseeing furnishings. Press Secretary Hagerty said she may stay up to ten more days and will skip Easter services in Gettysburg. Eisenhower will return for Easter services in Washington. Snyder, the personal physician, prescribed rest and home projects continue.
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Earthquake Shakes Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois
A moderate earthquake rattled eastern Missouri and southern Illinois, startling residents and prompting many calls to police, newspapers, and radio stations within a ten mile area. No serious damage was reported.
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Missouri
Illinois
Boy Enclosed in Trash Barrel Rescued by Fire Team
A six year old boy Francis X Moran hid in a trash barrel during a game of hide and seek. Companions failed to find him until the game ended and he could not free himself. Fire department rescue opened the barrel to free him.
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Boston
Francis X. Moran
Francis
Today’s Features and Sections Highlight
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Easter Morning Forecast Delights Paradegoers With Sunshine
Weather expert Andrew P Keller predicts fair and warmer conditions for Easter Morning and tomorrow. High pressure spans the region with Canada storms too far north to affect us, bringing clear skies and light southwest to westerly winds 15 to 20 mph. Tonight's low 38 rising to 60 tomorrow as trout streams enjoy sunshine.
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Soviet Spurs Austria Pact
The Soviet Union warned against any further delay in concluding an Austrian treaty of independence and pressed for a speedy conclusion during Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab's Moscow visit. Molotov delivered identical notes to the United States Britain and France, signaling four power discussion remains unresolved after years of talks and multiple ministerial meetings.
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Soviet Union
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V. M. Molotov
United States
Britain
France
Ad for Wedding Gown Sparks Shop and Swap Ad
In Ephrata Washington radio KULE aired a classified style ad for its shop and swap program noting for sale a beautiful white satin wedding gown size 1 never worn. The fragment hints at a local exchange of goods through the station's program.
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Ephrata, Wash
KULE
Girl 13 Heroically Saves Four From Fire in Chicago
A 13 year old girl Rosemary Pacheco calmly led her sisters Mary 11 Dolores 9 and brother Samuel 6 from a smoke filled home before returning for her 11 month old sister Theresa. She dropped the baby to a man below and then jumped to the sidewalk with a minor foot injury.
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Rosemary Pacheco
Rosemary
Mary
Dolores
Samuel, Jr
Theresa
Pickets Dress Up for Easter Parade at Landers Frary Clark
Striking workers at Landers Frary and Clark Co in New Britain Conn will hold an Easter parade Sunday. Feminine union members will wear Easter Glory and march before the plant with dainty picket signs bearing an Easter motif.
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Seven Children Die in Tacoma House Fire
In Tacoma Washington a two story frame home burned early today after a refrigerator motor ignition. Seven children of Mrs Jean McCarley age 28 and her brother James Clifton 15 died in their beds. Mrs McCarley was questioned as authorities investigate. Fire chief Harold Fisk called the scene a scorched shell.
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James Clifton
Nancy McCarley
Thomas McCarley
Cyndia McCarley
Darell McCarley
Susan McCarley
Magnus McCarley
Jean McCarley
Harold Fisk
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R. D. Roberts
McCarley
Larry Amundsen
Pierce County
Fisk
Eden to Set Election Date in Maiden Speech
London sources say Prime Minister Anthony Eden will announce a national election date in his maiden speech in the new office next Thursday or Friday. He is confident the elections will keep the Conservatives in power for five more years. Eden and his wife Clarissa spent the weekend at Chequers, the prime minister’s country home.
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Anthony Eden
Eden
Clarissa
Chequers
Winnie to Relax in Syracuse
The private wing of Vita Poti near Syracuse overlooks the Ionian Sea and awaits Sir Winston Churchill. The painter, writer, and former British prime minister will stay there, with rooms prepared for his arrival and loyalists from his party nearby.
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Banana Truck Explodes Blazing Through Village
A propane heated banana truck exploded in Middleburg Schoharie County at 2 AM, shattering windows and causing extensive property damage. Driver George Bostwick of Rochester suffered burns but survived. bananas were en route from New York City to Syracuse on the A L Sergier Produce Co. vehicle.
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Syracuse
Ateast
William Neiles
New York City
A. L .Sergier Produce Company
Atomic blast lights Nevada dawn for test day
In Nevada the first pre dawn atomic explosion from Yucca Flat rose a bright flash. a second shot, potentially one of the largest in 1955, was scheduled later today. Observers in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City saw the luminous plume and brief tremors while winds delayed the second test.
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Nevada Desert
Yucca Flat
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
AEC
Frenchman Flat
Red Gunboat Hit By Chiang Planes
A Formosan gunboat was struck by nationalist Chinese patrol planes in the Straits of Formosa. The Air Force reported the attack on a Communist gunboat, with it described as carrying about ten men. Further details remain unclear due to the damaged text.
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Celler Attacks Dulles Over Corsi Ouster
Representative Emanuel Celler blasted Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for removing Edward J. Corsi as deputy chief of the refugee relief program. Celler blamed Dulles for mismanaging refugee affairs and suggested McLeod should have been dismissed instead. Corsi weighed a proposed new post surveying Latin American settlement options.
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Emanuel Celler
John Foster Dulles
Edward J. Corsi
Celler
Dulles
Scott McLeod
Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
McLeod
Catholics Stage Demonstrations in Buenos Aires Streets
In Buenos Aires groups of young Roman Catholics staged impromptu anti-government demonstrations last night amid fears of arrest. There were no reports of violence or arrests. Similar protests Thursday led to several arrests, but all were released within hours, according to church sources.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
New Baby Among 6 Die In Australian Air Crash
A Royal Australian Air Force Lincoln bomber crashed into a mountainside killing all six aboard including a newborn baby girl. The mercy flight from Townsville to Brisbane carried a nursing sister and a crew of four, with the infant en route to a Brisbane hospital for a blood transfusion.
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Brisbane
Australia
Royal Australian ‘Air Force
Townville
Russian Boy Returns to Reds From West Berlin
Valery Lysikov, a Russian youth who fled to West Berlin, traveled back behind the Iron Curtain. He had spent weeks in Germany living in cafes and attending restaurants while awaiting a U.S. visa and now faces return to Soviet life and schooling.
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Reds
Berlin
Valery Lysikov
Schoglboy
West Berlin
Soviet Parliament to Cancel WWII Treaties Over German Rearming
The Soviet Council of Ministers urged the Supreme Soviet to annul the Britain France and British French pacts from WWII in protest of West German rearmament. An official news conference outlined Moscow’s stance noting the treaties aimed to curb German militarism but called British French ratifications a threat. State Department in Washington responded calmly as Soviets signaled openness to a Big Four meeting.
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