Easter and Passover Observances Across Holy Land
Record crowds of Christian pilgrims filled Jerusalem for Easter at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Garden Tomb while Jews observed Passover at the Wailing Wall. Vatican rites marked Easter with Pope Paul VI leading Mass as global celebrations continued in Rome and the United States. In Northern Ireland tensions rose with thousands of police and troops deployed as rival parades loomed, though a joint Protestant Catholic relay offered a peace gesture.
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Old City
Jerusalem
Galgatha
Hill of the Skull
Bondage
Egypt
Shlomo Goren
Moses
Exodus
Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica
Paul VI
United States
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Rome
Jesus Christ
Prima Porta
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Regiment
Belfast
Londonderry
Armagh
Hawaii guards hunt six dangerous Halawa escapees
Police mounted a major manhunt for six extremely dangerous inmates who escaped Halawa Jail by threatening guards with smuggled guns and binding them with torn sheets. Five of the six are linked to murder cases. William K. Mederios is a key suspect in last year’s Honolulu chain reaction killings. A hundred patrols on Oahu warned the suspects are armed and dangerous.
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Honolulu
UPI
Hawaii
Halawa
Francis Keala
Oahu
William K
Willie’ Mederios
Eban urges realism in Suez pact as talks hinge on mutual approach
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban urged realism in pursuing a Suez Canal reopening agreement, saying negotiations could succeed if both sides act practically. A Israeli military spokesman accused Egypt of two Soviet Sukhoi overflights, filing a UN protest as ceasefire lapses. In Cairo, Sadat and aides reviewed Middle East developments while Jordan's King Hussein announced capital punishment for gun law violators amid Palestinian withdrawal.
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Abba Eban
Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Eban
U.N
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Jordan
Hussein
Amman
Jets and B52s hit North Vietnamese forces at Fire Base 6
South Vietnamese jets joined U S B52 Superfortresses in a daylight assault against North Vietnamese troops attempting to overrun Fire Base 6 in the central highlands. Ground resistance was reported as dawn combat near the base, which sits near Laos and Cambodia borders about 300 miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
Highlands
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Pakistan launches major offensive in East Pakistan
NEW DELHI UP I reports say Pakistani army troops mounted a large assault across East Pakistan using tanks air strikes artillery and infantry to challenge Bengali forces led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The operation sought to hold Comilla as airlifts moved troops to Chapuria airfield amid guerrilla activity near Feni and border reports claim two Indian soldiers were captured two miles inside East Pakistan.
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New Delhi
UPI
East Pakistan
Mujibur Rahman
Comilla
Pakistan Air Force
Chapuria
West Pakistan
Feni
Chittagong
Radio Pakistan
Dominican Republic tightens border amid Duvalier health rumors
Dominican Republic reinforces troops at the Haiti border and keeps them on alert over conflicting reports on Francois Duvalier’s health. Haitian exiles say he left Port au Prince for a retreat to seek treatment for heart disease and diabetes, while Haitian officials deny serious deterioration.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
UPI
Haiti
Francois “Papa Doc" Duvalier
Duvalier
Port - Au - Prince
Clement Vincent
Hispaniola
Lily symbol of Resurrection brightens Easter altars
The article notes the white lily, emblem of Resurrection, placed on church altars to remind worshipers of Easter's inner meaning. Dr. G. Russel Hargate of St. Andrew Episcopal Church places a lily on his altar as a visual reminder.
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Christ
G. Russel Hargate
St. Andrew Episcopal Church
John Kenney
Weather Outlook With Warm Weekend Ahead
Sunny and warmer today and tomorrow with highs in the 60s today and upper 60s tomorrow. Lows tonight in the 40s and low 50s. A playful quip about household roles closes the item.
Five Sandusky women arrested after Midway Mall incident
Easter shoppers witnessed a chaotic mall pursuit as Elyria police arrested Mollie Light and four others on 11 charges including narcotics possession. Marijuana was found on two, with staged takedowns, a fountain dunk, and a large shoplifting alert leading to arrests of Marian Rice, Vicki Light, Marlene Light, Geraldine McLendon, and Mollie Light.
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Midway Mall
Elyria
Sandusky
Mollie Light
E. Parish St
Vicki Light
Filmore Street
Marian Rice
Johnson St
Marlene S. Light
William Curtis
Foxmoor
Curtis
Higbee Company
Marlene Light
Elyria City
Ernest Bartha
Geraldine McLendon
Would-be safecrackers weld themselves out
Police in Rocky Hill Connecticut hunt inexperienced thieves after a failed safecracking at Rocky Hill High School. The intruders used a blowtorch to remove bolts on the safe door hinges, cut out the dial, and bored holes in a heavy walk-in model as molten metal welded the door shut.
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Rocky Hill, Conn
Rocky Hill High School
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Dublin
United Press International
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Pakistan
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