Pittsfield Tornado Survivors Plan United Easter Service
Pittsfield Methodist and Congregational Church members join an Easter service at a borrowed church a week after a tornado destroyed their town. Pastor Frank N. Everard, a Weather Bureau veteran, led aid and now expects one building and one united congregation. Nine residents died in the disaster and several were hospitalized, including young Kimberly Nash and Susan Dewey.
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Pittsfield
Congregational
Frank N. Everard
Thelma
Sheffield Lake
Everard
Pittsfield Methodist Church
Yale
Life
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cleveland Hopkins
Weather Bureau
William Kennedy
Kennedy
Strongsville
V Area
Oberlin
Wellington
Elyria
Henry
Amy) Sheffield
Hallover
Rt. 303
Sheffield
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Kimberly Nash
Pitts Rd
David Nash
Susan Dewey
Rt. 303 East
Susan
Eyverard
Howard J. Wiant
Norwalk
Norwalk Methodist District
Dr. Wiant
Elyria Moves Toward Annexation of Carlisle Two
Elyria City Council plans action to annex Carlisle Township as part of a proposed election question. The move aims to resolve water issues and aid southern expansion while considering township incorporation and water pricing implications for nearby townships.
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Elyria
Carlisle
Lorain County
Carlisle Township
Sheeald
AVA
vVuUuUne Ang
Grafton
Fivria
Mississippi floods race toward historic crest across upper river
The swollen Mississippi rose toward a record crest as dikes failed and sandbag lines gave way from Minnesota to Missouri. St Paul Minneapolis declared emergencies while the Quad Cities area braced for the century’s worst flood. Major roads, industries, and bridges were affected as water encroached towns and industrial sites along the river.
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ST. Paul
Navy Island
Iowa
St. At
Dubuque
Barrett di
Riverview
Missouri
Ashburn
Louisiana
Clarksville
Edward Long
D-Mo
Mlinois
Otto Kerner
Mississippi
Oquawka
Gulfport
Quad Cities
Marine
Rock Island
Davenport
Bettendorf
la Crosse
Wis
Warren Knowles
Tornadoes sweep down Cumberland Mountain chain
Tornadoes swept eastern Tennessee damaging Jamestown Rosalie Ida Moreland and Gainesville areas. One man killed and over 50 injured. Hundreds homeless as four tornadoes struck communities from Jamestown to Chattanoog a. A separate line reports a severe thunderstorm with hail in Seneca.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Ida
Ala
Moreland
North Georgia
Gainesville
Sardis
Seneca
Northeast Ohio Weather Forecast Clears With Frost Likely
United Press International reports cloudy cool conditions in Northeast Ohio with drizzle through the afternoon and frost expected tonight as temps dip. Saturday looks brighter with a warmer high, while statewide highs run about 5 degrees below record values in Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati.
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United Press International
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Man dies as semi rams car in Lorain County crash
Charlie Joe Turner, 22, of 4973 Toledo Rd Lorain, died after his car was struck broadside by a tractor semi outfit at 7 10 p m on Rt 20 turning onto Rt 511. Turner was ejected and killed instantly. Rhodes 29 of Union City Pa driver of the truck was unhurt. Turner born Dec 3 1942 in Clinchco Va. Survivors include his parents six brothers and funeral services set for Clintwood Va. Local arrangements by Gerber and Son Funeral Home Wakeman.
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Charlie Joe Turner
Toledo Rd
Lorain
Lorain County
Turner
Rt. 511
State Highway Patrol
Lutfit
Raymond Rhodes
Union City
Rhodes
Mr. Turner
Clinchco, Va
Elbert Turner
Clinchco
Johnnie
Charlie
Bob
Corbett
Glen
Bill
Litchfield
Clintwood Va
Clintwood Colley Funeral Home
lGerber and Son Funeral Home
Wakeman
Belgium Foreign Minister Weds in France
Paul Henry Spaak 66 Belgium's foreign minister married Thursday to Se lime Catharina Dear Spaak 56 a divorcee whose first husband died last year. Dear is a Belgian who was previously married to a British businessman.
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Eze Sur Mer
France
UPI
Paul Henry Spaak
Belgium
Semone Catharina Dear- Spaak
Dear
Shwe
UTA
Hanoi eyes Soviet SAM site near Hanoi region
UPI report says concrete pads for a possible SAM 2 emplacement exist near Hanoi in North Vietnam. Officials doubt missiles are present and assess Russian technicians would man the site if installed. The move could escalate the Vietnam conflict but is not viewed as likely to trigger broader war.
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Stewart Hensley Wallington
UPI
United States
Hanoi
Viet Nam
U.S
Moscow
Southeast Asia
Easter sightseers face restrictions after tornado toll rises
Midwest governors ordered crowds to stay away as Easter weekend looms. In Pittsfield Ohio survivors canceled Sunday services amid looting fears while Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois tightened road blocks. Death toll climbs to 243 with 130 in Indiana and 55 in Ohio.
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Chicago
UPI
Midwest
Pittsfield
Ohio
Hillsdale
Edward Webb
Michigan
Jefferson County
Indiana
Wisconsin
Warren Knowles
National Guard
Illinois
Where to turn Where to turn
Outdoors page notes new hulls for boating, a bluebird home, and a hunter repaying a farmer for land use. Mentions Lorain city solicitor rejecting a debate challenge and Amherst council extending temporary water department service. Jim Obenola of Amherst to run in a local marathon.
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Lorain City Solicitor
Page
Amherst Council
Water Department
Jim Obenola
Amherst
Boyton
U S planes blast six Viet bridges in daytime raid
About 150 U S Navy and Air Force planes hit six bridges in North Vietnam during around the clock raids. At least five bridges were destroyed, one hidden by dust. Air Force crews dropped about 120 tons of bombs while Navy bullpup missiles struck Bai Duc Thon and Xom Ca Trang. No aircraft were lost. missions followed a night raid by South Vietnamese Skyraiders.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Nam
Air Force
Kim Cuong
Trai Hoi
Phu Dien Chan
Edwin J. Witzenburger
Lusk
Wyoming
Sampans
Navy
Bai Duc Thon
Xom Ca Trang
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Laos
South Viet Nam
Coral Sea
Midway
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
North
Berlin Wall Opens for Easter Visits Across Sectional Border
West Berliners crowded checkpoints by noon to visit East Berlin on Good Friday with about 80,000 travelers already crossing. Similar flows expected through the weekend and Monday, a German holiday, before the wall closes at midnight April 25.
Lenten guideposts from a drought weathered farmer’s wife
A farmer’s wife writes of praying during a third straight drought while farming alone with two children. She describes hauling water, tending parched crops, and seeking God’s help after hail damaged seedlings and the well faltered, noting perseverance amid hardship.
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Mr. Everard
Columbia
Eaton Townships
Rive Tage
Kamirsal Board OF Public Works
Hannibal
Board of Public Works
Minnesota
Richard McFarland
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Cumberlands
Tere
Frost
Alexei N. Kosygin
Black River Board of Education
Avon
Dear Abby Finance
Stocks Garden
Spencer
Warren’s News
By Michael T. Malloy
Berlin Wall
Farmer
Mary Virag
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