Easter Sunrise Services Highlight Christ’s Resurrection Across Regions
Associated Press notes sunrise services mark Easter with the living Christ in focus. A 111-foot cross will be dedicated at Bald Knob in Alto Pass Illinois while the USS Constitution rests in Boston Harbor. The Easter pageant near Kenton Oklahoma runs from Friday sundown to Easter morning. First Baptist Stanton Missouri plans a sunrise service at Meramec Caverns.
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Boston Harbor
Bald Knob
Alto Pass
Ill
Kenton
Okla
First Baptist Church of
Stanton
Meramec Caverns
Earthquake Levels Anchorage Main Street, Alaska
Anchorage faces massive quake damage with six confirmed deaths. Gov. Egan convened Cabinet in Juneau while Gen. Andy of Yukon Command described the devastation as extensive. Communications, airports and services crippled. Seward, Kodiak and Cook Inlet evacuated amid fires and tidal wave fears.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Anchorage
William A. Egan
Juneau
Andy
Yukon Command
Kenai
Turnagain Bluff
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Kodiak City
Cook Inlet
Egan
Civil Defense
Valdez
Seattle
University of Washington _seismologist
Seward
British Columbia
Two American Airmen Released by Russians
Two U S fliers, Capt David I Holland and Melvin J Kessler, were released by the Soviet Union and arrived in Wiesbaden, Germany, 17 days after their reconnaissance plane was shot down. A third airman, Lt Harold W Welch, was released March 21 and injured. Presidents and relatives expressed relief as they returned to Allied control. they had been held since the March 10 incident over East Germany.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S
Soviet Union
Munist
East Germany
Washington
David I. Holland
Holland
Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Helmstedt
Hannover
Air Force
US Air Force European
Harold W. Welch
Detroit
Welch
Texas
White House
Johnson City
Johnson
Johnson will not travel abroad while no vice president
Washington UPI reports President Johnson will remain in the United States unless an unforeseen crisis arises. A State Department official said a De Gaulle summit this year is unlikely as Johnson bases his decision on constitutional grounds and De Gaulle has no plans to visit the U.S. again.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Charles de Gaulle
State Department
Frederick G. Dutton
Robert Ellsworth
Kan
GOP
Deee
Dutton
General de Gaulle
de Gaulle
John F. Kennedy
President Johnson visits boyhood home after release of airmen
In Johnson City Texas President Johnson relaxed at LBJ Ranch then drove with Lady Bird to his boyhood home. They visited briefly with Judge Mourland, admired flowers, and Mrs Johnson later flew to Austin by helicopter for Easter hair styling.
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A. W. Mourland
Johnson's
Mrs. Johnson
Weather summary for Butte and Divide region
Partly cloudy conditions with a warming trend across the Butte and East of Divide area. Butte highs near 38 today and 30-40 for Saturday with lows around 12 and 15-30, while Sunday highs reach 30-45. West of Divide sees partly cloudy skies with 30-40 highs and 10-25 lows for Saturday night.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Divide
Whitehall Ranch Home Destroyed by Night Fire
A Whitehall couple awaiting their fifth child lost their large frame house in a night blaze. Four children were found with relatives after the couple fled to Butte for safety as snow slicked U S 10 and chains were required. Firefighters arrived in time to save the adjacent structures but the main residence and contents were a total loss.
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Whitehall
Butte
Henry
Joy Piazzola
Piazzolas
Renova
Sualor
Butte Territorialist 91 Years Old Today
Mrs. Katherine O'Donnell Gibson, a Montana resident since 1878, celebrates her 91st birthday today. Born in Pioneer near Gold Creek in 1852, she recalls early Montana life, the Owsley Carr livery stable, and travel to Butte before statehood. Continued Page 10.
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Butte Territorialist
Katherine O'Donnell Gibson
Montana
Treasure
Gibson
Kemper
Butte
Mike O'Donnell
Pioneer
Owsley- Carr
Medical Arts
Main and Park
O’donnells
Faubus shuts down Hot Springs illegal gambling in 48 hours
Governor Orval Faubus ordered Hot Springs officials to close illegal gambling within 48 hours or face state police action. The move followed a 91 to 3 House resolution urging action as the Justice Department probed the resort’s extensive gambling. Local leaders warned of severe economic impact.
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Wick Temple
Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Hot Springs
Faubus
U.S. Justice Department
United States
Arkansas House of Representatives
Fires Hit Two Ships in Atlantic
Two ships caught fire in the Atlantic off North Carolina. The USS Antares a 455 foot general stores ship was ablaze ten miles east of Oregon Inlet with 280 crew aboard, considered not in immediate danger. A destroyer squadron and three special vessels rushed to the scene. The freighter Mor mac pine a 7642 ton vessel with 47 crew carried highly flammable sisal fiber.
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Portsmouth
UPI
Navy
Atlantic
Antares
Oregon Inlet
North Carolina
Norfolk
Destroyer Squadron 24
Thousands Attend Good Friday Services in Butte
Butte residents filled churches for Good Friday with large Catholic and union services. Easter observances continue with Holy Saturday, and Easter sunrise at 6 45 a m will move indoors to Aldersgate Church 2400 Grand.
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Butte
Butte Ministers Association
Mountain View Methodist Church
W. A. Gildehaus
First Presbyterian Church
School of Mines
Aldersgate Methodist Church
Frank Kerr's Widow Dies in California
Mrs Kathryn Kerr 92 widow of Frank M. Kerr longtime Montana Power Co. president died Friday in Long Beach California. Survived by son Robert Kerr and daughter Mrs W H Reif plus four grandchildren. Funeral planned in Butte with services pending at Richards Funeral Home.
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Kathryn Kerr
Frank M. Kerr
Montana Power Co
Long Beach
Calif
Robert “. Dye
Bozeman
Kerr
Eagle Harbor
Mich
Butte
Frank Ottis
Barbara LeSage
Richards Funeral Home
Robert O. Kerr
W. H. Reif
E. A. Skei
Billings
Frank M. Kerr II
Houston
Tex
Kuchera criticizes Renne and Farmers Union in Montana governor bid
Mile Kuchera visiting Butte attacks Dr. R. R. Renne as a "textbook farmer" and faults the Farmers Union for bias in the Democratic primary. He frames himself as a "pocketbook farmer" with a hard nosed plan to tackle Montana's beef and farm challenges and urges a fair primary before party unity.
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Mike Kuchera
Butte
Farmers Union
Dr. R. R. Renne
Renne
Kucera
Dr. Renne
Democratic Party
Joe Kelly
Helena
Kelly
Missoula
Montana
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Charles L. West
Associated Press
Christ
Elmendorf
Vince Chellis
Civil Defense Co
Standard
David
Ambrose Holland Sr
LBJ
U. S
David S. Holland
Melvin Kessler
George E. Reedy
Lady Bird
Ohlen Cox
Johnsons
Billings Belgrade
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula West Yellowstone
Whitehall Ranch
Silver Bow County
Henry Piazzolas
Harding Way
Pipestone Pass
Joe Casarotto
Willoughby
Casarotto
Piazzola
Frank Quinn
Standard-Post
Francois Findlay
Benetsee
Gold Creek
Katherine Gibson
Arkansas
Q. Byrum Hurst
Oaklawn Park
West
Memphis
Garland County
Dan Wolf
Frank Kerr
Mile Kuchera
Demo
Farm Union
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