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...decorated palm branch from a member of the Bresca family of San Remo, which since 1585 has clung to its perquisite of supplying palms to pontiffs. This week, when the rest of Christendom joyously concludes its 40-day Lenten fast, Rome and the Pope were to pass their quietest Easter in years. Because of Sanctions and European unrest, few tourists or pilgrims arrived in Rome for Holy Week. Because of the war in Ethiopia, the faithful who thronged St. Peter's Square on the off-chance the Holy Father might show himself were mostly women and children...
Putnam Aldrich will be the guest of the Lowell House Musical Society the evening of Easter Sunday, and will present a concert of harpsichord music. The program will include works from all the great composers for the harpsichord. In addition the House Choral Society will sing several numbers. The concert will be in the Common Room and is scheduled to begin...
...same week a year ago. Retail merchandise deliveries in the New York metropolitan area, comprising at least one-tenth of the total U. S. retail market, were up 10% for the first two weeks of this month. Except in flood regions, where there would be little if any, Easter trade was expected to be the best in years...
...Watertown, Wis., Arthur E. ("Turkey") Gehrke, 50, worked behind the bar at his tavern for the first winter in 23 years. Ever since 1913 Gehrke had made a practice of going to bed about Thanksgiving, dozing out the winter, arising about Easter. Last month his wife Grace dropped dead while reading a newspaper. "Turkey" Gehrke had to come out of hibernation to attend her funeral, take care of his business...
...usual, this year the team will make a tour south during the Easter recess. In addition to Fordham, scheduled opposition will be provided by Dickinson, Pennsylvania, and on Saturday, April 4, Temple...