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Ever since the plebiscite was scheduled last November, the Pontiff has repeatedly attacked abortion. On Easter, speaking to 250,000 people in St. Peter's Square, he emphasized his opposition to the practice. He spoke out again a week later during a visit to the Sotto il Monte birthplace of Pope John XXIII. Reaffirming a church statement calling for abortion laws "to be overcome with all legitimate means," he repeated his view that "procured abortion is the killing of an innocent creature. No one can have an attitude of pliant consent or passivity in the face of abortion...
...Easter Massacre, as it was soon called, was Haddad's revenge for the deaths of three of his militiamen, who had been killed by Palestinian land mines. The brutal attack proved to be only the beginning of yet another paroxysm of violence in war-ravaged Lebanon last week. That same afternoon, Israeli fighter-bombers were hammering Palestinian positions in and around Beaufort Castle, the old Crusader ruin on the Litani River, five miles across the Lebanese border. Palestinian units responded with Katyusha rocket attacks against villages that straddle the Israeli-Lebanese border. Artillery duels broke out again between Syrian...
...sunrise service on the Great Wall this Easter, and in the cathedrals and churches of Peking, thousands of Christians celebrate the Resurrection...
...Lewis & Co., last summer had suggested to Weill a merger with American Express, but the Shearson chairman doubted that he could persuade his board of directors to accept any such agreement. Then Prudential showed the way. After returning from Asia, Weill called Robinson and opened serious discussions. Over Easter weekend, the two men conducted a traveling talkathon that moved from Weill's 13-room home in Greenwich, Conn., to his seven-room apartment on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue to Robinson's nearby residence. When the deal was finally set, it was agreed that Weill would remain boss...
...After 8 hr. 7 min. and 32 innings, the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League's Class AAA set the record for the longest game in the history of organized baseball, in both innings played and time elapsed. Suspended at 4:07 Easter Sunday morning with the score tied 2-2, the game will resume June 23. Of the original crowd of 1,740 fans only 47 were still on hand...