Controversy Over School Sex Education Curriculum Rises
Public input meetings clustered around optional curriculum items as parents debated texts and state materials. Some opponents urged stricter abstinence focus and parental control, while supporters argued the independent program offered balanced, clearly presented information on self concept, decision making, and health topics for grades 6-8 and high school.
PTL Chronology of Major PTL and Bakker Events
A chronology tracks PTL developments including Chapter 11 filings, resignations by Falwell and the board, a plan approval by U S officials, IRS revocation of tax exemption, Bakker family return from California, and Reynolds rulings involving PTL funds and associates in 1985.
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From Bible School to PTL Heaven and Back
A narrative traces the rise of a televangelist from Bible college in Minneapolis to a touring evangelist path and a 1970s leap to Charlotte with a satellite network. The ascent included Heritage USA near Fort Mill, S C as the PTL empire grew, yet insiders warn of silencing critics as on‑camera choices and large finance projects drew concern and ouster.
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Unsolved slaying haunts South Carolina widow’s death
Sheriff says Mrs. Boatwright, 70, was killed after resisting a home invasion. The assailant tied her, beat her with a rifle stock, then ran her down with her own car. Evidence was reportedly destroyed. the suspect remains unidentified, trusted by the victim. The case sits in the active file as a rare local murder.
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Poland’s Solidarity backs Mazowiecki in historic move
Solidarity promoted Mazowiecki as prime minister amid a shift away from party nomenklatura. The plan aims to form a Solidarity led coalition government with minor parties, while the Soviet Union calls it Poland’s internal affair.
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East European Reform Wishes Clash With Rigid Regimes
The piece surveys dissidents and reformers across the Soviet bloc, noting senior communists clinging to orthodoxy while writers call for change. It cites mass East German emigration, porous borders, and limited reforms in Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia, with arrests and harassment persisting for dissidents and activists.
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