TV evangelists under fire for Bakker and Roberts episodes
Evangelical leaders say the Bakker resignation and Roberts fundraising crisis damage the public image of Christian ministry. Some warn of heightened secular criticism while others see potential purging effects on TV evangelism. Experts urge caution and accountability, noting ministries outside TV remain steadfast.
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New York
Jim Bakker
Oral Roberts
Carl F. H. Henry
Arlington
Bakker
PTL
Roberts
God
Missionary Activi
Arthur C. Borden
Evangelical Council For Financial Responsibility
Borden
TV Ministries
Jerry Falwell
Everett Stenhouse
Assemblies of God
New Anti AIDS Treatment To Reach All Victims
Burroughs Wellcome declares AZT, branded Retrovir, will be distributed with a personal patient number and priced at 7000 to 10000 dollars per year. Supplies aim to treat 30000 by end of 1987 and reach all victims by year end. The drug extends life in some patients and costs less than earlier therapies.
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Research Triangle Park
N.C
Burroughs Wellcome Co
Nancy Thomas
Win Singleton
Burroughs Wellcome
David Barry
Singleton
Food and Drug Administration
London
Wellcome Trust
DOE Tentatively Approves 16.3 Million USC Grant
Federal energy officials tentatively approve a 16.3 million dollar grant to the University of South Carolina via the Carolina Research and Development Foundation to fund an Energy Research Complex in Columbia. The deal still awaits a 45 day congressional review and requires a new application showing the funds go to USC after through the foundation.
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Congress
Quirke
USC
Energy Department
Foundation
DOE
Columbia
State Commission On Higher Education
Debra Allen
Thalidomide May Help Transplant Patients
San Diego AP Thalidomide once linked to birth defects is being tested to counter graft versus host disease after bone marrow transplants. Johns Hopkins’ Dr Georgia Vogelsang reports four patients treated with promising early results. Experts call it a potentially major advance for leukemia and lymphoma patients undergoing transplantation.
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San Diego
Ple
Georgia B. Vogelsang
Johns Hopkins
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National Association of Evangelicals
Washington, D.C
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Falwell
Charles A. Coltman Jr
Cancer Therapy and Research Center
San Antonio, Texas
Vogelsang
American Cancer Society
Gerald Suhonen
Garden World Products
Bill Smith
Sta-Green Plant Food Company
Coward-Corley Seed CO. Inc
Garden Center
Park Ave. S.E
Dial
Porky Bradberry
Palmetto Federal
Spirit
Georgia
FSLIC
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Ady
Vaucluse Rd
Aiken Call
MIT
Kenneth Braun
Richland Ave. W
Michael Fulford
Ree Paprens St. SW
Richland Ave
Wendy's
American Optometric Association
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