Church relief plan aims to spur federal action
The United Methodist Church relief agency pledges about 200000 for famine relief and 1000 metric tons of winter wheat to India in late January to prompt broader federal action. Lutherans, Church World Service, NCC groups and Reform Judaism push for immediate, expanded relief and policy support, stressing hunger as a moral issue and urging legislative efforts.
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Religious leaders condemn U S Viet accord violations
An interfaith group of 36 leaders says the United States is breaking the Vietnam peace agreement and urges Paris pledges be honored. The letter, signed by figures like Ralph Abernathy and Rev Coffin, calls for a National Assembly to Save the Peace Agreement in Washington January 25 to 27.
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Poverty study in Arkansas undermines culture of poverty theory
A detailed USDA study in Madison Arkansas challenges the culture of poverty notion for rural Black residents. It finds transportation barriers rather than cultural failings hinder employment, with 985 residents and 75 percent in economic poverty. Blacks showed willingness to work and move, and elected Black officials reflect rising political power.
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Sterling North Dies at 68 in Morristown Nursing Home
Sterling North, author of So Dear to My Heart and Rascal, died Saturday night in a Morristown New Jersey nursing home after a long illness. He was 68 and a Morristown native who wrote over 30 novels and held editorial posts at Chicago Daily News, New York Post, and New York World Telegram and Sun. He is survived by his widow Gladys, a daughter Ariel of St. Louis, and a son David of Washington, D.C.
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