Westminster Dean Plans All Faiths Service At Abbey
Dean Eric Abbott of Westminster Abbey triggers controversy by organizing a united service for Christians Jews Muslims Hindus and Buddhists on Human Rights Day. The hour features silent prayer and 10 minute readings from each faith with no spoken prayers or music.
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Godfrey Anderson London
Westminster Abbey
England
Abbey
St. Martin-in-the- Fields
Trafalgar Square
Convocation of Canterbury
Eric Abbott
Elizabeth II
Archbishop of Canterbury
Board Considers Insecticide Ban In Connecticut
The Connecticut Board of Pesticides weighs a proposal to ban contractors from using the insecticide DDT on plants. Homeowners farmers and municipalities would still be allowed to use DDT, and the state has already restricted airplane spraying.
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Hartford, Conn
Connecticut Board of Pesticides
Classroom Named for Luther I Bonney at UMaine
Dean emeritus Luther I Bonney, 82, returns to college as a student at the University of Maine. He teaches Latin at another school and must take a refresher course to meet certification requirements in a classroom building named after him.
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Portland, Maine
Luther I. Bonney
University of Maine
Bonney
Excessive Fees in Mutual Funds Draw Government Fire
AP reports the SEC targets mutual fund fees as excessive. Funds defend high fees citing advisory value and diversified portfolios while noting annual revenue around 130 million dollars. The debate highlights fund influence and investor gains from 1950s to 1960s market growth.
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John Cunniff
AP Business News
NEW York
Mutual Fund
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Ex-Con to Stay on Wagon, Keep Writing, Perhaps Even Get Married
Frank Elli, a Stillwater Prison parolee, writes a second novel after a riot inspired his first, sees royalties and a Literary Guild pick, and plans marriage. He credits writing courses, the Ink Weavers club, and life on parole for his adjustment.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Stillwater
Frank Elli
St. Paul Cathedral
Ellis
Walla Walla
Literary Guild Book Club
Unson
Ink Weavers
Prison Writing Club
Minneapolis Writers’ Workshop
O‘henry
Elli
University of Minnesota
Harold Alford
Alford
190th Birthday of Phi Beta Kappa
A birthday party at Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg marks the 190th birthday of Phi Beta Kappa. Five William and Mary students founded the honorary scholastic society on December 5, 1761, five months after the Declaration of Independence.
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Williamsburg
Raleigh Tavern
College of William and Mary
Phi Beta Kappa
William and Mary
Honorary Scholastic Society
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