Order Drops Out Dissident Nuns Turn Secular 1970
About 315 of 400 Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Los Angeles will abandon formal religious life and form a secular community. The new group will focus on teaching, health services, social concerns and the fine arts, with married and single women free to join. They will seek dispensations from vows. about 35 sisters are not joining. The move follows decades of reform clashes with Archbishop McIntyre and Rome.
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Timothy Manning
Rome
Helen Kelley
Immaculate Heart College
Immaculate Heart Sisters
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Vatican
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Immaculate Heart: Community
Kelley
Hastity
Order
Claremont College
Pomona
300,000 GIs Seen in War in '71
Sen. Charles E. Goodell said the administration envisions about 300,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam at the start of 1971 with only a small further reduction likely. He testified at Senate hearings on Vietnam policy, urging a full U.S. withdrawal within one year and citing human and material costs of maintaining the large force.
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Washington
Charles E. Goodell
Vietnam
New York Republican
Goodell
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White Howse
Nixon
End of Strike Expected Tomorrow Afternoon
The end of the General Electric strike is forecast for tomorrow afternoon on day 11, as IUE members weigh a proposed 40 month contract. Local 255 in Pittsfield plans a Thursday 10 a.m. meeting with GE labor officials to address back to work issues while Local 235 urges unemployed strikers to file for unemployment pay. GE has not commented on recalling workers. 5,500 Pittsfield employees awaited further word.
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International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
New York
Albert F. Lilano
TUE
Pittsfield
Litano
Johan S. Foley
State Division of Employment Security Office
North St
Soviet Arms Boost for Egypt Reported Amid Mideast Tensions
Washington AP reports Nixon faced possible Soviet arms aid to Egypt as Moscow allegedly sent a message within days confirming new military assistance. The thrust centers on MIG23 jets and rising U S-Israel-Arab tensions with fighting along the Suez Canal and Israeli counterstrikes.
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Egypt
Moscow
Israel
United States
U.S
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Cairo
Anatoly Dobrynin
William P. Rogers
White House
Middle East
Suez
Harold Wilson
Georges Pompidou
Mideast
Suez Canal
Eltara
Mediterranean
Gulf of Suez
Canada’s Monarchy Fades as Canada Moves Toward Preserving System
Ottawa reports debate over Canada shedding ties to Britain and moving toward a presidential system. Despite calls from some Conservatives and critics like Gerald Baldwin, ministers insist monarchy remains possible. others predict change within a generation as Canada drafts a new constitution.
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Ottawa
Britain
England
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth III
London
Lord Thomson of
Fleet
Lester GE. Pearson
Pearson
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
House of Commons
Gerald Baldwin
Trudeau
John G. Diefenbaker
Gerard Pelletier
Pelletier
Liberal Party
George Bain
Toronto Globe and Mail
Pope Upholds Celibacy Rule Amid Dutch Vatican Ties
Pope Paul VI reaffirmed that priests must not marry and urged Dutch bishops to discuss the issue with the Vatican. The Vatican called for unity within universal church discipline as Dutch leaders sought broader discussion on celibacy, while the pope pressed to prevent changes in Holland or by any diocesan action.
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Paul VI
Vatican Agendies
Halland
Holland
Vatican
Jean Cardinal Villet
Paul
Cardinal Villat
Senate unit plans test on ABM expansion debate
A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee will hold educational hearings on expanding the Safeguard antiballistic missile system. Gore chairs the panel with Case and Albert as ranking members. The proposal, part of a 1.5 billion defense budget, contrasts with last year's 900 million plan to defend Minuteman bases, amid broader defense cuts and Senate warnings on future weapon costs.
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Mike Mansfield
Nixon
New York Times
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Abert Gure
D-Tenn
Clfford P. Case
Rnal
Soviet Union
Gore
Case
Subcommittee
Congress
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
House
Mansfield
Bertrand Russell dies at 97 in Wales after wartime pacifism
Bertrand Russell, renowned yet controversial philosopher, dies at his North Wales home at 97. A lifelong antiwar advocate and Nobel laureate, he faced opposition for his views, was imprisoned in World War I, and authored over 60 books before his death. His fourth wife Edith was with him. influenza was cited as a factor.
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Wales
Britain
Bertand Russell
Lord Russell
North
Russell
Edith
U.S
Order of Moeril
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Earl
Labor Party
Russia
Lenin
Trotsky
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