Prophets Caught Glimpses Of Coming Glory
Editor notes a four part Christmas series on prophets who faced injustice and foresaw a coming Redeemer. The piece surveys Ezekiel Daniel and Deutero Isaiah, highlighting visions of future justice, a divine king, and strength for the weary amid Babylonian bondage. The tone echoes ancient struggle and enduring hope through vivid biblical imagery.
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George W. Cornell
Ancient
Babylon
Euphrates River
Ishtar Gate
Second Isaiah
Irish priest raises funds for Biafra relief drive
Irish missionary Rev Joseph McHugh travels from Galway to report on famine in Biafra. He describes mass starvation with harrowing details and cites aid efforts by Irish doctors, medicine, and a Dublin paper funding a $50,000 relief mission. Pilots and mercy planes are sought to fly nightly missions from Sao Tome to Biafra amid danger.
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St. Francis College
Mark Shea
Joseph McHugh
Biafra
Robert E. Lee
the Propagation of the Faith
Diocese of Portland
Local Fund
Mat
Peg Hendrick
Galway
Ireland
United States
Father McHugh
Dublin
Sao Tome Island
Enoug
State drops murder retrial for Louis Nadeau
Maine officials announced no new murder trial for Louis Nadeau of Biddeford. The 49 year old has spent 18 years in Maine State Prison after a 1950 York County trial and 1967 writ of habeas corpus challenges. The Maine Supreme Court in 1968 ordered release or new trial within 60 days.
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Ronald Ayotte
Louis Nadeau
Biddeford
Maine
Thomaston
Nadeau
Ida Osenbaum
York County
Nona
Capita
Maine Supreme Court
Hickel Opposed To Foreign Trade Zone For Machiasport
Washington AP Walter Hickel, Nixon’s interior secretary nominee, opposed New England foreign trade zone and a 300000 barrel daily refinery at Machiasport Maine. Maine filed suit to force federal action while Gov Curtis and Sen Kennedy criticized delays andOil firms accused of seeking unfair advantage in pricing.
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Washington
New England
Machiasport
Maine
Walter J. Hickel
Hickel
Kenden
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Venezuela
Libya
Kenneth Curtis
Commerce
C. R. Smith
Smith
Richard M. Nixon
Edward F. Kennedy
Dmass
Seaker
New York
Inclair Oil Corp
Designate Hickel
Enga
United States warns Hanoi on peace talks and Viet Cong stance
The United States warned North Vietnam that a Viet Cong attack on Saigon could derail peace talks and trigger renewed bombing of the North. The NLF delegation’s new leadership held its first news conference calling for seriousness and goodwill, condemning U.S. and Saigon positions as absurd. Washington’s stance on four way talks and Ky’s clash with critics colored slow progress toward a Christmas deadline.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Saigon
National Liberation Front
U.S
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
NLF
R. Vance
Col. van
Hanoi
Washington
New Mass Being Tried In Oregon
In Portland at All Saints church a noon Mass uses dialogue instead of the traditional sermon to involve lay participants. Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Tobin says attendance at the noon Mass has risen in the first two months of the experiment, drawing Catholics who had stopped regular weekly Attendance.
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Portland
Ore
All Saints Church
Thomas J. To
Bin
All Saints
Home, Home Chuckle Sign On House Trailer
A humorous sign on the back of a house trailer reads Home, Home. The lightweight joke captures a playful nod to domestic comfort with a simple repeated phrase as the trailer is moved or parked.
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Main St
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