Southern Baptists push politics role in national life
The Southern Baptist Convention declared that religious expression is suppressed in the United States and urged active participation in politics at all levels. Delegates demanded teaching the Judeo Christian heritage in schools, protested censorship of religion, and urged boards of education to reject textbooks excluding faith. The meeting, though tense between fundamentalists and moderates, moved forward with unity as a goal.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
United States
America
Boards of Education
Resolutions
Alan Sears
Louisville
Historical Commission
Christian Life Commission
Walter Jacobs
Greenville
S.C
Shultz questions motives of Brobers over aid misuse report
Secretary of State George P. Shultz calls a General Accounting Office report alleging misused U S aid to Nicaraguan rebels politically motivated. He says funds were well spent and that adversaries on Capitol Hill orchestrated the release to sway a House vote. Rep. Barnes defends the GAO analysis as thorough and nonpartisan.
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Washington
George P. Shultz
U.S
Central America
Shultz
General Accounting Office
Michael Barnes
D-Md
House
Foreign Barnes Affairs
GAO
Congress
United States
Capitol Hill
State Department
White House
Larry Speakes
Barnes
Seven officials indicted in $50,000 bribery ring
Seven individuals tied to a Newark meatpacking plant face conspiracy charges in a six year bribery scheme to submit bogus USDA analysis samples. Five USDA inspectors plus a supervisor and a former plant manager allegedly accepted 100 to 300 dollars weekly to replace random samples with prepared ones. The Keller company is not charged. Authorities began probe after a separate inspector reported being approached.
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Newark
N.J
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
U.S
Thomas Greelish
Leo Keller Corp
New Jersey
Greelish
Keller Company
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Regency, Inc
Stanley King Land Auction Co
Wytheville
Horney Bros. Land Auction Co. Inc
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Michelle Connections
P.O. Box
Princeton
Gilbert & Stinson
Virginia Avenue
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Blake Ave
Burgess, Low Gap
North Walker
Lewis
Subaru
Green Valley
Mercedes
J.D. Power & Associates
the Motors, Inc
Subarus
Andy Clark
Ford Ltd
Andy Clark Ford
RT. 460
Bluefield
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