Methodist Hymn Reconsideration Sparks Church Debate
In New York AP report, the United Methodist Church hymn revision committee faces protests over deleting Onward Christian Soldiers and The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Bishop Reuben Job says widespread letters and calls pressure a reversal, with a July 2 Nashville meeting to reexamine the decision and staff indicating likely nullification.
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New York
United Methodist Church
Reuben P. Job
Des Moines
Nashville
Tenn
Bill Hickman
Senate panel rejects nominee to safety board
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee voted 8-8 to block Texas lawyer Robert E. Rader Jr. from a seat on the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission after charges he would undermine enforcement. Senator Weicker joined Democrats in opposing, with Kennedy and Metzenbaum arguing Rader could not be fair minded on workplace safety appeals.
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Washington
Senate
Texas
Robert E. Rader Jr
Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
Rader
Reagan
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Edward Kennedy
Occun Safety and Health
Howard Metzenbaum
Dohio
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
OSHA
Episcopal priest resigns after claim of witch curse
Henry L. Scott, rector of St. Philip's Church Charleston since 1967, resigned after saying a former dating partner from Vassar College was a witch who cursed his life. He cited a vow to end the mud on his name and referenced a Virginia church lawsuit reportedly not known to officials. Parishioners describe the departure as a family rift.
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Reagan
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Charleston
S.C
Eugene Foxworth Jr
Henry L. Scott
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Renny” Scott
St. Philip’s
South Carolina
Flight of Mercy
Ethiopia
Falls Church
Scott
Yale
Harvard
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Mass
Vassar College
Virginia Church
Virginia
Space shuttle booster seals to include redundancy redesign
Allan McDonald of Morton Thiokol told Congress engineers will redesign booster O ring seals to prevent single failures from doom ing a shuttle. The hearing reviewed NASA and industry plans for a redundant joint, with concepts from metal to metal seals to multiple O ring options and a new criticality rating.
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Washington
Congress
Allan McDonald
Morton Thiokol Inc
McDonald
Morton Thiokol
House Science and Technology Committee
NASA
Kremlin axes culture minister amid political reshuffle
The Kremlin dismissed culture minister Pyotr Demichev at a Supreme Soviet session signaling reforms under Gorbachev. Demichev, 68, had shaped arts policy for 12 years and was shifted to a deputy role to President Gromyko.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Pyotr N. Demichev
Supreme Soviet
Andrei Gromyko
Anatoly Dobrynin
Washington
Poisoned pond spoils fishing match in Michigan
In Comstock Park near Grand Rapids a copper sulfate treated pond killed at least 50 rainbow trout after a fishing contest attempt. Kent County parks officials planned the Wednesday event at Dwight Lydell Park but two stocking efforts failed as the fish died.
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Comstock Park
Mich
Kent County
Ment
Dwight Lydell Park
Grand Rapids
Grants
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