Mercer University trustees stand firm against Baptist fundamentalists
In Atlanta trustees of Mercer University vowed to resist a fundamentalist push seeking control after the school appeared on Playboy magazine’s top 10 party schools list. The 30 trustees endorsed President R. Kirby Godsey and urged Baptist factions to respect tolerance, amid a wider church split over governance and biblical literalism.
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Robertson urges higher birth rate to fund elder care
VONCORD NEW HAMPSHIRE AP Former Texas evangelist Pat Robertson urged population growth to widen the labor pool needed to finance elder care. Speaking before the New Hampshire Health Care Coalition, Robertson argued for reversing birth trends to create more workers and opposed abortion as an economic issue.
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Iranian speedboat attacks tanker near Dubai in Gulf
An Iranian speedboat attacked and set afire the Panamanian flagged Prosperventure L, a 38,000 ton tanker, early today off Dubai in the southern Persian Gulf. Salvage sources say the blaze spread from the engine room to tanks. no casualties reported.
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Radiation poisoning deaths hit two in Goiania case
A 6 year old girl Leide Das Neves Ferreira and her aunt Maria Gabriela Ferreira died in Rio de Janeiro hospital from septicemia after handling a lead capsule containing cesium 137 from a discarded radiology clinic in Goiania. The capsule spread among locals, prompting WHO involvement in Brazil’s worst Western Hemisphere radiation incident since Chernobyl.
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Mayor bans boys at city ballet school in Sao Paulo
In Sao Paulo, Mayor Janio Quadros ordered a ban on boys who look homosexual from learning dance at the city ballet school and posted police at the gate to turn away children who do not meet his appearance criteria. The director, Mariana Natal, will send home all boy pupils aged about 15, arguing the rule is nonsensical.
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Retirees gain 4.2 percent Social Security boost
The government announced a 4.2 percent 1987 year end increase for about 38 million Social Security beneficiaries, raising the average retiree pension by $21 monthly to $513, offset by a $6.90 Medicare premium rise and payroll tax increases in 1988. The max monthly benefits rise to $822 for 65-year-olds retiring in 1987 and $838 for those turning 65 in 1988, with SSI also up 4.2 percent for nearly 4 million recipients.
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Girl saved from well faces possible toe loss in Midland
In Midland Texas doctors operated again on the injured right foot of an 18 month old girl who spent 244 days trapped in a well. Hospital spokeswoman Stellyce Allen said the toddler may lose two toes but likely not her entire foot. Further surgery to remove dead skin is planned for Monday.
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