Pope Paul VI rejects Catholic membership in World Council of Churches
Pope Paul VI visited Geneva and addressed 234 churches in the World Council of Churches while declining to join the body. He called the membership question not mature and remained committed to ecumenical dialogue. Security and anti Catholic protesters were contained as he spoke and earlier left for Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Geneva
Council of Churches
Paul VI
World Council of Churches
WCC
World Council
Rome
Council
Calvin
John Calvin
Paul
Vatican
Amsterdam
Vatican City
Italy
Holy Land
India
New York
Portugal
Turkey
Colombia
Ian Paisley
Northern Ireland
Britain
International Labor Organization
ILO
United Nations
Church Council
Catholic Church
Eugene Carson Blake
United States
Christ's Church
Pope Paul
Lake Geneva
Parc de la Grance
Grance Park
Trial continues in Detroit riot case at Mason court
The trial over the Algiers Motel killings on July 26, 1967, hears August defend his actions as self defense during a room confrontation with Pollard and two other youths. Prosecution labels the death cold murder and lynch law, while venue change aims to secure fairness amid racial tensions.
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Pers
Algiers
Detroit
Polard
Pollard
Carl Cooper
Fred Temple
August
Avery Weswasser
Wayne County
Millice Oor
Ameust
Ingham County
Mason
Judicial Conference Members Respond to Court Committee Call
Ethics Ainsworth reports court administration meets Monday while the Judicial Conference spent four hours Tuesday. Chief Justice-designate Warren Burger declined attendance invitation. Attorney General Mitchell and Rep. Emanuel Celler also declined. Sen. Joseph D. Tydings attended as Senate judicial machinery chair and urged Congress to act if the judiciary fails to reform. Resolutions mark a major step toward judicial accountability. they propose drafting enforcement legislation for conference motions. Copies of the resolutions will go to congressional leaders and federal judges.
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Ainsworth
Court Administration Committee
Warren &. Burger
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Emanuel Celler
D.N.Y
House Judiciary Committee
Joseph D. Tydings
Senate
Congress
Vdings
South Vietnam Groups Form Revolutionary Government
A broadcast reports a new revolutionary government in South Vietnam formed over the weekend by 88 representatives. The NVR and alliance cochairmen Neuyen Thi Pho and Trinh Dinh Thao lead the founding session with 28 others, including military and civil leaders.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Ant
Viet Cong
Hanoi
Neuyen Thi Pho
Trinh Dinh Thao
NVR
Alliance
Phing van Ciung
NUE
Binh
Women's Liberation, Union
Absentee Ballots Slow Stanley Mayor Election Count
In Stanley, Page County, near 300 absentee ballots delayed the mayoral race and five council seats amid voting irregularity charges. Officials debated a possible contest as turnout of about 800 residents watched the close contest between Frank Aleshire and Charles Campbell, with state officials urged to monitor compliance. The town, split along party lines, faced heightened tensions as ballot challenges stretched into the night.
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Stanley
Page County
Stanley Volunteer Fire Department
Main
Aleshire
Jpost
Charles Campbell
Campbell
U.S
Round Head Mountain
Arl-Cio
I. R. Dovel
Luray
Page
Stamey
Dovell
UW Council
Cowell
Henry Howell Jr
A. Linwood Helton
Mills BK. Godwin Jr
Stanley Election
George Wallace
Police Detective Elected Mayor of Minneapolis
Charles Stenvig a police detective won a landslide mayoral victory in Minneapolis with 73 115 votes to 45 186 for Dan Cohen among 190 of 195 precincts reporting. Russell R Green narrowly beat Richard T Carlin for City Council in the Ninth Ward.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Charles Stenvig
Dan Cohen
Minneapolis
Stenvig
Cohen
Russell R. Green
Richard T. Carlin
Gerard Hegstrom
Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Hegstrom
DFL
Minnesota
Augsburg College
Minneapolis Police Officers’ Federation
Stanford University
Harvard Law School
Arthur Naflalin
University of Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Naftalin
Supreme Court Justices Face Seminar Scrutiny Over Finances
The article details scrutiny of Abe Fortas and Brennan connections to the Wolfson Foundation and ongoing talks by the U S Judicial Conference on restricting nonjudicial conduct. It notes Warren Burger’s possible departure if limits are imposed, outlines seminar funding and attendance, and lists participating judges and institutions including NYU Law Center Foundation and West Publishing Co.
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Supreme Court
Robert McKay
New York University Law School
McKay
Kenneth Diplock
Britain
House of Lords
Frank Kenison
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Samuel J. Roberts
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Walter Shaefer
Illinois Supreme Court
Roger Traynor
California Supreme Courts
John Minor Wisdom
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Leflar
NOYA
Institute For Judicial Administration
N.Y.U. Law Center Foundation
West Publishing Co
St. Paul, Minn
Leslar
West Company
Vietnam morning, serious incident near national police HQ
A Vietnamese civilian died and seven were injured when a hazardous device exploded near the national police headquarters on Tuesday. The report notes a separate fatality and multiple injuries among locals and a wounded bicycle rider. The longer dispatch covers U S air missions and ground combats across several provinces with enemy casualties reported and American losses.
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Page One
Tusday
National Police
Central Highlands
Dak To
Saigon
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
U.S
25Th Infantry Division
Tay Ninh City
1St Air Cavalry Division
1Th Armored Cavalry
Baptist Leaders Seek Proper Way To Handle Forman Visit
New Orleans AP Baptist leaders privately debated how to handle James Forman’s expected appearance at the 15,000 seat annual meeting to press for 500 million for organized religions. The SEC considered several options but settled on none while discussing timing and length of his speech. The convention represents 11.3 million members across 30 states.
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New Orleans
Southern Baptist Convention
James Forman
America
Forman
National Black Economic Development Conference
U.S
Southern ‘Baptist
SEC
Michigan
Oregon
W. A. Criswell
Dallas
Owen Cooper
Mississippi Chemical Corp
Yashoo City
Miss
Lee Porter
Bellaire
Tex
Forsman
Manuel L A. Scott
Calvary Baptist Church
Los Angeles
Convention Hall
Warren C. Hullgren
First Baptist Church
Jimmy R. Allen
San Antonio
Nixon Briefing On Vietnam Withdrawals And Regional Talks
Nixon briefing in Congress described a U S pullback by August aimed at de escalating the war. Secretary Rogers said Hanoi could respond by withdrawing to North Vietnam if de escalation occurs. Radio Hanoi announced a temporary Republic of South Vietnam government awaiting a formal Communist regime. Senators debated the pace and scope of withdrawals with hawks urging larger cuts and critics warning of risk to Saigon. White House indicated no fixed yearly total, while Midway talks emphasized South Vietnam’s political evolution and negotiations with Hanoi.
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Congress
William P. Rogers
Midway
U.S
North Vietnam
Radio
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Republic of South Vietnam
Vietnam
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Peter H. Dominick
R-Colp
Iisted
John G. Tower
Rtex
Saigon
Edwad M. Kennedy
Dmass
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
George McGoveen
D-S.d
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Stephen M. Young
Dohion
Nixon-Thieu
White House
Sen. Domick
Nixon
Thieu
Representaives
National Liberaton Front
Kennedy on credit crunch and high rates in 1960s style
Secretary Kennedy said no replay of 1966 credit crisis is expected though markets are strained. He noted the 8 percent prime rate will ration credit, potentially pricing some borrowers out, and warned that high rates distort the economy even as conditions are not completely disorderly.
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Kennedy
Chicago
Budget hearings reveal defense procurement cost games
Senators spar over how costs are reviewed in defense spending. Hughes and Yarborough clash on White House approval for Pentagon cuts while Rule accuses Congress of being misled. Proxmire calls Rule remarks revealing and disgraceful as Jordan notes expected cost escalation.
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Hughes
Yarborough
White House
Budget Bureau
Pentagon
Defense
Department of Defense
Congress
Rule
Sen
William Proxmire
Dwis
Jordan
Arson case in Elizabeth leads to custody decision
Circuit Judge Donald F. Black ordered psychia tric exams and denied defense motions to keep the children with a cousin in Belleview. The children remain in Elizabeth jail after state fire marshal condemned juvenile facilities. Judy Fury of Joliet, Ir, arrived to arrange funeral plans for 12 victims buried in six wooden casketed coffins.
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Elizabeth
Wirt County
Ohio River Valley
West Virginia
Donald F. Black
Helen Enoch
Belleview
Judy Fury
Joliet
Richard Corbitt
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Brennan
Abe Fortas
Wolfson Family Foundation
Fortas
Warren E. Burger
Burger
U.S. Judicial Conference
Federal Judiciary
Karl Warren
Fayetteville
Soreday Bistiberg
Cond
Sv Roof
Dant Distillery CO
Lawrencerure
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