Presbyterians wrestle abortion and homosexuality at Assembly
Delegates from the Carolinas push conservative positions on abortion and homosexuality at the 117th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States in Nashville. The vote hinges on proposals from Congaree Presbytery and others, as debates touch world hunger gun control and church unity.
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Nashville, Tenn
Carolinas
General Assembly
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Congaree Presbytery
Columbia
D.C
Mission Board
Committee On
Asheville
N.R
Council On Church and Society
North Carolina
Nashville
U.S.A
United Presbyterian Church
North America
Conner Elected Moderator of United Presbyterian Church
The Rev. John T. Conner of Corvallis Oregon won 394 votes to become moderator of the United Presbyterian Church of the U S A, the ninth largest church with 26 million members. Delegates at the 189th General Assembly in Philadelphia heard outgoing moderator Dr Thelma D Adair report rising attendance membership income and missionary work as she begins a one year term.
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Philadelphia
John T. Conner
Corvallis
Ore
United Presbyterian Church of
U.S.A
Conner
Iowa
Iowa State University
Detroit
the Elkins
W.va
Thelma D. Adair
General Assembly
Adair
Presbyterian Church of the
U.S
New York Queens College
Abortion Ruling Sparks Political Battle Across States
Supreme Court decision allows states to decide if public money funds elective abortions. Anti abortion forces mobilize in several states as debate grows over funding and access threatening poorer women seeking abortions.
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Marc Charney
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Washington
Brezhnev Seeks End To Arms Race In France Visit
Soviet President Brezhnev closed a three day trip to France calling for an end to the arms race and urging Paris to back disarmament. He noted no major gains in talks with the United States while Warnke reported encouraging progress. Brezhnev pressed for general disarmament under international control as France reaffirmed its nuclear stance.
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Paris
Leonid Brezhnev
France
Brezhnev
Valery d’Estaing
Elysee Palace
Soviet Union
U.S
Paul C. Warnke
Moscow
Giscard d’Estaing
Warnke
Soviet Communist Party
AMA Rejects Laetrile Sales Advocacy
The American Medical Association defeated a proposal to back nonprescription Laetrile sales. Delegates argued such a move could fuel quackery and misunderstanding, keeping Laetrile legal only by prescription and underscoring its lack of proven cancer value.
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Richard Saltus
San Francisco
AMA
Alfred Faber
House of Delegates
Jack Schreiber
Ohio
House
American Medical Association
California
Xavier Barrios
Carter Signs Compromise Bill On Arab Boycott Limits
President Carter will sign a compromise act restricting but not ending U S corporate participation in the Arab boycott of Israel. The bill, crafted with major Jewish groups and corporate leaders, imposes fines for拒 tuyệt refusals to do business with blacklisted firms and extends an 18 month grace period for pre signed contracts until end of 1978. But critics say the measure is weak and may still require some cooperation with the boycott.
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Washington
Carter
Compromise Legislaion
U.S
Israel
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
South Carolina
John West
Saudi Arabia
Congress
Middle East
Senate backs funds for abortions in limited cases
A Senate Appropriations Committee supported using federal funds for abortions when a woman's life is at risk or in cases of rape, incest, or certain serious illnesses. The panel also set fiscal 1978 Labor and HEW spending at 61.7 billion, with the full Senate vote pending amid clashes with House positions and a pending Supreme Court ruling.
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Inichigan
Supreme Court
Betty Anne Williams Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
New York
High Court
Carter
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National Coalition On Abortion Rights
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Miami
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Michigan
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John Poelker
Frank Susman
American Civil Liberties Union
New York City
Laetrile
New Delhi
Marxist
Communist) Party of India
West Bengal
Jyoti Basu
Marxist Party
A.L. Dias
Calcutta
Alan Dawley
Robert A. Gross
Barry W. Higman
Columbia University
Lynn
Dawley
Minutemen
It World
Gross
Jamaica
Higman
Trenton State College
New Jersey
Amherst College
Massachusetts
Australia
University of the West Indies
Princeton University
Rush Furniture Mart
Home Entertainment Music System
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