Empty Pew Problem Jeopardizes Church Attendance
George Gallup reports a national Sunday church attendance of 44 percent, down from 45 the prior year and 49 ten years ago. Catholics attend twice as often as Protestants but fell four points. those under 30 show the weakest turnout. Clergy fear a broader loss of faith and seek new worship patterns to fill empty pews.
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George Gallup
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Finney County Voters Back New Community Junior College
Letter from Garden City Community Junior College president L C Crouch thanks Finney County voters for approving a new two year college campus. Trustees commit to advancing higher education and fulfilling duties to all citizens, praising the ballot freedom.
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Finney County
L. C. Crouch
Garden City Community Junior
Polly Bergen Seeks Self as Core Showbiz Rule
Polly Bergen, at 35, pursues a life driven by being herself and doing what she can. From three Tennessee dress shops to oil field ventures, carpet design, and skin products, she juggle multiple roles while avoiding perfectionism and counting on independence learned as a child.
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New York
Polly Bergen
Polly
Tennessee
Las Vegas
Terms of Subscription in Garden City Rates Move
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Haakel
Gray Counties
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Luci Maneuverer in White House Transfers Causes Debate
Drew Pearson notes Lyndon Johnson cannot control Viet Nam or Luci Johnson. Luci arranged her fiancé Pat Nugent’s transfer to Washington DC, a move politically risky for the President. Republicans relish the angle as a campaign point while Meany seeks votes on anti–right to work. Speculation grows on when Congress will adjourn amid filibuster pressures.
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Nugent
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Mike
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Congress
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House of Representatives
Everett Dirksen
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Supreme Court
Nazarene Church Adopts Budget for World Mission Program
The Church of the Nazarene general board in Kansas City adopted a 1966 budget of 4,672,396 dollars with 2,955,000 to world missions. Included is 51,490 for a European Bible college in Switzerland. At the annual meeting 32 new missionaries and their assignments were announced. Forty five percent of the population is under 18 or over 65.
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Kansas City
General Board
The
Church of the Nazarene
World Mission Program
Switzerland
Mamie Boyd balances work and knitting at eight years old
The four year old Mamie Boyd of Mankato works as associate editor at Jewell County Record from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, with knitting as a hobby only during ball games and movies. Humor experts at Colorado College debated what makes humor, agreeing it cannot be dissected yet offering theories from catch to spontaneity.
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Mankato
Jewell County Record
Mamie
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Walt Kelly
Bob Newhart
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