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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1961
Page
8
Yale Chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr defends his actions in freedom riding as a Christian story told in another idiom. He argues Christians cannot be outsiders and highlights how the gospel’s reach spans Galileans, Samaritans, Judeans and early church figures across Rome, Athens, Philippi, and Colosse.
A sermon excerpt recalls Jesus as a social outsider who sought the lost and faced exile. It contrasts ancient church figures with modern American church troublemakers, and argues that today’s dissenters in Christ’s name should be recognized for their role rather than canonized.
The Justice Department reserved comment on the American Communist party plans to defy a Supreme Court ruling to register as a Soviet controlled organization. Officials signaled willingness to challenge the party again over compliance while Kennedy aides study last Monday’s complex court actions and opinions. The note mentions a party member convicted for active involvement with an organization advocating violent overthrow. The article also oddities the Earth’s rotation slowing slightly.
In Berlin East German authorities seek to block unity church meetings from East and West. The Kirchentag mass rally planned for July faces disruption as Communists bar travel and confiscate church papers. The church warns members, while urging Western service personnel to stay away.
A listing of local churches with pastors and contact numbers. Churches include St Thomas Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church, Church of the Brethren, First Church of God, First Southern Baptist, Church of the Nazarene, Community Congregational, Church of Jesus Christ, Frat Methodist, Church of the Hol, Church of Christ, First Presbyterian, Holcomb Community, Jehovahs Witnesses, Latter Day Saints, Calvary Bible Church, Light of Life Tabernacle, Trinity Lutheran, Pentecostal Spanish Mission, Garden City Mennonite Brethren, Fellowship Baptist, Pierceville Federated, Pelghem Chapel, St James Lutheran, Marys Catholic, and more with service times and leaders.
Washington senator A B Monroney a former newspaperman told Sigma Delta Chi that voluntary press censorship is impractical. He cited President Kennedy opposition to censorship and warned that allowing news to be controlled could backfire like baby tigers growing to man-eaters. Monroney blamed military leaks for poor security and stressed self restraint in publishing sensitive information.
In Concord New Hampshire three young boys Keith Loughry six Glen four and neighbor William Anderson four climbed into a freezer chest on a rear porch. The lid closed trapping them for about an hour before authorities said they died. The freezer had sat on the porch for a week not yet in use.
Los Angeles AP says Postmaster General J Edward Day proposes a mail rate hike to wipe out the postal service 900 million dollar annual deficit. He seeks Congress to add 741 million dollars yearly, with 430 million from first class and air mail, and increases on all other classes.
The Rev. Paul Hantla became pastor of First Methodist Church succeeding Rev. Leonard Cowen who departs for Newton. A Southwestern College graduate, Hantla joined the Kansas Conference in 1927 and was ordained in 1933. He and his wife Rowena moved from Pratt with their daughter to the 505 North 8th parsonage after seven years in Arkansas City and six in Pratt.
In Ciudad Trujillo Dominican heirs to slain dictator Rafael Trujillo assure the OAS inquiry committee of full cooperation. Augusto Arango head of the OAS mission says Balaguer and Herrera Baez promised complete aid as the group travels to assess promises to end repression. The mission will first visit political prisoners and their families. Tennessee was the last Confederate state to secede and the first to be readmitted to the Union.
President Kennedy gave Soviet Premier Khrushchev a 20 foot model of the historic U.S. frigate Constitution during talks in Vienna. The White House described it as a symbol of American determination and Kennedy’s interest in history.
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