Assembly Eases Rule On Divorce
The General Assembly of Southern Presbyterian Church eased divorce rules and approved a $300,000 television ministry for 1960. A three-fourths vote of 83 presbyteries is required for the change to take effect, while remarriage rules were expanded for those showing penitence. Debate centered on the study committee’s report and implications for race and church structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Churchs
98Th General Assembly
Radio and Television Ministry
Assembly
R. D. Littleton
Hattiesburg
Miss
Presby
William H. Kadel
Orlando
Fla
Civil Rights Body Plans State Groups
The Civil Rights Commission voted unanimously to form grass roots advisory committees in six weeks in Michigan Texas Illinois Virginia Indiana and New Hampshire. The panels will advise on rights matters and interim and final reports while Tiffany awaits Senate confirmation as staff director at 22500 salary.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Michigan
Texas
Illinois
Virginia
Indiana
New Hampshire
Gordon M. Tiffany
John A. Hannah
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tiffany
Hannah
Senate
Three Killed In Greenwoood Village Slayings
David F. Early 28, an ex convict, confessed to the rifle killings of Merrill A. Knight 47 his wife Regina 43 and Karen Knight 15 at the Knight Ranch home in Greenwood Village near Denver. Kenneth Knight 17 survived. Early said he needed money and had been paroled three weeks earlier from Leavenworth.
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Early
Merrill A. Knight
Knight
Regina
Karen Knight
Kenneth Knight
Knights
Greenwood Village
Denver
Arapahoe County
Charles Foster
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Mebers
C. H. Looney
Barney Okane
Pumpelly
Varian Ash- Daugh
O'Kane
Aged Woman Dies In Fire In Georgetown
A 100-year-old Negro widow Mrs. Williams died from accidental fire when sparks from her smoking pipe set her bed clothing alight. Coroner Jack B. Tucker ruled the death accidental.
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Georgetown
Jack B. Tucker
Williams
Bishop warns Raleigh Catholics of danger from certain newspapers
Bishop Vincent S. Waters in a pastor letter urges Raleigh Diocese members to consider canceling subscriptions to influential newspapers he calls dangerous to souls. He compares risk to indiscriminate film viewing and urges vigilance amid greed and sensationalism in some publications.
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Raleigh
Vincent S. Waters
Bishop Waters
North Carolina
Waters
Sailors Hide in Lauratown Mountain Cave After AWOL
Forsyth County deputies say two AWOL sailors from Norfolk, Virginia, camped in a Lauratown Mountain cave after going AWOL in February and again. James Cumbee led deputies to the cave, where they found limited supplies. The pair, 24 and 30, are jailed for two counts of breaking into a trailer near Rural Hall and await municipal court while held for military authorities.
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Winston - Salem
Forsyth County
Lauratown Mountain
L. R. Hudspeth
James Lee Cumbee
Glenn High Road
L. C. Rivers
Lauratown
Stokes County
Cumbee
William Leslie Bowman
Dippen Road
Norfolk
Naval
Daniel Wayne Clifton
Est Ave
Clifton
Tria
Here
Bowman
Hudspeth
Rivers
Jin
Winston-Salem
Deputy Hudspeth
Rachel Sechrest
Adams St
Soviet Seeks Poland and Czechoslovakia in Summit Talks
Moscow said it wants Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia at the conference table to ensure parity with the Western Big Three in presummit talks. The notes to the United States Britain and France argued for a four power format and warned that excluding the Eastern bloc would complicate negotiations. The notes also defended Andrei Gromyko’s separate talks and urged speed in preparing for the summit.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Ministry
Andrei Gromyko
Min' Radio
Russia
Gromyko
Knowland Defeated On Labor Bill
The Senate rejected an anti discrimination amendment to broaden an employe welfare pension fund bill by a 53 28 vote. Sen Knowland faced setback in his push for union democracy measures as Democratic leaders urged waiting for hearings set May 5. Johnson called the move political hogwash while urging action on the welfare pension bill first. The chamber also limited debate and set final passage time as Monday actions loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen
Knowland
Ricalif
Senate Labor Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Congress
H. Alexander Smith
Eisenhower
Washington disarmament talks fuel test suspension showdown
An extraordinary Saturday session of Eisenhower's top disarmament policymakers discussed suspending nuclear weapons tests. Dulles favors ending tests by agreement with Russia with inspections, while Strauss pushes to continue tests unless tied to a broader disarmament plan.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
AEC
Strauss
U. S
Russia
United States
State Department
United States urges UN talks on Arctic aerial inspection
U S delegates push Security Council to convene for immediate discussions on mutual aerial inspection to reduce the danger of massive surprise attack. The move follows Eisenhower Open Skies ideas and a Soviet complaint about U S bomber flights toward Soviet frontiers in the Arctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
Arctic
U. S.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Council
Arkady A. Sobolev
Security Council
Sobolev
Eisenhower
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
London
Britain
Canada
France
Soviet Union
Denmark
Norway
Doctors Reveal Treatment For Strokes
A Baylor University team from Houston reports that small strokes signaling brief paralysis or vision loss may warn of larger strokes. Surgeons DeBakey Crawford and colleagues describe surgical methods to restore blood flow at neck and chest junctures where cholesterol deposits narrow arteries, improving mental vitality and reducing fatal risk.
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Philadelphia
Baylor University
Houston
Texas
William 8. Fields
Fields
Michael E. DeBakey
Stanley Crawford
American Academy of Neurology
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Rockledge
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Reds
Oklahoma City Times
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Doyle
Donald Quarles
James R. Killian Jr
James Wadsworth
Philip J. Farley
Germany
John J. McCloy
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Alfred Gruenther
NATO
Walter Bedell Smith
Lincoln White
Hoop
Phoebe Dent
Memphis
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