Conservative Baptists Try For Gains
Conservative within the Southern Baptist Convention launch an organized effort to halt a drift toward what they call apostasy. The Sword and the Trowel magazine, by Rev. Gerald C. Primm, mailed to 35,000 pastors, aims to push Philadelphia meetings to remove the Broadman Bible commentary for being too liberal and to replace it with a conservative alternative.
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Winston-Salem, N. (C
Southern Baptist Convention
Gerald C. Primm
Greensboro
HEW Pressure on Colleges to Prove Women Hiring Equality
Duke University official Dr. John C. McKinney says HEW OCR pressure pushes institutions to show no discrimination against women in hiring under a 1968 federal order. He warns failure to comply could jeopardize federal contracts. He argues affirmative action may become reverse discrimination and that real change will take decades.
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Durham
Duke University
John C. McKinney
Duke Graduate School
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Civil Rights
McKinney
Rain Threatens North Carolina This Weekend
Weather forecast says Sunday rain moves from the Gulf of Mexico toward North Carolina with partly cloudy skies tonight and cooler temperatures. Clouds increase on Saturday but the High Point area not expected to see rain before Sunday.
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North Carolina
Gulf of Mexico
High Point
North and South Carolina Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy to mainly cloudy forecasts with occasional rain chances across North and South Carolina. Highs range from upper 60s to mid 70s in NC and around 70s in SC, with mountain lows in the 40s to 50s. Weekend beaches expect quiet conditions then showers returning Sunday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Senate backs NASA space shuttle bill despite Mondale bid
The Senate defeated Mondale’s bid to cut 227.9 million from NASA funding and approved a 3.42 billion space authorization. The measure funds the space shuttle program and lunar projects, with aims to reuse the shuttle for transport between Earth and orbiting platforms.
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Washington
Senate
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Mondale
NASA
Earth
Gift pandas Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing at National Zoo
AP reports Ling Ling the extrovert and Hsing Hsing the shy gift pandas from China at the National Zoo. They nap in dark cubicles and have not yet met each other while keepers weigh them once garden space完成 outside.
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Margaret Scherf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Ling-Ling
Hsing-Hsing
Larry Collins
China
National Zoo
Collins
Hsing
Peking
Ling- Ling
Officials urge hurricane shelters along Southeast coast
Miami AP reported that weather experts warned Hurricanes could kill up to 50 000 shoreline residents in nine Southeastern states without adequate storm shelters. OEP officials urged building codes and taller high rise structures as part of shelters, noting evacuation alone isn’t enough.
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Miami
Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
George Grace
Dade County
Charleston
S.C
New Orleans
Texas
Robert Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Simpson
Grace
Gulf Coast
America
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