Baptists Name Race Committee and Stand Against Anti Semitism
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina approved forming a race relations committee to work with black Baptists. Delegates rejected an immersion baptism constitutional amendment and a measure on agency participation in government programs. They also endorsed study of Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, approved increasing borrowing authority to 14 million, and urged a study commission on alcohol policy.
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Charlotte
N.C
Baptist State Convention
B. Elmo Scoggin
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Publication Change Draws Rapid Baptist Backlash
In Nashville the Baptist Sunday School Board withdrew a teen quarterly Becoming over a photo of a black student speaking to two white girls. The move provoked widespread opposition with more than 20 Baptist groups condemning it and 314 critical letters against 71 supportive. The photo from Hamline University sparked a national dispute amid editorials calling the action unwise and damaging to race relations.
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Nashville, Tenn
Southernland Materials Division
Baptist Sunday School Board
The
Baptist Press
Southern Baptist Convention
James L. Sullivan
Southern Baptist
Sullivan
Allen B. Cornish
National Baptist Publishing ‘Board
Nashville
General Baptist State Convention
North Carolina
Hamline University
St. Paul
Minn
Rhon Engh
Star Prairie
Wis
U S Japan Export Talks Hit Snags
Washington AP reports three snags in talks to implement a textile export restraint pact with Japan. Discrepancies in statistics, interpretation of items labeled others, and differing classification systems for blended fabrics hinder agreement as a seven man Japanese delegation meets with U S officials amid fluctuating yen dollar values and cotton prices.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Ae and
Commerce Department
Ford Plans $500 Million Riverfront Complex in Detroit
Henry Ford II announced a $500 million riverfront development on 28% acres east of the Civic Center with offices apartments shops and a towering cylindrical hotel. Architect John C Portman Jr. will craft the plan, targeting a late 1972 start and an eight to ten year buildout, with initial phase costing about $175 million.
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Detroit
Henry Ford II
Detroit Civic Center
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Roman Gribbs
John C. Portman Jr
Atlanta
Peachtree Center
Detroit River
Wayne Doran
Ford Motor Land Development Corp
Kosygin Plans Five Day Official Visit to Norway
Premier Alexei Kosygin of the Soviet Union will arrive in Oslo on December 5 for a five day official visit, announced by the Foreign Office on Tuesday night.
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Kosygin
Norway
Oslo
Alexi N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
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Diana Shop Fashion Shop, Inc
First Citizens Bank and Trust CO
Friedman ’S Fashion, Inc
Gilbert's Shoe Store
Guilford Optical Co., Inc
High Point Bank and Trust CO
High Point
High Point Hardware Co., Inc
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Rose Furniture Co., Inc
Samuel Hyman Jewelers
Sears, Roebuck Ad CO
Kiddie Korner Southern Furniture
Lester’s Jewelers Exposition
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Tobias, Inc
Peggy Anne Perkinson
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Wachovia Band and Trust CO
Joseph J. Cox
Richard L. Player
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