Woman heads United Presbyterians moderator elected
Lois H. Stair of Waukesha Wisconsin became the first woman to be moderator of the United Presbyterian Church, defeating three male candidates on the third ballot at the 183rd General Assembly in Rochester New York. The 3.1 million member denomination welcomed a lay woman to its top post as about 2 000 delegates cheered. Stair previously served as a church worker and businesswoman and had attended the Consultation on Church Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cornell
Rochester, N.Y
United Presbyterians
Lois H. Stair
Waukesha
Wis
Stair
General Assembly
American Baptist Convention
Ruth Rohlfs
Seattle
Wash
United Presbyterian
William R. Laws
Columbus
Ind
National Church
Consultation On Church Union
Rail strike slows nation with widespread furloughs
The nationwide rail strike affects coal mines with halted production and shortened hours at auto plants. U S Steel reduces coke output. Bethlehem Steel anticipates layoffs. Amtrak trains face delays while officials push emergency action. Produce and citrus perishables pile up as shipments shift to trucks. Nineteen circus elephants trek through the Lincoln Tunnel to keep the show running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Post Office Department
Texas
Florida
Congress
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of
West Virginia
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Hudson River
New York City
Amtrak
Santa Fe
San Diego
Chicago
Los Angeles
Seattle
DISTRICTING REPORTS AND FLOODLIGHT NOTES
The page lists districting adjustments across Arkansas counties including Boone Newton Marion Baxter Searcy and more with various county portions and city references. It also reports a London AP item describing Kensington Gardens Round Pond being drained for the first time in 40 years uncovering toy boats army hats and a queen Victoria sceptre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son Counties
Washington County
Carroll County
Boone, Newton, Marion
Baxter
Searcy Counties
Poinsett
Craighead
Jonesboro
Cross
St. Francis
Lee Counties
Lee County
Phillips County
North Lawrence
West Craighead
Jackson
Woodruff County
Bald Knob
White County
Arkansas
Monroe
Lomnoke
Desha
Chicot
Drew
Ashley
Bradley
Cleveland
Lincoln
City of Pine Bluff
Jefferson
Prairie
White
Lonoke
Searcy
Cleburne
Independence
London
Kensington Garden Park
Round Pond
Vote Near on Ending War in Vietnam
Associated Press says House Democrats will vote again on ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam by December 31. Rep Bella Abzug urges a new test, optimistic for passage after last month’s rejection. The House Armed Services Committee will weigh attaching the end war amendment to the military weapons bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House
U.S
Bella S. Abzug
Dn.y
House Armed Services Committee
Black Sheriff on Trial for Alleged Abuse in Alabama
Opelike case centers on Lucius Amerson the first black sheriff in Alabama since Reconstruction and deputy Richard Coleman Jr accused of assaulting Wilbert Dean Harris after a jail gunfight on Aug 22 in Macon County. Testimony portrays Amerson as vengeful while defense claims self defense under gunfight strain and raises questions of rough handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Opelika
Richard Coleman Jr
Harris
Macon County
Tuskegee
U.S
Amerson
Coleman
Alabama
Bill Baxley
Fred. Gray
Japan Rail Strike Cripples Tokyo Transit
Japan faces a major railway strike as wage talks fail. Tokyo, Osaka and other cities see commuters abandon trains for bikes, buses or cars, triggering widespread traffic jams. About 30 million riders affected, up from 17 million last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Osaka
Japan National Railway
JNR
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Mrs. Gosnell
Woman Heads United Presbyterians
R.L. Gosnell
Hope
Ark
First Presbyterian Church
Friends
Hope (Ark.) Star
Fulton
Izard
Stone
Sharp
Randolph
Lawrence
Clay, Greene
Mississippi County
Crittenden
Mississippi
van Buren
Faulkner
Conway
Pope
Yell
Perry
Pulaski County
Saline
North Hot Springs
Grant
Dallas
Clark
Hot Spring
Saline County
Ouachita
Columbia
Magnolia
Dallas County
Clahoun
Union
Miller
Lafayette
Little River
Montgomery
Pike
Nevada
Hempstead
Howard
Sevier, Polk, Scott
Greenwood
Sebastian County
Garland
Montgomery County
Fort Smith
Logan
Franklin
Crawford
Crawford Counties
Vietnam
Nixon
Arnold Palmer
Arnie
Robert Bruce
S.M
TM Durene Association of
Amenca
Maida Tll
Radio City
New York
America
T.g.&y
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