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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1957
Page
4
A Brooklyn church splits over who gets a $73.60 collection from 212 parishioners. Friction pits Melish a pro leftist director against a new minister as funds are contested and then given to charity. The dispute unfolds after a nine year leadership feud dating to January 1956.
British press debates Khrushchev’s turn in Moscow with optimism and caution. Editorials praise potential flexibility in Soviet policy while warning against dramatic shifts, as leaders weigh disarmament talks and evolving East West ties influenced by Zhukov’s backing.
The Bishop of Long Island ordered Rev Melish to quit his pulpit and hand the church to a supply priest. Locks were changed and Melish resisted. On January 15, 1956 he reentered the church with another priest and conducted services until the replacement resigned. A court later named Rev Herman S Sidener the rightful pastor. Melish appeals and remains in the church rectory with his family.
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