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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1961
Page
3
The Rev Bruce Koemer was dismissed by his Methodist congregation in Nantucket Massachusetts after he stated he believed in evolution and doubted life beyond the grave. The firing followed his sermon and was reported by AP.
President Kennedy selected Kenneth Galbraith Harvard professor of economics to be ambassador to India. Galbraith born in Ontario served in World War II as deputy administrator of the Office of Price Administration and as director of the U S Strategic Bombing Survey. He is the Paul M Warburg professor of economics at Harvard with a Cambridge Mass home and long focus on economic development and international students from Asia Africa and Latin America.
The Rev Bruce Koerner was dismissed as pastor of Center Methodist Church seven hours after a Sunday sermon displeased some members. He defended remarks on sexuality and human progress stating beliefs not orthodox, while committee chair Harvey A Young cited deviation from sect policy as grounds for immediate removal.
About 50 unemployed iron miners waved signs as Secretary Goldberg and Governor Andersen arrived in Hibbing Minnesota to address economic distress. Speakers, including Roy W. Peterson of Duluth, pressed for immediate help while Goldberg cited pending federal proposals to extend unemployment benefits. The audience, about 1,200 in a college auditorium, heard calls for real work and relief as the officials discussed but did not offer long term fixes.
Tokyo reports a prisoner who escaped from a hospital after being moved by officers of a trade agency. He fell from a third floor bathroom window but survived, aiding the release of a detainee. The United States total exports reached 1.08 billion dollars, up five percent over 1959 amid the Tokyo incident.
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