Episcopal Bishops Condemn Executions and Criticize Hoover
Four Episcopal Bishops released a 30 page report denouncing capital punishment as brutalizing society and failing to deter crime. They criticize FBI Director J Edgar Hoover for supporting the death penalty and call for mercy grounded in theology and justice. The study argues punishment is not just and targets the underprivileged, while urging abolition in line with Christian ethics.
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New York
The
Episcopal Church Sunday
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Classwork on Murder Protests At Stafford School
In Stafford England UP I reports that essays titled How I Would Commit a Murder and Dispose of the Body were withdrawn after angry parents complained. Pupils aged 14 and 15 were told to write after reading Poe The Tell Tale Heart. Education committee chair John Oxford said it seemed dangerous and the teacher is embarrassed.
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Stafford
England
UPI
Edgar Allan Poe
Staffordshire Education Committee
John Oxford
Truck Rams Car, 3 Students Killed
Three Northwestern University students were killed early Sunday when their small station wagon was rammed from behind by two trucks in Sandusky Ohio. Victims were Keene Strobe Jr 18 Everett Washington William H Hewett 23 Cincinnati and Walter C Houston 20 Ridgefield Park New Jersey.
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Sandusky, Ohio
UPI
Northwestern University
Keene
Strobe Jr
Everett
Wash
William H. Hewett
Cincinnati
Walter C. Houston
Ridgefield Park
N. J
White House Arts Prize Plan Gains Support
White House sponsored American music and arts prize gains support as Pierre Salinger reports overwhelming response. He notes large pledges and a committee to be formed within two weeks. Kennedy is very interested and White House representation at National Symphony Orchestra concerts may include the President and Mrs Kennedy when schedules permit.
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Washington
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Asid
Kennedy
Housewife Slain by Husband in Row
A Los Angeles housewife Mary Peterson aged 32 was shot twice in the chest by her husband Willie Peterson 35 in the front yard of their home after a heated argument. Willie Peterson was jailed on suspicion of murder.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Mary Peterson
W. 54Th Street
Willie Peterson
GOP Convention Attacks Anti-Red Extremists in California
Delegates denounced efforts to destroy non-partisan local government and backed tougher narcotics penalties. They urged better ties with Negro voters and praised students fighting communism. The assembly chose Robert C. Lindsey of San Jose as president, defeating Charles Lavis of Berkeley 114 to 63, succeeding Harvey Mydland.
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California
Edmund G. Brown
Robert C. Lindsey
San Jose Trucking Company
Assembly
Charles Lavis
Berkeley
Harvey Mydland
Whittier
Churchman Attacks Birch Society In Santa Barbara
Dr Blake denounces the John Birch Society and other groups as waging a campaign of national influence against the Presbyterian Church and the National Council of Churches. He claims the drive aims to label leaders as Communist sympathizers and to expose Communist infiltration under a cloak of concern.
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Santa Barbara
Presbyterian
Eugene Carson Blake
John Birch
John Birch Society Society
Robert Welch
Boston
Byterian Church
Najing
Ational Council of Churches
Dr. Blake
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
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