Washington Jaycees expel first woman member
In Renton Washington the Junior Chamber of Commerce voted 7-5 to expel Pamela K Backus the first woman to join the all male Jaycees chapter The move follows a threat to revoke the chapter's charter by the national organization Backus argued she wanted to learn to run committees gain self confidence and public speaking The Renton chapter also proposed a local option to allow women to join the organization Rochester New York Jaycees appeal a federal court ruling upholding its expulsion after admitting a woman.
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Pamela K. Backus
Jaycees
Jaycee
Rochester
Hearst case charges dropped in Fort Wayne
Charges against Colin Cast of Monticello 32 were dropped for extorting 50 000 from the Hearst family citing peculiarities of the case. Fort Wayne Indiana U S Attorney John Wilkes said proof would hinge on proving Patricia Hearst had been kidnapped. Cast was free on his own recognizance after telephoning the family.
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Colin Cast
Patricia Hearst
John Wilkes
Fort Wayne
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Miss Hearst
Cast
Mearst
Montigello
Baptism controversy sparks call for Catholic boycott
Birth control advocate William Baird urged an economic boycott of Roman Catholic churches after Marlboro priests declined to baptize Nathaniel Ryan Morreale whose mother supported abortion rights. The priest, Rev. Joseph O’Rourke, was reportedly defrocked by the pope for performing the baptism, while Jesuit officials offered none.
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New York
UPI
William Baird
Baird
Parents Aid Society
Hempstead
N.Y
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Carol Morreale
Marbora
Boston
Humberto Medeiros
Marlboro
Nathaniel Ryan Morreale
The
Boston Globe
O'Rourke
Society of Jesus
Pioneer aviator Adm. Rowe dies at 78 in Seattle
Rear Adm. Gordon Rowe a naval aviation pioneer died Tuesday after a long illness at age 78. Born in Buffalo in 1896, he graduated from the U S Naval Academy in 1918 and flew as a pilot on the first American aircraft carrier the USS Langley. In World War II he commanded the carrier Ranger in the North Atlantic.
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Wash
Gordon Rowe
Rowe
Buffalo
Nly
U.S. Naval Academy
Ranger
North Atlantic
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