Black Manifesto Tops Religion Story of 1969
The Black Manifesto and church responses were chosen as the top religion story of 1969 by the Religious Newswriters Association, scoring 421 of 430. Other top ten items included James Pike’s death, clergy defection and marriage, Pope Paul VI's synod, religious taxation, Detroit NCC meeting, Northern Ireland unrest, Catholic school closings, religion in peace efforts, and U.S. Congress on Evangelism in Minneapolis.
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Boston
Religious Newswriters Association
Dorothy Newell
Association
James Pike
Episcopal
Israel
Jesus
Paul
Rome
National Council of Churches
Detroit
Northern Ireland
U.S. Congress On
Minneapolis
Three Wisconsin Residents Injured in Christmas Day Highway Crash
Three Wisconsin residents were hurt in a Christmas Day chain-reaction crash north of Litchfield involving two buses and five other vehicles on Highway 66. Zedenek Dushek, 59, of Manitowoc, was released after treatment in Litchfield. His wife Olive, 56, was transferred to a St. Louis hospital.
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Litchfield, Ill
Wisconsin
Litchfield
Zedenek Dushek
Manitowoc
Olive
St. Louis
Police report on New York state pileup incident
Laura Van Handle, 54, of Appleton, listed in fair condition at a Litchfield hospital after a multi vehicle crash. State police said a maintenance truck trying to pass a stalled car was rear ended by a bus, causing a semi to jackknife into a ditch and a pickup to be struck by another bus.
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Laura van Handle
Appleton
Litchfield
Mainten
Ance
Israelis Attack Arab Guerrillas In Jordan
Israeli warplanes bombed Arab guerrillas southeast of the Sea of Galilee after they fired on an army patrol and mined near a settlement. Jordan reports shelling of settlements in Amman area and clashes along the cease-fire line. A separate raid near Suez involved surface-to-air missile sites, with one Israeli killed. The piece ends noting Colorado’s nickname Centennia l State from 1876.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Beisan
Amman
Gaza Strip
Suez Canal
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
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RAYON
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