Clergy Urged to Help Solve Drug Crisis at White House Meeting
Washington AP report cites an 88 percent rise in drug smuggling arrests and tripled marijuana seizures over the past year. Top church leaders heard officials warn of a national epidemic, with Nixon urging faith groups to act and a plan for a follow up gathering.
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Washington
United States
John Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Myles J. Ambrose
Bureau of Customs
Nixon
Saigon
Ambrose
John N. Mitchell
Housing and Urban Development
George Romney
Egil Krog Jr
White House
Robert F. Duryea
Pacifica
Calif
Father Duryea
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Salvation Singers formed from ministerial challenge in Humboldt
In Humboldt Kansas a youth choir named the Salvation Singers formed from Rev. Glenn Kirby's challenge to high school vocal students. The 34 members from eight churches perform a mixed repertoire blending gospel and folk styles. They aim to present Jesus Christ anew and to grow spiritually through group fellowship.
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Iola
Kan
Salvation Singers
Humboldt
Glenn Kirby
First Christian Church
Saint Singers
First Christian
Carthage
Humboldt High School
Kirby
First Baptist
Poplar Grove Baptist
Nazarene
Assembly of God
Christian
Mr. Kirby
Jesus Christ
New Faiths For Japan
In 1970 Japan's Christian community grew to 1,069,576 adherents, up 28,066 from 1969, amid rapid expansion of new religions like Soka Gakkai and Rissho Kosei Kai alongside traditional Shinto and Buddhism. The Christianity share rose to about 1.02 percent of the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soka Gakkai
Rissho Kosei Kai
Japan
Christ Weekly
Kirisuto Shimbun
AEC Sees Lyons Waste Site Delayed to 1975 at Earliest
The Atomic Energy Commission will not use the Lyons Kansas nuclear waste storage site before 1975 at the earliest. Dan Donoghue, head of the AEC waste branch, says a heat transfer study will take two years and runs alongside site work. A meeting with Kansas Geological Survey officials clarified investigation depth and extent.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Lyons
Kan
Dan Donoghue
AEC
Murals by Maryville Youths Light Up Local Church Walls
About 50 children from grades one through eight painted permanent Biblical scenes inside First Christian Church in Maryville Missouri. Guided by Donald L Robertson Northwest Missouri State College art instructor the youths created self imagined murals using pencil sketches and acrylics with Robertson adding only roads grass and transition elements. The Rev Harry B Speer the pastor notes initial skepticism given the diverse eight faiths of participants but now backs the project.
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First Christian Church
Maryville
Donald L. Robertson
Missouri
Harry B. Speer
Christian Church Project
Robertson
Paul
God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Church
Chamber of local choirs fills weekend church programs
The Ozark Bible College Choir will perform at Lawrence Heights Christian Church in Joplin. The Trinity Lutheran Youth Ministry hosts a concert featuring the Kansas State Penitentiary Choir with a freewill offering.
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Ozark Bible College
Joplin
Dallas
Ralph Carmichael
Ozark Bible College Choir
Lawrence Heights Christian Church
Westchester Rd
Willis Harrison
Trinity Lutheran Church Youth Ministry
Kansas State Penitentiary Choir of
Lansing
R. J. Gaffney
All Faith
Paul Steeves
Kansas University
Russia
First Presbyterian Church
Steeves
Bill Ehney
John Haddock Sr
John Had
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Okla
East Heights Baptist Church
15Th and
Haskell
Bishop Slater Named President Elect Of Methodist Bishops
Bishop O Eugene Slater 64 of San Antonio was named president elect on Thursday of the United Methodist Council of Bishops after four decades serving the church in Kansas and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
O. Eugene Slater
Kansas
Texas
United Methodist Council of Bishops
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Indianapolis
Christian Church (Disciples
J.H. Jackson
Chicago
Baptist Convention of the
U.S.A
John C. Broger
Armed Forces Office of Information
Bertram G. Brown
National Institute of Mental Health Services
Associated Press
Carmichael
Oral Roberts
Billy Graham Motion Pictures
First Baptist Church
David Johnson
Wayne State University
Detroit
Mich
New Macedonia Baptist Church
Johnson
New Faiths For
A. M. Rosenthal
Schendel
Minnesota
King OF
Gardenland Peace Garden Center
Livens
Northwest Missou
Ri State College
Borgen Liquor Store
Iowa
Hillcrest Shopping Center
Chuck Borgen
Church OF Christ
Vermont
Lawrence
America
Thomas Dennis
Des Moines
Church Briefs
Dock Sr
Boy Scouts
James E. Weston
Phillips University
Enid
1000
Weston
Plymouth Congregational Church
James Moeser
Judith Hughes
Mary Runyan
John Miller
Donald Marquis
Slater
New York
Ier Space Lyr
Municipal Auditorium
Capri Theatre 11 & Central
Kansas City
TOTA
Capri Theatre
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