Churches criticized for stonewalling
AP reports secrecy persists in some churches despite a trend toward openness. Roman Catholic bishops held closed sessions on a public issue involving Nelson Rockefeller’s vice presidency, later disclosed by a lone bishop. Church World Service faced a board dispute with reporters barred, later clarified as a stance to focus on relief work. Ostling argues secrecy harms accountability and warns churches must disclose actions to their members.
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Richard N. Ostling
The
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Harper and Row
John Cardinal Krol
Philadelphia
Nelson Rockefeller
Interdenominational Relief Agency
Church World Service
Jesus
Ostling
Time Magazine
Kansas farmers urge meeting with Ford over loan rates
Five Kansas farm groups led by Ostrander call for a meeting with President Ford and Agriculture Secretary Butz to press for higher government loan rates for wheat and other products. They warn of widespread farm closures and rising food prices if loan terms do not improve.
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Kansas Farmers Union
National Farm Organization of Kansas
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United Farm Wives of America
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National Farm Coalition
Washington
Tom Ostrander
KAWG
Butz
Ostrander
Dale Lyons
Max Bailey
State Grange
Paul Nauer
Kansas Nfc
Margaret Smith
East Kansas Conference Holds 4th Annual Baker Gathering
More than 800 attendees from 367 churches in the East Kansas Conference gather at Baker University Baldwin for a three day session. Bishop Earnest T. Dixon Jr. presides in his fourth annual conference since 1972. About 50 petitions will be reviewed with youth delegates and lay members shaping decisions for 1976. The ordination and retirement service is set for 11 a.m. Sunday at First Methodist Church.
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East Kansas
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Baldwin
Earnest T. Dixon Jr
Rice Auditorium
First Methodist Church
Dixon
Mobile health clinic brings care to migrant workers
Shawnee Health Service operates a doctor on wheels from June to October serving 15 000 wooden migrant laborers in Southern Illinois orchard country. The mobile clinic offers free basic care on site at the largest migrant camp with two doctors and two Peace Corps volunteers.
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Cobden, Ill
Shawnee Health Service
Illinois
Peace Corps
Gene
Pat Schubert
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
India orders U S wheat for new crop year
India has ordered 1.9 million metric tons of U S wheat for delivery in the new crop year starting July 1, per the Agriculture Department. The week ending May 25 included 254,000 tons, with total 1974 75 year projections around five million tons, about triple last season.
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Washington
India
U.S
Agriculture Department
Oklahoma City minister makes 760 mile weekly college trek
James Mason of East Third Street Church of Christ commutes from Oklahoma City to Portales New Mexico for Eastern New Mexico University classes. He leaves at 7 a.m. Mondays and returns Tuesdays after seven hour drives each way totals 760 miles weekly. He has traveled 32 000 miles in his quest to earn a master of religion degree. Mason earned a bachelor’s degree in 1969 and has served as a minister nine years.
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Portales
N.M
James Mason
Oklahoma City
Okla
Eastern New Mexico University
Mason
East Third Street Church
Oklahoma Christian College
Tiny gospel singer to perform at First Assembly of God Church
Lowell Mason, television and recording artist known as the Worlds Smallest Gospel Singer at 46 inches tall, will appear at 7 p m June 9 12 at the First Assembly of God Church. Mason started on Grand Rapids Michs Children s Bible Hour at age 9 and later worked with Youth for Christ and the Cecil Todd Evangelistic Team. He also appeared on the Revival Fires program from 1964 to 1974.
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First Assembly of God Church
Mason
Children’s Bible Hour
Grand Rapids
Mich
Youth For Christ
United States
Canada
Cecil Todd Evangelistic
Joplin, Mo
Community Church Centers Calendar of July Activities
The Pearl Fry Missionary Society hosts a second annual missionary day at St James A M E Church with a skit Building a Church. Vacation church school runs 6 30 to 8 30 Sunday through June 15 at First Baptist for ages 2 through sixth with the theme Gods Promises. Dread Friends Meeting holds worship at 10 with potluck and meeting in South Park. Teenagers of Trinity Lutheran are honored at 8 45 and 11, Pastor Olson speaks Helping the Sick Get Well. Family picnic follows vacation Bible school at Good Shepherd Lutheran at noon with crafts on display. Central United Methodist hosts a fathers and sons banquet at 6 30 June 16. Washington Creek Church summer services start 9 am and 10 am. North Lawrence Christian Church offers vacation Bible school 9 to 11 30 am Monday through June 13 for pre-school through ninth grade.
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First Baptist Church
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Paul Olson
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Harvard
North Lawrence Christian Church
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