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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1975

Page

5

Pageant Misidentified Church Corrected in Independence

A June 20 Journal-World item corrected a misidentification of the church behind the Independence Missouri pageant. The event is associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, not the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Church of Jesus Christs of Later Day Saints Independence Journal- World Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Methodist minister takes life in Olathe tragedy

Rev. Glen E. Thompson 47, district superintendent of the Kansas City Kansas United Methodist Conference, crawled under a cement truck after leaving a hospital where he sought treatment for melancholia. Witnesses saw him step into traffic and the truck's rear wheels. Authorities described him as a perfectionist under heavy work strain. Thompson leaves wife Rosanna and two sons, Stephen 19 and Philip 17.

Olathe, Kan Kansas Methodist Olathe Glen E. Thompson Topeka Mission Kan Kansas City United Methodist Conference Clyde Martin Thompson Buchanan and Santa Fe Kansas City, Kan United Methodist Johnson Wyandotte Atchison Leavenworth General Conference Countryside United Methodist Church Rosanna Stephen Philip

Flower Lady of Cougar Mountain Lives Self Sufficiently

Meda Porter, 78, has dwelt alone for 27 years in a one room unpainted house on four acres near Issaquah Washington. She relies on beans coffee garden and many fruit trees for sustenance and avoids chemicals. Porter says she has no loneliness and rarely visits a doctor.

Issaquah Meda Porter Cougar Mountain

Play reading program begins at Lawrence Arts Center

Enthusiasm at the Lawrence Arts Center spurs a reader's theater group to start a play reading program next week. The first reading is set for 7 30 p m July 3 at the center with meetings weekly through the summer. About 15 people attended the organizational meeting. Contact Ann Evans at the Arts Center for details.

Lawrence Arts Center Ann Evans Arts Center

Bread for the World telecast highlights hunger lobbying

A CBS filmed segment at Tall Oaks Camp Linwood profiles Bread for the World a two year old national church based lobbying group with seven thousand members. Leader Arthur Simon and president Eugene Carson Blake promote church driven efforts to influence U S policy on hunger and world food programs. Lawrence and Linwood participants Don Conrad and Bob Hubert appear in Look Up and Live telecast.

Cbs-Tv Tall Oaks Camp Linwood America Bread For the World Norman Steffen University Lutheran Church Steffen Eugene Carson Blake World Council of Churches Thomas Gumbleton Detroit Look Up Lawrence Don Conrad Bob Hubert Oread

Church briefs highlight talks and gatherings across denominations

At United Ministries Building 1204 Dread the Di vine Information Center sponsors a talk by Bill Patterson first American Mahatma on meditation revealed by Guru Maharaj Ji at 7 30 p m. First United Methodist hosts a summer Bible study on Sundays through July 27 led by Mr and Mrs Calvin Downs. First Baptist shows The Gospel Road at 7 p m Sunday. Central United Methodist plans a welcoming reception for Rev Raymond Bell after 10 30 a m service. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds a missionary farewell for John Hoffman at 10 a m Sunday with departure for Cordova Argentina.

Bill Patterson Guru Maharaj Ji United Ministries Divine Information Center First United Methodist Church Calvin Downs John I Johnny Cash First Baptist Church 801 of Christ Israel Raymond Bell Central United Methodist Church Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints John Hoffman Cordova Argentina Salt Lake City Utah Provo

Ft Bragg commander retires after 36 years in service

Lt. Gen. Richard J. Seitz retired after 36 years of military service as he left Ft. Bragg in North Carolina where he commanded the fort and the XVIII Airborne Corps. Maj. Gen. Henry T. Emerson will assume command and has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general. The XVIII Airborne Corps includes the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions.

Fayeteville N. C Ft. Bragg Xviii Airborne Corps Richard J. Seitz Seitz Junction City Kan Henry T. Emerson 82Nd Airborne Division 101St Airborne Division Ft. Campbell

Moses The Lawgiver series probes mysteries of unseen God

CBS television premiered a six part series on Moses The Lawgiver exploring how the burning bush and divine commands can be read as miracles or natural phenomena. Burt Lancaster portrays Moses as anxious and human interpreting calls from God while British author Anthony Burgess emphasizes Moses as a modern symbol of mankind seeking God.

Moses-The Lawgiver CBS Red Sea Egypt Anthony Burgess Moses God

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