Dispute Over Methodist Racial Practices Near Settlement
Dispute over the churchs racial policies may be nearing settlement as pickets target Methodist book centers and the Publishing House in Nashville. The controversy centers on joining Project Equality, with negotiations ongoing between the Publishing House and the national agency while an investigating committee plans a fall report. Meanwhile a new program sends trained Negro leaders to inner city areas in seven cities to boost local leadership and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NW York
Methodist
Methodist Publishing House
Nashville
Tenn
Sui
Nashville Center
Boards of Education, Evangelism and Health and Welfare Ministries
Tional Missions — Division
Vacation Bible School Plans At Lawrence Churches
Lawrence churches outline Vacation Bible School schedules for the week ahead. First Christian sets morning and afternoon sessions for young children, First Southern Baptist runs day classes plus a teen group with Dr. Craft guest talk, Full Gospel hosts four through junior high with an outing to Swope Park, Friends Church offers Kid's Crusade for sixth graders, Trinity Lutherans hold 9 to 11:15 a.m. sessions with staff installation scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Full Gospel Christian Assembly
N. H
Swope Park
1601
Jean Brown
Self-Set Fire Fatal to Youth at UN Lawn Protest
Bruce Mayrock 20 of Old Westbury New York a Columbia University student died at Bellevue Hospital nine hours after setting himself afire in the United Nations garden to protest genocide in Biafra He wore burning clothes and a sign urged action to stop genocide and save 9 million Biafrans A rabbi friend said he was an idealistic young man deeply upset by the killings and inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Bellevue Hospital
United Nations
Biafra
Bruce Mayrock
Old Westbury
N.Y
Long Island
U.N
Juliet Prowse Plans Beverly Hills Wedding to Eddie James
South African singer dancer Juliet Prowse says she will wed Eddie James a dancer choreographer Sunday in her Beverly Hills home. It will be her first marriage and his second. The couple met seven months ago on a Bob Hope television special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Juliet Prowse
Eddie James
Beverly Hills
Miss Prowse
James
Bob Hope
Inhabitation of Grand Canyon North Rim Around AD 600
Archaeologists note that the north rim of the Grand Canyon shows evidence of human habitation dating to about AD 600, indicating early Native American presence in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canyon
Ozark Great Passion Play Opens Tonight in Arkansas
Eureka Springs Arkansas hosts the annual Great Passion Play on Mount Oberammergau featuring 325 cast members plus camels horses and animals. Performances run nightly except Mondays and Thursdays through mid October in an open air amphitheatre with Jerusalem street recreations and a 400 foot stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark
Arkansas
Eureka Springs
Ark
Mount Oberammergau
Jerusalem
Simon
Mount Golgotha
Joseph
Arimathea
Jesus
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Magnetic Mountain
Christ
Christ of the Ozarks
Area Churches List Local Mass Times and Services
A long list of area churches and pastors with weekly schedules including Masses worship services and Sunday School times. Notable entries include Annunciation Catholic Church Father Thomas Kearns. Church of Christ at 10th and Baker Sts. First Methodist Church Raymond S. Grant Jr.. St. Paul United Church Maynard Beemer. Holy Family Catholic Father Joseph B. LaGue. United Methodist churches in multiple towns. and others with varying service times and midweek meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond S. Grant, Jr
Ives
Chanel Methodist Church
Charles Coldsmith
St. Paul
Jewish Community Center
Highland
Robert W Winstein
Sunflower Lodge
Church Briefs Highlight Local Dedication and Dinners
Chapel 1348 A I holds dedication services at 4 p m Sunday June 8. Donations may be sent to University State Bank or the chapel. Rev Harold T Hutton is minister. Several First United Methodist Church staff honored at a dinner hosted by Rev Ronald Sundbye. Cited were Rev Dennis R Bowers David Bezona and Mrs Duane Knos All leaving June 1. 1969 youth confirmation class to receive first Holy Communion at Trinity Lutheran Church 13th and N H Rev James Little speaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.I
University State Bank
Harold T. Hutton
First United Methodist Church
Ronald Sundbye
Dennis R. Bowers
David Bezona
Duane Knos
Angelus
Trinity Lutheran Church
13Th and
N.H
James Little
Rev. Nelson to Speak at First Presbyterian Sunday Service
Dr. George Nelson of Newton will address the 10 a.m. service at First Presbyterian Church 2415 W 23rd St. He is dubbed the dean of Kansas Presbyterian ministers for his long Synod tenure. Reinhold Schmidt Sr. will be soloist as he retires from Kansas University vocal faculty this year. A United Presbyterian Church assembly report will be discussed at the 9 a.m. Roundtable. A coffee fellowship follows the service. only the 10 a.m. service is held in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nelson
Newton
First Presbyterian Church
23Rd St
Nelson
Presbyterian Ministers
Kansas
Synod
Westminster Foundation
Sterling
Clay Center
Topeka
Kansas City
Reinhold Schmidt Sr
Kansas University
General Assembly of
The
United Presbyterian Church
San Antonio
Tex
Smith to Teach Cloudcroft Craft Course at New Mexico
Prof Carlyle Smith head of Kansas University jewelry and silversmithing tutors a course in advanced craft problems starting April 16 in Cloudcroft New Mexico. Dr Smith also teaches Latin American studies at KU. For details contact the Office on Continuing Education at New Mexico State University Las Cruces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle Smith
Kansas University Department of
Cloudcroft
Police Guard Cathedral Against Forman's War
In New York blue-uniform officers monitored six cathedral entrances around St. Patrick's as crowds entered. Police cited fears of James Forman arriving to protest, part of a wider reaction in religious groups to his Black Manifesto demanding reparations and funds for Negro development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forman
New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Roman Catholic Archdiocese
George E. Sweazey
Webster Groves
United Presbyterian Church
Denominaton
Ave Maria
National Black Economic Development Conference
Detroit
Four men arrested in $4 million securities theft probe
Federal authorities dismantled a gang tied to a $4 million securities theft ring. Four men were arrested, including a courier carrying $1 million in stolen stock certificates. U.S. Attorney Morgenthau called the scheme an organized infiltration of brokerage houses.BAC, Kennedy airport, and a Manhattan hotel were sites of the arrests. Norman Rothman faced bail of $750,000. others held on $100,000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S
Robert Morgenthau
FBI
Kennedy Airport
mid-Manhattan
Norman Rothman
Surfside
Fla
Fabio D. de Cristofaro
North
Miami Beach
Chester Zochowski
Los Angeles
Giysson L. Mitchell
Decatur, Ga
Obituary and social notes from McLouth and Onaga
Funeral services were held in Onaga for Maude Fields at 71 with burial there. Survivors include son Roscoe Fields and siblings in Kansas and California. The column also records visits by McLouth residents and a wedding anniversary dinner at the Country Kitchen in Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onaga
Maude Fields
Denison
McLouth
Roscoe Fields
Havensville
Nellie Mann
Oskaloosa
Beulah Fields
Topeka
William Highfill
Tacoma
Wash
Albert Highfill
Huntington Beach
Calif
Rankins Visit Cane Hill and Wichita Kin
Big Springs residents Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Rankin visited Mrs. Gladys Terrill and family in Cane Hill Arkansas then stopped in Wichita to see Rankin sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones. Blue Rapids visitors included Mrs. Alice Zeeb Ellen Johnson and Evelyn Johnson visiting relatives and mother in Topeka hospital. Jim Brass joined Carl and Mrs. Johanning for a family dinner as they celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Carl Johanning is Jim Brass’s daughter. H. M. Edmonds visited Seward Roberts in Tecumseh. Vernon Spencer will oversee heirloom displays at Oregon Trail Days in Big Springs June 7–8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Rankin
Gladys Terrill
Cane Hill
Ark
Wichita
Mr. Rankin
Herbert Jones
Alice Zeeb
Ellen Johnson
Evelyn Johnson
Blue Rapids
Topeka
Jim Brass
Carl Johanning
Lone Star
H. M. Edmonds
Seward Roberts
Tecumseh
Vernon Spencer
Big Springs
Ex-Mayor Briscoe Dies at 74 in Dublin
Robert Briscoe former lord mayor of Dublin and son of a Lithuanian immigrant died at his home at 74. The Irish politician known as the fabulous Irish man was chosen as lord mayor in 1956 and re elected in 1961 amid declining health. The exact cause of death was not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Ireland
Robert Briscoe
Local Countians Cited Thursday At Crusade Meet
Residents of Douglas County will be honored during the Greater Topeka Crusade for Christ assembly at Topeka’s Mid-America fairgrounds from Sunday through Sunday, June 8. Bill Glass Baylor football star and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumnus leads a program with Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Jimmie McDonald, and a 500-voice choir. Ken Johnson Topeka serves as delegations chairman, with former Sen. Frank Carlson as honorary chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Greater Topeka
Crusade For Christ Assembly
Topeka
Mid-America Fairgrounds
Bill Glass
Baylor University
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Tex
Vonda Kay van Dyke
Jimmie McDonald
Ken Johnson
Frank Carlson
Apostle Paul Armor Teaching for Ephesus Faithful
The message quotes Ephesians 6 13 urging Christians to put on the whole armour of God to withstand evil days and stand firm. It emphasizes the church offers a complete gospel to meet daily needs and trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apostle Paul
Ephesus
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George W. Cornell
Project Iequality
United Methodist Bishops
Eugene M. Frank
St. Louis
Atlanta
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Waterloo
Iowa
Florence
D. C
Wilmington
Del
Lawrence
First Christian
Church
First Southern Baptist
Friends Church
Trinity Lutheran
Gottlieb Nieder
Juliet
Herod
Pilate
Baldwin
Annunciation Catholic
Father Thomas Kearns
Assembly of God
Baker
E. L. Weems
Church of Christ
Baker Sts
Kermit Blank
First Methodist Church
Eighth St
St. John’s United Church of
Chanst
Baldwin Junction
Paul Kasper
Bethel
BeThe
Robert B. Alexander
Clearfield
United Methodist Church
Eudora
Clayton G.lehman
Clinton
Clinton Presbyterian
Michael Ducey
tLavon
Edgerton
Thomas Kearns
FE. Hankey
Morni
Christ Ambassadors
J. L. Stumbo
Holy Family Catholic
Birch St
Father Joseph B. LaGue
Canteszin
Clifford Rawley
Granaey School
United Methodist
Rex D. Kelly
Hesper Friende
Ter
Merl Kinser
Kenneth Pratt
Linwood
First Baptist Church
Kev. Wayne Majors
Baptist Evening Fellowship
Ken Hathaway
Church of the Brethren
Rev
Wallace May
John D. Bower
Surgay School
United Church of McLouth
Don Peckham
First Baptist
A. Gail Jones
Stanwood Friends Church
Fred Leimkuhler
Nortonville
Seventh O Day Baptist Church Reve
Paul B. Osborn
Overbrook
Charles R. Hamner
T. C. Arnold
STULL
William Hohs
Victory Bible Church
West
Tonganoxie
Tonganoxie Baptist Chapel
James F. Palmer
Jack Mathis
Sts
Herman W. Karriker
St. Raphael Episcopal Mission
Tonganoxle
Robert C. Sharp
Church of God
Vinland
Vint
Robert L. Harvey
Washington Creek
Orville Chase
Williamstown
James H. Bailey
LO Av
Thor
Baldwin Cayton
CG. Lehman
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan
Rooeane
Tee Shee
Champa
Massachusetts
Church Briefs
Smith
Mid- Manhattan
James Forman
Securities ‘Gang
Neil Waterman
Steven
Washington
Leland McPherson
Georgia Marie Brackman
Raytown
Max Whitaker
Irvin Davison
Leo Muraski
Roy Windsor
Leavenworth
Pete Trackwell
Trackwell
First Presbyterian
23Rd Street
Bob Briscoe
Bethany Park Christian
Kansas School of Religion
Oread
Tim Miller
of God
Peter
God
19Th
Vermont
KOFO
Ottawa
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