World religion notes urge travel ease and church growth
United Press reports a church construction boom in the United States with $219 spent early this year and an annual projection near $850 million as leaders push for more space. The Pope backs easier Holy Land pilgrimages, while a Dutch judge seeks to strip a Roman Catholic bishop of citizenship amid civil law clashes.
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United Press
Ashington
United
T of Commerce
Rotterdam
Dam
Rotter
Bible Society marks 140 years and half a billion Bibles
The American Bible Society celebrates 140th anniversary and reports distributing over 500 million Bibles in more than a thousand languages. In 1955 only 15 million were listed. A Minnesota church session ends in Minneapolis after considering remarriage of divorcees under church discipline. Experts note Russia grants freedom of religion in limited form while Kremlin still controls religious life.
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York
American Bible Society
Lis, Minn
Minneapo
Russia
Kremlin
Levin
Stalin
Pope Links Soul Care to Heart Medicine
In Vatican City Pope Pius XII told heart doctors they must care for souls as well as bodies. He warned professionals measure how bodily pain affects the whole person including moral being. Among the doctors was Dr Paul Dudley White, Eisenhower’s heart specialist.
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Vatican City
Pius the 12Th
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Marie Trapp Named Catholic Mother of 1956
Mrs. Marie Augusta Trapp mother of the famed Trapp family of singers was chosen Catholic Mother of 1956. An Austrian native she runs a summer music camp on her Vermont farm in Stowe.
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Washington
Marie Augusta Trapp
Trapp
Austria
Stowe
Vermont
Illinois church council urges prayer to avert ICBM threat
The Illinois Conference of Congregational Christian Churches with 90 000 members passed a unanimous resolution declaring the intercontinental ballistic missile the most urgent threat to world peace. It calls for prayer and action to prevent its use.
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Elgin
Illinois
Illinois Conference of Congregational Christian Churches
Catholic Priests Imprisoned in China Reported In Good Condition
A Hong Kong Catholic bulletin says Father Cyril Wagner of Pittsburgh, imprisoned in Shanghai since 1953, is in good condition. Franciscan Bishop Ambrose Pinger of Lindsey, Nebraska, jailed since 1951, also wrote after a long silence that he seems to be well. ROTTERDAM, Holland.
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Hong Kong
China
Bulltein
Cyril Wagner
Pittsburgh
Shanghai
Ambrose Pinger
Lindsey
Nebraska
Bulletin
Methodist committee urges temperance crusade and abstinence rule
In Minneapolis a church committee proposes a one year temperance crusade to inform the public on alcohol and narcotics. It also urges strict church policy against appointing anyone to church or church school positions who does not practice total abstinence.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Methodist Church Advances Toward Ending Racial Segregation
The quadrennial general conference in Minneapolis adopted a statement of principles against racial discrimination and segregation. It proposed amendments to allow Negro conferences to transfer to white conferences, subject to annual conference approval for inclusion in the church constitution.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Methodist Church
Bald Cows Born In Canada Surprise Vets
A Guernsey cow Hairyette in Rocky Hill Canada gave birth to two bald heifers. Veterinarians note such hairless calves are exceedingly rare, with estimates of one in one hundred million cows.
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Rocky Hill
Can
Guernsey
Hairyette
Spain considers north to south toll road plan
Madrid reports the Spanish government tentatively approves a private investor led project for a 700 kilometer toll highway across Spain from Irun to Algeciras. Estimated cost about 250 million dollars, with construction possibly starting in 1957 and traffic projected over 300000 vehicles yearly.
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Madrid
Spain
Iran
Algeciras
Lewis J. F. Nagode
Pennsylvania
Nagade
Irun
Moron de la Frontera
Cordoba
Cuidad Real
Toledo
Cadiz
Pamplons
Soria
Burgos
Nagode
Communicaciones Vias Y Autopistas de Espana, S. A
United States
U. S
Attend The Church Of Your Choice Listings
Church notices list pastors and service times for multiple congregations including Catholic Antioch Baptist First Baptist Nazarene and Church of Christ. It details masses worship hours Sunday schools Bible classes and weekday broadcasts with contact and location notes for visiting worshippers.
Weekly Church Schedule Creates Diverse Faith Services
The notice lists worship times for United Pentecostal Church and First Presbyterian Church, including morning services at 11:00 and evening services at 7:00. It mentions Bible study on Tue at 7:30 and youth and Epworth League activities later in the day, with locations including Odd Fellows Hall.
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Children’s Church
Epworth League
Jackson Avenue Baptist Church
L. E. Laing
Young F.ople
California experiments in transplanting abalones
Marine officials transplanted 660 red abalones along Catalina Island as a first sizable test. Tagged shells will be observed for movement growth and survival to gauge if this method can establish populations in new spots. The report notes 6,750,000 Americans are involved with motor trucks in various sectors.
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California
Sacramento
Calif
Fish and Game Departments
Catalina Island
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