Baptists Vote Today On Several Issues
About 16,000 Southern Baptist Convention messengers meet in Kansas City to vote on resolutions on homosexuality abortion ERA and salary disclosure for top officials. Addresses by Andrew Young and Billy Graham frame the two day meeting with leaders including Dr Jimmy Allen Dr Olan Runnels and Dr Richard Sutton as new officers. The group debates salary disclosure amid debate over publishing executives’ benefits while bylaws are cited by some as already requiring income transparency.
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Kansas City
Southern Baptist Convention
United Nations
Andrew Young
Billy Graham
Jimmy Allen
First Baptist Church
San Antonio
Tex
Olan Runnels
Swope Park
Richard Sutton
Topeka
Kan
Singer
Anita Bryant
Coy Privette
North Carolina Baptist Convention
Kannapolis
N. C
Privette
Baptist
North Carolina
Baptist Standard
Texas
Presell Wood
South Main Street
Houston
Ken Chafin
Philadelphia
CIA
General Starry Summoned Back From Germany Over War Warning
Lt. Gen. Donn Starry, commander of the Army's 5th Corps in Germany, is asked to postpone leave and report to the Pentagon after predicting the United States could be drawn into a Soviet Chinese war. Earlier, Maj. Gen. John Singlaub faced dismissal for warning of Korea war risk. Also reports newborn twins for Curtis Pierce of Macon and other local births.
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Washington
United States
Pentagon
Korea
Donn Starry
Germany
Army
Clifford Alexander
Bernard Rogers
Starry
West Point
Soviet Union
China
John Singlaub
Carter
Singlaub
White House
Jody Powell
Teasdale Secures 40 Percent Of His Legislative Package
Jefferson City Missouri AP Governor Teasdale achieved passage of 24 of 60 proposed measures in his first session. Many bills passed not by direct lobbying but by timing and political currents. Key items included a consumer utility package, tax reform, criminal code revision, school aid formula, and an election law overhaul.
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Jefferson City
Joseph Teasdale
Teasdale
Senate
Norman Merrell
House
Kenneth Rothman
Congress Cuts Back Benefits To Some Vietnam Vets
In Washington the House votes 273-136 to limit veterans benefits for those with upgraded discharges from the Vietnam era. The measure is part of a $70.2 billion funding bill for HUD, Treasury, VA, EPA and 13 agencies, with Senate action pending.
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Washington
Carter
House
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Treasury Department
Veterans Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Senate
Robin Beard
R-Tenn
John P. Murtha
D-Pa
Marine Corps
Korea
Vietnam
Three Beecraft brothers die in Springfield house fire
Three Beecraft brothers Eddie 18 Mark 19 and John 21 were trapped in second floor bedrooms when fire struck the Alvin Beecraft home near Lake McDaniel about three miles north of Springfield. Mr and Mrs Beecraft another brother and a niece escaped as Greene County sheriff officers investigated.
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Springfield
Alvin Beecraft
Lake McDaniel
Here
Greene County Sheriff's
Eddie Beecraft
Mark Beecraft
John Beecraft
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