Two Lutheran ministers unfrocked at Minnesota conventicle
In Minneapolis an English Evangelical Lutheran synod of the Northwest unfrocked Rev. George Crist Jr. and Rev. Victor Wrigley after heresy trials. Rev. John Gerberding was found innocent and resigned. he continues secular work while free to seek future church calls.
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Minneapolis
English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the
Menomonee Falls
Wis
Synod
Crist
University of Iowa
Wrigley
Gerberding
Lancaster
Charles L. Grant
St. Paul
Gerberling
Jury Acquits Boy In Death Of Stepfather
A 15 year old boy named Mack M Warren was acquitted of murder after jurors found he acted after Doramus L Williams 55 struck his mother with a small baseball bat and threatened her with an electric iron. Warren testified he stabbed Williams with a hunting knife during the assault at their home in High Point North Carolina on October 19. Mrs Williams testified she was knocked unconscious by Williams.
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High Point
N.C
Mack M. Warren
Doramus L. Williams
Warren
Williams
Press Had Good Year Press Had Good Year
The trade publication Editor and Publisher reports 1955 as the nation's best volume year with advertising and circulation gains. Advertising lineage rose over 10 percent despite modest rate increases, and daily newspaper circulation climbed by over a million to 56 million, the largest gain since 1946. The yearbook predicts continued growth in 1956.
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New York
Tourists Take Free Lettuce From Texas Valley Field
A. F. Sherer of San Juan initially planned to plow under 10 acres of lettuce due to low prices but instead opened the crop to winter tourists. Visitors harvested an estimated 4,500 heads in the lower Rio Grande Valley setting providing free produce to travelers.
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Mcallen
Tex
A. F. Sherer
San Juan
Rio Grande Valley
Austrians Prove Very Fond Of Beer
A Vienna polling firm found 25 percent of Austrians polled drank beer while only 16 percent drank wine, with the remainder preferring various other beverages, challenging the assumption that wine dominates.
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Vienna
Austria
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