Protestant Unification Plan Aims at 25 Million Members
A nine-denomination effort to form The Church of Christ Uniting seeks studies and debate by January 14, 1972, with final approval anticipated in the mid 1970s. The plan envisions parish shaped local churches and dispersed authority among 75,000 congregations across denominations including Episcopal, United Methodist, and AME Zion.
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ST. Louis
Church of Christ Uniting
Paul
George G. Beazley
Indianapolis
Consultation On Church Union
Lord Jesus Christ
Mathews
Episcopal
United Methodist
United Presbyterian
Presbyterian U.S. Southern
Christian Disciples Churches
United Church of Christ
Israelis Cross Suez Canal Attack Egyptians
Israeli commandos crossed the Suez Canal before dawn striking entrenched Egyptian forces for the first time since 1967. Two Israeli soldiers and at least seven Egyptians were killed. Egypt said one Egyptian dead and two wounded. The attack followed a wave of air raids as Israel pressed operations along the canal.
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Suez Canal
Egyptians
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Cairo
el Qantara
Egypt
Canal
Shadwan
Red Sea
Gaza Strip
Gaza
United States
Yitzhak Rabin
Golda Meir
Abba Eban
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Arson Suspected in Fire that Devastated Troy Store
A three story Uhlmans Department store on Troy Ohio public square burned in a early Saturday blaze with damage estimated above one million dollars. Fire Chief Bob Counts said arson is suspected as fires appeared on all three floors simultaneously. A retired firefighter, Hubert Mumford, alerted authorities and received treatment for smoke inhalation. No serious injuries. Nearby departments aided as the fire raged for nearly five hours. An adjacent Preston Dye Intergors building also suffered heavy damage. Winds limited spread and firefighters battled in 20 degree weather.
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Troy
Ohio
Uhlman’s Department
Public Square
Bob Counts
Hubert Mumford
Piqua
Covington
Casstown
Christiansburg
Tipp City
Counts
Carswell Debate Begins Amid Civil Rights Clash
The Senate opened a week long debate on Judge G Harrold Carswell for the Supreme Court with GOP leaders defending him as middle of the road while Senator Edward Kennedy challenged whether personal prejudice affected his civil rights record on the appeals court bench. Doris Doscher Baum, model for the 1916 Miss Liberty coin, died in Farmingdale New York.
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Washington
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
GOP
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Carswell
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Tallahassee
Fla
Doris Doscher Baum
Farmingdale
N.Y
Cambodia declares Sunday dawn deadline for North Vietnamese in Cambodia
Phnom Penh delivers notes to Hanoi and Viet Cong embassies demanding removal of all troops by Sunday. Cambodian authorities report rising anti-Viet Cong attacks as 60 000 troops estimated to remain. observers say removal by the deadline is physically impossible. Deputy Premier Sirik Matak suspends rice sales to the Cong and calls for army expansion as Prince Sihanouk seeks Soviet and Chinese aid.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Teurs
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
United States
U.S
Hanoi
Namese
Man
Sirik Matak
Norodom Sihanouk
France
Moscow
Peking
Paris
Cold spell continues in southwestern Ohio
Forecaster predicts continued cold for southwestern Ohio with overnight low near 20 and daytime high around 35 on Sunday. The outlook emphasizes brisk winds and a frigid weekend outlook for residents.
Death of Antioch student ruled homicide over heroin
Alexander Sloss an 18 year old visiting Antioch College died after a four story fall from the administration building. Coroner Justin Krause ruled the death a homicide caused by heroin saying the permissive drug attitude at Antioch aided the death. No charges have been filed and police are investigating.
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Antioch
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Alexander Sloss
Antioch College
Sloss
Greene County
Justin Krause
Krause
Earlham College
Indiana
Joan H. Sloss
Cleveland Heights
Four Drug Regimen Halts Hodgkins Disease In Study
National Cancer Institute reports a four drug combination extending life for Hodgkins patients. In a study since 1964, 63 percent of 43 treated individuals survived four years. The regimen includes procarbazine hydrochloride from Hoffman La Roche and nitrogen mustard, a purified variant of WWI poison.
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Washington
Hodgkins
National Cancer Institute
C. Gordon Zubrod
NCI
Hoffman-La- Roche Co
Nutley, N.J
Gushing Wells May Have To Be Reignited
Northeast wind forecasts threaten to push Gulf oil slick toward Louisiana oyster beds and Delta Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. Chevron may need to reignite gushing wells after a month long fire, while lawsuits seek damages for oyster fishermen and government accountability.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
David Dickson
Chevron Oil Co
Dickson
The
Delta
Weather Bureau
Chevron
Gulf
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Church OF Christ
African Methodist Episcopal, Episcopal Zion and
Christian Methodist Episcopal Churches
Beazley
Ralph M. Stair
Waukesha
Wis
Charles S. Spivey
New York
George Beazley
Preston Dye Intergors
Miss Liberty
Nursing Home
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
North Vietnam
North Vietnamese
Sabo
Ronald B. Fleming
Lons
Atty
Jack Gremillion
Walter J. Hickel
N.E Dennis
P.J. Dennis
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