Yuki Shimoda Stars in Manzanar Drama on NBC
Actor Yuki Shimoda, one of the Japanese Americans interned during World War II, leads as a California fisherman in NBCs Farewell to Manzanar. The Universal telefilm, directed by John Korty, explores a little known chapter in US racial history and Shimoda recalls his familys wartime uprooting and personal conflict.
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Shimoda recalls Tule Lake Incarceration and acting career
Yuki Shimoda discusses internee life at Tule Lake camp describing extreme heat and cold and meager provisions. He recalls a 1943 rebellion over loyalty questions, bayonets in barracks, and later builds a theater career in Chicago New York and film. He notes limited Asian roles and writes of aging as an actor.
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Oberlin church rejects two women priests for staff
In Oberlin Ohio the Christ Church Episcopal congregation voted 92 to 59 against inviting two women priests to join staff despite rector Rev L Peter Beebe allowing their communion services. The two women Alison Cheek and Carter Heyward would celebrate monthly only if Beebe and another male priest share a service.
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Ohio
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