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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1960
Page
4
Vast kaolin clay deposits discovered in the Itterfontein area of South Africa about 300 miles north of Cape Town. The find suggests potential for porcelain and ceramic production in the region.
In Colombo seven million Buddhists welcomed, while 800000 Catholics mourned as Ceylon's government took over 2,554 private schools on Thursday. The schools educate most of the nation's 2.1 million schoolchildren, about a third Roman Catholic. The piece notes a nationwide education shift and cites a 3,093 mile road distance between New York and San Francisco.
The Rev A Herbert Mjorud of the Evangeli cal Lutheran church will conduct a series of evangelism meetings at Bethlehem Lutheran church Sunday through Thursday. He will preach at two morning services and each evening at 7 except Monday at 7 30. He will address groups in Morris and the Lutheran Brotherhood will join Monday's service. His themes include Going On With the Lord Blessed Is the Forgiven Man and Ye Must Be Born Anew.
The Baptist Times reports Tiit Niilo, a senior student at Tallinn Agricultural Academy in Estonia, was expelled just before final exams. The Communist Youth organization at the academy allegedly used the expulsion to warn students to renounce religious faith.
A lengthy roster lists Sunday services, Sunday school times, and midweek activities for churches in several towns. Denominations include Lutheran, Methodist, Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal, Nazarene, Evangelical, and Church of Christ with pastors named and service times noted.
Miss Susan Stewart ceases nursing training at Copley Memorial due to illness and remains bedbound at home. Numerous social visits are recorded as Mrs. Peterson visits Excelior Minn.. families from Excel sior, Medford, Batavia, Kaneville, Aurora, Glenwood, Flossmoor, Sandwich, Minneapolis and Elburn attend weddings and celebrations for Stover Fox and Estate Clayton, with attendants and receptions noted.
Pope John XXIII welcomed Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher in an hour long meeting the first between a Roman Catholic pope and a Church of England primate. Communiques from both sides emphasized cordial relations and a desire to deepen Christian fraternity. The pope, 79, and the archbishop, 73, expressed mutual goodwill.
Fifty six of the 110 Methodist missionaries evacuated from the Congo last July have returned to their posts including nearly all of the men and many single women according to the Methodist Board of Missions.
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