Church Membership Holds Steady After Century of Growth
New figures from the National Council of Churches show church affiliation at 11.4 percent of Americans, with overall membership up 1.6 percent to 117,946,002. Protestants total 64,929,941, Catholics 43,847,938, Southern Baptists lead with 10,191,303, and Methodists number 10,153,003 as growth slows.
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George W. Cornell
National Council of Churches
American Churches
The
Council
Rome
Southern Baptist Convention
Renn on State Committee Named to Maryland Officials Group
County Commissioner A Irvin Renn is named to the Nominating Committee for the Maryland County Commissioners Association. The panel will meet January 14 at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore to pick a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer for the statewide body, with six directors to be elected for the coming year. The annual winter meeting to vote on nominees is January 15 at the Emerson. The slate favors Western Shore representation for half the directors and the president or vice president. Reon of the Civil Defense Commission is seen as a possible top executive candidate.
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A. Irvin Renn
Maryland County Commissioners Association
Renn
Emerson Hotel
Baltimore
Commissioners
Maryland
Commissioners Association
Emerson
Western Shore
Wade H. Insiey Jr
Reon
Civil Defense Commission
County Commissioners Association
City Meeting Date Changed for Aldermen in January
Frederick officials postpone the first Board of Aldermen meeting from January 2 to January 9 to avoid post holiday absences. The second meeting may also shift to allow for preparation of a second public hearing on the proposed Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
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Board of Aldermen
E. Paul Magaha
Aldermen
Frederick City
Whch
Magaha
Jacoby on Bridge Notes Preservation of NEA Service
Brief fragment from Jacoby on Bridge hints at NEA Service features and strategic ideas. The unreadable OCR leaves only scattered letters suggesting content about bidding and play analysis. No clear events, names, or dates are readable for a full item.
Johnny Crawford and Six No Trump Slam Try Ends in Down Four
Bridge story details John R. Crawford of New York as one of the era’s top players. South and North interplay leads to a grand slam attempt in six no trump but a crucial diamond sequence against South causes the retreat and a down four result. Also brief AP dispatch notes Red China accuses a U S plane of intruding into its airspace.
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John R. Crawford
New York
Johnny
Newport
South
North
Dummy
Chinest Reds
Tokyo
Red
China
U. S
New China News Agency
Travel and charity notes mix in crowded 1963 update
A jumble of names and events from Portsmouth Ohio to Moscow recalls gifts from Moscow for the McKenzies family and a 12 year old fundraiser for a township first aid squad. A New Year candlelight service at St Luke’s Lutheran Fengaville is noted along with Mayo Clinic saved sight for Carolyn and a London Montreal travel surge as ICAO reports record air passenger traffic in 1963.
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C. McKenzie
Portsmouth
Ohio
McKenzies
Moscow
ST. Luke's Lutheran
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Fengaville
Eugene W. Young
Carroll L
Carolyn
Shriners
Cannon
Mayo Clinic
Johnson defends aid cuts at LBJ Ranch news conference
President Johnson claimed broad support for closing 33 military bases and sharply criticized Barry Goldwater at an informal Oak Tree News Conference on his LBJ Ranch. He spoke on East West relations ahead of meeting Chancellor Erhard and argued the timing of foreign aid is Senate business while Goldwater recuperates in Phoenix from a minor foot operation.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Lbj Ranch
Erhard
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Goldwater
Congress
New Market Fire Company Orders New Fully Equipped Truck
The New Market Volunteer Fire Company has ordered a two component, 750 gallon pump truck with 500 gallon tank, built on a V-195 International chassis from Kauffman Motor Co and a Howe pump from Howe Fire Apparatus Co. Delivery is planned for June or July next year with estimated total cost between 17000 and 18000 dollars. The unit will join the 1955 Ford pumper purchased from American Fire Apparatus Co and Glen Calvert Co of College Park for 12000 dollars.
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New Market Volunteer Fire Company
Kauffman Motor Company
Frederick
Howe Fire Apparatus Company
Anderson
Indiana
American Fire Apparatus Company
Glen Calvert Company
College Park
12800 Lose Licenses Under Point System
Baltimore AP reports that about 12 800 drivers in Maryland have their licenses suspended under the point system. Maryland motor vehicles commissioner John R Jewell said 4300 of these licenses stem from drunken driving convictions and other violations.
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Baltimore
Maryland
John R. Jewell
Driver's record leads to immediate suspension on 12 points
A case notes 12 points against a driver's record triggering immediate suspension. In contrast, fewer points are assigned for other moving violations. The text also comments on hospital-visiting etiquette and its potential misalignment with medical advice.
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