Gallup Poll Upsets Assumptions On Church Attendance
A Gallup survey shows college educated and urban residents attend church more regularly than expected, challenging ideas that rural life and wealthier status imply greater religiosity. Since 1955 attendance has trended downward from 49 percent to 44 percent in 1966, prompting caution in drawing firm conclusions.
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Absent to Overhead in Daily Crossword Clues
Absent is clued as away from a place. Baler is a machine that compacts hay. River bottom means bed. Vulpine means foxlike. Map abbreviation often apx. Rascal is rogue. Cushions can pad or softens. Russian dynasty is tsarist line. Mildew is mold. Pert to sound is sonic. Overhead means above. Female fowl is hen. Divine law Rom is lex sacra. Apportions allocates. Asiatic weight is kilo. More painful is sorer. French is francais. Greek epic poem is Iliad. Island Philippines is Leyte or Luzon. John Quincy or Maude is Adams or a name. Hebrew month is Nisan.
Norman Thomas admits accepting CIA funds for research group
Norman Thomas, longtime Socialist candidate, disclosed to have taken a million dollars from the CIA for the Institute for International Labor Research. He admitted ignorance, stating it was his business to know, but failed to. The funds flowed through the Kaplan fund, with CIA ties noted by investigators.
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Abby and Readers Share Curiosities and CIA Critiques
A Dear Abby column exchange covers Swiss self-importance and etiquette issues including leg brushing at cards and girls calling boys. The text pivots to a critique of CIA funding of international programs and political meddling, referencing Bosch, Viet Nam, and press groups in a political context.
Clash of Beliefs Sparks Bar Brawl in Norwalk
In Norwalk a pair of men dispute rival philosophies leading to a free-for-all in a local bar. An ecumenical meeting intended to foster fellowship provokes clergy to react with sour grapes and ambiguous scripture. If this is Christianity, the writer asks, then thank God for atheism.
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