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peal and his bond was Set at of tlj. $10,000. Its«nsScMailedTo NASAthiror Petition Cv-nlal MM _ ■ ofend47.in A petition bearing 782 names joirof local residents was mailed s ines Thursday to the astronauts of ru r;°f the flight of Apollo 8. wit Iry The petition endorsed the Ck“- reading of the first 12 verses thre- of Genesis in the Bible and thela- prayer that was offered b theastronauts in flight, ted Accompanying the petition *n- was a letter signed b Deanire House, president of the Can-Civ- yon Chamber of Commerce,' ' waswhich read in part that ‘ the ^rd, City of Canyon fell that fine® . ,iv- the astronauts had been eriti- H‘ge. eized by one person publi ally17; for reading the Bible, %vhile onick their mission to the moon, that orkllo, the vast majority approved ofta- the same,’*ged The letter cone luded that the ged local petition was sigsv d by per- lt 'sons of all religious faiths signifying their approval oi the na- Bible readings,qualed2d-F
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Canyon Sunday News
Canyon, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 02, 1969
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