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said Frank Sinatra. “He was the and his records providing usExcomm unica ted,Fired, Janitor SaysSAPF LAKE CITY (AP) - A forihef Mormon missionary who puhlkty criticized his church’s dental: of priesthood to blacks says-:-lie has been ex-comrtmnicated and fired from his job as chapel janitor.Byfon Marchant, 35, Salt Lake'City, cast the first vote in modern history against a Mormon leader at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (Mormon) conference earlier this month.Marchant, a church elder, had been called to a church court three days before the conference after he called for a demonstration against the church’s policy.Marchant said he was excommunicated — the most severe penalty imposed by the church — in a closed-door trial which lasted until 4 a.m. Friday. He said he was informed of the verdict and the termination of his job as ward (parish) custodian later in the day by Stake (diocese) President Narvel Scherzinger.President Scherzinger declined to discuss the matter. Jerry Cahill of the church’s public information office saidhis office had not been informed of any excommunication and normally would not be. He said each stake has the right to excommunicate its own members without consulting church General Authorities.Marchant said he was excommunicated because of “open opposition” to church authority. “My behavior was embarrassing to the church.”Marchant was a church missionary in France for two years in the 1960s. He comes from a Mormon family of 15 children.Several years ago, Marchant was scoutmaster of a troop which included two black non-Mormon scouts on whose behalf the NAACP brought a suit involving the church’s priesthood denial.The suit challenged a policy which made it impossible for blacks to hold scout leadership positions by linking them to priesthood office. The case was dismissed after the church changed its position.Marchant said he would appeal the action to governing bodies of the church.Hope, who was : give a benefit per Morristown, N.J., date and flew he Angeles.“1 just can’t tonight,” he said blt; New York. “It’s me.”Hope and Crosby agreed to make a mlt; Road to the Fountai — with the co-star “Road” films, Lamour.Comedian Gee declared: “What lt;about Crosby? F original. He made of singing. He will the world and hi:%
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Los Alamos Monitor
Los Alamos, New Mexico, US
Sun, Oct 16, 1977
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