Unity Move By British Protestants
London AP reports two British Protestant groups the Congregationalists and the Presbyterian Church of England voted in May to union by 1970 forming the United Church expected to total about 300000 members with 1500 ministers and 2000 churches across England and Wales. The Congregationalists reserve final decisions on church government for later while delegates prepare an outline due next year for study before final acceptance in 1970 with ratification a year after.
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London
Britain
Congregationalists
Presbyterian Church of England
New United Church
England
Wales
Sunday School Lesson On Religious Freedom And Prayer
Clarence W Cranford recalls how Christians protested the Vietnam War by praying at Arlington Cemetery after denial of permission. The piece traces civil disobedience through Daniel in exile, arguing that government cannot infringe conscience or worship. It extols the First Amendment freedom of religion and laments abuses by church and state.
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Clarence W. Cranford
Washington, D.C
Arlington Cemetery
Roger Williams
Massachusetts
England
Providence
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Daniel
Jerusalem
Russia
U. S
Schism Rumors Hit Czech Leadership Amid Soviet Pressure
Prague reports mounting concern over a split in Czech leadership as talks with the Soviet Politburo loom. The party presidium removed Lt. Gen. Vaclav Prchlik from a key post and abolished his department, signaling efforts to appease Moscow amid a widening propaganda battle and fears of yielding to foreign pressure.
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Prague
Communist Party
Vaclav Prchlik
Party
Prchlik
Kremlin
Pravda
Prohlik
Alexander Dubcek
Literarni Listy
Prehlik
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Antonin Novotny
Novotny
Dubcek
Soviet Union
Josef Pavel
Cesimir Cisar
States suffer highest Vietnam War deaths per draft figures
An AP tabulation based on official combat deaths and draft data shows New Hampshire Hawaii and Massachusetts posting the highest proportions of fatalities among states for the period Jan 1 1961 to May 30 1968. New Hampshire 99 dead among 7 68 million drafted or enlisted. Hawaii 127 dead among 12 893 drafted or enlisted. Massachusetts 586 dead among 61 668 put in uniform.
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Washington
New Hampshire
Hawaii
Massachusetts
Associated Press
BAC
Rockefeller Plans Global Peace Drive and Talks with China
Rockefeller says as president he would push an international new world order based on East West cooperation. He would open dialogue with Red China to improve accommodation with that country and the Soviet Union to end the arms race and prevent small wars from growing into large ones. He notes the modern age requires peace despite Communist hostility and broken commitments. Sen Eugene McCarthy signals he will drop hopes of meeting North Vietnamese diplomats.
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Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Red China
Soviet Union
Rockefeller
Middle East
Eugene J. McCarthy
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