Flip defends Rev. Leroy character on TV
TV comedian Flip Wilson says he will not change or drop his Rev. Leroy persona despite criticism from a Tennessee Baptist group. He argues the character delivers love and truth and differentiates humor from degradation amid religious and cultural debates. Hard water linked to heart disease, says London nutrition expert.
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RNS
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Leroy
Jim Robinson
The
Chicago Tribune
Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention
Tennessee
National Baptist Convention, U.S.A. Inc
Rev
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U.S
White House
Wilson
Amos Jones
Westwood Baptist Church
Nashville
Tennessee Convention
London
Stuard Truswell
Britain
Cathol ic rite lesser evil in family conflict
Dear Ann Landers answers address family and wedding conflicts. A Florida couple decline attending a Catholic wedding but are urged to accept their daughter's marriage for harmony. Other readers seek guidance on separation and pregnancy related choices with pragmatic, nonjudgmental advice. Ann also promotes her dating booklet with order details.
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ST. Petersburg
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S.P
Ann Lander
Ann Landers
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Elgin
Ill
State ethics project to study value of life across Texas
The Texas Conference of Churches unveiled a major statewide project approved by its board to boost life value awareness and ethical issues in medicine and biogenetics. A 21 member committee will lead work across at least 80 Texas communities, with $33,000 funding over three years to cover half administrative costs.
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Texas Conference of Churches
TCC
Special Value of Life
Holloway Hosts Fidelis Class Christmas Meeting
West Park Baptist Church Fidelis Sunday school class met at Mrs. H L Holloway home for a business meeting and Christmas party presiding was class president Mrs Laverne Bratton. Officers elected for 1975 included Bratton Saras Evans Porter McAnally and Call with Holloway teacher.
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Fidelis
H.L. Holloway
Laverne Bratton
L.B. Coleman
Pete Saras
W.B. Evans
Ted Porter
Bertha McAnally
Ruby Call
Tessie McAnnaly
Evans
Grace Cowden
Findlay Grahams
Beirut
Lebanon
Mmes. Holloway
Cowden
Mmes
Saras, Cowden
Bertha Cox
Bratton
Holloway
Coleman
Gifts to Christ and the Wise Men’s gifts
A devotional reflection on the Nativity story urges readers to gift Christ on Christmas Day. It explains gold as royalty, frankincense as divinity, and myrrh as suffering, then calls the faithful to offer their best selves, time and talents, as the true tribute from believers.
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Bethlehem
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Jesus
God
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Father
Catholic Diocese of El Paso Announces Nine New Programs
Bishop Sidney M. Metzger unveils nine programs for the Catholic Diocese of El Paso emphasizing family central to church life. Programs focus on Christian community, education, worship, youth, and outreach to both families and individuals living alone across eighteen counties in southern New Mexico and west Texas. The measures follow Congress 73-74 that began in December 1972 and gathered input from laity, clergy, and religious across the diocese.
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Sidney M. Metzger
Metzger
New Mexico
West Texas
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Seeds From The Sower The Bible Book Beyond All Books
The Bible is described as divine in authorship and human in penmanship, caused by God to write exactly what He wanted. It is the oldest, longest book in common use with perennial freshness and wide distribution. It diagnoses sin and prescribes Christ as cure, offering sobriety and purity to the sorrowful.
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Niagara
Adult English classes begin January 7 at three locations
Odessa College reports adult education courses to teach reading writing and speaking English at Pecos Toyah and Saragosa. Classes run 7 to 9 p m on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Pecos at Zavala Junior High and Toyah and Saragosa at their local schools. Registration for January 7 is available through C W Wright at the school business office.
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Saragosa
Zavala
Toyah and Saragosa
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