Bishop reforms on ordaining women in Episcopal church
Washington AP Bishop William F Creighton said he will not ordain women now but will ordain them after General Convention meets in September 1976. Advocates welcomed the move as progress toward equality though they urge immediate ordination. Three of four women deacons praised the action as moral leadership and urged further steps.
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Alison Palmer
Eleanor Lee McGee
Betty Rosenberg
Elizabeth Wiesner
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Girl now an altar boy at St John’s Church
Jean Gallareng, a 15 year old student at Cardinal Spellman High, helped by priests, sparked a movement of altar girls at St John’s in New York. Despite church law forbidding women in the sanctuary, altar girls now number more than a dozen as they train and participate in Mass with altar boys. Jean’s efforts began after writing to Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Cooke, seeking change.
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Jean Gallareng
St John's Roman Catholic Church
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Bronx
Msgr
John Doherty
St. John’s
St. John's
Westgate crew backs back pay after protest in San Diego
Seventeen Colombian sailors on the freighter Westgate report about $20,000 in back wages after protesting publicly. The crew arrived December 21 from Colombia on a one year contract and say they have not been paid since January. The ship’s officers are said to have received only partial pay. The first mate, second mate, and the ship’s carpenter were fired and escorted to the airport under armed guard.
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Westgate
Colombia
Cecelia Jansen
Commission of the Californias
Atheist woman demands apology from Texas senator
Madalyn Murray O Halr requests apology from State Senator Liflddn Williams D Houston who used coarse language urging a college student to attend church. Williams admits the comment but blames the student for provoking him.
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UPI
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Liflddn Williams
D-Houston
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