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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1957
Page
5
President Eisenhower issues the annual Thanksgiving Day proclamation calling on Americans to offer prayers of gratitude for manifold blessings. He urges reverence for Pilgrim origins, reliance on God for vision and strength, and a spirit of compassion for the less fortunate as the nation observes the fourth Thursday in November 1957.
The American Bible Society marked distributing 500,000,001 volumes since 1816 in White House ceremonies. Rev. Dr. James Z. Netting, secretary for encouragement of Bible use, presented the 500,000,001st volume to President Eisenhower as a symbol for the second half billion. The society operates in over 60 countries and translates Scriptures into nearly 260 languages.
The piece critiques widespread tranquilizer use, noting millions prescribed and easy sharing of pills. It cites Dr Porteus on impaired intellect despite social ease, then argues true peace comes from faith and prayer, not drugs, urging reliance on God and self-control over anxieties.
Attica New York veteran Rabbi Harris Brevis, blind for 30 years, describes his "creative listening" method with inmates, noting about 20 percent respond. He has served as chaplain at Attica for 22 years, working with both Jewish and non Jewish prisoners. Rev Bruce Hunt, missionary veteran from Korea, will speak at First Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Antonio on Sunday. Hunt began missions in 1928, served in Manchuria, and was imprisoned by Japan in 1941.
Three million pounds of processed cheese from Wisconsin will be shipped by Lutheran World Relief for use in Yugoslavia’s school feeding program. The U S Government donated surplus cheese will aboard the freighter Stin Ingrid, Norwegian owned and operated by U S Navigation Co. A dedication ceremony will mark loading. The ship sails for Rijeka via the St. Lawrence River to deliver cheese to about 1200 distribution points for 2,000,000 Yugoslav schoolchildren in 14,000 schools.
Santa Ana reports Stella Mann author lecturer and re-prayer will speak at the Ebell Auditorium. She will cite stories from her book Report on Answered Prayer and discuss How to Use Jar the Power of Your Ward. Mann has written for Unity publications and Santa Ana Church of Religious journals for fifteen years.
The Church of the Brethren at 3590 Magnos Loren Nowman ministers a Youth Fellowship event described in the notice. Details are sparse but indicate a scheduled gathering tomorrow under the church's faith program led by Minister Nowman.
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