Healing Takes Root in Mainline Churches Across Denominations
The New York Times reports Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches increasingly adopt faith healing blending prayer, medicine, and counseling. Leaders like Rev. John Parke and Dr. Alfred Price note healing reshapes spiritual care, with 1,500 Episcopal churches offering weekly services. Modern healers, charismatic fervor, and caution about miracles shape the trend amid ties to conventional medicine.
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New York Times
New York
John H. Parke
Rochdale
Mass
Alfred W. Price
Ruth Carter Stapleton
United States
Oral Roberts
Roberts
Tulsa
Okla
William A. Nolen
Katherine Kuhlman
Price
Parke
Agnes Sanford
Emily Gardiner Neal
Edward Schmidt
Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer
Maywood
N.J
Charles M. Fritz
Elizabeth
State Street closed to become nine block mall
Chicago shuts historic State Street to vehicle traffic from Wacker Drive to Congress Parkway for a $17.1 million mall project. Buses and emergency vehicles only will use the nine blocks during construction, with completion targeted for fall 1979 and plans for trees, plazas, cafes, arts spaces, and shops.
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Chicago
State Street
Chicago Transit Authority
Wacker Drive
Congress Parkway
Fred Fisher
Aries
Flea plague hits Chicago neighborhood after dead dogs found
Fleas multiply across a South Side block causing painful bites to residents. Animal control says spraying every few days for a month may be needed after discovering an empty house with three dead dogs and four in severe distress. Local residents describe severe itching and fear, while authorities work with exterminators to curb the infestation.
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Chicago
South Side
Animal Control
Hal Ruther
Hollies Jones
Ruther
Stevenson nominates Harold A. Baker for federal judgeship
U S Sen Adlai Stevenson nominates Champaign attorney Harold A. Baker for the eastern district of Illinois. Baker, 49, teaches part time at the UI Law School and would replace retiring Judge Henry Wise if confirmed. He is an American Trial Lawyers fellow and former Champaign School Board chairman.
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Chicago
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
Harold A. Baker
Illinois
Baker
Champaign
University of Illinois Law School
Carter
Senate
Henry Wise
Champaign School Board
University of Illinois School of Law
Knights of Columbus aid Protestant church in Canton
The Canton local council of the Knights of Columbus donated 1000 to Locust Lane Methodist Church to support a rebuilding program after a fire in April 1977. The funds will be used to repair the basement.
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Canton, Ill
the Knights of Columbus
Locust Lane Methodist Church
Woman dies after 140 foot fall at Illinois state park
Dorothy Johnson, 46, of Schaumburg, was killed when she slipped and fell from a cliff at Mississippi Palisades State Park near Savanna late Friday. Police said she was walking along a path near the highest point when she went over the edge.
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Savanna, Ill
Dorothy Johnson
Schaumburg
Mississippi Palisades State Park
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