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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1978
Page
6
The Shrine founded in 1872 with 13 members grew to 55 455 members in 82 temples across the US and Canada. By 1921 it approved Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, creating a vast charitable hospital network.
The piece describes Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, opened starting 1922 in Shreveport with later Burns Institutes in Galveston and Mexico City, and expansion through the 1960s. It notes funding from an endowment and temples, 940000 members, 21 hospitals serving over 200000 kids, and efforts to transport patients and provide cheerful care.
Vice President Mondale in Brooklyn for Norway Independence Day events quipped he represents more Norwegians than the U S ambassador. He noted Minnesota has a large population of Norwegian descendants as part of a weekend tour for Democratic candidates in Minnesota Illinois New Jersey and New York.
Bishop Abel Muzorewa, leader of a black nationalist faction in Rhodesia, claims 105 tribespeople died on a farm compound in a May 14 clash with security forces. The military cites 52 dead and Muzorewa says he spoke with wounded survivors near Fort Victoria.
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