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Necessary Evil. Last September, Father Llorente heard that the Eskimos of Alaska's 24th District were planning to write in his name as Democratic candidate for the state legislature. Promptly he asked his bishop, the Most Rev. Francis D. Gleeson, S.J., who told him it was all right to take the job provided that he did nothing to get himself elected. The final count: 210 for Father Llorente, 93 and 91 for his two opponents. At this point, Bishop Gleeson began to have second thoughts-especially in a year when Protestant-Catholic tensions had become an election issue...
Last week the smiling Eskimos of the 24th District heard good news over the short wave: Bishop Gleeson had changed his mind; Father Llorente could serve. Explained the bishop: "In this particular district, for a priest to act as a legislator can be of real benefit to the people, but in general I would call it something along the lines of a necessary evil." Said Llorente: "It's a great testimony to the strength of American culture when a Spaniard who is a Catholic priest is elected to the legislature by Eskimos...
...sorry, Eugenie. It's the 24th. There's a new Bergman movie coming to the Roxy, and I thought maybe we could go there...
...congregation surged into the street shouting, "Cuba, yes! Russia, no!", a variation on the Castro cry of "Cuba, yes! Yanqui, no!'' For 30 minutes the churchgoers battled pro-Castro hecklers. Next day another street fight erupted after a Mass in suburban Miramar to mark the 24th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Castro wearily hauled himself before the TV cameras to blame "fascist and Falangist" priests for both demonstrations...
...April 9 Masters Golf Tournament (CBS, 5-6 p.m.). The 24th running of the big payoff to the winter golf tour...