Word: bishops
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After 68 nominations and nine ballots, the 1,045 convention delegates elected as the ELCA's first national leader Bishop Herbert W. Chilstrom, 55, who heads the Minnesota district of the Lutheran Church in America, one of the merging denominations; his wife Corinne is a pastor in another, the American Lutheran Church. Chilstrom, who underwent cancer surgery in 1985, says that he intends "to spend a lot of time moving around the country to promote a sense of oneness...
...Federal Government will not shoulder the burden alone: INS has turned for help to such groups as the Presiding Bishop's Fund, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, World Relief and the U.S. Catholic Conference. More than 250 organizations have been approved; they are expected to advise and assist 2 million aliens at more than 500 sites around the country. In Brooklyn, N.Y., all 221 Catholic churches have been enlisted. The parishes are handing out kits containing instructions on legalization, an application form and sample letters to landlords, employers, utilities and schools that can be used to verify U.S. residence...
...another run in the top of the second as freshman Mario Ferrante brought in first baseman Joseph Roberts with a sacrifice fly. But the Crimson mounted a comeback, tagging Terrier starting pitcher Doug Bishop for two runs in the bottom of the second...
Captain Mike Pakalnis delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the same inning, but Gary Pisa--who had come on in relief of starter Bishop in the sixth inning--slammed the door on the Crimson by striking out four of the last nine Crimson batters while surrendering only a single...
Once upon a time, when television was young, there was a network known as DuMont. It was the home of Jackie Gleason and Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, and it broadcast the famous Army-McCarthy hearings in their entirety in 1954. But in 1955 it went out of business, and ever since, TV visionaries have dreamed of creating another commercial network to challenge the Big Three. A few half- hearted attempts have been made, but none have succeeded...