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Died. The Rev. Bernard Braskamp, 79, chaplain of the House of Representatives since 1950, who invariably described his duties thus: "At the start of each day's session, I look out over the House and then I pray for the country"; of a stroke; in Washington...
...Father DuBay is the angry young curate who gained a measure of national notoriety in 1964 by publicly demanding that the Pope remove Los Angeles' James Francis Cardinal McIntyre from office, charging McIntyre with failure to support civil rights for Negroes. After that, Du Bay fetched up as chaplain to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, a job that gave him plenty of time to brood about the inequities of the priestly life. His ten-point program of grievances that need to be corrected includes an end to arbitrary transfers, a tenure policy that would give priests...
...married to Yale University Chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr. The other children are Paul, 31, advertising manager for the RCA Victor Red Seal records; Alina, 21, a French literature major at New York University; and John, 19, a drama major at U.C.L.A...
While most of the troops in Viet Nam may be indifferent to churchgoing, they nonetheless have a high respect for the churchmen who share the dangers of War with a quiet heroism that wins affection and awe rather than medals. One such chaplain is Lutheran Hugh Lecky, 34, a "helipadre" who last summer rode a chopper to Ba Gia, a remote outpost that was under Viet Cong attack. With a chaplain's kit on his left hip and a medical corpsman's bag on his right, Lecky ministered to a dying helicopter pilot, then turned to helping others...
...Yale Chaplain William Slone Coffin mixed moral persuasion, debating tactics and humor last night when he lambasted the United States Policy in Vietnam...