Word: clergymen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been when the war began-roughly 2,000,000 were women. Small wonder that the fear of sexual attack raced through the city like a plague. Nazi propaganda had long painted Soviet troops as slant-eyed Mongols who butchered women and children on sight, raped nuns and burned clergymen to death with flamethrowers. As a result, doctors were besieged by patients seeking information about the quickest way to commit suicide, and poison was in great demand...
Grapes of Wrath. Alinsky works through his Industrial Areas Foundation, a nonprofit organization from which he pays himself $20,000 a year. When he is invited into a community, usually by Protestant and Catholic clergymen, Alinsky immediately declares war on the local powers that be, including the existing anti-poverty program. Opinions differ on his accomplishments...
...Clergymen from the Boston area who say they are "troubled, concerned, and confused" about the war in Vietnam have formed an ad hoc committee to provide background information to clergymen on the war in Vietnam. The committee hopes to serve as a stimulus for action to help...
Fray hopes his committee, which includes Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant clergymen, will act as a "catalytic agent" for local groups to organize discussions about the war. Members of the committee recently helped organize such a debate in Newton, sponsored by the town's mayor. The superintendent of Newton schools mediated the discussion before an audience...
Mumma said he hopes the concern shown by the clergymen will "spill over into the community, and alert all citizens to the facts and responsibilities concerning our involvement in the Vietnam...