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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Without Prejudice. In Chippewa Falls, Wis., learning that her son John had been placed on a jury list. Mrs. Richard Risler informed the county jury commission that John was six weeks old.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 27, 1959 | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

While poking around the Animas Valley, Health Service scientists came across a second, even more alarming danger. Vegetables grown by irrigation contained not only 'radium (from the water), but also surprising amounts of strontium 90, which could have come only from nuclear-test fallout. Peas ranged as high as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Valley of Strontium 90 | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

Testimony, Not Test. The statement (see box) will be a testimony, not a test, of faith. Chiefly responsible for its text: Commission Chairman Dr. Elmer J. F. Arndt, professor of historical theology and Christian ethics at E. & R. Eden Theological Seminary in Webster Groves, Mo. Said Arndt: "We wanted a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Uniting Church | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

If the administrative road of union was rocky, the spiritual road was smooth and broad. The Commission to Prepare a Statement of Faith presented a 231-word document to the delegates, who passed it unanimously. Immediately after the vote, the delegates jumped to their feet-some laughing, many weeping-and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Uniting Church | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

Stocky (5 ft. 8 in., 200 Ibs.), well-tailored Birrell has not been seen in the U.S. since November 1957, when he failed to answer a warrant for his arrest in a Securities and Exchange Commission case involving Swan-Finch. Since then he reportedly has been in Havana and other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: Infallible Strategist? | 7/20/1959 | See Source »

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