Word: councill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Answer me!" But Obo-do was dragged off to jail and additionally charged with the murder of his wife. Last week, like any common criminal, Chief Obodo and four accomplices were hanged in Enugu prison after their appeal from the guilty verdict had been denied by the Privy Council of Eastern Nigeria. At least, that is what the villagers of Abakaliki have been told. None of them are prepared to believe that the majestic, awe-inspiring Chief Obodo is "properly dead" until his body is brought home from Enugu and they can test the evidence of touch and sight...
...rain of protest has drummed against the National Council of Churches ever since its Fifth World Order Study Conference in Cleveland advocated recognition of Red China and admission to the U.N. (TIME, Dec. 1) In Hartford, Conn, last week, before a meeting of the policymaking General Board, National Council President Dr. Edwin T. (for Theodore) Dahlberg stiffly rose to answer the critics. Actually he sidestepped them by defending the church's right to take a stand on international issues, rather than specifically commenting on the China stand. Said he: "The church must in a sense function as the conscience...
...General Board's 150 delegates were not ready to apply the "reconciling realities" to Red China in a political sense. They approved a stern official denial that the council had ever been, or intended to be, "soft toward Communism," voted unanimously to "receive" the Cleveland meeting's Red China recommendation. This means neither approval nor disapproval, but simply further study...
Praising the Student Council for its efforts last year to help Harvard and Radcliffe extra-curricular organizations merge, Leighton commented, "I am always in favor of joint educational activities...
...announcing the proposal for a new Zoning Code last November, the Planning Board stated its intention to seek amendments to the state Enabling laws "so that colleges and universities would not be exempt from those contols which the City Council has from time to time felt desirable for the proper development of the City...