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Dictator Francisco Franco, who suspects (with some reason) that the liberty-loving and liberty-taking habits of the G.I.s might prove contagious, wants as little fraternizing as possible between Americans and Spaniards. Spain's Catholic bishops, fearing that the U.S. servicemen (the present contingent is roughly 65% non-Catholic...
Catholic Canons. Stadta's covenant forbids U.S. servicemen or women to enter into "mixed marriages" (between Catholics and non-Catholics) with Spanish nationals, unless the Spanish church approves. No one could quarrel with the notion that the Spanish government, or its state church, has the right to control the...
Kissner, chief of the U.S. military mission, Stadta agreed that American men and women serving in Spain would also be forbidden to contract "mixed marriages" among themselves, unless the church agreed. Stadta's intention was that approval should be sought from the Roman Catholic Military Vicar of the U.S...
Only 20 months ago, the Securities & Exchange Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission signed a solemn covenant to put an end to the wild-eyed promotion of worthless Canadian mining stocks in the U.S. Under the agreement, Ontario said it would force its stockbrokers to abide by SEC laws when...
¶ The National Council of Churches of Christ reported that the collection plates of 47 member churches yielded $1.5 billion in 1953-54, an increase of $136 million over 1952-53. The most generous givers were Seventh-day Adventists, with an average yearly contribution of $173.35 apiece. The next five...