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...Coptic Christians of Egypt, who believe themselves to be the world's oldest Christian sect, celebrated the election of a new pope last week. The man who will also be looked to for guidance by Coptic leaders in Ethiopia, the Sudan and Libya was chosen, according to ancient custom, by lot. In Cairo's Cathedral of St. Mark, a seven-year-old boy approached an envelope lying on the altar. Amid prayers, he opened the envelope and drew from it one of three slips, each bearing the name of a candidate for the office of "Most Holy Father...
...best parliamentarian the legislature ever had," says Democrat John Powers, now president of the state senate. In 1942, at the urging of Massachusetts Republicans who wanted to unseat an isolationist G.O.P. Congressman, Herter agreed to run for Congress, scraped by with some help from that old Massachusetts political custom, a gerrymander of his district...
...Price, 6-Cylindef: Chevrolet Biscayne, 22.3788 m.p.g.; Chevrolet Biscayne, 21.9439 m.p.g.; Ford Custom 300, 20.3288 m.p.g...
...Price, 8-Cylinder: Plymouth Belvedere, 21.1544 m-p-g-; Plymouth Belvedere, 20.9880 m.p.g.; Ford Custom 300, 19.6698 m.p.g...
High-Price: Cadillac 62, 19.0352 m.p.g.; Chrysler Imperial Custom,18.2027 m.p.g.; Lincoln, 17.2739 m.p.g...