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...harsh note sounded from the old Raj when Britain's new Archbishop of York, Dr. Arthur M. Ramsey (TIME, Jan. 16), wrote in Durham's diocesan magazine that Billy Graham "taught the grossest doctrines and flung his formula, 'the Bible says,' over teaching which is emphatically not that of the Bible." Said Billy: "I have the highest personal regard for the archbishop...
...Right Rev. Arthur Michael Ramsey, Lord Bishop of Durham, was not an unexpected choice. His rise from curate of a Liverpool parish church in 1928 to bishop in 1952 was considered a rapid one; at 51 he is reputed to be one of the church's best public speakers, is known as a scholarly High-churchman with several books on theology to his credit. A Cambridge man, and son of a Cambridge don (a Congregationalist preacher whom he eventually confirmed in the Church of England), Ramsey has long been an outspoken opponent of divorce, was once looked upon...
...Durham, England...
Died. Sam Byrd, 47, actor, producer and novelist, who set a Broadway record with 1,151 consecutive performances (1933-36) as Dude Lester in Tobacco Road, during which time he bounced 18 squash balls to shreds against Jeeter Lester's poor-white shack; of leukemia; in Durham...
Married. Oscar Ross Ewing, 66, Federal Security administrator (1947-52) who helped lead President Truman's unsuccessful fight for a compulsory national health insurance bill; and Mrs. Mary Whiting Thomas, 49; in Durham...