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PALM SUNDAY SPECIAL (NBC, 11 a.m.-noon). Roman Catholic Mass telecast live from St. John the Evangelist Church m Deer Park, Ohio...
Died Dr. Charles E. Fuller, 80, Baptist minister turned radio evangelist whose sermons reached 10 million weekly in the 1940s; of heart disease; in Pasadena, Calif. "If you are not in Jesus Christ, you are a child ot Sa-tan!" cried Fuller on his Old-Fashioned Revival Hour, and at the peak of his career the message was beamed out every Sunday on 900 stations across the U.S. Though his popularity faded in recent years, he could still be heard on some 500 stations, many of which will continue to broadcast his sermons on tape...
Thou Shalt Not. Caldwell also notes that sermons in backwoods churches still concentrate heavily on sins of the flesh-to the point that the message sometimes seems to be more "How to do it" than "Thou shalt not." An evangelist in North Carolina told Caldwell that before his "conversion" he had been a chronic womanizer; past wrongdoings were now an asset, he added, since in his sermons "I always start off talking about the sins I know about firsthand, because people want to know if their sins are about the same or different than mine." Caldwell also notes that many...
...soul" flavor of Aretha's performances comes from the influence of her father, the Rev. Clarence L. Franklin, a preacher and singer who has recorded more than 40 albums. She served her apprenticeship with him by traveling as a featured performer in his evangelist shows. When she developed a habit of rushing through her lyrics, he advised her: "Take your time; say what you want...
...Comedian Garry Moore, 52, recuperating in Bermuda's King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after a "very mild heart attack" Evangelist Billy Graham, 49, recovering at West Virginia's Greenbrier hotel from a moderate case of virus pneumonia; New Jersey's Democratic Governor Richard J. Hughes, 58, resting at Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania Medical Center after surgical removal of a cataract in his left eye; Comedian Bert Lahr, 72, rallying at Manhattan's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center from severe pneumonia that put him in a coma; Communications Theorist Marshall McLuhan, 56, also convalescing at Columbia...