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Rolling his rs, the Rev. Peter Marshall, Scottish-born chaplain of the U.S. Senate, thus prayed one day last winter over the bowed heads of his legislative flock. That day the Senate was hemming & hawing over the European Recovery Program; husky, sandy-haired Dr. Marshall liked to make his prayers timely...
...Cries. Hours before the wedding, Romans by the thousands began to flock to the church. Unable to enter, they formed a solid, screaming mass from the Colosseum to Piazza Venezia. Invited guests had to push their way through sweating hordes, and became rumpled, bruised and angry. U.S. Ambassador James Clement Dunn nearly lost his coat. One man's finger was broken. Several women fainted...
...Neighbor's Plow. But the majority of Father Molnar's flock object to his dual faith. They are strongly in favor of Mindszenty. Father Molnar barely managed to prevent a violent clash between Mikofalva's Communists and the pro-Mindszen-ty villagers. "A spark could have set off the flame," he said. He did not dare preach against Mindszenty. Privately, however, he referred to the cardinal as an anti-democrat. To Father Molnar it seemed that the cardinal simply had not been reasonable. "He knew he would be arrested sooner or later. He could have escaped...
...Pages of History. Father Molnar refers to his flock as mentally retarded and reactionary. "Hungarians," he said, "are always against something. Mindszenty was working on this theory to incite the people against the new democracy. He is a good and stubborn soldier. But he is a bad diplomat who does not know his history. How could he solve the world's ills by turning back the pages of history...
...morning last week a C82 lifted from a runway at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., carrying a load of paratroopers for a practice jump. A flock of starlings, startled from the trees, swept across its nose. They were drawn in by the thrashing propellers. The carburetor air intakes of both engines suddenly became choked with dead birds, the engines faltered. Pilot Robert Kilpatrick shouted to a crewman to push the jump bell...