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Last week in Philadelphia, about 13,000 "litniks," as liturgical reformers are sometimes called, gathered for the 24th annual North American Liturgical Week. There they honored Minnesota's Benedictine Father Godfrey Diekmann, 55, a pioneer promoter of liturgical reform during his 25 years as editor of the monthly journal Worship. The most compelling problem confronting the conferees was one that indicated the growing importance of liturgical reform in the Roman Catholic Church: how to educate parishes to the changes in worship that are certain to be ordered by the council...
...GODFREY HAMMOND Scarsdale...
...Already awarded the Order of the British Empire for his sheep-shearing skill (he set a world record of 456 sheep in nine hours), burly Godfrey Bowen, 41, chief instructor of New Zealand's Wool Board, returned home with a Soviet labor medal after a 10,000-mile shearing trip through Russia. His report made uneasy listening for wool-centered New Zealand. Bowen was impressed by Russian sheep "as big as donkeys," predicted that the Soviet Union-whose flock of 150 million sheep is increasing 8% a year-in five years will no longer need to import wool...
...Arthur Godfrey key noted the annual Emmy awards ceremonies last week by explaining that "this is when you find out that the shows you turned off all winter were the best TV had to offer." Among the winners: > "Program of the Year": NBC's The Tunnel...
...whole generation has grown up since William Powell was a matinee idol noted for his sophisticated suavity in The Thin Man, The Great Ziegfeld and My Man Godfrey. Many of today's moviegoers scarcely know him. But less surprising than his fading reputation is the actor's actual survival. Last week in Palm Springs, Calif., Powell observed the 25th anniversary of his operation for cancer of the rectum. And with the same smooth ease that made him a hit on the screen, Powell spoke frankly of an illness and a treatment that most patients and their relatives find...