Word: janning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this movement afoot in the Christian society to abolish the expensive, massive and majestic cathedrals [Jan. 12]. In this day and age of constant stimuli, of incessant noise and overpopulation with pressing, vulgar crowds it is indeed unfortunate. Heretofore they represented one of the few remaining places where a man could go to think quietly, in relative safety-and be alone...
...California, the ABC foundation tax plan [Jan. 5] has been scrutinized by the attorney general's office. All that remains to be determined is whether the 100 or so California residents involved in ABC are victims or active participants...
...Mortimer J. Adler simply does not gain from historical experience. In his arguments against the possibility of an intelligent mechanism created by man [Jan. 12], he reminds one of those critics of past eras who loudly proclaimed the earth to be flat, or that man will never fly, or that space exploration will forever be flights of imagination and no more. Perhaps there is an ingredient missing in today's computer that prevents it from achieving intelligence. Remember: a glider is just a glider until one adds an engine. When Mr. Adler goes on to enumerate the qualities...
...cover drawing of President Johnson [Jan. 5] is in poor taste and reflects great disrespect upon the highest office in our land. I spent three years as a prisoner of war, held by the Chinese Communists in North Korea, and know from personal experience how much they will enjoy such a drawing; it is the same type as that used in all their publications...
...Just to set the record straight regarding Reader Smith Freeman's letter [Jan. 12] it was my dad, the late James W. ("Jim") Curran, founder, publisher and editor of the Star, who put up and backed a $100 offer for 25 years (1925-50) to anyone who could establish "to the satisfaction of the editor" that a wolf had attacked a human being. The offer was limited to the Algoma District because "it would not be convenient for us to travel outside the confines of this large district...