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Austrian industrialist Wolfgang Wick resigned his nomination to the presidency of Rotary International yesterday, a week after revelation of his past membership in the Nazi party...
Most Russian school children wear red scarves to signify their membership in the Young Pioneers, a group which is the first step on the road to becoming a Party member. "All Russian kids were Pioneers," he recalls. "It was a disgrace to have your scarf taken away when you misbehaved." Schecter, who was unable to wear the symbolic scarlet scarf as an American, said that this did not alienate him from his friends...
...Kosygin speech meant "a more-of-the-same approach, on a more realistic basis." There were a few changes in the Politburo-Agriculture Minister Dmitry Polyonsky was made a scapegoat for the dismal harvests, and was dropped from the ruling body, while two candidate members were promoted to full membership. But the aging Soviet leadership remains basically unchanged and will probably continue pursuing essentially the same policies...
...number of practitioners-healing counselors who are the closest thing to clergy in Christian Science-is less than half what it was 20 years ago, 500 churches and societies have disbanded since 1972, and 500 of the 3,000 that remain are on the brink of closing. Worldwide membership, he reported, is about 195,000, substantially less than previous outside estimates...
...insisted that others "verge on conscious dishonesty." They said their annual incomes were "far less" than Kerry's $100,000 estimate, but granted that financial reserves had been "seriously depleted" in order to build the Boston church center. Last week a spokesman added that the Kerry figures on membership and failing churches were distorted. Apparently undeterred, Kerry wants his fellow Scientists to demand a special investigation and insist on "an honest and thorough account" of church conditions at the annual June meeting in Boston...