Word: mems
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey swore in the only new mem ber: Virginia Democrat Harry Flood Byrd Jr., 51, a ringer for his famous father, who resigned in November be cause of ill health, after 32 years in of fice. "Little Harry," as he is called back home in Winchester, where he is editor of the Winchester Star (circ. 13,-000), took his father's old front-row desk for the first day, will eventually move to a back-of-the-chamber spot reserved for new members. On the House side, two new members also took the oath: Ohio...
...time Vatican II convened, there were few obvious threats, few violent complaints among its 560 million mem bers. Yet the church was scarcely facing up to the growing secularization of life, the explosion of science, the bitter claims to social justice in old nations and new. Catholic theology, dominated by a textbook scholasticism, appeared to have stopped in the 13th century. Except by a few pio neer ecumenists, Protestants were unhesitatingly regarded as heretics. When not openly despised as the devil's realm, the modern world was at least suspect...
...spring with the relocation of certain utilities. Actual construction of an underpass under Cambridge St. (in front of Memorial Hall) will start next fall and will probably be completed by the summer of 1967. According to the proposal, the City will close off a section of Kirkland St. (behind Mem Hall), thus allowing the University to build over part of the andoned roadway...
...Center, coming within 15 or 20 ft. of the center's back stairs This road, carrying east to west traffic then curves in front of Gannett House and connects with Mass Ave. The other road, with west to east traffic, comes up from Harvard Square and veers sharply towards Mem Hall and then connects with Broadway...
With a huge affiliation of more than 200 churches with 350 million mem bers, the World Council is not greatly concerned that it will lose its adherents or its thrust to Mclntire's group, and is simply ignoring the hecklers. Nevertheless, officials could scarcely be delighted with the fact that Mclntire's group returned home last week to continue their zealous campaign against "this unholy alliance...