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...resolution by the United Methodist Church calls on Texaco to discontinue all its Angolan operations that pay concessions to the Portuguese government...
...oaken booths against rough panelled walls, plants slung from the ceiling and sauerkraut served while-u-wait. She is working eight hours a day in a starched white uniform and a red-checkered apron, and she lives above the restaurant with the manager. He is 45 and divorced, a Methodist believer who neither drinks or smokes. He is balding with a budding paunch, he likes the movies, reads little, and drives a shark blue Dodge Dart. She cleans his place and cooks for him after work when they tire of Purple Pickle fare, and she rarely leaves the building...
...courtroom observers, the field check becomes critical. A network of 50 defense sympathizers is now investigating every member of the jury panel. One woman, who has already been tripped up, gave open-minded answers in court that contradicted computer predictions. A tip revealed that far from being the regular Methodist churchgoer she claimed to be, she had actually quit her church after an unsuccessful fight to oust a minister she considered too liberal. She was dismissed for cause by Judge Fred Nichol because of her lack of candor...
...United Methodist Church-one of the mainstream churches that worked most energetically in Key 73-is a case in point. Not only are Methodists once again enthusiastic about evangelism, but they now view it as a joint effort of all Christians, says the Rev. Ira Gallaway, head of evangelism for the denomination. This week, in fact, United Methodists will meet with two conservative Wesleyan denominations and three black Methodist churches in a congress on evangelism in Dallas...
...Harvard fencing squad opens its season today against Southeastern Methodist University, a team which the fencers always used to be sure to beat...