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...happen. The reaction was immediate. Within seven days 5,000 listeners had written KQW. Said one: "My hope and prayer is that God will have mercy on [Scott] and [KQW] for your disbelief." Said another: "This is unconstitutional and should be discontinued." Members of the Southern Baptist Church of Modesto, Calif, voted a protest. Yet 24% of the letter writers, while mostly disagreeing with Scott's irreligion, commended the station for letting him speak his mind. A Congregational minister expressed their views: "It is good for any institution to be under healthful criticism, including the church. It is good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Time for Atheism | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

...Army's Hammond General Hospital in Modesto, Calif., where ulcer cases are common, he has tried out his ideas on 31 patients who were making no progress on conservative ulcer diets. He gave them additional eggs, olive oil, fresh greens, peanut butter, pills of hog stomach and grass-enough to bring daily diets up to a whopping 4,200 calories. The results, as announced in last week's Military Surgeon: pains of 25 patients stopped in about a week; 17 patients gained an average ten pounds; 22 of the patients recovered completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: U is for Ulcers | 1/1/1945 | See Source »

ROBERT B. WILCOX Modesto Junior College Modesto, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 7, 1941 | 4/7/1941 | See Source »

...EDWARDS Modesto, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 13, 1941 | 1/13/1941 | See Source »

...conceded area had been explored extensively by big British and U. S. firms long ago, and though it was only 60 miles from the rich Poza Rico fields, had been rejected as not worth bothering about. Furthermore, it was reported that the lease was signed by Modesto C. Rolland, who is sub-secretary of the Ministry of Economy, who was president and is still thought to be an officer of Mexicana Veracruzana. But the shocker was that Cia. Mexicana Veracruzana was found to be controlled by La Laguna Co., which is owned by Pacific Petroleum Co., which is owned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Oil for the Bombs of China | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

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