Word: mormon
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EZRA TAFT BENSON, 53, farm marketing specialist, one of the twelve apostles of the Mormon Church...
Family & Early Years: His great-grandfather, Ezra Taft Benson, was a Mormon apostle. His father, George Taft Benson, was a farmer at Whitney (southern) Idaho, where Ezra was born. As the middle name indicates, he is a remote relative of Ohio's Senator Robert A. Taft. Said Benson: "We have a common ancestral progenitor about six generations back. My great-great-grandmother was a Taft." Benson attended Oneida Stake Academy (Mormon) at Preston, Idaho and the Utah State Agricultural College, got his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1926, a master of science degree in agricultural...
...church in the late '30s, headed the Washington, D.C. stake in 1940-43. In 1943, he became one of the twelve apostles and since then has devoted almost all his time to church duties. In 1946, he went to Europe for nearly a year as head of the Mormon European Mission...
Personality: A big (6 ft., 220 Ibs.) farmerlike man, with huge hands, an open, oval, red face and a direct, purposeful manner, he lives in moderate circumstances on a "cost-of-living" allowance for his work as a Mormon apostle. He is married, has two sons (the elder, Reed A., is a Mormon chaplain with the Air Force) and four daughters. After his appointment was announced, Ezra Benson said: "While I had never met General Eisenhower until today, I have great confidence in his ability and his power of leadership. Therefore, obedient to the call and consistent with the principles...
Whether or not she had snubbed Gerry, the Queen was neither ill nor standoffish two days later when some 7,000 guests swarmed over Buckingham Palace grounds for a garden party. Peers and plain people, a Maltese Boy Scout, a Sikh naval officer, the president of the Mormon Church, a pink-trousered lady from Pakistan and a bearded artist in a bright green suit were just a few of those among whom the Queen strolled, chatting pleasantly and shaking hands at an average of once every 15 seconds. Even a downpour of rain which sent many guests scuttling into...