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...Unforgiven. In Salt Lake City, where he conferred with David McKay, head of the Mormon Church, Romney was at his forthright best. He attended an interfaith ministers' meeting and was fully prepared when the inevitable question arose about the inferior status of Negroes in the Mormon Church. "I was raised in the conviction that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are divinely inspired documents of the Creator, and all mankind is the child of God with basic rights," he said. "I have fought to eliminate racial discrimination. I want to be judged on the basis of my actions...
...apartheid politics; he could also wield considerable influence in the selection of the G.O.P. presidential candidate in 1968?and beyond. Though he is cagey enough not to commit himself so soon, he leans toward Michigan's George Romney for '68. Since more Negroes could come to resent Romney's Mormon religion?which still has an archaic tenet that denies the "priesthood" to Negroes?Brooke would be a valuable ally in defending the Michigan Governor's liberal record on racial issues...
...attracts them. "I believe in this technical assistance," says Marvin Belew of Centerville, Tenn., 53, a civilian air-transport-command navigator in World War II and a county agent for the past 15 years. "It's a chance to help." Charles Wissenbach, 32, of Williamsburg, Mass., is a Mormon who sees his service as "something the Lord would want me to do." William Schumacher, of Catskill, N.Y., a World War II glider pilot, is leaving his wife and ten children behind for his 18month tour, says philosophically about the dangers: "If it happens, it happens...
...courtship began in 1895, but it was an unhurried affair, and the two weren't wed until 1901. Still, that left plenty of time for togetherness. Last week David Oman McKay, 93, President, Prophet and Seer of 2,555,000 Mormons, celebrated his 66th wedding anniversary with his wife, Emma Ray Riggs McKay, 89. Rising as usual at 5 a.m. in his Salt Lake City apartment, McKay dictated letters and held his daily conference with the Mormon Counsellors, later joined his wife for a quiet party with their four sons and two daughters and a ride...
Founded by a pious Mormon who reached Arizona in 1880, the Udalls now total some 400. Last week about 175 of them showed up in Mesa, Arizona, from as far away as Missouri and California for a weekend of picnicking, dancing, camping and familial yakking. U.S. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall and his brother Morris...