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...cent black work forces, while Arkansas P and L dips to 4.2 per cent. Exact figures on the ether two companies in the Middle South chain-New Orleans Public Service and Middle South Services-are not available, but the EEOC says that they do not depart dramatically from the norm...
...plan's references to doctrine and scripture are intentionally, and perhaps sensibly, ambiguous. The church "accepts the Apostles' and Nicene creeds as witnessing to the mighty acts of God recorded in Scripture," but they are not to be used "coercively" as the norm of doctrine. The Bible is vaguely described as the "unique authority," which "witnesses to God's revelation," rather than God's written word. The church will allow both infant baptism and believers' baptism, the latter to include confirmation. The Lord's Supper of the "Church Uniting" will be open to anyone...
Much comment centered on Petkevich's performance and its acceptability to skating judges. Petkevitch, in sharp contrast to the rest of the men, skated to a contemporary version of the theme music from "On the Waterfront." His lace shirt, another departure from the norm, complemented his skating style...
...aren't more of the people with the guerrillas? For an outsider, to pose the question moralistically is absurd. As Norm Diamond, author of "Why They Shoot Americans" ( Nation, Feb. 5, 1968), has said, the Indians' "allegiance is not to the military, nor to the guerrillas, but to themselves. If the military will give them a well (pacification program, only for insurgent areas), they'll take it, and if the guerrillas are going to increase their food, then they'll back them." (CRV, op, cit., Panel Transcript...
...West Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia. The Germans' word of the week was Grip-pewelle (flu wave), and Chancellor Willy Brandt went to Tunisia to recuperate from his bout. The Viennese, devoted to hot lemon drinks as a palliative, bid up the price of lemons from their midwinter norm of seven schillings (28?) for ten lemons, to 20 schillings...