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Genuine Values. In Western Samoa, after a quick change of planes in Pago Pago, the Pontiff was received like a high chieftain. He rode through groves of mango and breadfruit under 66 arches woven of wood fibers, flowers, vines and leaves. At the church of St. Anne at Leulumoega, a quiet, respectful crowd presented the Pope with a huge roast pig after he said Mass. Though only four hours long, the Samoan visit seemed to bear out the "Message to Asia" that the Pope had broadcast before leaving Manila. "The church cannot be foreign to any nation or people...
...health of the Pope holds up, the heavy pace will continue: Western Samoa, via Pago Pago, on Sunday; Australia on Monday; Djakarta Thursday; Hong Kong Friday morning, and Colombo, Ceylon, Friday evening on the way back to Rome. What does he hope to accomplish in return for such a grueling schedule? "It will stimulate missionary activity and broaden understanding with other religions in the service of progress and peace," he said in his farewell speech in Rome. But more than ever before, various aspects of the Pope's traveling plans have been criticized by the press and even...
...story. Science Correspondent Alan Anderson, also in Houston, quickly joined Bureau Chief Leo Janos and Schefter. Soon, Los Angeles Bureau Chief Don Neff, who recently wound up a two-year tour in Houston, flew in to add his expertise. Sydney Bureau Chief Ernest Shirley caught the first plane to Pago Pago to report on the astronauts' arrival...
James Lovell added his own benediction when the astronauts first set foot on land en route home. Welcomed by gaily-dressed Samoans on Pago-Pago, Lovell said: "We do not realize what we have on earth until we leave...
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