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...midweek, Athenagoras I, the magnificently bearded, black-robed Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, strode into the Oval Room to bid an enthusiastic goodbye to his "beloved President" before departing for Istanbul to assume his new post as Ecumenical Patriarch. He kissed the President's forehead...
Before the Patriarch left, the President's desk phone rang. On the other end of the line was W. J. Pace, a farmer of Alamance County, N.C. Farmer Pace was calling because he is the proud owner of the one-millionth rural telephone installed by the Bell system since V-J day. He and the President chatted for a short time, and Mr. Truman learned that there are now 2,330,000 rural telephones...
...leading candidate was Athenagoras. The church needed a leader whose 18 years' breathing of U.S. democratic air might fortify him against the efforts of Moscow's Patriarch Alexei to bring all the Eastern churches "home." to Russia. The Turkish government (unofficially Moslem) unofficially indicated that it would be "very, very satisfied" by Athenagoras' election. The only opposition came from those who opposed the election of a non-Turk or who resented the obvious political interest of the Turkish government and the Western nations...
Last week, before the 1,000-year-old wooden throne of the patriarch in Istanbul's small cathedral of Phanari, silver icons and ancient mosaics gleamed under the huge crystal chandeliers, and incense rose in clouds. Chanting the Kyrie Eleison, the twelve bearded metropolitans and their five alternates solemnly filed in and dropped their ballots into a silver urn. When the votes were counted, eleven were for Athenagoras and six were blank. "Axios!" (worthy) roared the crowd, and the cathedral bells began to peal...
...Well," said one spectator, who, like many Turks, believes that only modern and efficient products come from the U.S., "now we have a nylon Patriarch...