Word: petitioners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Rev. John Howard Melish, 74, rector of Brooklyn's Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, got his walking papers last week, but he declined to budge. His bishop fired him, but Rector Melish came right back with the observation that the bishop had no right to do such...
Then, fortnight ago, 13-year-old Alma Tallantire came home from the Maltby Hall Secondary Modern School (Yorkshire) and refused to eat her egg. When her mother, Mrs. Lewis Tallantire, wanted to know why, Alma blamed a sex lecture for girls at her school which explained how eggs were made...
Last week the case was once again before the courts. The Supreme Court of the new state of Israel was officially considering a duly filed petition asking for a retrial of Jesus of Nazareth.
In Jerusalem last week, Supreme Court President Justice Moshe Smoira regarded the petition as having raised an interesting question. Said he: "The action we will take turns on the question of jurisdiction-on whether our court can be considered a successor court to the Sanhedrin or can go into a...
Legal and religious experts are sure Israel's court will eventually drop the case for lack of jurisdiction. But first, Mijnheer Groskamp's petition will be given careful consideration and an official reply.