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...Paden started tacking it up again. Back came the police, down came the sign. Paden's brother Gerald had locked himself in a car to take pictures of the incident, but the police broke into the car and took him off to jail. They also arrested Signora Disma Pollipoli, wife of an Italian Church of Christ preacher. At week's end, Missionary Paden nailed his sign outside an upstairs window and locked the front door. Said he: "The police came, and they put up their ladders, but they couldn't reach the sign. They beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Sign | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

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