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...last week had to make a trip to the Alexandria, Va. police station; like many a Southerner before him pay a fine ($10) for his Negro servant (Chauffeur Spencer Campbell; speeding...
...have attended services at many Episcopal churches, particularly in New York and Pittsburgh. At every service, the rector has made use of the prayer to give the President "wisdom" instead of the time-honored prayer to "behold and bless thy servant the President of the United States" which was part of the morning service from 1789 until the revision of the prayer book in 1929, when as an alternative the "wisdom" prayer was added...
...Excerpt from the "bless" prayer: "O Lord, our heavenly Father, the high and mighty Ruler of the universe, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee, with thy favor to behold and bless thy servant THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and all others in authority...
...resignation as a dignified statement from a fellow-citizen in our democracy. This statement is thrown into even sharper relief by the circumstances which brought it about. The President's vilifying personal remarks will do him no good ultimately. Today they stand as rather sorry commentary on a public servant whose usual taste and breeding do not oblige him to seek such questionable levels of expression...
Died. Urbain J. Ledoux, 56, onetime U.S. consular servant and peace crusader; in Manhattan. Preferring to live with, minister to Manhattan's Bowery bums, he hid his identity, said: "I am nothing to you but bread and water." Cackled one: "I've got your number. You're zero. That's nothing." So he became their Mr. Zero...