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...ruling of the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver denying Hargis' organization its federal income tax exemption because it attempted to exert "political" influence. In 1966 the Internal Revenue Service revoked Christian Echoes' exemption for the same reason, but in 1971 a federal court in Tulsa overruled the IRS. In reversing the Tulsa decision, 3-0, the Denver court prohibited tax-exempt organizations from "direct and indirect appeals to legislators and the public in general"-a sweeping restriction that many churchmen consider unconstitutional. Christian Echoes, backed by the N.C.C. and other church groups, will carry...
Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa...
June 24: Martin McNally, 28, an unemployed veteran, demanded $502,200 at gunpoint on an American Airlines flight over Tulsa, Okla. He got the ransom money in St. Louis, as well as a fresh plane and pilot, and set off for Toronto. He parachuted to safety in an Indiana field, but lost the ransom, which was found by a farmer. Police arrested McNally at his Michigan home...
...prayer letters from Oral. "Are you suffering?" asked a recent one. "Is pain raging through your body? Is your marriage falling apart? Does it seem that no one cares? I want to help you get the answer you need. I want to pray with you." Each day, whether in Tulsa or traveling, Roberts gets a thick, typed list of the names and needs of all those who write with requests. He sometimes prays for them spectacularly-from a 200-ft. Prayer Tower that rises like a giant top out of the Oklahoma soil. Those in a hurry may call...
...youthful dreams described in The Call continue to materialize today. Already Roberts' staff is having to turn down applicants for next year at O.R.U., perhaps partly because students are attracted by its heavily subsidized fees: $2,050 for board, room and tuition. The citizens of Tulsa have chipped in $2.7 million to help build a $9,000,000 special events center on the campus, which will also serve as Tulsa's civic auditorium. Beyond Tulsa, Roberts' audience seems to be broadening. Roman Catholics, who once castigated his pentecostal healing, now number 15% of his letter writers. Many...