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...whose eye structure is biologically similar to that of humans; he has caused permanent corneal scarring in one.* In Ann Arbor, Mich., the face of a Negro who was sprayed last March is still partially depigmented; Ann Arbor police have discontinued using the weapon. A Columbus reporter, Robert Mac Vicar, who was Maced in the face during Ohio State University demonstrations last fall, is suing for $300,000 for violation of his civil rights...
...Woodland Hills Methodist Church near Los Angeles, the Rev. William E. Steel has held dialogue sermons once a month for two years. Most of his congregation likes the idea, although newcomers are shocked by the easy give-and-take of discussions. At his Episcopal church in Ignacio, Calif., Vicar Charles Gompertz occasionally stirs up dialogue by stationing a "plant" in the congregation. During a sermon, the plant may stand up and yell: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" Says Gompertz: "It really blows their minds...
...differ strikingly from those of his predecessor. Reared in The Bronx, the son of Irish immigrants (his father was a chauffeur and construction worker), Cooke was ordained to the priesthood in 1945. In 1957, Spellman chose him to be his secretary. In 1965, after several rapid promotions, he became vicar general of the archdiocese, acting as Spellman's administrative deputy. He drew attention for being almost as good a fund raiser as Spellman and for his key role in arranging the Pope's 1965 visit to New York...
...concessions to the Communist countries, urging a role for the U.S. in Viet Nam as far back as the mid-'50s. Indeed, his call last year for nothing less than an Allied victory in Viet Nam brought him under attack by opponents of the war. As Roman Catholic vicar of U.S. armed forces, he visited the battlefields in World War II, making it a habit-up through his trip to Viet Nam last year -to spend Christmas with American troops overseas...
...Rome for a discussion of the problems. Once in Rome, Elko was forbidden to communicate with his parishioners; his traditional pastoral letter for Easter Sunday was suppressed. This month, in a statement that in effect probated the bishop's spiritual estate, Rome announced that Elko's vicar-general, Msgr. Edward Rosack, had been appointed administrator of the diocese; Elko remains bishop in title, with no ecclesiastical powers...