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...P.B.H. Blood Drive collected 2,415 pints of blood in the week-long campaign, according to figures released last night by Co-chairman Charles S. LaMonte...
...dismal flop. But Billy went on practicing -mostly exhorting the fish and alligators of a nearby swamp to leave their evil ways and be saved. He preached his first real revival at the Baptist Church of East Palatka, Fla. in June 1939. Halfway through the week-long series, word spread that Preacher Graham, nominally a Presbyterian, had never been immersed. One look at the shocked and sour faces before him and Billy was inspired to announce that he would be baptized at the revival's end along with his own new converts. No less than Si converts were baptized...
...Archbishop of Canterbury has a large and exacting job. Thrice a year he must preside over week-long sessions of the Church Assembly, which is the parliament of the church. Between sessions he must approve every significant action taken by the church. He is in charge of worldwide missionary work and is senior member, though without direct authority, of the Anglican Communion (estimated membership: 40 million), which calls on him for advice and counsel. He also serves as spiritual adviser to the royal family...
Says Schulman: "On that week-long missionary jaunt, when the sea got rough and the craft started to heave and roll through the reefs like a Coney Island roller coaster, the Gospel-quoting skipper began to sing My Heart Is Full of Joy. I joined in-the best seasickness preventive yet." Faced with one fast-breaking story after another, the Schulmans spent Christmas in their hotel, finally moved into a house on the first of the year. But since then the house has seen little of Schulman...
Monstrous Fireball. As the press showing and briefing ended, it was clear that no one expected the week-long "embargo" to hold. Wire servicemen, moviemen and network reporters rushed the film back to their offices as if their deadlines were minutes away instead of a week. They started still pictures and stories moving over the wires and shipped the movies out by the first available planes. At the New York Times, Washington Bureau Chief James Reston advised his home office to be ready for the story to break at any moment...