Word: wilhelmus
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Died. Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers, 58, progressive leader of The Netherlands' largest Roman Catholic diocese at 's Hertogenbosch, who worked tirelessly for a more liberal church attitude, calling birth control a matter of conscience, and defending priests who renounced their vows in order to marry, all of which made him an urgent voice for reform during the ecumenical Council; of a brain tumor; in Tilburg, The Netherlands...
...Magdalen, by the 17th century French painter Georges de La Tour, also lent to Atlanta by the Louvre. The arrival of the paintings in Atlanta was one of the biggest events since the opening of Gone With the Wind clogged Peachtree Street with hoopskirts and Hollywood types. Says Director Wilhelmus Bryan: ''Having these paintings here means a lot to us. It makes a wonderful start for our plans to build a $3,000,000 art center as a memorial to the crash victims...