Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 79

A TUB Aim.ENK HKPOUTKH-NEWS Texas, Sunday August 4, I9S3 j.nui 0n nas pointedly reminded oar Over 100 public school teachers b.lter debate about religious per- ishioners of Ihc traditional senar and administrators from a 10- scculion-real or imagined in ation of church and state county West Texns area will be South Viet Nam has reached A Arthur J. Brookes 18, of Philadelphia, said (hat it was his own idea that he help support the family of a man he ran down with a car. Judge Sydney Hoffman ordered the boy to quit high school, get a job and pay half of his salary to the family of Stephen M. Brcik'iibach, who lost a foot in the accident. Brookes will over half of his salary to the a i i he is 21 years old.

(AP Wirephold) Americanism Workshop To Attract 100 RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION ISSUE at Abilene Christian College Mon day for the West Texas Schools American Heritage Project Workshop Session. This is the first year Abilene Christian has hosted such a gathering, according lo Edward L. Kirk til ACC, One teacher from each of the elementary, junior high and senior high levels has been invited from each school district. Many principals and superintendents are also expected to attend. Purpose of the program is to encourage and motivate classroom teaching of Ihe positive value of Americanism and to bring ere point seriously threatening the persecution of Ruduhlsls by gov- ss gov- United Slates' $500 million-a-year ernment officials, not whether one about a teller understanding of the American way of life.

Teachers will have a chance to discuss methods and share experiences with other teachers on ways ol presenting Americanism. The leachcrs will hear address' cs by Dr. John C. Stevens, assistant president of ACC, and It. II.

Lawrence, executive director of Ihe Texas Dureau for Economic Understanding. Or. Stevens will speak at 3:30 a.m. on "The Missing Ingredient," and Lawrence will speak at 11 a.m. on "What Other Projects Are Doing What You Con Do.

Sectional discussion ami group Two Negroes Achieve 'Firsts' Ky. 'API a superintendent of a crnoon. Chairmen will be grades branch post olfice, the first Ne-j im(1 a M'' Dorothy iratlcs 4, 5 and Mrs. firsts have been achieved. jSi'o lo servo as a postal super-! lintendent in Louisville.

i Neville M. Tucker, 29, an assis- County attorney, a i i i i i II by Negroes in Louisville-) lhc irsl Nt Jro f(Jr .1. Woodward, a(er, I grades 7, 8 and 9, George Heard Winters; and grades 10, I I and Buddhist Leaders Threaten U.S. Position In Viet Nam JAP) A gon has pointedly reminded par- (ion. nation.

The dispute between Buddhist eaiiors and the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, a Roman Catholic, seems to have had only limited inilitaiy effects on war against Communist Viet Cong guerrillas. liut international effects may be wore serious. Most nations in the non-Communist worid, including the United States, have little sympathy for governments exercising real religious jwrsccution. And South Viet Nam is heavily depending on outside help (o survive the Communist push. For three months, Buddhist leaders have fanned the flames of civil disobedience in protest marches, speeches, pamphleteering and the spectacle of an aged monk burning himself alive in a Saigon street.

Ine government, tighdy con trolled by President Diem and his relatives, has hit hack hard--with billy clubs, tear gas and bullets in some cases. Twelve persons, Buddhisls and UHUU1HJI3 UliU "Jin TCI ijllUJJJj, I iUtlCl 101' bystanders, have been killed. Sev- bids the Baha'i faith "to have any wal hundred demonstrators have religious activities in central Viel meetings w'ill he held Moulay aft- been injured more or less serious- Nam and mountainous provinces' mutt, ui SLIIUIW i i i i i iimi ixiuil ly. Hundreds others have been of the north). The Catholic archbishop of measures, not intentional persccu The question is whether thpre Is 'Whether civil disobedience is wan-anted or not, Buddhists have Last week U.S.

Ambassador Frederick E. Nailing Jr. said he had never seen any evidence of religious persecution in South Viet Nam during his 2(4 years here. The remark brought a landslide of angry reaction from Buddhists. President Diem says his government has never persecuted any faith and that Ihc national constitution protects all religions.

Few foreigners here were aware serious religious issues in Viet Nam until last May 8. Troops and armoivd cars were hurled then into a Buddhist demonstration organized at Hue to protest a government order banning the flying of religious flags in public. Buddhist nags in many communities had been ripped down by local atilhorities, while Catholic flags conlinucd lo fly for some weeks. Those who argue that there has been long religious persecution in Viol Nam cite a letler of last April 20 signed by Interior Minister Bui Va l.uong. The letter foi'- 1- under a "In this case, 1 believe rebel ion is not warranted.

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EasOand questioned by police. Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, Ihc presi-i dent's sister-in-law, denounced (he Buddhist leaders Saturday in remarks addressed to about 2,000 young girl recruits of the paramilitary women's corps she heads. She said: "They unceasingly drum on the theme that "persecution is an act The Baha'i faith, which originated in Iran, claims about 20.CCO followers in South Viet Nam. Its akini! (lie which face constant Communist pressure." Catholics, anxious to prove thai Ibey enjoy no special privileges in Viel Nam, note that five out ol 17 cabinet ministers ana Catholic.

About three-quarters of the population arc at least nominal Buddhists. Those who argue lhat Catholic, do have special advantages note that President Diem rules Ihc country by decree and all rcai power is vested in the presiden tial palace. The five Catholic ministers hold vitally important posts) from the standpoint of life for! Vietnamese citizens. They are the! ministries of inteiior, which Irol (lie police, economy, civic! action, cullural affairs and publici works. A'i ANOHY COS'CKKSSMAN--Hop.

Tom Steed, is galled by a Senate threat to his mailing privileges. His concern was caused by Ihc Senate tacking a rider on a congressional appropriations bill forbilfing congressmen from using their franking, privilege on so-called "junk needs House photo) The amendment still approval at a Senate- conference. (AP Wire- Haskell Rain Above Usual HASKELL (HNS) Haskell measured an official 3.71 inches of rain in July, almost an inch and a halt above the normal rainfall of 2.23 for (hot mid-summer month, Weatbeilnan Sam Herrcn reported Thursday. The July rainfall here raised to 13.11 indies the total for the first seven months of 1063, which is almost five inches ahove normal for the year to date. Normal rainfall here through July is H.42.

Moisture fell on four days during July, three of Ihem measuring more than one inch each. Only .12 of an inch was received on July 9, but measurement 1.22, 1.26 and 1.11 inches were tabulated on July 10, 14 and 30, respectively. got hot here in July, too. Highs were 105 on both Jly 24 and 25. Low for the month was 07 on July 3.

I FIUE CASUALTY SPECIALIST IN INSURANCE BONDS 306 Alexander Bldg. Phone OR 4-5244 Agency Established 1882 followers His Problem: Not Mishap, But 'ke' CASPER, Wyo. A James Kiser wasn't huri when his car three collision others piled at a Casper up in inter- been pern i i i freedom of activity in Ihis south-j! crn city, hul not in Ihe northern part of the country. Baha'i followers note that of Diem's brothers, including Archbishop X'go Dinh Thuc. live in (he noith.

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