Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Title:
Violence flares again in Boston.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46539 VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN IN BOSTON BOSTON -- Riot equipped Boston police wrestle a demonstrator to the ground outside South Boston High School after racial violence flared again at the school when a white youth was allegedly stabbed in the stomach by a black teenager. Two schools were closed as a result of the violence at court-ordered desegregated Boston schools. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS-12B-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topics:
School integration--United States., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Police brutality--Massachusetts--Boston., Police--Massachusetts--Boston., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., School violence--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362234
Title:
World food crisis is reviving fasting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46534 WORLD FOOD CRISIS IS REVIVING FASTING A faster in the “Food Forfeit for Famine” program at St. John University, Collegeville, Minn., holds his Wednesday night fare, soup and bread. Once a week, students give up a full meal with all the trimmings and dessert, and dine, instead, on a simpler, cheaper meal. The world food crisis is reviving one of the most ancient and universal religious practices: fasting. In congregations, conferences of bishops and on college campuses, strong, new appeals urge affluent Americans to skip meals and observe fast days. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Vern Bartos (VB-SCM-12B-74-DS)
Creator:
Bartos, Vern. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. John’s University (Collegeville, Minn.)
Topics:
Fasting--United States., Catholic universities and colleges--Minnesota--Collegeville., Famines., Fasting--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Collegeville (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362233
Title:
Brings greetings from 'Philadelphia 11.'
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-46625 BRINGS GREETINGS FROM ‘PHILADELPHIA 11’ NASHVILLE -- Suzanne Hiatt, one of the 11 Episcopal women whose ordinations to the priesthood in Philadelphia last July were ruled invalid by the Episcopal hierarchy, brings greetings from the 11 women to the National Consultation of Ordained Women in the United Methodist Church, held at Scarritt College in Nashville. Ms. Hiatt asked for financial support to help meet expenses incurred in attempts to win recognition of the Philadelphia orders. She also urged the women to “work to get district superintendents and bishops elected in the United Methodist Church from among your own number.” Between 150 and 200 of the United Methodist women ministers attending the meeting called on their denomination, and especially the bishops, to recognize and support the Episcopal women. In a petition circulated at the consultation, bishops were urged to invite the 11 women to become full ministers in the United Methodist Church. The Nashville meeting brought together 300 of the 500 ordained women in the 10-million-member denomination. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NAS-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
United Methodist Church (U.S.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hiatt, Suzanne R., Episcopal Church--Clergy., United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., National Consultation of Ordained Women in the United Methodist Church (Nashville, Tenn.)--Congresses., National Consultation of Ordained Women in the United Methodist Church (Nashville, Tenn.), Scarritt College for Christian Workers.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Tennessee--Nashville., Clergy--Tennessee--Nashville., Women clergy--Congresses., Women clergy--Tennessee--Nashville., Ordination of women--Episcopal Church.
Geographic subjects:
Nashville (Tenn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362230
Title:
Soviet churchmen visit India.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-46624 SOVIET CHURCHMEN VISIT INDIA MADRAS, India -- Two prominent Soviet churchmen, Archbishop Yan Matulis (left) of the Lutheran Church of Latavia and Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Philaret Denisenko of Kiev and Galicia, recently visited India at the invitation of the National Christian Council of India. During their visit they went to New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Madras. In Madras, they were given a public reception by the Church of South India and other churches and Christian associations. The two churchmen maintained that there is absolute freedom of worship for the 60 million Christians in the Soviet Union and that the government is not interested in how religion is practiced in families. The churches, they said, do not interfere in the political life of the state and confine themselves to religious activities. Churches in the Soviet Union are financially independent of the state and are self-supporting, which each denomination having its own theological schools or seminaries. Any preaching that is done, however, is done only within the churches. “We do not and cannot preach in the streets or any public place,” one of the churchmen explained. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by John H. Piet (JHP-IND-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
Piet, John H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Matulis, Jānis., Latvijas evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca--Bishops., Filaret, Patriarch of Kyïv and all Rus-Ukraine, 1929-, Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., National Christian Council of India.
Topics:
Bishops--India--Chennai., Freedom of religion--Soviet Union., Church and state--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Chennai (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362229
Title:
Installed as Luther Seminary president.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-46612 INSTALLED AS LUTHER SEMINARY PRESIDENT MINNEAPOLIS -- Dr. David W. Preus (left), president of the American Lutheran Church, installs Dr. Lloyd Svendsbye as president of Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, the nation’s largest Lutheran seminary. Dr. Svendsbye, 44, succeeds Dr. Alvin N. Rogness, who retired last June. The installation was held at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. In his installation address, Dr. Svendsbye, a former dean of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., and editor-in-chief of Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, said the relationship of maleness to femaleness is the largest ethical issue facing the Christian Church. He said it was an issue for liberals and conservatives, for people of all income levels and vocations, for all races and for people on all continents. Luther Seminary, operated by the American Lutheran Church, currently has 29 women among its 537 students. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WLT-MIN-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
Swan, Roy. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)--Clergy., Preus, David W., Svendsbye, Lloyd (Lloyd August), 1930-2014., Luther Theological Seminary--Presidents., Luther Theological Seminary., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)--Liturgy.
Topics:
Theological seminaries--Minnesota--Saint Paul., College presidents--Minnesota--Saint Paul., Clergy--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Sex role--Moral and ethical aspects., Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Paul (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362227
Title:
First speech in House of Lords.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-46570 FIRST SPEECH IN HOUSE OF LORDS LONDON -- Archbishop Donald Coggan of Canterbury, recently installed as the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican community, is flanked by Bishop Gerald Ellison of London (left) and Bishop Arthur Stockwood of Southwark (right) before making his first speech as Archbishop of Canterbury in the House of Lords. Dr. Coggan chose the debate on the reintroduction of capital punishment to make his speech. He ended by saying, “Let there be punishment of the most severe kind for those who murder defenseless women and children, or who hold to ransom those whose way of life or thought they happen to oppose. But leave the final judgement of death in the hands where final judgment rests and where forgiveness can alone be found.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PP-LON-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
Pictorial Parade, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher), Times (London, England) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Coggan, Donald, 1909-2000., Church of England--Bishops., Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords., Ellison, Gerald., Stockwood, Mervyn.
Topics:
Bishops--England--London., Speeches, addresses, etc., Capital punishment--Great Britain., Political oratory--England--London., Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Church of England.
Geographic subjects:
London (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362226
Title:
Capital nativity scene rises again.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-46550 CAPITAL NATIVITY SCENE RISES AGAIN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Rev. Herbert Fitzpatrick (right) of the First Baptist Church, Riverdale, Md., and Vaughn Barkdoll of the American Christian Heritage Association of Greenbelt, Md., dedicate a Nativity Scene near the Ellipse in Washington. Located adjacent to the annual Pageant of Peace display, the Nativity Scene was the subject of a suit a year ago. Sponsored by the National Park Service, the suit resulted in a court decision banning the manger scene, citing “excessive government entanglement with religion.” The Nativity Scene was erected by the American Christian Heritage Association, which sponsored it last year. This year they were given a permit by the park service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RN-WAS-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
Reni Newsphotos, Inc. (Washington, D.C.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Fitzpatrick, Herbert., Barkdoll, Vaughn., American Christian Heritage Association (Greenbelt, Md.)
Topics:
Crèches (Nativity scenes)--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Dedication services--Washington (D.C.), Prayer.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), President’s Park (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362225
Title:
Missionary deported by Korea.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-46543 MISSIONARY DEPORTED BY KOREA SEOUL -- The Rev. George Ogle, a United Methodist missionary, waves as he boards a plane in Seoul after he was ordered deported from South Korea for criticizing the regime of President Park Chung Hee. Forced to leave his wife and four children behind, the 45-year-old native of Pennsylvania was placed on a California-bound Korean jetliner by police. Deportation was ordered when the missionary, who had been in South Korea for 20 years, refused to retract comments critical of the Park government for its arrests of students, intellectuals and clergy who asked for a restoration of democracy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-SEO-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--South Korea., Ogle, George E., 1929-
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Government, Resistance to--Religious aspects--Christianity., Government, Resistance to--Korea (South), Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Deportation--Korea (South), Civil rights movements--Korea (South)
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362224
Title:
Cyprus church turned into mosque.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: O-46557 CYPRUS CHURCH TURNED INTO MOSQUE KYRENIA, Cyprus, -- Reproduced here is a page from the Oct. 12, 1974, edition of the Turkish daily newspaper, “Gunaydin,” published in Istanbul, which shows a photograph of Turkish soldiers praying in the Greek Orthodox chapel of Panayia Glykiotissa, near Kyrenia, Cyprus. The chapel was turned into “a namaz (prayer) house” or Moslem mosque following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Turkey has reportedly forbidden Christian worship services in the part of the island held by its troops. A World Council of Churches official reported recently that the church has now been locked and assurances given that it will not be reconverted into a mosque. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GZC-ATH-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
Constantinidis, G. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Turkey. Ordu.
Topics:
Periodicals--Turkey., Church buildings--Cyprus--Kyrenia., Prayer--Islam., Freedom of religion--Cyprus., Soldiers--Cyprus--Kyrenia.
Geographic subjects:
Kyrenia (Cyprus), Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1974-
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362223
Title:
Allon meets with defense secretary.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-46643 ALLON MEETS WITH DEFENSE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon (left) meets with Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger at the Pentagon. Mr. Allon, who also met with President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger and briefly with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin while in Washington, expressed his country’s dismay over the Soviet Union’s rejection of a 1972 trade agreement with the U.S., an agreement which had been tied to the emigration of Soviet Jews. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Allon, Yigal, 1918-1980., Schlesinger, James R., Pentagon (Va.), United States. Department of Defense.
Topics:
Cabinet officers--United States., Cabinet officers--Israel., Emigration and immigration.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Israel--Foreign relations--United States., United States--Foreign relations--Israel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362221
Title:
Border patrol.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-46642 BORDER PATROL BELOW MT. HERMON -- Three Israeli troopers, carrying U.S.-made M-16 rifles, patrol a security path along the border with Lebanon below Mt. Hermon. A miniature war against infiltrators keeps patrols like this one busy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-TLV-1C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.
Topics:
Soldiers--Golan Heights., Arab-Israeli conflict., Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949---Golan Heights., Border patrols--Israel.
Geographic subjects:
Hermon, Mount (Lebanon and Syria), Golan Heights.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362220
Title:
Panovs practice.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-46638 PANOVS PRACTICE PHILADELPHIA -- Galina and Valery Panov, the ballet stars who were allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union last year, practice for their upcoming American dancing debut in Philadelphia. Their performance had to be postponed to Feb. 4 due to a muscle pull suffered by Valery. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-PHI-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Panov, Valery, 1938-, Panova, Galina.
Topics:
Dancers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ballet dancers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), Soviet Union--Emigration and immigration.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362219
Title:
Anti-guerrilla training.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-46605 ANTI-GUERRILLA TRAINING SOMEWHERE IN ISRAEL -- Schoolgirls, their fingers on the triggers of U.S.-made M-1 rifles, go through anti-guerrilla training at an army base somewhere in Israel. All 17 and 18 year old students are given a three-day course in weaponry, explosives identification and how to react in case of Arab guerrilla attacks. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-TEL-1B-75-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.
Topics:
Civil defense--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict., Teenage girls--Israel., Military education--Israel., Military training camps--Israel.
Geographic subjects:
Israel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362218
Title:
Senators see UN hurt by PLO vote.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-46546 SENATORS SEE UN HURT BY PLO VOTE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Seven of the 71 Senators who sent a letter to President Ford saying that United Nations support for the Palestine Liberation Organization undermined the world body as well as U.S. foreign policy discuss the letter during a Capitol Hill news conference. From left to right are Senators Clifford Case (R-N.J.), Henry Jackson (D-Wash.), Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.), Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.), Richard Schweiker (R-Pa.), Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.) and Howard Metzenbaum (D-Ohio). The letter said the recent U.N. events “dramatize the need for the United States to take the lead in organizing our friends and allies to resist political and economic blackmail in the future. We do not believe that a policy of appeasement will be any more successful now than it proved to be in the nineteen-thirties.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Case, Clifford P. (Clifford Philip), 1904-1982., Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983., Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986., Schweiker, Richard S. (Richard Schultz), 1926-2015., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910-1998., Metzenbaum, Howard M., United States. Congress. Senate., United Nations. General Assembly.
Topics:
Legislators--United States., Press conferences--Washington (D.C.), Arab-Israeli conflict., Recognition (International law)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), United States--Foreign relations--Israel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362216
Title:
The Church in Mali.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-46651 THE CHURCH IN MALI (Third Of Three Photos) BAMAKO, Mali Republic -- A missionary nun trains a Malian woman in the use of a loom at a Church operated training school. As in other mission fields, much effort goes towards occupational training. (SEE ALSO RNS PHOTOS C-46649 & 50) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CR-GEN-1D-75-DS)
Creator:
Ciric (Geneva, Switzerland) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Missions--Mali.
Topics:
Nuns--Mali--Bamako., Occupational training--Mali--Bamako., Occupational training for women--Mali--Bamako., Looms., Weaving--Mali--Bamako.
Geographic subjects:
Bamako (Mali)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362213
Title:
Hits Philippines 'restrictive' probation.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-46641 HITS PHILIPPINES ‘RESTRICTIVE’ PROBATION MARYKNOLL, N.Y. -- A U.S. Roman Catholic missionary to the Philippines, who recently escaped deportation but was placed on “restrictive” probation in Manila for three years, has called his situation “unjust,” according to a report from Maryknoll headquarters. Father Edward Gerlock, M.M., a missionary in the Philippines for some 12 years, said, “I feel like a man who expects to die but only gets a broken leg. But I wouldn’t advocate getting broken legs as a good thing.” In October 1973, the priest was arrested in Mindanao and charged with being critical of the government’s martial law policies and giving support to the illegal Federation of Free Farmers. During the 16 months since his arrest, a period in which he was placed in the custody of his superior in Manila, church leaders throughout the Philippines rallied to his cause. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-MNY-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Philippines., Gerlock, Edward., Federation of Free Farmers.
Topics:
Clergy--Philippines--Manila., Missionaries--Philippines--Manila., Martial law--Philippines., Probation--Philippines--Manila.
Geographic subjects:
Manila (Philippines)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362212
Title:
Pope's message given to Buddhist premier.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-46622 POPE’S MESSAGE GIVEN TO BUDDHIST PREMIER COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Archbishop Carlo Curis, Apostolic Delegate to Sri Lanka (Ceylon), gives a copy of Pope Paul’s World Peace Day Message to Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the Buddhist Prime Minister of the island nation. Throughout the world, copies of the Pontiff’s New Year’s message -- which appealed to “all men of goodwill” to work for world peace -- were given to national leaders by Vatican representatives. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (KJS-COL-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
Somanader, Kenneth J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Sri Lanka., Catholic Church--Bishops., Curis, Carlo., Baṇḍāranāyaka, Sirimāvō, 1916-2000.
Topics:
Prime ministers--Sri Lanka., Women prime ministers--Sri Lanka., Papal nuncios--Vatican City., Peace-building--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362210
Title:
First woman ambassador to the Vatican.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-46614 FIRST WOMAN AMBASSADOR TO THE VATICAN VATICAN CITY -- In a precedent-shattering move, Pope Paul has accepted the nomination of a woman as an ambassador to the Vatican. The pontiff agreed to receive the credentials of Bernadette Olowo, 27, named by President Idi Amin as Uganda’s envoy to the Holy See. The Pope’s decision breaks what is believed to be a 900-year-old unwritten tradition barring women from becoming official representatives at the Vatican. Miss Olowo, a secretary in Uganda’s embassy in Bonn, will also serve as Ambassador to West Germany, where she will reside. Roman Catholics in Uganda number about 3.5 million out of a total population of 10,764,000. Church-state relations have been erratic under the regime of Muslim President Amin, who has shown both benevolence and hostility toward the Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WG-1C-75-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Olowo, Bernadette., Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Uganda.
Topics:
Ambassadors--Uganda., Women ambassadors--Uganda.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Uganda--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362209
Title:
Charged in death of fetus.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-46607 CHARGED IN DEATH OF FETUS BOSTON -- Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin (right), a Boston City Hospital physician charged with manslaughter in the death of an aborted fetus, looks on as his attorney, William Homans, talks with reporters outside Suffolk Superior Court in Boston where his trial is taking place. Dr. Edelin is charged with manslaughter for allegedly assaulting and killing a fetus 24 to 28 weeks old. The case could produce a potential landmark decision on the viability of a fetus and when it becomes entitled to legal protection, a key issue left unresolved in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision. The Supreme Court ruled that state governments can forbit only abortions “subsequent to viability.” However, it would only state “viability is usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks), but may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS-1B-75-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Edelin, Kenneth, 1939-2013., Edelin, Kenneth, 1939-2013--Trials, litigation, etc., Homans, William P., Massachusetts. Superior Court (Suffolk County)
Topics:
Physicians--Massachusetts--Boston., Lawyers--Massachusetts--Boston., Abortion--United States., Abortion--Law and legislation--United States., Trials (Abortion)--Massachusetts--Boston., Trials (Manslaughter)--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362208
Title:
"Takeover" development: Support for sheriff.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-46596 ‘TAKEOVER’ DEVELOPMENT: SUPPORT FOR SHERIFF GRESHAM, Wis. -- Some 200 persons are shown as they took part in a rally outside St. Francis Catholic Church at Gresham, Wis. They gathered to demonstrate support of Shawano County Sheriff Robert Montour’s handling of the Indian takeover of an unoccupied novitiate building owned by the Alexian Brothers. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-1B-75-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Alexian Brothers--Buildings., Montour, Robert.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Gresham., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Red Power movement--Wisconsin., Civil rights movements--United States., Sheriffs--Wisconsin--Shawano County.
Geographic subjects:
Gresham (Wis.), Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362207

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