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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46095 CAMEL CARAVAN CARRIES PRECIOUS CARGO NIAMEY, Niger -- A camel caravan moves towards a remote area of Niger carrying a precious cargo--food. In caravans sponsored by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, nearly 5,ooo camels began plodding in August from Niamey north into Niger’s drought zone over tracks impassable even for four-wheel-drive trucks. A camel can cover 19 to 31 miles a day and carries up to 440 pounds of food supplies. The caravans are accompanied by two armed Niger army camel corp soldiers to guard the precious cargo. Most of the camel owners are of the Tubu tribe, nomads who now have at least temporary employment after years in which they lost large parts of their cattle herds to the drought but managed to keep some of their hardier camels. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-10A- 74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361584
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46090 KOREAN CATHOLICS CLASH WITH POLICE SEOUL, South Korea -- Father Antonio Shin, a Ronan Catholic priest, is carried away by riot police as some 1,500 to 2,000 Catholic priests and laity clashed with police in Seoul, during a demonstration demanding the release of Bishop Daniel Tji Hak Soun and other political prisoners. It was the first street protest since demonstrations were banned last August by the government of President Park Chung Hee. The Park regime is increasingly branded as "repressive" by South Korea's Christian minority. The incident marked a significant escalation of tension between the government and the Catholic Church. Bishop Tji of Won Ju is one of more than a dozen clergymen -- the others are Protestant -- arrested and sentenced to long prison terms on allegations of trying to overthrow President Park. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-SEO-10A-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361583
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46086 LATIN METHODIST: SYNOD OF MAJOR INTEREST LA PAZ, Bolivia -- The Methodist Bishop of Bolivia is following the proceedings of the World Synod of Roman Catholic Bishops in Rome with more than cursory interest because the Synod's theme of evangelization "is especially significant for Latin America." “In reality," said Bishop Mortimer Arias, "this is an ecumenical search, because all of us, Roman Catholics and Protestants, are searching for an effective theology of evangelization of man in Latin America -- a theology that will liberate, humanize and conscientize Christians." The 50-year-old bishop said he hopes the Synod will "come to grips” with the theology of liberation, the theology developed in Latin America which seeks to penetrate the controversial area where the Gospel is applied to questions of social justice. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LAP-BOL-10A-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361582
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46084 ASSEMBLY VOTES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. --K.D. Matanzima (center), the first black member of the South African delegation to the United Nations, is flanked by Ambassador Roelf F. Botha (left) and Dr. M.B. Naidoo prior to the start of the General Assembly session. In back are Herman Albert Hanekom (left) and D.R. Ulster. The General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to reject the credentials of the South African delegation and passed a resolution calling on the Security Council to review the relationship between South Africa and the U.S. The Assembly could expel South Africa only on the recommendation of the Security Council and it is generally expected that one of the big powers would veto such action. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-1OA-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361581
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46076 AN AFRICAN CHIEF IS BAPTIZED MINNEAPOLIS -- Forty-two years after barring the rite to his sons, Abraham Abba, a village chief in the Central African Republic, is baptized a Christian by American Lutheran Church Missionary Lloyd Sand and Pastor Andre Garba, the first native to be ordained a Lutheran pastor in the Cameroon and the Central African Republic. The story of the old chief's baptism is detailed in the Oct. 1 issue of the Lutheran Standard by Dr. George H. Muedeking, editor of the Minneapolis-based American Lutheran Church publication. It begins 42 years ago when the first two Lutheran missionaries from the U.S. reached the village. The missionaries taught the chief and others to read and although many of the villagers embraced Christianity, the chief, a Muslim like his father and his children, did not. He even barred his sons from being baptized when they asked him permission. This Summer Chief Abba, well past 80, asked to be baptized and on July 4 the ceremony was performed in the village church. As a postscript to his article, Dr. Muedeking reported that Chief Abba died 20 days after his Baptism. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO Courtesy The Lutheran Standard (LS-MIN-9D-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361580
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46071 CALLEY CONVICTION OVERTURNED COLUMBUS, Ga. -- A federal judge has overturned the 1971 murder conviction of former Army Lt. William Calley, who was charged with murdering at least 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, and has ordered that he be freed from imprisonment at Forth Leavenworth, Kansas. U.S. District Judge J. Robert Elliott cited massive pretrial publicity, improperly drawn charges presented by Arm officers, and the denial of Lt. Calley’s request to call high-ranking Pentagon officials to testify as reasons for his action. He contended that the conviction was constitutionally invalid. The Army said that it had recommended to the Justice Department that the decision be appealed and that Mr. Calley would not be released pending disposition of the appeal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-9D-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361579
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46070 ECUMENICAL WALK TO MOUNTAIN TOP PRINCETON, Mass. -- An ecumenical walk to the summit of 2,006-foot Mount Wachusett near Princeton in Central Massachusetts brought together Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Christians. Participating the mountain-top services of thanksgiving, emphasizing the spirit of the 1975 Holy Year themes of renewal and reconciliation, were, from left: Father Wayne F. Benton of Prince of Peace Roman Catholic church, Princeton; Father John J. Bagley, chairman of the Worcester Catholic Diocese coordinating committee for the Holy Year; Roman Catholic Bernard J. Flanagan of the Worcester, Mass., diocese; and the Rev. William B. Clark, executive director of the Worcester County Ecumenical Council. More than 500 persons climbed a ski trail to take part in the service and listened to Scriptural readings and hymn singing at stops along the way. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO By Edward Gully (EG-WOR-9D-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361578
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46068 RELIEF SUPPLIES FOR HONDURAS Relief supplies bound for the victims of Hurricane Fifi in Honduras are loaded onto a truck outside of St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic school in New York (left photo). The Honduras Emergency Committee used the school as a collection point for food, clothing, medical supplies and other items given to aid the thousands left homeless in the wake of the storm. At the receiving end, workers unload a cargo plane full of emergency supplies at the San Pedro Sula airport in Honduras (right photo). [Note: Not included in archival file.] Church relief agencies have launched massive operations to bring emergency aid to the victims. While vast supplies of food, medicine and other essentials have been arriving in Honduras from abroad, their distribution has been hampered by the tie-ups at main distribution ports and lack of transportation to outlying areas. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTOURL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361577
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46067 ‘LOOK MOMMY, IT FITS’ WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A little girl on a new pair of shoes which she will receive from the “Base Chapel Shoe Program." Each year since 1967, the Chaplain’s Office at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio has sponsored the program to provide shoes at Christmas time for needy children in a three-county area surrounding the base. County nurses identify candidates using their visits to families and discreetly inform the Chaplain’s Office. Children are taken to certain shoe stores and are assisted in the selection of shoes by their parents, without any indication that the cost of their shoes is being defrayed by the program. From an initial total of $2,000 in 1967, the program has steadily grown to the 1973 record of over $29,000. Since everyone works in the project as a volunteer, there is no administrative overhead. Thus, the money last year was directly used to purchase 2,665 pairs of shoes for children in 661 different families. Records of last year’s program show that donations came from such sources as local Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, a Christian book store, and such local businesses as beauty shops, motels, and banks. Also, money is raised through “white elephant" sales and other fund-raising projects. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WP-9D-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361576
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46065 MAP SHOWS ‘UNCHURCHED’ POPULATION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This map of the continental United States shows, on a county-by-county basis, the percentage of the “unchurched" population as of 1971. The term “unchurched" in this case refers to all those persons who are not on the church rolls of any Christian denomination. The dark grey areas on the map indicate counties where more than 60 percent of the population are not on Christian church membership rolls, while the light grey areas are counties where 40 to 60 percent can be considered unchurched. The white areas have been, according to the data available, up to 40 percent of the population belonging to a Christian denomination. The map was prepared by the Glenmary Research Center, Washington, D.C., a Roman Catholic agency, and is based on data on church membership rolls found in “Churches and Church Membership in the United States: 1971" issued earlier this year. The study was compiled by Douglas W. Johnson, staff associate at the National Council of Churches’ Office of Research, Evaluation and Planning, New York; Paul R. Picard, director of research, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, St. Louis; and Father Bernard Quinn, director of the Glenmary Research Center. While the data contained in the report encompasses just 80.9 percent of Christian church members, on the map county percentages of the unchurched were adjusted downwards to compensate for the unreported 19.2 percent. Also, since some denominations counted all baptized persons, including infants, and others did not, for the purposes of the map, membership statistics have been adjusted so that children of members in denominations that do not count infants are not included among the unchurched. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WAS-9D-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361575
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46064 A TOWN IS NO MORE CHOLOMA, Honduras -- Flood waters from Hurricane Fifi swept down the hills in the background, overflowed the banks of the Ulua River and left this scene of destruction in Choloma, Honduras. The river had nearly returned to normal when this photo was taken several days after the hurricane, but hundreds of homes had been swept away, leaving only traces of their foundations (foreground). By government estimates, more than 2,000 persons were killed in this area alone. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-HON-9D-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361574
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46062 SMOOTH INTEGRATION BOSTON -- While demonstrations and violence marred the start of busing at some of Boston’s public schools, at least one group of boys took integration in stride. Black and white students at the Jennie Barron School in Boston’s Roslindale section playfully roughhouse during a recess period. The school runs from kindergarten through 5th grade. The black children are being bused to the school from the Mattapan section. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-BOS-9D-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361573
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46192 MARTIN LUTHER IS THEIR HERO MINNEAPOLIS -- You've seen Beethoven, Jesus, numerous rock stars and other cultural heroes emblazoned on T-shirts, and now Martin Luther has joined the list. Two young people attending Minneapolis' "Festival of Rediscovery" model shirts bearing a portrait of the Reformer. A stall at the Renaissance-Reformation festival silk-screened the portraits on clothing. It was one of 18 event centers at Augsburg College and Central Lutheran Church which offered medieval and modern music, dancing, drama and arts and crafts.. The festival ended with a "Christmas in October" service at which Martin Luther's Christmas sermon was delivered by famed Luther scholar Roland Bainton. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WLT-MIN-10E-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361572
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46141 PRESIDENT, DR. KING ADDRESS ALC CONVENTION DETROIT -- At top, President Gerald Ford addresses delegates attending the seventh general convention of the American Lutheran Church in Detroit. After receiving an enthusiastic welcome as he entered the convention hall, President Ford said he was moved by their convention theme, Ministering to a Hungry World, and commended the ALC for its work in preparing for the bicentennial. Seated among the platform guests were Dr. Fredrik Schoitz, ALC president emeritus, and his wife. Below, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. (right) is warmly greeted by delegates after speaking to the convention. Dr. King, who is pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, said he felt no bitterness towards those who killed his wife and son. “I do not hate the man (James Earl Ray) seeking a new trial in Tennessee who supposedly took the life of my dear son," he told the delegates. “I don’t hate the man (Wayne Chenault) who came by…to get me and took the life of my wife. I’ve got a job to do -- I love you, every one of you, and I hope you love me." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-DET-10C-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361571
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46108 STARTING HIS NEW JOB GENEVA -- Dr. Carl H. Mau, Jr. (left), newly-elected general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, started work in the LWF's Geneva headquarters during the first week of October. Until the end of the year Dr. Mau will continue his responsibilities as general secretary of the USA National Committee of the LWF. An American Lutheran Church clergyman, Dr. Mau was elected last July to succeed Dr. Andre Appel to head the federation representing 87 member Churches. He is the LWF's fifth general secretary -- and third American. A native of Seattle, he has been involved with LWF work for 17 of his 28 years in the ministry. Here, he confers with the Rev. Albertus Maasdorp (right), LWF associate general secretary, at the federation's Geneva headquarters. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-GEN-1OB- 74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361570
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46093 RECEIVES FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AWARD NEW YORK -- Thomas Oliphant (second right), a reporter for the Boston Globe, is congratulated after he received A.D. Magazine's second annual Freedom of the Press award during a ceremony in New York. FROM LEFT are: Walter G. Barlow, United Presbyterian vice-president of the magazine's board of directors; Robert K. Nace, board president; Mr. Oliphant; and William S. Mellish, United Church of Christ vice-president. Mr. Oliphant was honored chiefly by the United Presbyterian United Church of Christ monthly because of the stand he took when indicted by a federal grand jury last year on charges stemming from his coverage of the Wounded Knee occupation. With the approval of his paper, the Globe reporter accepted an invitation to accompany pilots on food-drop mission over the Sioux Indian hamlet. He was later charged with crossing a state line to promote riot and with obstructing federal officers. The reporter turned himself in but strongly denied the charge, which was dropped for lack of evidence. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-10D- 74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361569
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: J-46164 PANOVS TO MAKE AMERICAN DEBUT PHILADELPHIA -- Ballet stars Valery and Galina Panov, who were allowed to leave the Soviet Union last June after a two-year struggle, will perform together for the first time ever in the Western Hemisphere on Dec. 10 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Their benefit performance for Soviet Jewry is being sponsored by the Spectrum, Philadelphia's 12,500-seat arena, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Philadelphia in cooperation with the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. The Panovs will be accompanied by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Valery Panov, a Jew, had been ousted from his position as leading male dancer with Leningrad's Kirov Ballet when he and his wife, Galina, applied for an exit visa to Israel in April 1972. He was imprisoned twice during 1972. Neither he nor his wife, who had been a solo dancer with the Kirov Ballet, were permitted to dance publicly in the Soviet Union for almost two years. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-PHI-10D-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361568
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: J-46160 MEETS WITH ISRAELI LEADERS JERUSALEM -- U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (center) prepares to enter a limousine following a round of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon. Dr. Kissinger, during his latest trip to Israel and the Arab nations, reached agreement on furthering Middle East peace efforts. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-JER-10C-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361567
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: J-46132 HALTING AN 'INVASION' JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops carry a squatter from a site between Jerusalem and Jericho, as some 3,000 "ultra-Orthodox" Israeli Jews and "members of Israel's right-wing groups" launched an "invasion" into the Israeli-occupied West Bank of Jordan with the intention of "settling" there, according to Radio Israel. A spokesman for the "settlers" said the effort was launched "by design" to precede the arrival in Israel of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-JER-10B-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361566
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: J-46131 DANCING IN THE STREETS MOSCOW -- Soviet Jews sing and dance outside Moscow's main synagogue as they celebrate the traditional festival of Simhat Torah. There was an unusual degree of gaiety and freedom from police harassment during the festival. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-MOS-10B-74-DS)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361565
