Law Will Decide Who Will Die
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NEW YORK (NC)-From across the ocean and across the continent came recog. nized authorities to join with New Yorkers in opposing "wit,h f.acts, not emotion" pro posals to limit the state's abortion laws. A British member, of Parliament charged that abortion reform was similar to nazi laws of the Hitler regime that legalized execution of the handicapped and un . . , wanted' by the state. An Abortion Law at a public hear ly handicapped people put his . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . Episcopal priest from Cali- ing here. . hand on his heart and say: 'These Fall River, M~ss., Thursday, March' 7, 1968 forniaheld"abortionisnoth t. Mrs . JtUl Knigbht, a ConsBe;va- ;:P~~n~~:~d~o right to live?'"
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Ive par y mem er f rom Irm • h am,, E n gl an, "d mad e a s t·In g "I firmly believe that they 'ng • t th ey Ing indictment of abortion law h ave such a r i g ht and th a', ' th em t 0 th e find their oWn ways to enjoy ch anges, l I' k enmg '1 life's blessings. Nature has de nazI. 1aws w h'IC h s1aught ere d ml lions f or th e sak e 0 f a "super nied -them so much', should man " deny them life itself?" Mrs. race. She com,pared them to the Knight added. "Nazi Germany, of course, nazi laws that legalized execu tion of the physically and mental 'thought man certainly should. ly handIcapped and those other Turn to Page Fourteen wise unwanted by the state. In considering abortion, the question is raised, she said: "Is .it right to kill a human being because he is not physically per fect?" "Can anyone who has seen and talked to blind people" or spas:" tics, paraplegics or even mental-
ing but murder." A ;Baltl'more medl'cal specI'al 1st called abortion a form of "mercy killing," and no different than "in:fanticide." These conyictions were ex pressed in testimony given to 'C' . th 'e G overnor s omffilSSlOn on
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VATICAN CITY (NC}-A new series of regu]ations 10 C 00 governing the working conditions in the offices of the Roman Curia have fixed the ages of retirement, working hoprs and others matters, including the abolition of a long-stand-inganoyance-the time clock and signing in and' out. The new regulations con PHILADELPHIA (NC) sist of 130 articles and went More than 46,000 students in into effect March 1; The 'rules Catholic elementary schools were officially described as be . took part last year in stan (~'
... ......._"._.... .ABBI SAMUEL RUDERMAN
Stonehill Names Ra.bbi Rudermon To Faculty Strongly ecumenical Stone hill College, a Catholic In Iftitution, has appointed a prominent area Jewis'h rabbi 60 the faculty to teach in the Dteology Department. Rabbi Turn to Page Seven
ing neither a "great novelty" dardized tests which revealed nor a "revolution." . that children in the Philadel The rules are to be common phia archdiocesan, system scored to all curial offices but each will well above national norms. draw up its special norms ac Father David Walls, assistant cording to its special works. superintendent of schools, said The general norms aim at estab the 21,134 eighth grade students lishing common levels of equal scored an average of two years ity among the higher officials above the national average in of each Qffice and equality of reading, languge arts and math salaries throughout the Curia, ematics. depending on the grade of the The 25,505 fourth grade stu persons involved. dents in parochial elementary Retirement schools last year scored an av The retirement age for higher erage of one-and-a-half years supel,"iors, such as the substitute above national norms in the secretary of state, secretaries of same subjects. congregations and others is set In mathematics, Father Walls as of the 74th year. said, above average class rec-_ Other major officials, such as ords were compiled by 318 out undersecretaries and employees of 326 elementary schools in the of lesser rank, are to retire at archdiocese. While higher aver the age of 70. ages were generally reported in Cardinal prefects of Curial. .suburban schools, inner city offices have no retirement age" schools were either above or but they will hold their. offices slightly below national averages. only for a five-year period,' All Children Accepted renewable at the. will of the The test results were revealed Pope. in testimony by Father Paul Pastoral Work Curran" assistant superintendent All priests employed in the of schools, before the Pennsyl Curia' are to be associated with vania House of Representatives Tum to Page Seven . Turn to Page Five 0
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Ask Financial Aid For Non-Public School Students SPRINGFIELD (NC) The Illinois Federation of Citizens for Educational Freedom has asked a state legislative committee here to support a bill which would pro vide educational grants for the benefit of children in non-pub lic schoois. . The CEF recommended $100 grants be paid to the parents or guardians of an children in ac credited non-public high shools and $50 for those in grammar schools. George P. Smith, a member of the CEF national board of trus tees, testified in behalf of the grants at a public hearing held by the state commission on school problems. Noting that some 20 per cent of the children in Illinois are educated in non-public schools,
DR. JAMES F. McCOURT
Physician Speak.s In, Cape Parish Dr. James F. McCourt, resi dent psychologist at the Brock ton Veteran Administration Hos pital, will speak .this . coming Sunday evening at 7:45 in the St. Joan of Arc Parish School, Bridge Road, Orleans, on Deal ing, With Present-Day Tensions. The talk is open to the public and those not of the Catholic Faith are invited to attend. There will be an opportunity after the talk for questions and discussion. ..'
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CROSS YOUR, FINGERS-AND PRAY.
Trw fortowing copyrighted editorial by Malcolm S. Forbes,
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pubished in the March 1 i8sue of Forbes, one of the nation's leading business maga zinetf, i8 reprinted with the permission of Forbes: The fight in states and cities over extend equal aid ro individual students-regardless m whether they are in public or private schools --in such matters as busing, nutrition and so :t?ol'th seems unending. Multiple court decisions have often clouded rather thallll clarified the ~onstitutional argument. ~g
Famous last words.
Because there's a mighty good chance that in many major cities and states these Catholic schools now educating tens of thousands of IlIA the course of these battles Catholics -~Qungsters may be aiscontinued.· ))Oint out the enormous sums the average tax payer is saved booau~ of. tb vast system @f Not for reasons of rhetoric, but for rea I£tholie schoolls sons that are understandable and valid. RighteouSp rlgl/ltRst Protestants stand. em There are not enough trained Catholic nuns, 8!l?I Constitationa1l principle even' in peripheral priests, laymen to meet staffing needs. Costs /Ilrguabie matte~' aoo declaim tl1nat the cost have so. skyrocketed that the "return" in the _UieJl"lJ DOt. fOirm of religious awareness from a Catholic
education' seems increasingly less worth the enormity of effort and expense. Just as they are regular in attendance at Mass, practicing Catholic parents are reason ably sure to see that their publicly schooled young regularly attend Sunday parish classes in catechism and religious instruction. To be sure, particular Catholic educational institutions will certainly be maintained, prob ably at a better-than-ever level. But vast city systems of Catholic grammar schools, junior high schools and high schools are very much under the gun. Study groups of the most em inent and informed Catholics are pondering the problem and preparing recommendations The tax implications for all residents of cities and states with sizable Catholic school systems is sobering indeed. Governor Rockefeller is said to have told one member of such a Catholic study group in New York. "For God's sake don't do it!" To which the rest of us, regardless of Faith or faithlessness, can utter a fervent Amen.