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1 JVStDL 1, 54U. 02U1 ST. 3-1- 4-74 ' "I " 1 1 Oklahoma 27 low? state 7 Notre Dame 21 texas a&m 31 Hickman 33 MiSSOUri 20 Nebraska 28 Alabama 18 . Arkansas 10 Parkway14 f Intown --t today 2 pan. "Mrs. Old and the Unicom," Launer Auditorium, Columbia College Esttbte New: Museum of Art and Archaeology, 15th-- to 19th-centu- ry painting and sculpture. Renaissance prints and drawings, eariy Christian and Byzantine art, African and pre-- Colombian art, Asian, Oriental and Oceanic art and modern art, 1 to 5 pjn. University Fine Arts Gallery, The Association of American University Presses 1978 Book Exhibit, 2 30 to 4 30 Monday 1p.mPe8t.ptejoy.s,PianSooruetchital CbyamLpesulise Auditorium, Stephens College 8:15 pas. University Studio Band, University Jesse Auditorium, e Exhibits I New: University Fine Arts Gallery, pastels by Nancy Happ p and The Association of American University Presses 1976 Book i Exhibit, 9 a.m to3prn.Moseum . I of Art and Archaeology, 15th- - to I 19th-centur- y paintings and I sculpture, Renaissance prints 5 and drawings, early Christian I and Byzantine art, African and pre-CoIomb- ian art, Asian, $ Oriental and Oceanic art and I modeni art, 4 to 10 p.m. Columbia I GaOery of Pbotogragby, 1975 I Missouri Photo Workshop exhibit, with gum bichromate I I prints of Michael Fleischmann, 9 ' ajn.to5pjn See Vibrations for eaetinamgexh&it schedules. See page ISA fei movie listings. 4 IrasigM Specialists may not be for everyone When hospitals and medical schools across the country first began turning out specialists early in this century, people were thnlled "Why should I go to a family doctor anymore," was the reasoning, "when I can get so much better care from a specialist'" Doctors were pleased, too Advances in medicine, and new technology, had made it harder for them to keep up By specializing, they could keep op and become expert in one field. This trend continued for many years Medkal schools turned cut high percentages of specialists, and people continued to go to them. General Tttti report on the tread back to the famfly medical pracUtfaaer was written by Harioa Soars, Bread Stvett aad Bob Kefty of the Cchnn-bt- a MJssourkui't special reporting teamoasdeace. practitioners seemed' destined to disappear. Specialization, though, has its drawbacks. The early enthusiastic reactions have faded and the new complaint from patients is: "We're tired of being bounced around like ping-pon- g balls fromone doctor to another." Even medical students complain about specialization, saying "What a shallow occupation tins is Yon see a patient once, treat him, and he's gone." - Today, however, specialized departments in medical schools have begun to cut back on their numbers of -- See CLQSE page MA 69th Year No. 49 , Mormttfil It'x Sunday, Vi . 14. J 976 4 Section - 52 Page. 35 Onis m in h' --l5 ''--h KHHSHSK-- bV?" -- wir tVvw --wvi r ai c jHHRfliHr wm. vHfiflOIBIBBrS Adell Crowe, 1406 Ross Ave., grimaces as she receives her swine flu vaccination from nurse Wendy Dirksen, 1607 Sylvan Lane, at 9,900 get flu shots at 10 county clinics By Terry Ayheard, Ken Pieper and Wayne Savage Mfssoasiaa staff writers In a turnout described as moderate by Mike Sanford. CoiKtnout airector 61 health services, more than 9,900 Boone County residents received swine flu inoculations Saturday at lb mass clinics At the five Columbia dimes, 7,781 persons received inoculations "Our goal was to get the word out and provide the flu shots to those who wanted them," Sanford said. "Andlthinkwedidthat" Although Sanford said he did not know what to expect, there were few problems "Things went smoothly," he said. "I was able to visnrevery clinic except Ashland and I didn't Jefferson Junior High School Saturday (Missounan photo by Charles Ealy ) talk to anyone who had to wait a long time everybody thought it went well " Sanford estimated that 600 to 700 volunteers assisted. The consensus among those receiving shots was that it did not hurt, at least npttnach Roger Ridge, 20, Crestvale Trailer Park, said he did not feel anything but a "Utile pinch," and Rick Melton, 24, a resident of Rock Bndge Apartments, said he felt "justa Utile twinge" Both had just received their vaccinations at Rock Bridge High School Jill Lundgian, a volunteer for the clinic at Rock Bndge, said the shot "doesn't hurt that bad" and the main problem is that people do not know what to expect from the shots Lundgian said vaccine recipients were curious about the vaporizer gun used to give the vaccine The vaporizer gun, which shoots a jet spray into the arm, is new to Boone County The city s busiest clinic was at Jefferson Junior High School, where 2832Tpersons received inoculations during the nine hour session Sanford attributed the heavy turnout there to the school's central location and the publicity generated when the clinic, originally scheduled for Hickman High School, was transferred to Jefferson Junior because of the conflict with a football game at the high school At one point during the morning, Sanford said, persons were being asked to attend clinics elsewhere The total Boone County turnout, Sanford said, cannot be judged until See 'VICTIM,' page ISA , , J Art, archaeology museum opens By natty nuuaaey Milliff wi staff writer "The old cbem labs had high ceilings," says Saul Weinberg. And for Weinberg, director of the University's Museum of Art and Archaeology, the spacious chemistry Jabs translated into ''wonderful exhibition space." After a year's renovation, those labs in the building known as the Old Chemistry Building have been exchanged for exhibits that open to the ptibftc for the first time from 1 to 5 pjn. today. Weinberg says the interior renovation compkoneots the buOdiag's original took. "We dhaVt tooth foe structure, though we dosed up the windows. The highways were there aad the wans are stfflexacUyasihcy were. No bearing walls were tocebfld." TheUaTdfog was buttt InUB and was cae of six bnOdmgs completed along Frauds Quadrangle with Insurance money from the Ore that destroyed -- Academic Hall in 1892. The total cost for all the buildings was J2M,S5L Renovation of the Old Chemistry Building cost 1750,000 in state appropriations. "That's one-thir- d of what it would have cost to reproduce this space, and ft would never have been gqchpfce space." Weinbergsays. The building is not only remodeled," but also renamed. It's new name, Pickard Ball, is in honor of Jobn Pickard who founded the art history and archaeology department Pickard aba selected plaster casts for the museum's now extensive collection of Greek and Roman casts housed in the large first-floo- r gallery. IlietmTding's new interior is a aoftiy lit eoaoMnatira of large expjgpss c white wsJbandSaceutegfi against an occastonal waflsf deep grange and, so orange and black brick Boor. The Pickard Hall auditorium for art history daises contrasts rows of new - shiny desk tops with ancient art along the walls. The major galleries in the first exhibition include ancient art, painting and sculpture from the 15th to die 18th centuries, art of the 20th century and prints and drawings from Renaissance to modern times. Weinberg says only 25 per cent of the museum's 6,000 holdings can be displayed at one time Before the renovation of the Old Chemistry Building and the transfer of museum holdings into new quarters, the art pieces were scattered around the campus in any available space "Most of the collection was In store rooms on the fourth floor of Ellis library, but mere was so little display room," Weinberg says. The cast collec-tion was fegsseit fa a email area on the thirdfieorofJesseHalL ' "At last we have everything together'hesBvs. - . ' 1 Saul Weinberg, director of the University's Museum of Art and Archaeology, stands in what used to be laboratories in the old Chemistry Building on the University campus. The renovated laboratories, he says, make "wonderful exhibition space." (Missourian photo by GinaSetser) Utah convict adds a twist: may be wed From our wire services SALT LAKE CITY Convicted murderer Gary Mark Gilmore astounded the nation with his request to be allowed to die, and he isn't finished with surprises With a flair for the melodramatic, he now is coradering marriage Ironically, the woman he is considering "marrying believes she is the cause of his current plight Gilmore told the London Dady Express and through his attorney the New York Times Saturday he may attempt to be married on Death Row before his date with the firing squad Gilmore's execution has been stayed byUtahGo Calvin Rampton awaiting a meeting Wednesday of the Utah Board of Pardons The execution had been scheduled for Monday morning Pardons board chairman George Latimer has said the board would have Utile choice but to ask for a new execution date if Gilmore insists on death The woman Gilmore wants to marry is Nicole Barrett, a divorced mother of two whom prison authorities said visits Gilmore daily Samuel W Smith, the warden at Utah Prison who must approve inmate marriages, said he would consider such a request from Gilmore, though he sees Utile value in it ' I'm considering marrying Nicole," Gilmore told The New York Times through attorney Dennis Boaz "They've married other convicts in prison before, so I don't think they'll stand in my way ' Mrs Barrett, unavailable to reporters recently, said in a television interview several days ago she beUeves she shares the "debt" in Gilmore's admitted slaying of a motel clerk The woman and Gilmore s uncle, Vera Damico of Provo, have said Gilmore's mood changed after Mrs Barrett told him she was ending their stormy relationship by returning to her former husband because Gilmore went on a drinking and crime spree They said this was shortly before the motel clerk was killed As a possible due to the reason for the marriage, the Tunes reported it has learned the two are convinced they met in some pre-existi- ng form of Lfe and will be reunited after death Gilmore's thoughts of mairiage while See 'GILMORE,' page 16A Condemned pick prison over death By United Press International Some of the 36 men on death row at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La , are confident they never will face execution, and they think Utah convict Gary GQmore, wtea mots to face a firing squad, is crazy but they saj they can understand how he feels Louisiana's prisoners, edged in a wing of Angola's maximum security reception center, are optimistic The US Supreme Court struck down the state's capital punishment law under which they were sentenced to die in the electric chair The court said all the men must be resentenced, and most think they eventually will be released However, many prisoners in other states cannot feel so confident At least 338 persons face execution under the laws of 14 states which legal experts See INMATES, page 16A Conflict strains church, Plains PLAINS, Ga (UPI) The white clapboard Plains Baptist Church has shaped life in this small southern town for 128 years. Now it is the scene of a confrontation involving deepseated racial attitudes and the pressures placed on a community when one of its own becomes President The congregation of the little church takes up a segregation question today that is reminiscent of the 1980s. In the process it "either wiQ be torn apart or come out stronger," one of the church deacons said. The end result could affect Jimmy Carter's presidency Members win meet behind dosed doors instead of holding the regular worship service and may vote on whether to accept their deacons' unanimous decision to dismiss the Rev. Bruce Edwards, who stood on the drurch steps two weeks ago and opposed a church rule banning blacks as members But the much larger question is whether the congregation will continue to enforce the resolution passed in 1965 to bar "negroes and other civil rights agitators" from membership In 1965 only Carter, his family and one other person opposed the resolution And central to the confrontation are the questions Should the President of the United States be a member of a racially segregated church9 If it remains segregated, should he resign from membership9 Eight days before the Nov 2 election, the Rev. Ciennon King, a black civil rights activist and a non-(teno- mi national minister from Alban, Ga , 40 miles (64 kilometers) away, declared bis intentions to join the Plains Baptist Church. The church has 415 members, all white According to Clarence Dodson, a deacon Edwards called the deacons together the next night to inform them of King s intentions To spare Carter embarrassment, the deacons canceled the worship service for the following Sunday, when King would have walked forward to present himself for membership And, they suggested Edwards be absent to provide an excuse for not having a service, Dodson said. Instead, Pastor Edwards stood on the church steps that Sunday and turned away King but, he stated his opposition to the deacons' action The deacons were incensed at the ensuing pubucity, and that night they met and voted to dismiss Edwards A letter of notification was sent to nun, but the pastor has steadfastly refused to resign LastSunday, King returned to Plains He mat to Dodson's Sunday school dass 15 minutes before the final bell, but when he stepped outside before the worship service to talk to reporters some of the deacons locked the-doo- rs from the inside to keep him out One church member said the more liberal deacons were in the choir loft and unaware that the others were barring the door Ernest Turner, chairman of the deacons and a hardware dealer, said Sunday's 11 am. meeting would be "open to any subject," suggesting the discussion would go beyond merely whether to fire the pastor A week-lon-g series of interviews by UPI reporters indicated the church is no longer as united on the segragabon question as it was in 1965 Charles Hicks, one of the leading blacks in Plains, said he believes local blacks would have no problem if they went to the church but he doesn t know any who want to go "I don't feel like I've been to church when 1 ve been to a white church, he said, sitting m his office at the rear of his Starlite, Club Hicks, a retired Navy enlisted man and an officer at the all black St John Methodist Church, questioned King's motives and said he would vote to exclude King from membership at St Johns if he were to apply Hicks said King went to the all black Lebanon Baptist Church in Plains to get support, but was rebuffed Hicks said he feels no bitterness at social segregation by whites Jimmv Carter said on the eve of the election that he would not leave his church but would remain m it to 'do all I can to eliminate that last vestige of racial discrimination " "I think my best approach is to stay within the church and to try to change the attitudes which I abhor," Carter said.
Object Description
Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1976-11-14 |
Description | Vol. 69th Year, No. 49 |
Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
Language | English |
Date.Search | 1976-11-14 |
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Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
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Boone County (Mo.) |
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Date.Search | 1976-11-14 |
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State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri School of Journalism |
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Item.Transcript | 1 JVStDL 1, 54U. 02U1 ST. 3-1- 4-74 ' "I " 1 1 Oklahoma 27 low? state 7 Notre Dame 21 texas a&m 31 Hickman 33 MiSSOUri 20 Nebraska 28 Alabama 18 . Arkansas 10 Parkway14 f Intown --t today 2 pan. "Mrs. Old and the Unicom," Launer Auditorium, Columbia College Esttbte New: Museum of Art and Archaeology, 15th-- to 19th-centu- ry painting and sculpture. Renaissance prints and drawings, eariy Christian and Byzantine art, African and pre-- Colombian art, Asian, Oriental and Oceanic art and modern art, 1 to 5 pjn. University Fine Arts Gallery, The Association of American University Presses 1978 Book Exhibit, 2 30 to 4 30 Monday 1p.mPe8t.ptejoy.s,PianSooruetchital CbyamLpesulise Auditorium, Stephens College 8:15 pas. University Studio Band, University Jesse Auditorium, e Exhibits I New: University Fine Arts Gallery, pastels by Nancy Happ p and The Association of American University Presses 1976 Book i Exhibit, 9 a.m to3prn.Moseum . I of Art and Archaeology, 15th- - to I 19th-centur- y paintings and I sculpture, Renaissance prints 5 and drawings, early Christian I and Byzantine art, African and pre-CoIomb- ian art, Asian, $ Oriental and Oceanic art and I modeni art, 4 to 10 p.m. Columbia I GaOery of Pbotogragby, 1975 I Missouri Photo Workshop exhibit, with gum bichromate I I prints of Michael Fleischmann, 9 ' ajn.to5pjn See Vibrations for eaetinamgexh&it schedules. See page ISA fei movie listings. 4 IrasigM Specialists may not be for everyone When hospitals and medical schools across the country first began turning out specialists early in this century, people were thnlled "Why should I go to a family doctor anymore," was the reasoning, "when I can get so much better care from a specialist'" Doctors were pleased, too Advances in medicine, and new technology, had made it harder for them to keep up By specializing, they could keep op and become expert in one field. This trend continued for many years Medkal schools turned cut high percentages of specialists, and people continued to go to them. General Tttti report on the tread back to the famfly medical pracUtfaaer was written by Harioa Soars, Bread Stvett aad Bob Kefty of the Cchnn-bt- a MJssourkui't special reporting teamoasdeace. practitioners seemed' destined to disappear. Specialization, though, has its drawbacks. The early enthusiastic reactions have faded and the new complaint from patients is: "We're tired of being bounced around like ping-pon- g balls fromone doctor to another." Even medical students complain about specialization, saying "What a shallow occupation tins is Yon see a patient once, treat him, and he's gone." - Today, however, specialized departments in medical schools have begun to cut back on their numbers of -- See CLQSE page MA 69th Year No. 49 , Mormttfil It'x Sunday, Vi . 14. J 976 4 Section - 52 Page. 35 Onis m in h' --l5 ''--h KHHSHSK-- bV?" -- wir tVvw --wvi r ai c jHHRfliHr wm. vHfiflOIBIBBrS Adell Crowe, 1406 Ross Ave., grimaces as she receives her swine flu vaccination from nurse Wendy Dirksen, 1607 Sylvan Lane, at 9,900 get flu shots at 10 county clinics By Terry Ayheard, Ken Pieper and Wayne Savage Mfssoasiaa staff writers In a turnout described as moderate by Mike Sanford. CoiKtnout airector 61 health services, more than 9,900 Boone County residents received swine flu inoculations Saturday at lb mass clinics At the five Columbia dimes, 7,781 persons received inoculations "Our goal was to get the word out and provide the flu shots to those who wanted them," Sanford said. "Andlthinkwedidthat" Although Sanford said he did not know what to expect, there were few problems "Things went smoothly," he said. "I was able to visnrevery clinic except Ashland and I didn't Jefferson Junior High School Saturday (Missounan photo by Charles Ealy ) talk to anyone who had to wait a long time everybody thought it went well " Sanford estimated that 600 to 700 volunteers assisted. The consensus among those receiving shots was that it did not hurt, at least npttnach Roger Ridge, 20, Crestvale Trailer Park, said he did not feel anything but a "Utile pinch," and Rick Melton, 24, a resident of Rock Bndge Apartments, said he felt "justa Utile twinge" Both had just received their vaccinations at Rock Bridge High School Jill Lundgian, a volunteer for the clinic at Rock Bndge, said the shot "doesn't hurt that bad" and the main problem is that people do not know what to expect from the shots Lundgian said vaccine recipients were curious about the vaporizer gun used to give the vaccine The vaporizer gun, which shoots a jet spray into the arm, is new to Boone County The city s busiest clinic was at Jefferson Junior High School, where 2832Tpersons received inoculations during the nine hour session Sanford attributed the heavy turnout there to the school's central location and the publicity generated when the clinic, originally scheduled for Hickman High School, was transferred to Jefferson Junior because of the conflict with a football game at the high school At one point during the morning, Sanford said, persons were being asked to attend clinics elsewhere The total Boone County turnout, Sanford said, cannot be judged until See 'VICTIM,' page ISA , , J Art, archaeology museum opens By natty nuuaaey Milliff wi staff writer "The old cbem labs had high ceilings," says Saul Weinberg. And for Weinberg, director of the University's Museum of Art and Archaeology, the spacious chemistry Jabs translated into ''wonderful exhibition space." After a year's renovation, those labs in the building known as the Old Chemistry Building have been exchanged for exhibits that open to the ptibftc for the first time from 1 to 5 pjn. today. Weinberg says the interior renovation compkoneots the buOdiag's original took. "We dhaVt tooth foe structure, though we dosed up the windows. The highways were there aad the wans are stfflexacUyasihcy were. No bearing walls were tocebfld." TheUaTdfog was buttt InUB and was cae of six bnOdmgs completed along Frauds Quadrangle with Insurance money from the Ore that destroyed -- Academic Hall in 1892. The total cost for all the buildings was J2M,S5L Renovation of the Old Chemistry Building cost 1750,000 in state appropriations. "That's one-thir- d of what it would have cost to reproduce this space, and ft would never have been gqchpfce space." Weinbergsays. The building is not only remodeled," but also renamed. It's new name, Pickard Ball, is in honor of Jobn Pickard who founded the art history and archaeology department Pickard aba selected plaster casts for the museum's now extensive collection of Greek and Roman casts housed in the large first-floo- r gallery. IlietmTding's new interior is a aoftiy lit eoaoMnatira of large expjgpss c white wsJbandSaceutegfi against an occastonal waflsf deep grange and, so orange and black brick Boor. The Pickard Hall auditorium for art history daises contrasts rows of new - shiny desk tops with ancient art along the walls. The major galleries in the first exhibition include ancient art, painting and sculpture from the 15th to die 18th centuries, art of the 20th century and prints and drawings from Renaissance to modern times. Weinberg says only 25 per cent of the museum's 6,000 holdings can be displayed at one time Before the renovation of the Old Chemistry Building and the transfer of museum holdings into new quarters, the art pieces were scattered around the campus in any available space "Most of the collection was In store rooms on the fourth floor of Ellis library, but mere was so little display room," Weinberg says. The cast collec-tion was fegsseit fa a email area on the thirdfieorofJesseHalL ' "At last we have everything together'hesBvs. - . ' 1 Saul Weinberg, director of the University's Museum of Art and Archaeology, stands in what used to be laboratories in the old Chemistry Building on the University campus. The renovated laboratories, he says, make "wonderful exhibition space." (Missourian photo by GinaSetser) Utah convict adds a twist: may be wed From our wire services SALT LAKE CITY Convicted murderer Gary Mark Gilmore astounded the nation with his request to be allowed to die, and he isn't finished with surprises With a flair for the melodramatic, he now is coradering marriage Ironically, the woman he is considering "marrying believes she is the cause of his current plight Gilmore told the London Dady Express and through his attorney the New York Times Saturday he may attempt to be married on Death Row before his date with the firing squad Gilmore's execution has been stayed byUtahGo Calvin Rampton awaiting a meeting Wednesday of the Utah Board of Pardons The execution had been scheduled for Monday morning Pardons board chairman George Latimer has said the board would have Utile choice but to ask for a new execution date if Gilmore insists on death The woman Gilmore wants to marry is Nicole Barrett, a divorced mother of two whom prison authorities said visits Gilmore daily Samuel W Smith, the warden at Utah Prison who must approve inmate marriages, said he would consider such a request from Gilmore, though he sees Utile value in it ' I'm considering marrying Nicole," Gilmore told The New York Times through attorney Dennis Boaz "They've married other convicts in prison before, so I don't think they'll stand in my way ' Mrs Barrett, unavailable to reporters recently, said in a television interview several days ago she beUeves she shares the "debt" in Gilmore's admitted slaying of a motel clerk The woman and Gilmore s uncle, Vera Damico of Provo, have said Gilmore's mood changed after Mrs Barrett told him she was ending their stormy relationship by returning to her former husband because Gilmore went on a drinking and crime spree They said this was shortly before the motel clerk was killed As a possible due to the reason for the marriage, the Tunes reported it has learned the two are convinced they met in some pre-existi- ng form of Lfe and will be reunited after death Gilmore's thoughts of mairiage while See 'GILMORE,' page 16A Condemned pick prison over death By United Press International Some of the 36 men on death row at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La , are confident they never will face execution, and they think Utah convict Gary GQmore, wtea mots to face a firing squad, is crazy but they saj they can understand how he feels Louisiana's prisoners, edged in a wing of Angola's maximum security reception center, are optimistic The US Supreme Court struck down the state's capital punishment law under which they were sentenced to die in the electric chair The court said all the men must be resentenced, and most think they eventually will be released However, many prisoners in other states cannot feel so confident At least 338 persons face execution under the laws of 14 states which legal experts See INMATES, page 16A Conflict strains church, Plains PLAINS, Ga (UPI) The white clapboard Plains Baptist Church has shaped life in this small southern town for 128 years. Now it is the scene of a confrontation involving deepseated racial attitudes and the pressures placed on a community when one of its own becomes President The congregation of the little church takes up a segregation question today that is reminiscent of the 1980s. In the process it "either wiQ be torn apart or come out stronger," one of the church deacons said. The end result could affect Jimmy Carter's presidency Members win meet behind dosed doors instead of holding the regular worship service and may vote on whether to accept their deacons' unanimous decision to dismiss the Rev. Bruce Edwards, who stood on the drurch steps two weeks ago and opposed a church rule banning blacks as members But the much larger question is whether the congregation will continue to enforce the resolution passed in 1965 to bar "negroes and other civil rights agitators" from membership In 1965 only Carter, his family and one other person opposed the resolution And central to the confrontation are the questions Should the President of the United States be a member of a racially segregated church9 If it remains segregated, should he resign from membership9 Eight days before the Nov 2 election, the Rev. Ciennon King, a black civil rights activist and a non-(teno- mi national minister from Alban, Ga , 40 miles (64 kilometers) away, declared bis intentions to join the Plains Baptist Church. The church has 415 members, all white According to Clarence Dodson, a deacon Edwards called the deacons together the next night to inform them of King s intentions To spare Carter embarrassment, the deacons canceled the worship service for the following Sunday, when King would have walked forward to present himself for membership And, they suggested Edwards be absent to provide an excuse for not having a service, Dodson said. Instead, Pastor Edwards stood on the church steps that Sunday and turned away King but, he stated his opposition to the deacons' action The deacons were incensed at the ensuing pubucity, and that night they met and voted to dismiss Edwards A letter of notification was sent to nun, but the pastor has steadfastly refused to resign LastSunday, King returned to Plains He mat to Dodson's Sunday school dass 15 minutes before the final bell, but when he stepped outside before the worship service to talk to reporters some of the deacons locked the-doo- rs from the inside to keep him out One church member said the more liberal deacons were in the choir loft and unaware that the others were barring the door Ernest Turner, chairman of the deacons and a hardware dealer, said Sunday's 11 am. meeting would be "open to any subject," suggesting the discussion would go beyond merely whether to fire the pastor A week-lon-g series of interviews by UPI reporters indicated the church is no longer as united on the segragabon question as it was in 1965 Charles Hicks, one of the leading blacks in Plains, said he believes local blacks would have no problem if they went to the church but he doesn t know any who want to go "I don't feel like I've been to church when 1 ve been to a white church, he said, sitting m his office at the rear of his Starlite, Club Hicks, a retired Navy enlisted man and an officer at the all black St John Methodist Church, questioned King's motives and said he would vote to exclude King from membership at St Johns if he were to apply Hicks said King went to the all black Lebanon Baptist Church in Plains to get support, but was rebuffed Hicks said he feels no bitterness at social segregation by whites Jimmv Carter said on the eve of the election that he would not leave his church but would remain m it to 'do all I can to eliminate that last vestige of racial discrimination " "I think my best approach is to stay within the church and to try to change the attitudes which I abhor," Carter said. |