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of Interest in Spiritual Healing Noted Editor's Note: The news that (tucrn Juliana of The Netherlands kas turned to a faith healer In ef fort to restore the sight of her partially-blind daughter has stirred op fresh controversy over the plare of snirarulous rures in modern religion. The following dupatrh reports that the attitude of minx rhmches to ward spiritual healing has under gone sharp chances In recent years. Br LOUIS CASSELS TJnilod Press Correspondent Washington t'J.rS A strong revival of inttrest in spiritual healing is underway in many Christian denominations. Skepticism and embarrassment about this long-negltcted ph.-se of the church's rained ministry is on the wane. More and :nore churchmen are swiping wound to the boliei that miraculous cures do occur, even in tl is age of scientific medicine, an-; that modern Christian shoui-T take new "look at the wholi- subject This attitude is, f -le many bodice of Protestant Christian ity, a radical change from the prevailing opinions of a few yean ago. While the Roman Catholic Church and some fund amentalist sects of faith heal ing, leading Protestant groups were inclined to soft-pedal or disavow what they regarded as a primitive and unsophisticated belief. Some liberal theologians even 'ought to explain away the gospel accounts- of Christ's heal ing miracles. LET'S GET ACQUAINTED With DEAH and BILL COX RELIABLE CLEANERS NEW LOCATION 1826 W. Main PHONE 2-6670 FREE! . China demi-tasse cup and saucer given with every $1.00 Cash-and-Carry Cleaning arderl The new respectability of spiritual healing was reflected in a recent symposium published by the respected quartely jour nal. Religion Io Life. Four prominent clergymen who par ticipated in the symposium agreed that the evidence for re markable cures through prayer is so abundant that the phe nomenon must be taken ser iously. K; Longer Dismissed "Faith healing can no longer be dismissed with a shrug of the shoulder.-, a snap judgment, or a clever phrase, either by the church or by the medical profes sion," said the Rev. John Pitcs, minister of the First '.Velcn Pres byterian church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. "There se?rr.s to oe more than enough evidence to afiim that spiritual healing is a fact." Cyril C. Richardson, a professor at Union Theological seminary in New York, emnhasized that faith healing OGrs not mean having faith in a particular "healer," nor -oi.'S it mean persuading yourself that you will be healed. "The faith required is that in Christ is revealed the power and wisdom of God. It is God and not we who is the healer," he said. This point is stressed by many other clergymen, who draw a sharp distinction be tween bonafide spiritual healing and the "demonstrations" of some self-styled "faith healers." Churchmen who acknowledge that much outright quackery is practiced in the name of faith healing point out that medical science also has its fakes and charlatans. If the efficacy of genuine radi ation treatments is not ques tioned just because some un scrupulous racketeers bilk the gullible with "uranium poul tices," they say, neither should true spiritual healing through earnest private prayer be dis counted just because some superstition-mongers make a mock ery of it for their own profit Impartial Study The Church of England, in an effort to draw a clear line be tween quackery and legitimate SDirirual healing, recently asked the British Medical association to conduct an impartial, profes sional study of the facts. A com mission report took a middle course between skepticism and credulity. They said the tenents of modern medicine leave little room for "miraculous cures of organic disease" and many so called miracles are susceptible of natural explanations. But they also acknowledged that some well-authenticated cures are "at present inexplicable on scien tific aspects of healing that are still outside our present med ical knowledge." Among the scientifically-attested cures studied by the Brit ish physicians were a number which took place at the famous shrine of Lourdes, France. A sizeable medical staff is station ed at Lourdes to examine pil grims on arrival, a check de signed to rule out error in diag nosis, which is often cited by non-believers as the "explana tion" of. many apparent miracles of healing. This medical staff has record ed numerous scientifically-inexplicable recoveries. In some cases, the cures involved organic diseases in very young infants conditions which would appear to rule out any explanation on psychological or psychosomatic grounds. Baptists Ask Stop To Hydrogen Tests Seattle (U.PJ The American Baptist convention in a resolu tion Friday asked the United States to stop hydrogen bomb tests. The resolution was adopted by a 2 to 1 vote on the last day of the convention's 49th annual meeting. It asserted the tests were dangerous to the Japanese economy, harmful to mission aries, have an adverse effect on Asiatic nations and create a "long range danger to the human race." Earlier, delegates elected Dr. Harry L. Dillin,' president of Linfield College, McMinnville, Ore., president of the conven SNOW FOR GOVERNOR Bangor Me. (U.R) Gov. Ed mund S. Muskie and his aides did some quick thinking when a short circuit started a fire in the wiring of the governor's official car on a highway near here. They scooped up handfuls of snow and doused the flames with it. V 7) ISc (A tvt n . varna. & Ladies Casual Shoe $088 im Pr. This it a real savings. A levtty moccasin toe style shoe in eight colon to choose from. Siios 4 to 9. Com early. Save $1 a pair. Material of all kinds Broadcloth, Percales, Ging hams, Chambray and Sheers. ladies Run Resist Rayon Gowns 88 Reg. $1.00 Sale Cool, comfortabk. Laca trim. Your cftoica of colon. . Your choice This is a once in a year clean-up sale. Come early, doors open at 9 t.m. Refrigerator Water Bottle Reg. 19e Special 10 ea. 1 quart sire. Keep a supply of cola' water handy. r? I ft J. J. NEWBERRY Co. MEDFORD'S BARGAIN CORNER i SIXTH AND CENTRAL 31 Experiment Station Scene of Tour by Branch Officials Experiment station superin tendents from throughout Ore gon toured facilities of the Southern Oregon Branch Ex periment station this weekend as part of a plan to better co ordinate work of various branches in the system. Saturday was devoted to a tour of the branch experiment station to acquaint visiting superintendents in charge of other stations with the nature of the program under way in this area. Attention also was given to how the program was developed and why. While superintendents, were touring the station, wives visit ed the Jacksonville Museum under the leadership of Mrs. H. H. White, wife of the local superintendent. They also visit ed other points of interest in the valley. Picnic Held The group held a picnic at Ashland's Lithia park. Among those visiting were Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Overson, Pendleton branch experiment station; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sawyer, Squaw Butte-Harney station. Burns; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hall, Sherman station, Moro;, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Hoffman, Malheur experimental area, On tario; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ho well, John Jacob Astor station, Astoria; Malcolm Johnson, Cen tral Oregon experimental area, Remond; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Larson, Umatilla station, Herm iston; Mr. and Mrs. Jack . Mc Dermid, Red Soils experimental area, Oregon City; and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gross, Klamath sta tion, Klamath Falls. Last year the group held a two-day inspection trip at Ore gon. City and Astoria. . Sunday, Juno 24, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBT United Pross Correspondent tfMyST''M' . Hollywood U.P.) Phil Sil vers sailed through Hollywood this week as a returned conquer ing hero and blandly turned down movie offers to stick to his "You'll Never Get Rich" tel evision show. The last time "the co medians' CO- Aline Hosbr median" stay ed in Hollywood for a stretch was during filming of his stage hit, "Top Banana." Before that he suffered through years of playing "the hero's best friend" in a string of movies. This trip the triple-emmy win ner was the toast of Hollywood for his biggest success, as Sgt. Steve Bilko in "You'll Never Get Rich." But he brushed off eager movie producers to return to his show in New York. Good Story Needed "Lotsa movie offers," beamed Silvers at a cocktail party given in his honor. "But they're all to play Army characters. We've gotten offers to do Sergeant Bil ko as a movie, too. But we'll wait until we get a real good story line and then do it as a big movie in color." Senators Urge Use of Northwest Colleges Washington (U.R) Sens. Hen ry M. Jackson and Warren G. Magnuson Friday urged a de partment of agriculture commit tee to select the University of Idaho and Washington State College as a dual site for an $18,900,000 animal disease re search center. The Washington Democrats said the site would utilize fully the institutions' research facili ties. The Camp Adair site near Corvallis and Albany, Ore., also has been mentioned as a possi ble location of the center. Silvers stood happily survey ing the mob of celebrities and press who gathered to pay hom age to TV's biggest success of the season. Next season, howev er, he admittedly faces that so phomore jinx, the second season. He'll try to solve that by travel ing to Europe this summer to gather background shots for the adventures of Bilko overseas. Uniform Omitted For the third season, the irre pressible sergeant will get out of uniform for other mishaps away from Army camps. "Every show needs a change," explained Silvers. "It's funny," but the Army likes this program," he added. 'They told me Army enlistments have tripled. The Army didn't like 'From Here to Eternity' but in this the sergeant is a lovable type." Silvers is such a success, In fact, that when he dropped $5, 800 at the dice tables during his recent engagement at the Rivi era hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., the story got around Hollywood he lost $90,000. Columbia Commission Public Hearings Spokane (U.R) The Colum bia Interstate Compact commis sion will meet here Monday to vote on . b proposed change in the composition of the commis sion. The proposed change would give three commissioners each to Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana with three votes for each commissioner; one com missioner to Wyoming with two votes, and one each for Utah and Nevada with one vote apiece. . At present the commission is composed of two members from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana and one each from Wyoming, Utah and Nevada. TWO-WAY THEATER New Kensington, Pa. (U.R) Plans for this city's new $2,500, 000 high school include provi sions for a reversible indoor-outdoor stage. The stage will be sit uated so that a bi-parting door will let 4t face both . an insid , auditorium and an outdoor hill side ampitheater. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada The Community's Bimrest Marketplace Washable For Use on all Chaise Pads SPECIAL! GREEN YELLOW WHITE Easily washed Won't Shrink Attractive A durable GATES FURNITURE 341 North Central MAD KILLER? Police at Warren, Ohio are searching for. Alfred Wilson, 37 (above), just out of jail on bond after being held for ' assault and battery. They believe he might be the "mad killer" of two women and a girt. The two women were ms sisters-in-law and the girl, an innocent victim, was 16-year-old Nancy Worthington. ; Trumans Touring Great Britain London (U.R) Former Presi dent Truman, enjoying his first day in Britain free of official fuctions, Saturday joined scores of other tourists in an excur sion trip down the river Thames to the Tower of London. Mr. Truman and Mrs. Truman were the center of attention. The visit of the grim tower, a mecca for all tourists, gave Mr. Truman further opportunity to show off his knowledge of his tory which has impressed his hosts throughout his European tour. Mr. Truman made more head lines Friday, along with his chauffer. - . . Embassy driver Albert Smith caused a flurry approaching a diplomatic incident when he dis appeared shortly before the for mer President. emerged from the American school where he ad dressed some ninth graders. Smith kept Mr. Truman cool ling his heels for several min utes. He had gone around the corner ior a spot of tea. Mr. Truman dismissed the in cident with a grinning remark that he would have to get ac customed to the Englishmen's morning tea break. But the chauffeur was morti fied by his blooper and vowed never to let it happen again. Friday night the Trumans at tended a private reception given by Sir John Balfour, who was British minister to Washington for three years during Mr. Tru man's presidency. GOAT-GETTER Norton, Va. (U.B Insur ance agent Paul Irwin almost was eaten out of business by a billygoat. Irwin said he returned io his car after making a collec tion call to find the goat had eaten his personal mail, a sticker off the windshield and was start ing to chew up the front seat of the automobile. VI- t t. j AJUkmhmJ'SL' V II in TRAVIS COURT' by Drcxel J" 1II31.loIZ I V-.J I p - it tilt it : - i i 1 1 is e sr"n r- nlllwii iilf!u III EASY TERMS You can tell the difference in famous Travis Court as soon ' as you feel the silken finish on those lilting lines! 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