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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WedresJuy, February 12, 1957 Oral Roberts Claimed Possibly Most Misunderstood Evangelist Editor's note-. Fnllowinv 1c tfc. flrrt of two article ahniit Oral Roberts, one of America'! most controversial evangelists. By ALBIN KREBS United Press Correspondent New York IP Oral Rob erts is possibly the most mis understood, probably the most flamboyant, and doubtlessly the most controversial of the cores of evangelists who have recently captured the religious imagination of Am ericans and spread a new spir itual revival across the land. The tall forceful, and im mensely influential Oklaho man is second only to Billy Graham in popularity and, surprising to many, he can claim almost as many con versions annually more than a million. When Roberts conducts a week-long crusade at Hemp stead, N. Y., beginning March 25, he will be the second major evangelist to visit the New York area in less than a year. Graham conducted a 16-week crusade here last summer. Who is this man Roberts, about whoFe head controversy swirls? Why do thousands be lieve him to be truly anointed by God to save souls and heal bodies, while others attack him or dismiss him as a fana tic and faker? The core of the answer, as Wall Street Shifts Sentiment on Stocks Because of Outlook -S. FT By ELMER C. WALZER United Pros Financial Editor New York (W Wall Street Is hoisting caution signals on the stock market. 4 resistance be ing encounter- is- 'R ed at the cur- i . X Sl rant lovslo in Vf" m the averages T''land the out look for bieaK corporate news are be ing cited as Elmer Haizer reasons for this" shift in sentiment on stocks just now. And, one more development hurtjng the market seems to beTthe move of institutions and others with the big money to put their funds into bonds Instead of stocks. - There is renewal of talk that the October lows may be tested and some hold that the industrial average may break the 400 level. - Edmund W. Tabell, analyst for Walston & Co., noting the heavy overhead supply in most stocks says this will take a long time to penetrate. On the Downside "On the downside," he says, "the area between 420 and 380 should prove to be the low; with the probabilities in creasing that the October low in the averages could be the low for the move. "'This, of course, does not preclude new lows in individ ual issues and groups." Standard & Poor's holds the market still has to contend with a flood of adverse news, and concludes: "The market is by no means out of the woods. We would look for a test of the present recovery in the weeks imme diately ahead, particularly in the stocks of cyclical indus tries where a reversal of earn ings is still some distance away." International ' Stati s t i c a 1 Bureau says that the upturn since the latter part of 1957 still does not indicate that we. are at the beginning of a long-term rise." No Sound Base "Alexander Hamilton Insti tute notes that "There is no sound base for a prolonged rise in prices . . . even anoth er testing of the October lows over the intermediate term is very possible." . " " Investors Advisory Institute hole's that it is rather diffi cult to visualize sustained strength in stock prices at this time. The Fitch Survey says that with the rally having exhaust ed .itself for the time being, there may be some further backing away on the averages aV stocks seek to consolidate their position. Hence gloom is again cloud ing the Wall Street horizon. And it is gathering the look of unanimity just as the pre dictions of an early end of the recession was almost 100 per cent the rule not long ago. Again, the experts who don't make predictions hold that perhaps the Street, as usual when it is unanimous in anything, may be wrong 4-G5 CLU8 NEWS Lone Pine Merrymaids The first year cooking group has had several meet-' ings at the home of their leader, Mrs. W. A. Strawn. On Jan. 13, each girl made a ham burger, and Linda Kolsky and Phyllis Strawn made relish. On Jan. 20, the girls learned how to and did peel vege tables. On Feb. 3. Judy Rea- vis and Beverly Rusho made lemonade and the rest of the girls made sandwiches. We also did table setting. The re porter for this group is Linda Betz. The fourth year cooking group met at the leader's home, Mrs. H. B. Mitchel, Feb. 3. They started their unit on how to cook vegetables. The reporter for this group is Georgia Mitchel. The second year cooking group met at the home of their leader, Mrs. E. F. Ed wards, Jan. 16. They made book covers. The reporter for this group is Theresa Ed wards. The first year sewing group met at the home of their lead er, Mrs. William G. Under wood, Jan. 28. They learned how to use a sewing gauge and how to make needle cases. The reporter for this group is Ellen Heidenreich. The fourth year sewing group met at the home of their leader, Mrs. H. B. Mitchell, Jan. 6. They had a birthday party for Doris Young and worked on their blouses. The reporter for this group is Georgia Mitchel. Policeman Should Get Faster Transportation Fitchburg, Mass. (W Pa trolman Vincent Testagrossa was 20 minutes late for roll call, but Police Chief Herbert C. Hassett soon saw the sea son. Testagrossa, a chubby five-foot-two, rode up to the station on a junior-sized tri cycle, his knees revolving at an awkward angle as he turned the pedals. He told the chief that the tricycle appar ently had been lost by some child and that he rode it as it was too heavy to carry. iwell as the center of the con troversy, lies in faith-healing. Actually, Roberts and the Pentecostal Holiness Church, of which he is an ordained minister, are not alone in their belief in the healing power of prayer and faith. Faith-healing is recognized by most Christian denominations, and in the past few years, in creasing emphasis has been placed upon healing of physi cal ills by direct appeal to God. But in most cases the ap peals to the Deity have been sedate affairs, Roberts be lieves, so much so that in the sight of God the entreaties become half - hearted, apolo getic and unconvincing. Begins With Radio About 10 years ago, Oral Roberts began radio broad casts of his simple, direct, often strident appeals to God to instantly and miraculously cure the ill who came to his tent revivals. The radio talks created a mild storm which was only a preview of the vir tual hurricane of controversy his television films were to stir up. Over 140 TV stations, view ers watched the long "healing lines" of the. lame and the halt, the sick, the dying, the crippled, the blind and the deaf as they made their tor tuous way up to the platform to be touched and prayed over and "healed" by Roberts. Time after time, Roberts, his intense voice chanting ex temporaneous prayers, con stantly demanding heavenly help, clutched a subject's can cerous throat or twisted limb, seeking miraculous curse for supposedly incurable ills. And time and again, the emotion-choked cries could be heard: "Praise God, praise God, I can walk" ... "I can see again, I can see", . . . "My baby, my sweet little baby is cured, praise God!" . . . j "thank you, - sweet Jesus, thank you!" Listeners Name Him Healer Thus hundreds of thousands of people throughout the wprld who have watched Rob erts on TV or in person or heard his radio sermons sin cerely consider him a man truly touched by God, a di vinely sent healer of the sick. Others, with equal sincerity, look upon the 40 - year - old evangelist as an exploiter of the sick, a charlatan willing to use for his -own shameless purposes the human misery he finds in others. What Roberts' detractors cannot ignore is the fact that thousands of people have claimed they were cured through his prayers, that he established the necessary con tact between them and God, the Healer. Roberts concedes that many "cures" have been claimed in psychosomatic cases, where the illness was more mental than physical. But other cases cannot be so simply explained. EMBEZZLER COLLAPSES Mrs. Margaret Burton, con victed of embezzling $186,000 from her employers, is bundled unconscious into a sheriff's car by deputies after she was sentenced to a two-to-five-year jail term in De catur, Ga. Mrs. Burton, who has suffered from faint ing spells since her arrest several months ago, lost con sciousness as she was wheeled into the courtroom for sentencing. ' Hatfield Challenges Unander To Debate Portland (W Secretary of State Mark Hatfield Tuesday invited his opponent for the Republican gubern a t o r i a 1 nomination. State Treasurer Sig Unander, to accompany him on a state wide tour be fore the May primary. Hatfield told a luncheon meeting that "it is my sin cere conviction that to win in November any Republican nominee must be ready, will ing and able to publicly debate- the issues of the cam paign face to face with his Democratic opponent." He said if nominated he- would issue a similar invitation to his Democratic opponent. He added that "to initiate that kind of a campaign, and in the interests of conserving party funds for the fall cam paign, I invite Mr. Unander to accompany me on a state wide tour during which we will make joint appearances ! before interested groups." Judge Dismisses Case Detroit iW-ircuit Judge Victor J. Baum reversed a decision by Dearborn Munici pal Judge George Martin when Attorney James Thom son took the stand in his own behalf to argue a parking vio lation. Thomson, cross-exam- On Attorneys Story ing himself, said: "I didn't park the car in the first place. 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