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THURSDAY. OCTOBER Religion in America Methodists Taking Closer By ROBERT M. ANDREWS United Press International The Methodist Church, for years (irmly opposed to alco holic beverages in any form, has taken a closer look at its followers and discovered a shocker: Many Methodists drink. Four surveys, including two nationwide, indicate that adult Methodists who drink range as high as 85 per cent. As few as 59 per cent agree with the church's demand for total absti nence. In view of this, the church has drafted a new policy state ment on alcohol for Methodists' study and comment. Final ac tion will come at the church's worldwide general conference next May. So sharp is the statement's break with the past that church officials freely predict that a major denominational contro versy will explode soon, sparked mainly by Midwestern and Southern congregations. Old Principle Reasserted The proposed new stand reas serts the old principle that Methodists should abstain from drinking completely. 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The statement was explained this week by Roger Burgess, associate general secretary of the Methodist Board of Chris tion Social Concerns, which ap proved it. Burgess questioned, among other things, the idea that Methodist founder John Wesley preached abstinence. Wesley actually drank beer and wine, he said, while Biblical scholars agree that Jesus Christ drank fermented wine. 3 OF AMERICA'S GREATEST BUSH PEONIES PHILIPPE RIVOIRE M.25 I Raid Red Ea. . A REGULAR $3.75 VALUE ORDER I EACH OF 3 FOR ONLY . GROUND COVERING JUNIPERS If ground cover jwardi were given, this evergreen beauty would probably win. Growi only about 8" to 12" high. Thrives In most toils and Its bluo-green needles have a most beautiful decorative effect. 48' 5-Inch Pot RARE RED DAFFODILS WARE B 10 QUART DIAPER PAIL WITH COVER 89 10 QUART PLASTIC PAIL lilies I Look At Total disregards Burgess also noted that nence has been "traditional" only for about 100 years. Be fore that, he said, Methodist leaders in temperance socie ties were not dedicated to a complete ban on drinking but only to "temperance," mean ing moderation. 'Wrong Arguments' All these historical reasons are "wrong arguments" today, Burgess said. The Methodist case for abstinence must be based on other considerations besides morals, especially the emotional and mental effects of alcoholism, he said. SAL LE CYGNE 1.25 E, White FRENCH RIVIERA ARTICHOKE PLANTS Edible and decorative. This exotic thistle shaped plant is extremely beautiful and decorative though grown mainly for its edible flowerheads. Famous on the Med iterranean countryside, this perennial will produce fruit and flowers year after year. In areas where there is snow, protect with heavy mulch of manure. 2 , 1 00 WASTE BASKETS 10 i S100 OHANZA OVAL LAUNDRY f BASKET 89 mm ! y. ii MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Abstinence absli The statement itself urges bsiJes abstinence, an attack by noni'rinkers on the problems of alcoholism and a bigger effort to help those with a drinking problem. "We recognize that there are Methodists who use alcoholic beverages," the statement says. "We also recognize that sin cere Christians may differ on this question. The Methodist Church has always upheld the right of individual conscience." Burgess said many Metho dists prefer the Presbyterian stand, which he said encourages abstinence but gives "tacit ap proval to the practice of social drinking. But Burgess favors re-stating the Methodist stand "more clearly for the benefit of drink ers and abstainers alike." As another official put it: "Good Methodists don't drink but we don't necessarily con demn a fellow Methodist just because he does." Roman Catholic officials are predicting massive new mis sionary aid for Latin America, already in the midst of what they call a "genuine religious revival." Father John J. Considine, head of the National Catholic Welfare Conference's Latin Ameriean Bureau, said the U.S. church is expected to send 5,000 priests, brothers and sis ters, along with more than OSU Granted Money To Study Exhaust In Control Device CORVALLIS - Efforts to con trol smog in the United States may be aided by Oregon State university with a $38,000, two year grant from the U. S. Pub lic Health Service. The grant will be used to study the presence of oxides of nitrogen one of the ingredients of polluted air as they pass through an automobile exhaust control device. Heading the OSU study are William H. Paul, professor of automotive engineering, and John. G. Mingle, assistant pro fessor of mechanical engineer ing. With more than 80 million motor vehicles on America's roads and about 3 million cars added each year, air pollution from automobile exhaust is a l major hurdle in the battle to J halt the increase in smog in most of the country's large cen ters of population, Paul noted. I Could Be Formed OSU meteorologists sav that conditions exist for serious air pollution in the Willamette val ley. The only aspect of smog now missing, especially during the summer and fall, is the high emission of pollutants. As Ore gon's population increases and more cars are prevalent, smog could be formed, they warn. Smog begins to form when a temperature inversion occurs and a layer of warm air blankets existing cool air and circulation is s'opped. In addition, smog occurs when there is sunshine and where there arc large i amounts of unburncd hydrocar l bons and oxides of nitrogen such as are produced by auto engine exhaust. . Within the last few years. many public and private organ izations have studied air pol lution. Devices to fit on cars are now being tested with the hope of reducing smog-producing im purities from engine exhaust. California is especially interest ed in air pollution research be cause of that state's large num ber of automobiles and ideal smog-forming temperature in versions and sunlight. The OSU study is concerned Demands 1,000 laymen, to Latin Ameri ca before 1970. In addition, he said in a Washington, D.C., speech, U.S. church sources are spending more than $10 million, chiefly for personnel there. Father Considine said the em phasis is on fair wages, higher living standards for peasants and improved social legislation, similar to the goals of the Al liance for Progress. The' weekly Baptist Standard told its readers that American missionaries may be forced to leave newly independent Afri can nations if church members in the United States do not clean their own houses of ra cial prejudice. The Dallas, Tex., magazine said many Christian leaders in Africa are talking about taking over mission churches and send ing white missionaries home. "If we expect our missionaries to be welcome there, then we must change our attitude to ward their kinsmen over here," it said. The Presbyterian Board of World Missions tells the story of Dr. Floyd O. Woodward, a late convert. Dr. Woodward, 71, is a Methodist doctor who had retired after 30 years' practice in Des Moines, Iowa. He be came restless and volunteered for work overseas. His new post: A Presbyterian mission hospital in South Kasai in the Congo. with testing one of these ex haust control devices to see how much the oxides of nitrogen may be decreased. Procedure for the exhaust gas research will be to attach a di rect flame afterburner to a test engine. Gas analysis instruments will measure the components of engine exhaust while the engine is operated under controlled con ditions similar to actual driving practices. An adsorption spectrophot meter, constructed especially for air pollution research at OSU, will be used to rapidly measure oxides of nitrogen in engine exhaust. A great number of analyses can now be made within a short time and at low cost. Working with Paul and Min gle will be two graduate stu dents, Gary Jaros and Neil Par kin. Facilities and equipment now at OSU make the School of Engineering one of the finest in the West for training future research engineers in the auto motive and air pollution fields, Paul believes. The results of the OSU smog study during the next two years n m could produce answers which may give relief to one of the most baffling and irritating prob lems facing a modern nation on wheels, he added. Court Records MKDFOKU MUNICIPAL COURT Arnold Ferdinand Bnuman, dis obeyed traffic signal. $10. William James Cummins, viola tion of basic rule, $17.50 Ralph Dudley Ode 11, failure in yield riRhl of wny to vehicle on through street. $15. Carta Jo Chandler, no operator's license in possession, $5, suspended. Jomrs HcMijainin Moore, viola tion of basic rule, $10. Clarence El wood Jenkins, no op erator's license in possession, $. suspended; violation of basic rule. $15. Aloystus Edwin Hansen, dis obeyed slop sicn, $10. lindane Lawrence Sanderson, disobeyed traffic signal, 510. Burr Edward Tye, disobeyed stop sign, $10. Loren E. Wilkinson, violation of basic rule. $25. Mvrna Lee Wagler, violation of basic rule, $10. 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