From the Archives

It was perhaps the highlight of Army Chaplain's John A. Raymaker's career as a cleric — seeing Pope John Paul II celebrate his first Mass in Japan.

Too many American blacks have grown "apathetic" about their civil rights and are waiting in vain for another giant of a leader like the slain Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the clergyman who succeeded King as leader of the non-violent black movement said Sunday.

The executive director of one of the most conservative civil rights organizations — Benjamin Hooks of the NAACP — says President Reagan's domestic policies have been such a disaster that it wouldn't surprise him if they touched off rebellion in the streets of the United States.

President Ford, ending for all official purposes a historic state visit to Japan, flew to Osaka Thursday after he and Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka pledged strong efforts toward heading off international economic crisis by establishing an "open and harmonious" system of global cooperation.

The last time Maj. Jay R. Jensen saw his little girl she was a moppet of 10. She has yet to turn 17, but is already married — and Jensen is a grandfather.

Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali told a cheering crowd at Yokota Air Base Sunday that Joe Frazier, when the two meet in a rematch, will become "the first colored satellite."