WHEAT FOR INDIA
Pope Paul’s Gift (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) ROME, October 20. Wheat valued at about £35,700 —a gift from Pope Paul to the poor—is due in Bombay about November 20, a week before the International Eucharistic Congress there. The wheat comes from stocks which the U.S. makes available for welfare at a special price. The Pope gave
,an additionaly 20,000 dollars to have it shipped, Monsignor Andrew Landi, of the Catholic Relief Services of America, said in Bombay last night In addition, American Catholic bishops have given clothes and medicine worth 50,000 dollars. These are also expected to arrive in Bombay before the congress.
Nationalists Seated.— U.N.E.S.C.O.’s general conference today voted to keep the Chinese Nationalists in its assembly rather than admit the People’s Republic of China by 50 votes to 35. (Paris, October 20.)
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30578, 22 October 1964, Page 21
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