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8-May-1997 
97195 
 
        Additional Overtures Submitted to General Assembly 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Seven more overtures have been submitted to the upcoming 
209th General Assembly in Syracuse, N.Y., June 14-21, since last reported 
here (see "NEWS BRIEFS," May 2, 1997, #97174): 
 
Overture 97-69 On the Formation of a Korean-American Presbytery -- from the 
Synod of the Mid-Atlantic 
 
Overture 97-70 On Offering to Host the 218th General Assembly (2006) -- 
from the Presbytery of Philadelphia 
 
Overture 97-71 On Reexamining the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Abortion 
Policy -- from the Presbytery of Carlisle 
 
Overture 97-72 On Declaring 1999 as the "Year of the Child" and on 
Establishing a Fund for Development of Programs to Meet the Needs of 
Children in the Local Community -- from the Presbytery of Western North 
Carolina 
 
Overture 97-73 On Recognizing and Acting on the Problems of Child Sexual 
Exploitation in the Community and Other Countries -- from the Presbytery of 
Utah 
 
Overture 97-74 On Amending Standing Rule C.4.d. to Enable the General 
Assembly to Receive Information from Overture Advocates on an Equal Basis 
with Other Resource Persons -- from the Presbytery of Shenango 
 
Overture 97-75 On the Situation in Sudan and Our Response to That Situation 
-- from the Presbytery of Shenango 

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