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P: A majority of the 250 presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. (northern) has approved a proposed merger with the United Presbyterian Church. Combined with United Presbyterian enthusiasm for the union, the formation of a 3,000,000-member new denomination is thus virtually certain. Its title: the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.

P: There are 11,810,000 Jews in the world, an estimated increase of more than half a million in the last ten years, according to latest figures from the World Jewish Congress. Of the total, 5,200,000 live in the U.S., 2,000,000 in the Soviet Union, 1,585,000 in Israel.

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