Posted   For week ended January 19, 2001
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  Temple Arguments Boil Down to Religious Necessity of Steeple
Lawyers for the LDS Church and for neighbors of the Boston Temple argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Court Friday over the Temple's steeple, with the Church claiming that a steeple is a religious necessity while the neighbors argue that the Church is trying to use the state's Dover Amendment to get around zoning laws. It is not known when the court will issue a ruling in the case.

  El Salvador Quake Claims 14 Church Members; Church Provides Aid
Reports received by Church headquarters say 14 members of the Church died in last Saturday's earthquake in El Salvador. While names are not available at this time, information indicates 11 perished in one neighborhood struck by a landslide; three died in one home in another part of San Salvador.



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