Religion: Billy in the Ring

BILLY GRAHAM V. CHICO VEJAR read the signs in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden (see SPORT). But the big event one night last week was the old battle of the Rev. Billy Graham v. the Devil. Evangelist Graham drew a laugh from a capacity crowd (22,000) by telling how a little boy in the audience had been disappointed when Billy turned out not to be his prize fighter namesake. Then, for the first time at a major meeting in New York, he moved in on the sinners of the big town.

"For the first time in...

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