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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 5

98 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Cardinal Francis Spellman · 98 pages OCR'd
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oye oaks - {Etis he leaves Idlewild Airport at U p., nm _ to Rome. He will be there for two mo’ ‘prelates, along with Pope John - ee a coo J eep-€oncern Over ‘Fanaticsin Our Midst Police Guard Cardinal— By Barrett McGurn Of The Herald Tribune Staff New York's Prancis Cardinal Spellman likes to walk alone in midtown Manhattan, a small, white-haired round- cheeked figure in black, tipping his dark fedora every block or so to the passersby who recognize and greet him. It was Just about the same as usual yesterday at.1 p. m. when the 73-year-old prelate stepped out of his 50th @t. residence to go slowly north on Madison Ave. ti # drizzle. It was almost the sane except for two things, In déference to the rain the Cartipal himched upter a hig-umhrelte. And half s block batk, pretending to be window- ~spopping and then catching up by darting across streets against the red lights, was a busty aix-foot Irish-American “tail.” The “tall” was a New York City detective on bodyguard duty. The bodyguard will stay with the Cardinal probably us obed the three who sell? preside over the 2ist Council to be held in tye 2,008-pear. Roman Catholic history. Qn ne cleo The “tail” was placed on the Cardimar yesterday after 6 1:37 a. m. bombing of his residence which duplicated In Inany ways the two bomb offenses in July and September in St. Peter's Basilica, one of Roman Catholicism's holiest places, The Cardinai‘s residence ts back-to-back with St. Patrick's Cathedral, the most famous place of worship of the 40 million-member American Roman Catholic Church. —— Police worked on the theory that a fanatic, reading the news of the St. Peter's bomb attempts, had decided same here. He didwzaein @ clumsy ma managed to send an alarm into other eities of larre Cath- ¥ tw fly. Po ‘ eof FA =i EDITION - " fae PAGE / ‘ FORTARDED BY N¥ DIVISION NOT FORTARDED BY NY DIVISIo¥ ALL fet whe" THON CONTAEL 9 . [ad HEFLIR IS akc ASSIED pres Mey: SI v OCT 10 1962 ~ Fel — NEW YO
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