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Dougherty’s Movie Boycott
...00 Catholics signing pledges to avoid the movies and ticket sales dropped around 20 percent.[3] The decrease in revenue led to numerous theater owners and movie studios writing to Dougherty asking to end the boycott; however, he replied that he had “no intention to recede” from his stance.[4] Dougherty also
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Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
...ublicity photo for the Catholic Standard and Times Philadelphia and the surrounding area have also produced Olympians in the sport of basketball. Theresa Shank-Grentz, an alumnus of Cardinal O’Hara High School, was a member of Immaculata’s Mighty Macs Basketball team and helped her alma mater clinch the AIWA title in