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...recent news reports on the so-called sensational lawsuit of Andy J. Yoder, an Amishman of Paint Township, Ohio, asking $40,000 for being "mited" [TIME, Nov. 17] calls for an explanation...
...saloon adventurer, and any respectable denomination frowns upon such caperings. He has shown himself to be temperamental and incompatible. This is the complete opposite of the life which a Christian should live and which the Church of the Amish teaches. Despite this, Yoder has insisted on remaining an Amishman, continues to wear a beard and wants to be a unit of the Amish body...
...Amishman Andrew J. Yoder, 33, and seven times a father, wrestled with his conscience. Twice a week he had to drive his 1½-year-old daughter Lizzie 15 miles in a square-rigged buggy so that she could see a doctor. To ease the trip for Lizzie, Andrew wanted...
...Amish Mennonite farmers of Lancaster County were not made happy by the first touch of spring. Plain-dressed, plain-thinking folk, they were faced with a vexing question before they could begin to cultivate their fields. Amishmen, unlike members of other Mennonite sects, do not sign contracts. An Amishman's word is as good as another's bond. Yet contracts were waiting for them to sign as part of AAA's crop-reduction program...