Word: shofner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some antiabortion activists admitted to having mixed emotions about the bombings. "This isn't terrorism," insisted the Rev. David Shofner, pastor of West Pensacola Baptist Church and a frequent picketer at abortion clinics. "This is destruction of property. History will prove that the bombers will be the heroes because they stopped the killing of babies." Declared John Burt, head of Our Father's House, a Pensacola home for unmarried mothers: "I don't approve of the means, but I'm glad that the killing has stopped. Upwards of 350 babies are killed each week in Pensacola...
According to Shofner, 14 of the 16 Harvard captains have responded to his letter and are organizing teams, while about half of the Yale captains are doing the same...
...Shofner also said in a New York Times article Monday that "the pairings would be adjusted, if necessary, to help assure that the championship game is a Harvard-Yale matchup...
Some of the Harvard captains mentioned the difficulty in getting all the correspondence done before The Game. Ted DeMars '72 said he has not yet received any definite responses because he only heard from Shofner two weeks ago. Gary Farneti '70 said he had the same problem...
...Shofner said the tournament at this point is strictly for fun. But he added that he would be more than willing to welcome a sponsor...