Hinckley Relief Society Remarks Make National News

A news story about LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley's remarks during the LDS Church's General Relief Society Meeting on Saturday evening made the associated press' newswire and were picked up by newspapers throughout the US. The story indicates that Hinckley "warned mothers" about "degrading concerts and drug-ridden dance parties" that their children may be attending.

LDS Church Objects to Main Street Coverage

The LDS Church's Public Affair's Department started taking a much more active public stance Friday, blasting the Salt Lake Tribune's coverage of the lawsuits over the Church's Main Street Plaza for its suggestion that the Church deceived the public about its intentions for the new plaza. In public statements to the media and in press releases, the Church claims that it made clear from the beginning that the plaza was to be private property on which the Church controlled access.

Proposed White Plains Temple Loses Zoning Decision

The LDS Church's plans to construct a Temple in Harrison, New York, just north of New York City, were dealt a set back last Thursday when the Harrison Zoning Board of Appeals rejected the Church's request for a height variance. The requested variance would have allowed the Church to construct a 44-foot high building in an area zoned for residences no taller than 30 feet.

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