Anzio Yanks to Broadcast Direct to U.S. Tomorrow
Date: 22 April 1944
By The Associated Press
US troops radio station, Anzio, plans 1st direct broadcast to US
Luang Por Dhammajayo (Thai: ธมฺมชโย, RTGS: Thammachayo, Luang Por being a deferential title; born 22 April 1944), also known by the lay name Chaiyabun Suddhipol, is a Thai Buddhist monk. He was the abbot of the Buddhist temple Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the post he held until 1999 and again from 2006 to December 2011. In December 2016, he was given the post of honorary abbot of the temple. He is a student of the nun (maechi) Chandra Khonnokyoong, and is the most well-known teacher of Dhammakaya meditation. He has been subject to criticism and government response. However, he continues to be a spiritual leader that has significant influence in Thai society. Luang Por Dhammajayo's approach to Buddhism seeks to combine the ascetic and meditative life with modern personal ethics and social prosperity.
Luang Por Dhammajayo met Maechi Chandra in his student years, and learnt about Buddhism from her. During his student years, he met his fellow student who later became known as Luang Por Dattajivo. Luang Por Dhammajayo started teaching together with Maechi Chandra, and in 1970, they started their own temple in Pathum Thani province, later called Wat Phra Dhammakaya.
The temple became extremely popular in the 1980s. However, from the 1997 Asian financial crisis onward, the temple and Luang Por Dhammajayo came under heavy criticism for unorthodox fundraising methods, culminating in several charges against him. The charges were withdrawn in 2006, and Luang Por Dhammajayo revived the temple. He organized several notable activities in this period, including a campaign against smoking and drinking for which he was rewarded by the World Health Organization.
After the 2014 coup d'état, Luang Por Dhammajayo again was charged by the Thai government, by then a military junta, for conspiring in money-laundering and receiving stolen goods. These charges have been widely described as politically motivated, but did lead to an arrest warrant and highly publicized standoff in 2017. The junta was, however, unable to find Luang Por Dhammajayo. As of December 2017, the whereabouts of Luang Por Dhammajayo was still unknown, with Phrakhru Sangharak Rangsarit being assigned as official abbot instead.
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Date: 22 April 1944
By The Associated Press
US troops radio station, Anzio, plans 1st direct broadcast to US
Date: 22 April 1944
6 Australian dailies drop injunction proceedings but leave pending action to test legality of censorship regulations; Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle Labor Councils resolutions support Calwell in press dispute; Communist party denounces Calwell
Date: 22 April 1944
War Dept documentary film, The Negro Marches On Inc sues to enjoin film distribution on Soldier, released to commercial theatres, NYC; Negro grounds of unfair competition with private industry
Date: 23 April 1944
Adm Mountbatten explains correspondents stories censored because of safety peril; reveals new facilities to expedite correspondents stories movement
Date: 23 April 1944
By W.H. LAWRENCEBy Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Rear Adm Belovsoff holds first int granted to foreign correspondents by repr of Red Fleet operating in Black Sea
Date: 22 April 1944
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Judge and jury view Nazi propaganda film at trial of Ger-Amer Vocational League, et al, Newark, NJ
Date: 23 April 1944
OWI repts arrangements being completed with Allied High Command and Brit Information Ministry to speed news distribution
Date: 22 April 1944
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Date: 22 April 1944