Defending his fundamentalist teachings of the Bible in the Duluth public schools, Dr. Harry Rimmer of Los Angeles, issued a challenge to a public debate with the rabbi and ten Protestant ministers who protested against his teachings in the schools. This controversy has thrown the city into a heated discussion about teaching the Bible in the public schools.
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