But the Playboy interview reportedly went unmentioned. 1963 church bombing suspects turn themselves in Thomas Blanton Jr., and Bobby Frank Cherry, indicted Tuesday for the 1963 bombing of Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church that killed four girls, turned themselves in to Jefferson County, Alabama, officials yesterday. They are expected to plead not guilty to the murder charges. Renovation of Aimee Semple McPherson's Angelus Temple causes rift in congregation To solve acoustic problems, pastors of the church want to cover up the mural on the inside of the church's dome with a flat ceiling. Angry congregants have formed The Coalition to Save Angelus Temple and filed suit to stop the changes.
Federal officials agree that the issues are serious.
The national historic landmark coordinator for the Department of the Interior says the church might lose its landmark designation. Angelus attracted 20,000 members at its peak in the 1920s, but only about 500 show up for Sunday services today.