Teens Can’t Bail Out, Continue Crusade in Jail!
By Arthur R. Vinsel, Daily Pilot Staff, The Daily Pilot, California
February 21, 1969, North America
A court-appointed public defender today challenged the constitutionality of charges on which 16 militant Teens for Christ crusaders are imprisoned while awaiting jury trial in 37 days.
Winos, bad check writers and traffic offenders alike are hearing again and again the saving qualities of the Christian way, while the 16 youths remain with them behind bars.
“We think the constitutionality of the law is pretty shaky,” said adviser Berg today in a telephone interview, as a Subteen for Christ suddenly babbled into an extension.
“Honey, will you get that baby off the phone?”, asked Berg continuing on to say the 16 among 17 arrested in Costa Mesa Monday remain happy and constructive in their jail confinement.
The Rev. Berg and his flock believe that right will triumph over might and remain cheerful in the face of adversity as more and more jail cells have rung with hymns of courage.