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Show ARMORED BIBLES SOLD TO PROTECT SOLDIERS One of the standby stories, inevitably inev-itably connected with any war, is the one about the soldier boy whose life was saved by a Bible which he carried in his pocket and into which a bullet was found imbedded. im-bedded. The idea naturally appeals to religious people, especallv those who forget the count the number of soldiers who die in bittle. despite de-spite the Bible they carry along. o nnninGt,v in Piffcihliro'h a, Sinai l wmt'tj.iij i.. a-- put out an armored Bible, suggesting sug-gesting that it would protect soldiers sol-diers from bullets, shr&pnel and bayonets. A news report tells us that thousands of copies have been sold but the Federal Trade Commission Com-mission cites the company for "misrepresenting" its Bibles and asserts that the book actually increases in-creases the hazards of a soldier because a bullet, passing through it, would be distorted and cause a more serious wound. |