Spencer W. Kimball, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), signs a letter admitting black men to the Mormon priesthood. Women are still excluded.

7 Dec.

Eleven high-ranking members of the Church of Scientology are convicted for conspiring to infiltrate the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service in order to monitor government investigations of the church. They are given four- and five-year sentences.