Marion D. Hanks · 1953 October General Conference · 1953-10-04
Official printed text of the One Hundred Twenty-fourth Semi-Annual (October) General Conference, held October 2, 3, and 4, 1953. The Church History Catalog record for the October 1953 Conference Report could not be independently verified this session (client-rendered catalog site; no browser tool access available); the Internet Archive scan (conferencereport1953sa) is retained as the top-level source rather than guessing a record ID. Heavyweight review collated the text page-by-page against that scan (leaves 130-131); fixed a running-head bleed ("PRESIDENT DAVID O. McKAY") embedded mid-sentence and a stray doubled period.
No witness list recorded beyond the primary source.
Proofread against the source text.
Proofread against IA scan/OCR witness; fixed a running-head bleed embedded mid-sentence and a stray doubled period.
Collated word-by-word against the original scan.
Heavyweight pass: page-by-page collation against IA scan conferencereport1953sa (leaves 130-131); confirmed speaker (Marion D. Hanks, of the First Council of the Seventy, per printed byline) and calling — per McKay's introduction, Hanks was sustained at this conference to fill the First Council of the Seventy vacancy left by Evans' call to the Twelve, and McKay's closing identification confirms "you have this day sustained as a member of the First Council of the Seventy." Session (Third Day Afternoon Meeting, Sunday, October 4, 1953) and talk_order (fifth and concluding General Conference speaker of the batch, following Richard L. Evans, before McKay's separate closing remarks) confirmed. Removed a running-head OCR bleed ("PRESIDENT DAVID O. McKAY") embedded mid-sentence and fixed a stray doubled period. Confirmed the talk's true closing boundary ("Amen") against the scan — McKay's closing remarks that follow on the same leaf belong to a distinct, unfiled address. CHL catalog record for October 1953 could not be verified with available tools this session; kept IA scan as source per docs/review.md rather than fabricate a record ID.
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