by Don W . HUMs
M a n y believe she is , and why not? Mrs. Dixon correctly predicted the assassinations o f Mahatma Ghandi and President Kennedy. She predicted the successor for Prime Minister Nehru and the turning of China to Communism. She foretold the death of Dag Hammarskjöld and Marilyn Monroe’s suicide. And these are but a few o f her prophecies. According to the Chicago Tribune (June 23, 1968), Jeane Dixon’s 1968 predictions include the statements that the Rev. Ralph Abernathy will be supplanted in his leadership of the Southern Chris tian Leadership Conference, and that Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. will “ endeavor to step into active politics as a modern Joan o f Arc.” Canada’s Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, has a great future ahead o f him. “He could be a world leader . . . , ” she says. The Chicago Tribune refers to Mrs. Dixon as a popular soothsayer and the Tribune’s Horoscope caster. Grit Magazine refers to her as “ Prophetess Jeane Dixon.” In a Grit review (August, 1968) o f the book, “ PREDICTIONS: FACT OR FALLACY?” writ ten by Hans Holser, we read, “ In recent years,
Jeane Dixon of Washington, has become a prophet tess o f world renown.” She “ predicted the fall of Malenkov, the election o f President Truman, the death of President Roosevelt, and many other events of lesser political significance. Not all of her predictions have come true, but enough have materialized to secure her a place among the great prophets.” Mrs. Dixon is a devout Roman Catholic. She consistently attends Mass and is knowledgeable of numerous portions o f Scripture. It is logical, there fore, to ask whether the Catholic Church looks upon her as a prophetess. Ruth Montgomery, author of a best-seller about Mrs. Dixon, made a definite effort to find an answer to that question. She obtained her answer from Monsignor James A. Magner, pro curator o f Catholic University o f America. Though the Monsignor’s answer implied that he felt Mrs. Dixon had a gift from God, he did not say she was a prophetess. He did, however, express his feeling that there is no basic conflict between her gift and the principles and policies of the Catholic church. Apparently, Jeane Dixon does not consider her-
A P R IL , 1969
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