European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes August Bermuda science takes aim at paranormal also Bicak Down our resistance to new new York aft a group of a ctn the committee for the scientific invest May Abo break i lists and science has called for a gallon of claims of the paranormal said at an unforeseen forms of counterattack the spreading belief in the Bermuda Triangle and other Cults of a news conference that belief in such things can farm or even kill and also break Down our critical judgment the group defined paranormal As belief in up Pyen or Mystic listing among them uplifting travel its not exactly a posh or last Way to eel workers dont seem to mind As they shovel that them a big lift from but these Twa weary Ronston Italoa hitch ride in in a Job to associated press Billy Graham defends denies existence of secret funds Powers of and Bullet in the Ber Muda Triangle As a mysterious grave Yard of ships and a its opening said co chairman Paul the commit co has filed a com plaint with the Federal communications commission against Abc it protests the Content or what it called  tables and films in prime time on big the Oular space and demonic professor of philosophy at the sate University of new York in said the committee had met with Abc officiate asking that such programs be labelled science and that scientific authorities be consulted to criticize claims made in such a formal complaint also has been made to readers he against an article in its August Issue titled what do we really know about psychic Phenomena a committed letter we have found the article to be it is full of anecdotal hearsay for which there is Little or no documentation or substantiated Many unsuspecting individuals Are taken in by such untested claims and this con have to deleterious for 13 said James a magi Cian and he has offered his person Al Check for to anyone who could come Forth with one paranormal phenom in that i could not he Dis played the uncashed the committee objected to news paper and to and radio presentations which it said Are pour ing a steady torrent of paranormal claims into the it called for cooperation with the scientific Community to provide More balanced treatment of claims of the science is committed to the use of Rig Orous its statement this Means that All claims to knowledge should be confirmed before they Are it also Means that where we dont have sufficient we should suspend judg the statement when a society Nores All objective standards of knowl it opens the door to the possible development of ideological a disturbing parallel is that the Arrautt Yausm of nazi Germany was preceded by a vast growth in the belief in the occult during the Weimar 2 2 girls stabbed to death by David Anderson up1 religion writer evangelist Billy in a six Page defends the financial operations of his organisation and denies Otal there arc any secret Graham said the controversial world Kanji disc and Christian education fund is audited is us file with the internal to venue service and has been in the Public Ruurd since its inception open for All to inspect but it has not been publicized i can assure Graham said in the that your contributions Are handled legally and with the highest sense of Chat uni ethics and spiritual the statement was issued by Graham Al the Minn Headquarters of his primary the Billy Graham evangelistic association a reent series of stories in the Char n observer said grahams a Kef fund had Amun Luied some million and was keeping it in when we began our evangelistic minis try almost All evangelists were supported by voluntary love Graham occasionally this kid to financial and in the minds of Many people trass evangelism came to be associated with an Elmer gantry1 image of financial we set out to change that Graham said ail the finances of the Billy Graham evangelistic association Are under the supervision of a Board of directors and that no paid including Ash named to College Post up Liny founder of lil Tull director it till whlll1 it miss Oita of and mud title ukr i sni Ilius Nixon and Gerald Luis been limited a Iru Atte of Pepperdine it was  sits on the boards executive com one of the Aims of the fund is the construction of a major evangelism training Center at Wheaton College in he Graham said Necef was set up in 1970 is a special fund to undergird evangelical ministries but that it was not publicized because publicity would be contrary to ski pure and mean would be inundated with requests for help which we could not begin to we have insisted on the highest Possi ble standards of financial business and spiritual principles in the if airs of our evangelistic ass we have taken Jettra Pru cautions to be Cit Laifi thai Ever lung is done with cum Piete integrity to re Dishonour Milit Conn to the name of our arc 4udi if every year by unc i americas largest in California a two women and two Young girls were found stabbed to death in a bloodied apartment Here Early police an investigator said the girls appeared to be about 8 and 14 years one woman was in her and the fourth victim was an older be police were called to the apartment Complex about a to investigate what was reported As a suspicious Circum Seaside is on the Pacific coast near Munt Crey on the Edge of a sprawling army base at about 120 Miles South of san Francisco officers forced the door open and found the four according la a Brief Novrit released by names of the victims were not immediately available