European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday Joly 1 1986. The stars and stripes Paga 7. I Orlando Fla. Api the Shrin cars who operate one of the nation s Rich est charities give i hair 22 hospitals Tor crippled children less than one third of the millions they raise each year spend ing the remainder on travel food and entertainment according to ,. In 1984. 76 of the shrine s ibs temples raised si0.4 million from such. Activities As circuses football games and newspaper sales. Shrine hospitals received $2.7 million of that Money and he temples kept the rest for their own use according to internal Revenue serv ice records cited sunday by the Orlando Sentinel the irs had records Lor Only those 76 temples it said. The newspaper said a projection based on past income Ami spending including 1982 and 1983 tax records estimates All 185 temples raised $15. J million from the Public in in. But shrine hospitals referred to in shrine literature us the soul 6f the shrine and the reason for shrine Dom reported receiving Only $8.3 Mil lion from the temples. The Sentinel said its six month investigation found Iha the rest was spent on food travel entertainment and fraternal ceremonies for shrink is. The shrine fraternity and the shrine Charity Are set up As separate  corporations. The fraternity he ancient arabic order of the Nobles of the Mystic shrine has  members in the United states Canada Mexico and pan Ama. Its temples total 188 this Yea the Charity known As shrines Hospi tals for crippled children was started by the  in 1922, it operate 19 orthopaedic an j three Burn hospitals. After shrine officials Learned of tile Sentinel s findings they did some Check ing themselves we have found some of the things you found. Things that could be mis interpreted and we have contacted the temples Charles Cumpstone executive Secretary for the. Fraternity told the newspaper. He declined to elaborate. However Robert  Lexington.  attorney and shrine spokesman a Public to the hospitals.1 Don t accept the on whirl two thirds because i Haven seen the Chi Deco of  sail Turley. A Memler othe shrine Hospital Charity s Board of trustees. -. The Sentinel said its in Tigai confound thai shrine ice Pkt ii their.asso-. Ii Ilion with the hospitals la trn rati1money for themselves that he shrine