European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 13. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Catholic Bishops elect 2 moderate leaders Washington a _ America s roman Catholic Bishops beating Back a Challenge by conservative prelates elect cd two midwestern moderates tuesday o Lead their National organization Tor the next three years. The group s new president. Archbishop John l. May of is. Louis spoke Al most immediately of a great need Tor Healing among catholics who Are chafing under Church rules that some see As Loo rigid for the 20th Century. However May s comment made it Clear tha and others in the National conference y Catholic Bishops Aren t revolting against Vatican authority. We Are members of the Universal Cath Olic  he said. We Are pledged As Bishops to work in Unity with the visible Symbol of Unity who is the holy father the Pope. And we will do it. Our Healing in that Way. There s no other Way we can. Still the election of May to replace Bishop James Malone of Youngstown Ohio and of Cincinnati archbishop Daniel Pilarcik As vice president suggested a continuation of the activist Bent of the Bishops. That stance has been in popular with Vatican officials who Sec All Church authority As Rome s. Conservative Bishops made a Strong push for Boston Cardinal Bernard Law. Bishop James Malone right sings with Archt shop John May during the session. However a majority of the Bishops Many of whom arc Upsel Over this year s Vatican disciplining of Liberal Seattle archbishop Raymond Hunthausen. Defeated Law who has been outspoken in defense of the Vatican s action in that and other such cases. Laic tuesday the nearly 300 Bishops were meeting behind closed doors to what Public response if any to make to the Vatican s order that Hunt Hauson turn Over much of his authority to a vat ican appointed auxiliary Bishop.  was judged by the vat Kan to be too Liberal in such mailers As ministry to homosexuals and divorced Catholic and the dispensing of Absolu Tion for sins to Large groups Pilarczyk at a news conference with May. Said the election was not an ideological statement in my  but the voting patterns especially in the vice presidential election suggested thai moderate and Liberal Bishops joined forces against conservatives. Both May and Pilarczyk failed to win majorities at first then outdistanced Law on later ballots As supporters for Liberal archbishop rom Bart Weakland of Mil Waukee threw their support to May in the presidential election and then to i in Czyk for vice president. 3 House races undecided week after election by the associated press an Indiana democratic challenger who refuses to concede in one of three House races that remain Undi cited a week after the elections has begun identifying precincts for review by a stale commission. The action by Thomas w. Ward lays the groundwork for a recount of the 3rd District race in which Indiana Secretary of state Edwin Simeon has declared incumbent Republican John Hiler the Winner with 75,952 Voles to Ward s 75,886 in a second unsettled election Minnesota Siatt sen. Collin Peterson a Democrat has claimed Heller Victory Over Republican incumbent Arlan Stang Jand although a final count shows Langeland leading with a margin of 221 Voles. And in North Carolina democratic challenger Robin Britt has said he will ask for a recount after local boards certified Republican incumbent Howard Coble the Winner by b2 votes. In the Indiana race All voting machines from the 3rd District s 447 precincts have been impounded in anticipation of a recount. Now the Ball is Back in our court said Bob Dion. Ward s press Secretary. Ward has until nov. 19 to file a Formaro Chounl petition. Indiana s recount commission was created by the legislature after the House rejected the results of re counts conducted in the 8lh District race in 1984 and declared incumbent Democrat Frank Mccloskey the Winner by four votes Over Republican challenger Rick Mclntyre. Peterson claims there were irregularities in some precincts in Minnesota s 7th District which covers 23 counties in the state s Northwestern Corner. According to the Fargo Moorhead forum the final count to be sent to Secretary of state Joan Crowe for certification shows Langeland with 94,124 votes to Peterson s 93,903. However the newspaper said a mathematical error gave Langeland 100 votes More than he actually received. When thai error is corrected Langeland would still hold a 121 Vole margin Over Peterson. Peterson said he is certain either he or Stangeland will seek a recount election boards in the three counties of North Caro Lina s 6th District have certified the results As 72.409 for Coble and 72,327 for Brill and have rejected Brill s recount request. If the slate Alio rejects his request he could go to court. Two other races were too close to Call until a couple of Days after last week s voting. Democrat Tom Mcmillen a former professional basketball player won Maryland s 4th District race by 446 votes Over Republican Robert Neall minority Leader of the state s House of delegates and in new York s 27th District Democrat Rosemary Pooler con ceded to incumbent Republican George Wortley after a recount showed she had 82,354 votes to 82,865 for Wortley. Women s basketball coach admits smuggling bibles into soviet Union Greensboro. . A a basketball coach s disclosure that she smuggled bibles into the soviet Union has Pul sport officials in a very  position says the executive director of the Amateur basketball association of the United states. Kay Yow who coaches the women s icam Al North Carolina Slat and has been selected to coach in the olympics was coaching the . National women s learn when she visited the soviet Union in August for the world championship games. A basketball team representing the United slates and visiting another coun try simply is not the place for this no place for this Al All said association director William l. Wall this was the coach of our National women s team and we chose her to coach the next olympic team. 1 am very  Wall declined comment when asked if the incident could jeopardize vow s position As olympic coach. Yow told the congregation of a Walkertown Church sunday thai she and her assistants smuggled bibles and other religious materials into the soviet Union and gave them to members of a Christian underground who had approached them in red Square during he Goodwill games in july. One of her assistants Sylvia Hatchell now coach of the women s team Al the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill said monday that Yow and another assistant were told soviet christians needed bibles and religious materials As Well As food and clothing. The materials were collected in the month Between games with help from Yow s Church in Gibsonville Yow said. Hatchell said the women were Able to smuggle the religious materials into the soviet Union because we were a Basket Ball team and they did not Check us out As  Yow s team beat the soviet women s learn in both matches. Sem no is announce $ 1 million Bingo Jackpot big Cypress reservation Fla. A _ the Seminole Indian Inbe will inaugurate its new Bingo Hall with a is million Jackpot in March developers said. Groundbreaking for the Hall on the reservation North of Altalo Ahey was scheduled for wednesday said William Van Horn of Rio enterprises the firm building the Hall. He said he is certain prize Money at the first session in the 5,600-Seal Hall would pass the is million Mark. No one has come up with any reason for us not to give away $1 million said Van Ham. I would say definitely we re going  ticket prices and the precise amounts of other jackpots have not been set said Van Horn. The corrugated steel Hall is expected to be built by feb. 15 with opening Day scheduled for the next month. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago . 13, 1946 the communist party emerged from France s nov. 11 election As he country s largest party. However the communists faced a difficult task in launching the fourth Republic under a leftist government As their gains were matched by rightist parties. 30 years ago . 13, 1956 French Premier Guy Mallet in Paris challenged he soviet Union to follow the example of France and Britain in the Middle East and sur Render its military position in Hungary to a . Force. 20 years ago . 13, 1966 in Mesa ariz., Robert Benjamin Smith. 18, a High school senior forced seven women and children 10 he face Down on a Beauty shop floor like spokes in a wheel then methodically shot them. Five died. ? 0 years ago today. Nov. 13, i97fi the Shah of Iran in 8 television interview in new York called for a global Effort id halt the spread of atomic arms. If Rich an agreement in t reached the world will have to face the music he said