European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 6, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 new Catholic Bible drops generic Man new York n it an updated icel of the new testament int avoids the us of Man in references 10 both men and women was introduced saturday by the nation s roman Catholic Bishops. The text which makes other efforts to reflect contemporary american usage be comes the authorized new testament for Church services and study for the so Mil lion catholics in the United Stales. Ii is called the revised new testament of the new american Bible and replaces a ver Sion issued in 1970. The revised Lent was the work of i Christian scholars one third of them protestant and the rest Catholic working individually and in 50 committee meetings Over the Ian is years. Typical of the change is the verse from Matthew 4 4. Not on Oread alone it Man to live has been revised to read one does not live by bread alone you Are not judging by god s ran american catholics darts but by mans in Matthew 16 23. Becomes you Are thinking not As goo doe8,butashumanbeingado." it will be More than a year before the revisions in the text Are reflected in prayer Sand Bible readings used in Church services. The text will be incorporated into new Edi lion of the lectionary the Book of official Reading for the Church year used in Al Catholic churches. Some editions have been completed and will soon be available in bookstores. Those involved in the project said it was part of an Effort to encourage catholics to be More comfortable with the Bible. Polls show that catholics Are much less Likely than protestants to study the Bible or turn to it for inspiration. The Secretary of the committee of schol ars the Rev. Stephen 1, Hardegen said one of the most difficult issues involved texts that were seen As   he said that in the end change were made consistent with the original text which was in greek. Several experts in biblical translation said the revised Catholic text went further than any major american translation in use today by protestants or catholics in it Effort to eliminate male entered language. A Bible produced for catholics in England 1986 percent Catholic by Region Mountain 15.49% West North Central 19.73% East North Middle Central Atlantic 25.14% 35.69% new England 45.62%, South Atlantic 7.83% Pacific 20% West South central16.27% East South Central 4.9% demographic trends 1976 1981 1966 Cal Holly population motions  50.45 52.65 percent of . Population 23.16 22.62 22.45 priests 5b.847 58,398 57,183 nuns 130,995 122.653 113,658 Bishops 267 311 341 archbishops 38 40 47 cardinals 10 g 8 parishes 18,531 18,829 19.313 parochial elementary schools 8,139 7.802 7,564 seminaries 269 240 229 Chicago Tribune graphic source the official Catholic directory the new Jerusalem Bible docs include Sim Ilar language. The Rev Harold p. Scanlin special Secretary for translations at the american Bible society which is non denominational said several current popular american bibles including the revised Standard version were being is Vised and were expected to incorporate Simitar changes inmate entered language. He added that some fundamentalist christians who Are steadfast in their adherence to the King James version which was completed in 1611, Are not expected to consider such changes. Still the Catholic revision docs not go of far As a collection of Bible readings issued in 1983 by the National Council of Church is for experimental use the readings for example refer to god As father and Mother and use the term child of god rather than the son of  Hartdegen who also serves As director of the . Catholic biblical apostolate. Said the Catholic revision made no additions to or subtractions from the greek text. But it does broaden the traditional English translation when the meaning of the Creek is inclusive of both  although the generic sense of Man is traditional in English he added Many today reject it. Its use has therefore generally been  the updated to Cal also clarifies a biblical reference to homosexuals in i corinthians6 9. The letter attributed to is. Paul Speaks of those who will be excluded from the kingdom of  the 1970 text mentions no adulterers no sodomites no  the updated text says nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor practising homosexuals the change is significant because the Catholic Church in recent years has tried to emphasize that while in is opposed to homosexual practice it does not condemn those who Nave what it Calls a homosexual orientation. Thus the new text i explicit in condemning Only practising  we believe that the new testament Ismore compassionate toward homosexuals than it is often understood to be said the Rev. Claude j. Pc Fer a member of the committee that translated and edited the work. 5--ticket-Sellers on intrepid fired thefts probed new York a the firing of five ticket Sellers at the intrepid aircraft Carrier turned museum has stopped a local gang from skimming several Hun dred thousand dollars in Box office receipts a museum official said saturday. Federal and local authorities said they were investigating a racketeering scheme involving the theft of the receipts by members of the longshoremen s Union who were employed As ticket Sellers at the museum. Most of the Money thai was stolen or obtained by fraud through fake jobs was passed along to a Manhattan gang called the wellies investigators said. The probe uncovered no show jobs at the intrepid sea air space museum executive director Wayne w. Schmidt said the museum had Tost at least several Hundred thousand  Martin Cherkasky chief of the rack ets Bureau in the Manhattan District at Torney s office said we re talking about millions of dollars in diverted receipts Over the past 10 years. We Don t know How Long it s been going on admitted Larry Sowinski Deputy director of the museum on sat urday. He said the museum lost "$100,000 to $120,000 a year Over at least the past two or three Yean. The intrepid which last saw service in the Vietnam War was converted into a floating museum in 1982 at a Cost of 122 million. It is docked along the Hudson River and operated by the not for profit intrepid museum foundation inc., which filed for reorganization under Federal bankruptcy Laws in june 1985. It claimed debts of $28,4 million and assets of s16.5 million. Union representatives did not return Calls to their office and could not be reacted for comment. Sales of computers to Iran Over past 3 years reported Washington a officials said saturday that about $70 million Worth of american computers were sold to Iran through . Contracts Over the last three years. The officials said the computers do not have military significance and involve elementary technology my kid has More sophisticated stuff in his room one said. The Pentagon tried to prevent the computer sales to Iran but was Over ruled the official said. The contracts were approved by the Commerce department. The slate department meanwhile rejected reports that . Weapons were still being sold to Tehran. Responding to reports of recent sales a state department spokeswoman said we categorically deny that the United slates is Selling or sending any weapons to  the disclosure last november that there had been secret shipments of arms to Iran and that some of the profits from the sales had been divined to the nicaraguan rebels rocked the Reagan administration. On March 13, five women who were members of the International longshoremen s association local 1909 we retired As ticket Sellers. We have management people run Ning the Box office and will be putting in additional Security measures to Sec that it does t happen again Sowinski said. In definitely is under control. Obviously something like this can1 be repealed he said adding that future ticket Sellers will be carefully chosen. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today april 6, 1947 Gen. Joseph t. Mcnamee announced in Washington thai Western Germany might be set up As a separate state if the foreign ministers i Moscow failed to agree on a Germany peace settlement. 30 years ago today. April 6, 1957 a Farmer Navy diver his wife and a 70-year-ptd woman announced they would embark on a seven year around Lac world Sailboat cruise to solve the mystery of vanished aviatrix Amelia Earhart. 20 years ago today april 6, 1967 West Berlin police announced the arrest of 11 extremists on charges of plotting to assassinate . Vice president Hubert h. Humphrey. 10 years ago today. April 6, 1977 the new York Stock Exchange began investigating allegation that its trading floor was a thriving location for sports Belling. Syndicated columnists Philip Grcar and Myron Kandyl made the claims about the bookmaking activities