European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april t4. 1987 the stabs and stripes expense Stop 97% of acc s budget goes for fund Ras no Page 5 new York Impi one of the nation s largest cancer charities spent 97 percent of its $5.1 million budget on fund railing and Only a 5,000 to fight the disease in i9sj, according to a report from a consumer watchdog group. The National charities information Bureau found that the United cancer Council inc. Of Carmel. Ind., had been transformed in one year from a Small unknown Charity with an annual budget of $10,000 to a Multi million Dollar entity when it signed up with a for or lil direct mail fund raising firm in 1984 and began soliciting donations through the mall. The report also said the mailings sent to is million households violated the Bureau s guidelines on mail Ings because some offered prizes and sweepstakes while others contained misleading information. But the Bureau s director Kenneth Albrecht said the United cancer Council had not violated Federal Laws which require charities Only to file an accurate financial statement of record. The lion s share of  is going to their direct mail fund raising Albrecht said after the report was obtained by United press International. Randall b. Grove executive director of the United cancer Council confirmed in a Telephone interview that the Charity spent Only 3 percent of the Money it raised of programs and administration costs in 1983. He said recent figures indicate in 1986 that the Char ily raised about 17 million through direct mail fund railing and Penl $100,000 on patient programs and another $2  on a single research Grant in All the Charity last year spent about 1450,000 of the $7 million on programs and on the Cost of operating its five person office in Indiana he said. The remainder went to a for profit fund raising company based in Alexandria va., which mailed Oul bundles of solicitations in the not for profit Charity s name he said the solicitation urged potential donors to fight cancer through  solicitation a letter from Grove said in part i have on my desk Many requests for funds for research and educational projects projects which have the potential to save tens of thousands of lives. Unfortunately we simply Don l have the funds to carry out these  Grove said the Charity is making an Effort to come into compliance with voluntary guidelines set up by the National charities information Bureau and the Council of better business bureaus. They do a great Job Grove said of the private watchdog groups i know it s difficult to understand but we re making every Effort to change the ratio the United cancer Council is now roughly the fourth largest of 10 National cancer charities monitored by the National charities information Bureau. The largest he american cancer society raised $27 million in 1986 and spent about 15 percent of that on fund raising and operating Cost. The acs relics on Volunteer fund raisers and private and corporate donations. Albrecht said the United cancer Council went from a Small Charity to a leading cancer fund Raiser within a Vear because it decided to forego volunteers for the nigh Slakes of direct mail fund raising. He said direct mall costs Are High initially and that he expects the amount the Charity spends on fund Rais ing to shrink overtime. But Albrecht said a 97 percent ratio for fund raising is very unusual and the highest of any Charity he can remember. Grove said the Charity founded Iii 1963, had a staff of two and an annual budget of $50,000 before it signed on with the direct mail fund raising firm wat son & Hughey co. Of Alexandria a in 984 the attorneys general of California new York and Maine investigated Watson & Hughey in 1984 because a Charity it founded the american instil up for cancer research had High costs for fund raising. The probes were late dropped. Since then the american Institute for cancer re search has lowered the amount it spends on fund Rais ing to 96 percent according to Albrecht. The National charities information Bureau guidelines recommend Only 30 percent of a Charity s budget go to fund raising a spokesman for the Council of better business bureaus said the United cancer Council also did not meet the bbb s voluntary standards which require no More than so percent of funds raised go Back into fund raising. Qadhafi suggests ., Libya rapprochement new York up libyan Leader col Moa mar Qadhafi said that the United Stales should think of other alternatives and improve relations with Libya since it failed in what he called its All Empl to assassinate him he new York times reported. The newspaper said that Qadhafi made the remarks during an interview with the times and the sunday times of London in his bedouin tent in Tripoli the libyan capital. Qadhafi refrained from the kind of verbal attacks he has previously directed at president Reagan the report said. But the libyan Leader declined to specify the alternatives saying Only Hal the United states should seek a  the report said. They trained people to assassinate me and they tailed Qadhafi told the times referring to the april 15, 1986. American bombing raids on Tripoli and Benghazi. They tried Alt the secret action against us and they failed the report quoted Qadhafi As saying. They have nol succeeded in defeating us. They should look for other alternatives to have some kind . They stay inside their Border and we slay inside ours the libyan Leader told the times. We do not have any direct problem with  Qadhafi did not directly address Rea Gan administration charges that he has sponsored International terrorism the report said. But he said he would support the Irish Republican army because Brit Ain had declared War on us by allowing american warplanes based in that coun try 10 take off from there to bomb Libya the times reported. The Reagan administration said the raids last april were a response to what it charged was libyan involvement in the april 5,1986. Bombing Ofa Berlin night club frequented by american service members the times said. Qadhafi also expects relations wild the United slates to improve after the  Presidential elections Cal year the re port  of whether a Republican or Democrat is elected. Qadhafi Laid he times relations Wilt improve because nobody is going 10 follow the Reagan Libya population 4 million july 1985, estimate area 679,536 so. Mi., larger than Alaska bordered by Tunisia Algeria niger. Chad Sudan and Egypt literacy rate 50% languages arabic italian and English Are widely understood in major cities religion 97% sunni moslem major industries Petroleum food processing textiles carpets major crops wheat Bailey olives dates Citrus fruits grapes Chicago til Buna graphic sources a cred almanac Wott Facto adversity s no stranger to 7 o Kelley Brothers Gainesville a. A seven Brothers who managed to stay together despite a fire that destroyed their Home and a father who abandoned them faced adversity again saturday when their Chicken House caught fire killing 3,500 chickens. No one was injured in the Early morning Blaze. The damage was Esti mated at $50,000 and was confined to the Chicken House area. The seven o Kelley Brothers were abandoned by their father soon after their Mother died Ofa brain tumor in 1983. The father is imprisoned for abandonment and theft. The boys guardian their Grandfather died of a heart attack last Yean Terry o Kelley 19, the oldest Bat custody of four of the boys and the two youngest Are in Foster care. The older Brothers lived in a donated double wide trailer until last August when ii was destroyed by fire. Volunteers began building a new House in september near the Chicken farm. Terry o Kelley and his 7-year-old brother Tammy spent much of the Day saturday moving the 11,300 surviving chickens to another farm until the damage can be repaired. Terry o Kelley said he and his Brothers would not let the latest Epi Sode gel them Down. Well just clean in up and see what the insurance company says he said Well just make the Best of  16,000 evacuated residents return Home the tank car s deadly chemical cargo. The Tanker was among 34 Railroad cars that toppled off the Racks when a Conrail freight train in route to Chicago derailed an j slowed into another freight train. American policy because it is  the libyan Leader also denied that any libyan troops had fought in Chad where Libya suffered a military defeat two weeks ago the report said the libyan Leader dismissed the no Tion thai he might join the Warsaw pact he times reported. Qadhafi made such a threat several weeks ago on american television but tit Plonis in Tripoli did not Lake it seriously the newspaper said. Pittsburgh a about 16,000 residents evacuated from the City s East end because of fumes leaking from u de railed Railroad car were allowed to return Home sunday after workers safely removed Sanas of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Apr l 14,1947 milk truck Drivers went on Sirick at Midnight shutting Oil milk supplies for More than so percent of greater Boston and Eastern Massachusetts customers. 30 years ago today. April 14, 1957 six White residents of Miami flu., were found guilty of disorderly conduct for picketing the Home Ofa Black in an All White neighbourhood. 20 years ago today. April 14, 1967 american bombers were being guided to targets in North Vietnam by daily photographs received from  Weather satellites. The air r Force report said the sweeping photos of All Southeast Asia had become one of the most valuable guides to  Bombings. To years ago foday. April 14. 1977 thousands of garment Industry workers in 40 slaves left their jobs to March and attend rallies against imported goods which they blamed far the loss of hundreds of thousands of american jobs