European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 1, 19bb the stars and is r1pes Swaggart thanks worshippers for support vows to resume ministry after counselling Baton Rouge la a television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart who stepped Down from Hii Pupil after allegations of immoral conduct with a prostitute erupted thanked members of All religions sunday for their support during "itu1 in Kesi week he has experienced. During a Brief appearance before pm congregation at the Jimmy Swaggart world ministries Tenter Swaggart thanked about 4.000 worshippers for i hair hacking. Ill never Hae the words 1o express to you How much i can1, my concern for you and my thanksgiving. If it had t Hen for you. We would not have made in. La s just that Plain and simple said Swaggart. Swaggart. Who Latt week confessed to unspecified sins reportedly paid a pros Lille to pose naked and tried to make a Deal with a minister who confronted him about ii. Although Swa Parl again did not spec Ify his sin he said he had received the love and prayers of members of various denominations and religious groups. That is was is so Beautiful about it religious tradition cited no Only pentecostal but also baptists. Methodists presbyterians Luther ans and Catholic. Even my moslem friends i m serious have called and said we love you. We Pray for you " Swap Gart said. Swa Gart who on saturday receive support and sympathy from presidential candidate pal Robertson a former Tele vision evangelist said his worldwide ministry would continue. First of All this ministry belong to cod. Secondly this ministry will continue. And last but certainly not least this ministry Wil be what god wants it to be Swiggart said. Making Only Brief reference to action the assemblies of god denomination Jias taken against him Swaggart said he would spend the next three months away from the pulpit reer iving some meat of the  to be Frank with you i Haven t been fed Swaggart said in a voice toned Down sharply from his usual firc and Brimstone style. I Don t know when it s been. To just be fed i would get a Little Here and n Little there. Over inc nest three months. I m going to be  Louisiana Church officials have recommended barring Swaggart from preaching for three months but National denomination officials asked for reconsideration after receiving hundreds of Calls proc testing the penalty As too in Mienl "1 want you to know i m hungry. So set the table heavy. Don t spare inc holy ghost calories. I Don t want celery an cauliflower or Sunflower seed. 1 want some meal of the word Swaggart said while receiving thunderous applause. Swiggart s wife Frances also thanked the congregation this has been a million weeks rolled into one week. The Days never ended and the nights never ended. But god s Grace brought us through it she said. During a Brief Airport Slop in Baton Rouge on saturday Robertson said he had spoken twice to Swigeart by Tele phone after deciding a visit to his Home would expose him to further Unnic did scrutiny by the  a person is forgiven when he asks for  said Robertson. In my estimation. God has forgiven him. I just wanted to symbolically put my Arm around him and say. Brother i love you and i am Here o Tell inc world " Marvin Gorman the defrocked assemblies of god minister who reportedly confronted Swaggart with photographs of him entering Ana leaving a new Orleans Motet room with a prostitute asked his congregation sunday for prayers for Swaggart. I want you All to Pray for Jimmy Swaggart and his family because we know that they re going through a lot right now. And 1 want you to know that i know that a lot of miracles will come out of  said Gorman during a service Athis metropolitan Christian Center in new Orleans. Gorman also said some news reports about the Case had been erroneous but did not elaborate. In a $90 million lawsuit filed last year Gorman alleged that Swaggart and 13 others had destroyed his ministry by spreading false rumours of numerous adulterous affairs. Jewish groups discuss ways to ease farm crisis new York Nett representatives of jewish groups from around the country met with stale and Federal government officials and agricultural leaders in new York sunday to discuss the farm crisis and for Mclatc a National jewish response to the plight of Small Farmers jewish religious tradition and history arc soaked with inc importance of agriculture said rabbi a. James Rudin director of incr religious affairs for the american jewish committee a civil and human rights group. I am convinced that inc inexorable wrenching of the family farm from american society threatens All  the conference sponsored by the Union of american hebrew congregations a Reform group addressed farm problems in Genera and jewish concerns including Rural anti semitism. The meeting was held at the hebrew Union College jewish Institute of religion in Manhattan. The farm  is a topic that should be of special concern for jews fur several reasons said mar Green. First there is a Long talmudic tradition Sec Ond poor Farmers in the Central part of the country have blamed jews for their plight and third there needs to be an Urban Rural coalition formed in order to overcome the farm  in his keynote address Jim High lower Texas com missioner of agriculture urged a  of Basic tenets of agricultural policy saying he gained Man new ideas on a trip to Israel. I saw in Israel what we warned to do in Texas particularly in the area of diversification of production Hig Mower said. Israel is always anticipating where the Farmers Are in percent by Region. Total population farm population Midwest Northeast Midwest Northeast 29,4% _ /26.1% 32.3% _ / 7.8% South West South 31.2% 13.3% s1.6% 1988, a i. Total population farm population Midwest Northeast Midwest Northeast 24,7% ,20,8% so.5% of 6.2% West 20.2% South 29.3% 14.1% Chicago Tribuna Chart source . Census Bureau five or 15 years Down the Road where consumer rends arc going,1 High lower promoted a theory to end farm subsidies and surpluses Supply management in which crop production is limited to Liow much the Market can Bear and floor prices set to Equia Farmers production costs. It is the concept embodied in the farm Aid Hill now before Congress sponsored by sen. Tom Harkin d Lowa and rep. Richard a. Gephardt . Other government officials including Jim Nichols the Minnesota commissioner of agriculture and 1 it arc. Myers Deputy Secretary of agriculture disagreed sharply aver the slate of the agricultural sector and what direction Federal policy should take. Nichols charged that farm subsidies amount Lowel fare and blamed the agriculture department s desire to increase exports with forcing crop prices below he Cost of production. Lei s run the agricultural sector More like a business and not like a welfare  Nichols said Myers contended that the agricultural Industry is in better shape since inc last Federal farm Aid Bill and that current policy Arlous the United states to be very aggressive in inc  if we can increase the buying Power of smaller countries now they will ultimately become belter con Sumers Myers said the participants including representatives of local congregations and officials of religious and non religious special interest groups around inc country said they hoped to educate their members about inc farm crisis and encourage efforts Tor solutions. Drug firms Fra to discuss curbs on aspirin advertising Sands of time Washington a the food and drug adminis Lvalion has invited drug companies which make aspirin to a meeting this week to discuss to what de Gree the manufacturers can advertise that their products help pc int heart attacks an Fra official said sunday. The meeting scheduled for wednes Day at inc Agency s Headquarters Inko Kville md., comes a month after the new England journal of Medicine published preliminary results of a study showing that aspirin taken every other Day could reduce the risk of heart attack sin Middle aged men. We do have some concerns about  said Fra spokesman Donald my learn. Even Lite study itself was accompanied by an editorial saying Don jump to conclusions folks.1" Somcy aspirin makers have launched advertising campaigns featuring Young men who have suffered heart attacks. In was Clear from the preliminary re sults that in could be helpful for men Between 40 and 65," Mclearn said. To the stars and stripes 40 years ago rot a March i a 8 a jewish extremist organization known As the Stern gang claimed responsibility for the bombing of a train near re Horvoth on the Palestine coast in which 26 British soldiers were killed and 35 injured. 30 years ago today. March i i9i8 Harry Cohn president of Columbia pictures corp. For 30 years and one of the last of the Hollywood movie moguls died in Phoenix Ariz. He was 67. Our concern is people will read about in. A the study and Sayr pm a 20-year-old flu ears Ogo March i  thirty nine convicts housed in the maximum Security Section of the West Virginia Penitentiary broke out of their cells and in three hours of rioting started a fire lha l destroyed the building. Male Jay by i should take aspirin every Allday that s nol what inc study was Al about Mcclarn said there arc lingering con Cerns that because the study s results Are still preliminary doctors slip May need to know More before prescribing regular aspirin dosages to patients. To years ago foe a. March i 1978 japanese and soviet fishing groups sought . Permits to kill More than 2,000 dolphins whales seals and other Marine mammals in the Bering sea off Alaska