European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 4. 19bb the stars and stripes Page 5 miss Liberty Flury in old mor Nii Lopez in Amer us Angeles. Midnight wednesday in Inin Tili to examines u miniature Ier inc deadline to file under the i Misra lion if the statue of Liberty while her Ion and  service s alien Mother and father Fil for a Monty in methodists affirm homosexual ban but order study St. Louis Ai the United methodist Church overwhelmingly reaffirmed its ban against Active homosexuals in inc Durgy and condemned such activity generally but authorized an extensive Slud of it. Homosexuality has proved to be particularly troubling to  christians of differing  said a Resolution approved by the denomination s quadrennial governing conference. Important biblical theological and scientific questions relating to homosexuality remain in dispute among persons a Good will the conference authorized a four year study of the origins and nature of Homo sexuality biologically psychologically and sociologically. Bui it retained a challenged Rule barring any Church funds for Gay lesbian groups or to promote the acceptance of  in iwo successive measures the Church upheld a Rule barring self avowed practising homosexuals from ordination and also Laid Down this Over All Standard on the Mailer although we do not condone the practice of homosexuality and consider this practice incompatible Wilh Christian leaching we affirm that god s Grace is available to  arguing fur the position the Rev. Richard c. Loony of Knoxville tcnn., said that All persons Are affirmed but All practices arc not  to set aside a moral consensus of 2,000 years of Christian history would cause shattering confusion among methodists of the world he said. The . Denomination of nearly 10 million members is the Counley s second largest protestant body next 1o Southern baptists there also Are nearly 5 million other . Methodists in mainly Black denominations. Delegates from across the country voted 676 to 293 to maintain the restriction on ordained clergy and even More strongly 76 to 181 for the expanded Blanket rejection  practice that Section in the Church s Book of discipline was enlarged to emphasize Church ministry for and with All per sons and also to recognize our limited understanding of sexual complexities. The Rev. Belly Jane Young of Maple Wood. N j., pleaded for deletion of he re Pudia lion  activity saying we admit we Lack understanding of homosexual ily and yet we arc willing 10 condemn those who some say by god s Choice Are homosexual and who arc living a homosexual  however. Gerald Downie of Kanka Kec 111., argued thai inc sexual instinctual drive is like wild horses and needs to be put in harness and  he called homosexuality arrested development Hal could usually be changed. That Drew a burst of Boos from the visitors galleries at inc Cervantes convention Center. John Stumbo. A Topeka kan., Aller nay termed the prohibition against Ordi Nalion of avowed practising homosexual a Legal Nightmare in terms of provability me said there were no Means of deter mining such matters and self Iii criminal lion violated due process. An example no Hal situation exists in a current ease in be River. Where the Rev. Julian Rush continues As a part time Pas Tor. He acknowledges his homosexuality but refuses to answer questions about  the complications another lawyer Delegate Scott Williams of Muncy. I ., said the res friction was essential adding that Many people would leave the Church if it is not  the conference in he seventh Day of an 11-Day meeting still has to act on other measure related to homosexuality but monday s actions were considered the most Pivotal. Other denominations roman Catho Lic As Well As i Golestani have struggled in recent years with homosexual issues generally maintaining policies on the clergy similar to that affirmed by methodists. However in Many cases handling of the Mailer is left to regional units or dioceses. Snowstorm closes schools highways in Rockies by the associated press a Spring storm dumped Snow in parts of he Rockies monday closing schools and highways and its Power Ful winds caused dust storms Hal contributed to two traffic  storm left up to 14 inches of Snow in the mountains and Foothills of South Central Montana wild up to a foot of Snow in the mountains of Northern Colorado. Eight inches of Snow fell in Northwestern Wyoming closing Yellowstone s Eastern and Southern entrances. South of the Park 5 inches of Snow was reported in Moose and Jackson where downed Power lines caused blackouts interstate so in Wyoming was closed monday mom ing from Laramie to Walcott Junction Ihnn was re opened about five hours later. Police later closed . 287 South out of Laramie because of poor conditions and a series of minor accidents that clogged inc Highway. Gas heating Oil prices fall after open Breaks off talks new York api wholesale prices of gasoline Ana heating Oil fell monday after of dec failed to Sci Tempo Rary cuts in Oil production. Oil futures prices also turned sharply lower in a wave of Selling when open ministers broke of their talks with sever Al outside Oil producers after saudi Ara Bia scuttled a plan for culling production temporarily. Wholesale prices for unleaded gasoline fell 2,24 Conss a gallon to 49.37 cents while Healing Oil dropped 2.42 cents to 45.95 cents a gallon. On inc new York mercantile Exchange contracts for West Texas inter mediate Oil lie . Benchmark crude Fri to is 7,14 a barrel for june delivery Down 8 cents from Friday s close. Mosi of the ground was lost Early in the Day As traders reacted to the news Hal inc organization of Petroleum exporting countries had suspended talks with non Cartel producers. Futures prices stabilized temporarily in the afternoon Ihen slipped again in a late spun of Selling. Analysts said the suspension of the talks and the saudis reluctance to agree to the cuts caused a violent shift of senti ment in the futures markets where Pricci had advanced recently on inc expectation of a global move to reduce production. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 4 i is the House armed services Comminey approved 28-5 a iwo car draft Bill. It was the first Lime the Issue had been formally presented before Congress since world War m. 30 years ago today. May 4, l8 president Eisenhower proposed that ii nations including the soviet Union join Lite . In a treaty to ensure thai Antarctica would be used Only for peaceful  20 years ago today. May a 1968 the United slates and North Vietnam agreed to meet in Paris to Start discuss no conditions for possible v Ilnam peace talks. 10 years ago today. May 4, 1978 the supreme court rejected a Colorado Man s Appeal that it was unjust in the current liberated world to mave him pay Alimony to an  who had a master s degree and had testified she was economically Sulc supposing