European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 28, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Swaggart claims he s a new Man opens crusade says ministry on rebound by the los Angeles times los Angeles television Evange list Jimmy Swaggart saying he is a Dif Ferent Man with a rebounding ministry opened a weekend crusade Friday night at the shrine auditorium Here before a crowd of less than 2,000. It was Only his second . Preaching appearance outside his Louisiana base this year since being defrocked Over his involvement with a prostitute. We lost a lot of our supporters but some of them Are coming Back swag Gart said. Swaggart filled less than one third of the 6,300-seat shrine whereas he nearly packed the 15,000-seat los Angele sports Arena 18 months ago when he was Riding High. After the scandal Swaggart s weekly program dropped from no. 1 to no. 3 among to evangelists in audience rat Ings but he said he still has 300 Broad cast stations for his sunday program and200 stations carrying his daily show. After drawing Good crowds at his firs Post de rocking crusade in Indianapolis last month Swaggart is now resuming his three Day crusades in . Cities at the average rate of two a month through1989, aides said. The 52-year-old evangelist know previously for his determined attacks within the assemblies of god on fellow ministers who erred in behaviour or theology surprised his congregation in Baton Rouge feb. 19 when he tearfully con fessed to undisclosed sins. His denomination had begun investigating reports that he paid a prostitute to pose nude for him. Although he con fessed his moral failures privately to Church authorities Swaggart publicly has neither denied any allegations nor explained what the sins were. In an interview Friday he said i Don t know if i would have made that decision to remain silent if i had known All the things that were going Tobe told and All the lies and half truths. But we Felt that to be specific could do nothing but Hurt and cause  when National assemblies of go leaders ordered a two year rehabilitation for Swaggart including one year away from the pulpit of his $170 million ministry Swaggart resigned from the denomination and continued to observe his self imposed three month ban on preaching. Attorney William Treeby Swaggart Schief spokesman said Friday that swag Gart was preordained shortly thereafter by his own Jimmy Swaggart ministries based in Baton Rouge. Treeby said sunday attendance at the5,000-seat family worship Center there has climbed steadily reaching 3,900 Las sunday. Enrolment at the Jimmy swag Gart Bible College this week is expected to be about 400 students compared to the 1,450 enrolled last year. A Long planned graduate Seminary will open with 16 students Treeby  believe there is a different Jimmy Swaggart Here Swaggart said  self righteous. Fault finding part of me is , Swaggart said that people should be generous in support of of Hertz ministers. Swaggart and his wife Frances indicated in comments Friday afternoon that they were disappointed by some christians who did not support Swaggart s decision to refuse lengthy counselling and to limit his pulpit silence to three months. Christians Are supposed to be the most forgiving people on the face of the Earth Swaggart said. Surprisingly enough you Don t find very Many pharisees in the bars clubs Honky tonks an dance Halls said Swaggart referring to the gospel characterizations of Pharisee Sas religious hypocrites. Sad to say you find most in  sailors finding Lack of sight in t a Handicap Boston a Jeff Pitman is Blind but he sail for the same reasons sighted people do fresh air warm Sunshine and the feel of the wind at his Back. You Don t need eyes to sail he says As Long a you can feel the wind and know where it s going to take  Pitman s not just optimistic. Sighted volunteers who accompany Blind sailors in a program held at marinas in the Charlestown and South Boston sections of bos ton corroborate his claims. I be Learned More from them i Haven t taught them Athing said Harry Mcdonough 68, a former Champion Sailor whose courageous sailing Center sponsors the to year old program with the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton. It is believed to be the Only organized mailing program for the Blind in the country. Mcdonough was inspired to help teach the Blind to Sailas a result of his own experiences learning to sail. At age 4, he said his father taught him to sail blindfolded so he would learn to better sense the wind and gain balance. It s More about feel and balance than sight Mcdon Ough said on a recent saturday while he motored Aroun Boston Harbor checking on the Blind sailors. I always said that someday i d teach the Blind to sail and it  you sail you sail in relation to the wind said Volunteer guide John Trickett 29. All the key factors about sailing have nothing to do with  visually impaired people from All Over new eng land participate in the sailing program. The Cost is $ 1 per season. Most have never been on a Small Boa when they step gingerly onto the vessels. When i first went out i was a Little scared the whaleboat was going to tip Over with me in it said Gil Busch. But now i Don t have that feeling anymore. Just enjoy  Rose Prescott 41, a rehabilitation Counselor Blind since age 5, and Melinda Conrad 41, who is legally Blind trave by bus from Concord n.h., every weekend to sail. We May not beat anyone else out Here but we have fun said Conrad. Our friends think we re a Little crazy but then they know that Well try anything. Wego Cross country skiing we went to Jamaica and Lon Don. We like being  Prescott said she was a Little fearful at first. All they say out Here is Rose to let me know i should do something said Prescott. I kind of fill inthe Blanks and figure out what should be  volunteers sail in boats with the Blind sailors teach ing novices How to trim the sails How to tack and Rose Prescott who has been Blind since the age of 5, adjusts her sails to the wind in Boston Harbor. A reminding them not to try to sail against the wind. For those with some experience the guides Are there merely to Tell the Blind sailors if other boats Are coming or i they Are too near Shore. To be a Good Sailor you need to be in Harmony with the wind and the Waves and the boat said a thur o Neill who directs the program for the Carroll Center. Heather Schroder 27, a Volunteer guide said shews doubtful the Blind could sail when she heard about the program. But she was soon convinced. It does t matter whether you re Blind or not she said. You just need a Good  the Blind sailors sail every saturday either at the courageous sailing Center at the Charlestown Navy Yard or in the protected Waters of pleasure Bay of Castle Island in South Boston. At the end of the summer they participate in special regatta. The rules Are simple one sighted Volunteer accompanies each Blind Sailor in a boat but the Volunteer is not allowed to touch anything during the race. He or she is allowed Only to warn of hazards. This in t going to make them to be olympic sail ors said Mcdonough. We re just teaching them something to love that they otherwise would never Geta Chance to  a we students to voluntarily submit to drug tests Lynchburg a. A the Rev. Jerry Falwell said Friday he will Lead the Way As faculty and administrators voluntarily submit to the drug screening required this year of Liberty University s6,000 students. All of us have agreed to voluntary drug testing at random and several of us at the top myself included will be drug tested said Falwell the school s founder and Chancellor. He said he knows of no other . College or University that tests All Stu dents for drugs. I m hopeful they will watch what we re doing and follow suit he said. Liberty students were notified by mail Over the summer and each has signed a waiver agreeing to submit to urine screening the school says. We have checked with thousands of Young people and Haven t received complaint said Falwell a television evangelist and founder of the moral majority conservative lobbying Organiza Tion. Urine testing could begin next weekend will include All students during the program s first year said or. Gregg alb ers the school s director of health serv  Are no plans to test employees of Falwell s other  will be Given to about 200 Stu dents a week in a special bathroom de signed to make it difficult for anyone to alter the urine Sample. The urine will be screened three time with the last test breaking it Down to the molecular level. Testing will be done for illegal and a usable prescription drugs and will be used to spot other health problems Albers said. Students testing positive will be offered counselling and possibly a second  the school takes a very Strong position against drugs we re not going Tobe unreasonable in our methods said Falwell spokesman Mark Demoss