European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday february 1,1989 to evangelist Jimmy Swaggart gives the Victory sign As he winds up a news conference in Baton Rouge la. Swaggart denies stripper Story says hell sue Penthouse for libel Baton Rouge la. Up to evangelist Jimmy Swaggart angered by a published report linking him romantically with a stripper vowed to sue for libel and warned other publications be prepared to prove it in  Swaggart labelled a Penthouse Magazine article Alleg ing he had an affair with a new Orleans strip of Gram performer a fabrication and promised Mon Day that a libel suit would be filed by week s end. Ministry lawyers have been instructed to file suit As soon As possible against All who publish this Fabrica Tion Swaggart said at his world ministry Headquarters. Our attorneys Learned of this fraudulent Story i december and had clearly shown Penthouse. That the Story was  Swaggart s announcement was met with applause and shouts of amen from 500 ministry students and workers who gathered to hear the defrocked television preacher lash out at Penthouse for the article. Catherine Kampen 38, of new Orleans claims in the March Issue of Penthouse that her affair wit Swaggart began in july 1987 and lasted until january 1988, before Swaggart was defrocked last Spring by the assemblies of god for a tryst with a prostitute. The National religious broadcasters announced meanwhile that Swaggart has been expelled from the organization because of his confessed misconduct last Spring. In a Brief statement the group representing the bul of evangelical fundamentalist and charismatic radio and television religious broadcasters said the moral fail ure of a minister is costly not Only to himself but to the rest of the body of Christ the Church and to the world to whom we Are called to preach the  in the Penthouse article Kampen who was employed by a strip of Gram service alleges she me Swaggart on the Street and he pretended to counsel her on her own marital problems. She said they never had sexual Intercourse but claims he conned her into performing Sado masochistic acts for his pleasure and that he often masturbated in her presence. This evangelist and this ministry is As clean As the blood of Jesus Christ can make it swag Gart said. I have never in my life opened a Penthouse Magazine Playboy Magazine or a Hustler Magazine. But i am going to do Kampen everything in my Power to rid America of the filth you  ministry officials handed out an alleged copy of Kampen s criminal record which shows a history of Petty criminal activity dating Back to 1972. The preacher also warned reporters and publication that he would no longer turn the other Cheek if they printed allegations about him or his ministry. Please feel free henceforth to publish anything you like but be prepared to prove it in court he said firmly a Stark contrast to his tearful confession on Vlast Spring. Frances Swaggart wife of the beleaguered preacher who at one time reigned Over America s most watched television ministry also condemned Penthouse in Short statement. I am asking the christians around the world to leave the garbage and trash on the newsstand and Send your Money to this ministry Frances Swaggart said to loud applause. Stateside fire victim s new Home is real family place Powhatan Ark. A they Only had a week to do it but an army of offspring was enough to build a new House for 86-year-old Evan Smith replacing his fire damaged Home Stead. His old House burned Early in january. He moved in with a daughter Patricia Smith but yearned for a place of his own she said. So his son Jerry Smith who is in the construction business in Piedmont s.c., proposed using his dad s insurance proceeds to build a new House during his one week vacation. I personally did t think we could do it but we did Smith said from this northeastern a Kansas town of 49 residents. The construction Crew consisted of grand kids and great Gran kids and Brothers in Law and Sisters in Law Smith said. Woman marshal to Lead St. Patrick s Day Parade new York a a woman will be grand marshal of the St. Patrick s Day Parade for the first time in the 226-year history of the March 17 Parade. Broadcaster Dorothy Hayden Cudahy and Mary Holt Moore an activist for Northern ire land s Independence were named nominees monday night by the Parade committee said Martin Galvin spokesman for the Irish North Ern Aid committee. Representatives of Irish american groups running the Parade were to elect a grand marshal tuesday. Both nominees have run before. It s Long overdue to have a woman grand marshal Galvin said. Each of these Candi dates have done great service to the Irish Community. They would do great Honor to the Parade and the Irish  smithsonian s regents of plan for Indian museum Washington a the Board of re gents of the smithsonian institution has approved the main parts of an agreement to trans Fer the largest collection of american Indian artefacts from new York to Washington for per manent display. The agreement in principle reached last week would create a National museum of the Ameri can Indian on the Washington mall As part of the smithsonian but would keep a smaller satellite museum in new York City to be situated in the old . Custom House in lower manhat Tan. Robert Mcc. Adams Secretary of the smithsonian said at a press briefing after the regents met monday that Only technical issues remain. I Don t think any Are of fundamental importance he said. The museum of the american Indian has for years been trying to move from a Small upper Manhattan building that is Only big enough to display about 1 percent of the collection of More than 1 million artefacts. The bulk of the collection has been stored for Many years in a Bron warehouse. Windfall ahead for execs with unused leave by the Washington Post Washington what a difference a Day makes. Thousands of outward bound govern ment executives can boost the size of the Lump sum Check they will get for their unused vacation time by $ 10 an hour if they wait a few Days before quitting or retiring. When they leave the government Feder Al workers Are paid for unused annual leave at their current hourly salary rate. But those amounts Are relatively Small for rank and file employees who in most cases Are under a use it or lose it system that pre vents them from building up big accounts of annual leave. Members of the senior executive service however can carry Over annual leave from one year to the next and some of them have 1,000 to 2,000 hours of unused annual leave that they plan to con Vert to Cash when they depart. There Are just under 8,000 members of the ses. Some 3,667 Are at ses level Grade 4 and now can receive $36.41 per hour of annual leave. But that hourly value will go up to $46.96 if Congress fails As expected to Block a Pend ing raise for judges political appointees members of Congress and ses members. Feb. 8 is the deadline. If the raises Are not stopped they go into effect on feb. 12 for most people paid every other week. People who retire before the effective Date of the raise will get Lump sum payments at the lower hourly rate. Those who retire after feb. 12 will get much bigger  example a level 4 ses executive with 1,000 hours of unused  leave would Geta Lump sum Check for $3,641.00 on retire ment this week but a payment of$4,696.00 if he or she waited just a few Days until the raise started. The pay plan would raise congressional pay from $89,500 to $135,000, a 50 percent increase. Starting ses pay would go from $67,800 to $80,000. The top ses salary level 6 would go from$80,000 now to $ 120,000 a year