European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. Septembers. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 mormon official excommunicated accused Church of spiritual Slaughter Salt Lake City a George p. . The first american Indian Ever appointed to the mormon Church Hierarchy was excommunicated Fri Day after accusing the leadership of the spiritual Slaughter of his people. The first excommunication in 46 years of a major Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter a saints was announced in a terse one paragraph statement from Church head quarters Here. Lee. Who was an elder of the Church was expelled from the Church for apostasy and other conduct Unbe coming a member of the Church the statement said. Lee. A Navajo and former president of the College of Ganado on the Navajo reservation was present at the meeting at which the decision was made it said. Church spokesman Don Kcf Curc said he could not elaborate on the statement on the instructions of Church leaders. Jailed pair charged in stamp scam Newark . A Brothers Jack and Charles Colbert did a lot of washing in jail hut it was t clothes they were laundering it was postage Stamps the government says. In an indictment announced Friday the Colbert were charged with washing cancel lations from Stamps and Selling them at a discount in a mail order business they ran from the Somerset county jail. They were just running a Small Busi Ness out of a jail cell said a postal in Spector Waller a. Gilliland. The imprisoned pair could be sentence to 39 additional years each if convicted on charges of conspiracy mail fraud and mis use of postage Stamps assistant . Attorney Stuart j. Rain Craid. Officials said they caught on to the scheme in March after being tipped off by potential customers. Jack Colbert 37, and Charles Colbert 42, originally from mount Vernpn ., Are serving 13-Ycar Federal prison sentence for 1986 convictions on mail fraud wire fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from a toxic waste disposal scheme in new  indictment says that while the Brothers spent december until june in the county jail awaiting trial on stale toxic waste dumping charges they ordered can celeb Stamps in bulk. The Brothers also wrote the March of dimes asking for cancelled Stamps Accord ing to the  Colbert offered to sell mint in gummed Stamps at a 75 percent Dis count in minimum $20 lots. The indict ment did not reveal How the cancellations were cleaned from the Stamps. Gilliland would say Only that corrections officers turned Over two empty shampoo bottles and a partly filled plastic Container of liquid laundry detergent that had been taken from the Colbert shared cell. Gilliland said the men were Given extra Bui Lee said the action stemmed from Basic doctrinal disagreements with Church leaders about the role of indians in the religion and from his Contention that the leadership is racist materialistic and Bent on changing the meaning of mormon scripture. It got to the Point where i had to follow them or Jesus Christ and i chose to follow Jesus Christ Lee said in an interview Friday afternoon. I told them they Are the ones that Are Acosta timing leaching false Doc  Lee 46, was made a member of the first quorum of the seventy in 1975. The first quorum of the seventy is responsible for administering the affairs of the 6.7 million member Church under the direction of the quorum of the twelve apostles and governing first presidency. Members of the three All male bodies arc known As general authorities. Acc met for an hour with mormon Church president eni tall Benson. Benson s two Counselor and the  read a 23-Page, Handwritten letter in which he accused his fellow churchmen of distorting doctrine to satisfy their own racial Bias relegating indians to second class status and denying them their right Ful place in the Faith s theology. You Are slowly causing a silent Subtle scriptural and spiritual Slaughter of the  the letter said. While physical extermination May have been one of the Federal government s poli cies Long ago. Your current scriptural and spiritual extermination. Is the greater sin and great shall be your condemnation for  Lee s excommunication was particularly sensitive to a Church thai believes that indians in the americas Are descendants of ancient Peoples described in the Book of mormon the Faith s most cherished scripture. The la maniacs As the Indian ances tors Are known in the Book were them selves described As descendants of a Prophet named Chi. Who brought his family from Jerusalem to the new world about 60 1 . Lee said prophesies in the Book of mormon Are Clear in defining indians and jews As literal descendants of the mouse of Israel and All others As Gen tiles or adopted  in recent years Lee said general authorities have been preaching that non Indian members Are literal descendants of Ephraim a grandson of Israel in the old testament thereby displacing the True seed of Israel and giving non Indi an mormons an excuse to ignore their Indian Brothers. The last Church general authority lobe excommunicated was a member of the twelve Richard r. Lyman. Who was expelled from the Church in 1943 for adultery. He was Rob anti cd 11years later. Acc said he does t plan to attend any More Church meetings. I m not coming Back because i can l be part of this he said. On speaking terms Lech Walesa Leader of the formerly banned Solidarity Union gestures Friday As he talks with Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski in Gdansk Poland it Solh anniversary rites commemorating the Start of world War ii. The polish Leader was responsible for Walesa s 11-month detention in december 1981. In the past Walesa has declined to take part in official government events. Medicare May cover mammography is i guess they i officials at the jail saying they were making mailings out to defense attorneys and Busi Nesses trying to formulate a defense he  state dumping charges were Dis missed in june and the Brothers have since been transferred to Federal prison in Olis Ville  Washington a medicare would pay for routine mammography tests to detect breast cancer beginning Jan. I under a regulation the govern ment proposed Friday. Congress authorized medicare cover age of mammography examinations last year making an exception to the Law that prohibits medicare payments for routine physical checkups. One out of 10 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetimes Accord ing to medical experts and elderly women have the highest risk. Early detection of breast cancer is essential for effective treatment and medicare coverage will encourage More older women to obtain mammography screening on a regular  said or. Louis Sullivan Secretary of the depart ment of health and human services. The regulation drafted by has was published in Friday s Federal  60 Days of Public comment a final regulation will be drafted. Under the proposed Law medicare would pay for mammography tests every two years for women 65 and older. For younger women on medicare because of disability the program would cover mammography tests annually for those 50 to 64 and for women aged 40 to 49 who Are at High risk of developing breast can cer. It also would cover the exams every other year for those aged 40 to 49 who arc not at High risk and would pay for one exam for those aged 35 to 39. Medicare would pity 80 percent of mammography costs after the Benefi Ciary paid the annual deductible of $75 for physicians and outpatient services. The program would pay $50 for a mammography exam in 1990. Physicians who do not participate in medicare would be prohibited from charging More than 125 percent of thai amount or $62.50, in 1990. Coverage of mammography is is cd pc Clad to Cost $150 million in fiscal year 1990 and $275 million in fiscal 1991