European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 23, 1991 Quot the stars and strides Page 7bible lesson gains Church a tidy profit Fargo. . A a Church gave cach of its members a $ 1 Obilo invest any Way they wanted. When the returns were counted tuesday they  $12,169 a almost double the s6,8 0 Given out during sunday services april 14. 1 he Ilea was to offer a living lesson of the biblical parable of the talents in which servants Are Given Money from a Stern master who expects them to bring him the fruits of . A servant who simply buries the Money in the ground is berated by the master. The Rev. Dale Trautman the pastor of the Olivet lutheran Church had some reservations when an Anonymous donor first came to him with the idea of giving out Money. The donor was willing to risk the $6. 80 with no strings attached. A Quot a a churches running on the Edge financially and giving Money away a i thought this is going to have bad vibes a Trautman said. But the donor was insistent so he decided to try it. Each Man woman and child  a $10 Bill in an envelope and told to invest it. A i said a what if they bought lottery tickets and won a a trainman recalled. A people joked but Don t know of anybody who did  the results were both surprising and heartwarming. R. A a fifth Grade sunday school class started a Small come Tony and sold buttons on Mother s  ten year old be a. Wei scr pooled her $10 with her mothers to put on a concert taking in almost $225 in donations from the 54-member audience. Nancy Pearson a a member of the Church s stewardship Board went together with friends who enjoy gourmet cooking and put on a seven course gourmet Plinner. A a we invited 10 people and charged  dinner and it was really fun. Several of them left sizable tips so we were Able to. More than double our $10 and return it to the  Pearson said. A a a a a accountant Dale Beling pooled his Money with his wife s and they used it to bake brownies Popcorn and other Good ies to sell at his office a the original $6,800 will be returned to the Anonymous donor the other $5,369 w ill be used for social services and other Church  claims Philly s gop mayor nomination Philadelphia a Frank Rizzo who worked his Way up from beat cop to mayor in the 1970s, claimed the Republican nomination for his old Job while democrats picked a former District attorney to pull Philadelphia from the Brink of financial collapse. Rizzo 70, will face de Rendell on nov. 5 if he withstands a probable recount requested by another former District elections attorney Ron Castille. Rizzo had a 1.120-vote Lead Over Castille with 99 percent of the precincts counted. Rizzo claimed Victory in his third comeback attempt but Castille refused to concede. A a we la wait for the official count Quot Cas Tille said. It could take a week for an official tally. The loser then could seek a recount. Rizzo had an unofficial 46,786 votes or 36 percent while Castille had 45,666 votes or 35 percent. Samuel Katz a political unknown running in his first Clec Tion had 36,902 votes or 29 percent. In the four Way democratic primary Rendell had 143,479 votes or 49 percent. Former City councilman Lucien Blackwell was second with 78,807 votes or 27 percent. Philadelphia mayoral candidate Frank Rizzo campaigns before the election Rizzo a Burly Tough talking sex police gop after his first comeback attempt. A tonight we made history Quot Rizzo said commissioner it who served two terms in he lost his last two bids to democratic a your Victor is not just for the who a a i City Hall As a Democrat switched to the Mayo w. Wilson Goode. Ered Here tonight Jit no just to Liose who voted for Frank Rizzo. It s a Victory for every family in  v Rendell dec Laid a we did it and we re going to do it again in november and then we Are going to turn this City around Goode the City s first Black mayor served the limit of two consecutive four year terms. In other races. A Denver voters ensured that the City will get its first Black mayor. District attorney Norm Early won but fell Short of a majority in a primary to succeed mayor Federico Pena Olio did not seek a third Liim. Laily w ill meet the second place finisher City auditor Wellington Webb in a june in Runoff Early and Webb Are Black. Denver voters also Defeated an attempt to repeal an ordinance Banning discrimination against homosexuals. A Gerald a Bradley of Bloomington won the democratic nomination for the Illinois congressional seat let open in March when Republican de Madigan be came . Secretary of agriculture. Bradley had 2,464 votes or 59 percent Tim Hall had 1,701 or 41 percent. Bradley will face Republican state rep. Tom Ewing who ran unopposed in a july 2 general election 7 a Jacksonville i la., voters overwhelmingly approved a with 82 percent in favor a a proposal to limit cd Ltd Council members to two four year terms. Postal workers caught stealing Stamps valued at $500,000 Pittsburgh apr postal employees entrusted with destroying old Stamps managed to steal at least $500,000 Worth of them in the nations biggest such theft because Iio one was watching to make sure they carried out their task officials say. The disappearance came to Light last month when officials said they had recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in postage in the Homes of two local postal employees. Mailbag containing $15,000 to $20,000 in postage Stamps were found dumped in a Ravine. A no charges have been filed but 11 postal employees have been fired and three suspended. Congress has launched an investigation and postmaster general Anthony Franks office said the thefts May result in a change inthe Way the Post office destroys old Stamps. Postal officials say 25-cent Stamps stamped envelopes stamped Post cards and plaques commemorating stumps Liis appeared from the Pittsburgh general mail facility where they were to be destroyed after the last postal rate hike made them unpopular with Consumers. T the1 theft was a huge by far the biggest we be Ever seen by postal employees said Paul Griffo spokesman for the postal inspection service in Washington. A typically we get them in the Quot $15,000, $20,000 and $30,000  officials said they discovered the theft during an audit. In March postal officials said they found hundreds of thousands of dollars in postage in the Homes of Philip Dorsey Iii chairman of the general mail facility a stamp destruction committee and James Gall jr., the local Post offices marketing manager. The two were fire Pittsburgh postal inspector Richard Balya said . Attorney Tom corbetts office May refer the Case to a grand jury for prosecution. The incident has prompted investigations by the House postal operations and postal personnel and modernization subcommittees. Eberhardt said the Case could result in tighter supervision at the 73 facilities where $270 million in Stamps were destroyed last year. The Case is the latest in a series of incidents that have blackened the image of Pittsburgh a Post office a  Carrier was suspended May 11, the Day before mothers Day in the theft of 112 greeting cards. Balya said most were bound for mothers and some contained Cash or checks. The Case was referred to pros ecu tors. A in 1989-90, 16 supervisors and Union workers were disciplined for concealing late mail at the general mail facility. A in 1988, seven supervisors were disciplined for altering time records and leaving work Early. A in 1987, eight supervisors were disciplined for changing test scores for friends who took the postal  cautious on Bush recovery Washington a president Bush insists he s feeling lit As medication slows his racing thyroid but doctors say patients undergoing such treatment May experience a Case of he blahs As they recover. A a they often feel a hit worse before they feel better a said or. Paul w. Ladenson director of endocrinology at Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine. A i he chickens come Home to Roost if you  Bush whose overactive thyroid was diagnosed two weeks ago As Giaves disease on tuesday underwent a thorough checkup and his. Doctors said they were pleased with his Progress. The chief White House physician. Or. Burton Lee said Bush a most recent thyroid tests have been in the a flow Normal  a this physicians Are very Happy with his Progress but continue to insist on a slow return to a Normal athletic lifestyle a Lee added. Bush was treated with a dose of radioactive iodine May 9 after it was discovered that an overactive thyroid caused by Graves disease had resulted in an irregular heartbeat. He continues to take medications to help regulate his heartbeat and stabilize his thyroid but Lee said the heart medications gradually Are being reduced. He said Bush would be closely monitored until his thyroid condition stabilizes