European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paige 4 b the stars and stripes thursday july11, 1991 agencies sour on Washington apr the . Government is trying to give away food rations left Over from its persian Gulf War operation to millions of starving africans but it Hasni to found Many takers for the much maligned meals ready to eat. The res were never very popular. Meals rejected by ethiopians was one critical refrain often heard. But the ethiopians it turns out arc among the few who have agreed to take the food. The coalition of rebel groups running the country has accepted i million res and Given them mostly to former soldiers left stranded and hungry by the governments fall in May . Officials said. The tiny country of Djibouti has also accepted about 500,000 res for somali and ethiopian refugees stranded there although its unclear whether the food has been distributed said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Attempts to give away another few million res stored in saudi Arabia Haven to met with much Success a due to a combination of political religious and bureaucratic hassles. A we re really disappointed that the Relief agencies wont Lake the food a said Roger Winter director of the private . Committee Tor refugees. Sudan a largely Muslim country where As Many As 9.5 million people risk starvation opposes taking the meals a partly because some contain pork which is strictly forbidden by islamic dietary Laws. The United nations which is directing Relief efforts despite government harassment held off accepting an Are shipment destined for Southern Sudan because it worried that distributing the food would create the appearance of american military help for the rebels controlling that area . Officials said. The rebels Are mostly christians and animists who Arentt bothered by pork. But . Officials said the sudanese May prefer sorghum a the Staple of International Relief efforts in the Region a to the prepared military meals. Meanwhile about 96,000 res destined for Southern Sudan Are piled up at the Airport in Nairobi Kenya where they were delivered last month by a giant . Transport plane the officials said. Another two flights of giant c-5 cargo planes packed with res blankets and tents were scheduled to leave for Kenya on tuesday. However the flights have been suspended until the United nations decides whether to accept the food officials said. Two shipload of surplus food in route to the kenyan port of Mombasa were also stopped at sea this week the officials said. Winters refugee organization had urged the Bush administration to offer the surplus food to the coun tries in the Horn of Africa where an estimated 15 million to 17 million people face starvation. The defense department figured that sending the millions of meals from stores in saudi Arabia to nearby Africa was far cheaper than shipping them Home. The United states was stuck with millions More res than it needed for the War which lasted Only 43 Days. The state department however found that . Relief agencies were reluctant to take the food even though three transportation was offered. In some cases the .�?Ts world food program and Unicof agencies told state department officials they lacked storage space or Means of transportation to distribute the food. A i can to understand Why this commodity is any different from others a said Winter. The res Arentt perishable and . Relief agencies have Many storage facilities in the Region he said the government also has cancelled some Are shipments to Yemen at the Southern tip of the arabian Peninsula where african refugees have flocked t in recent months because it  find an Agency to distribute the food Winter said. There is one Small Consolation. Some sudanese rebels who got res through a recent Airdrop reported they liked the food. They even used the wrappings As water containers Winter said. Its called rattlesnakes new Orleans up feuding television evangelists Jimmy Swaggart and Marvin Gorman Are like a two rattlesnakes in the same Cage Quot a prospective juror said tuesday during july selection for a $90 million defamation lawsuit. Gorman filed the lawsuit in 1987, alleging Swaggart and others destroyed his television ministry by spreading rumours that he engaged in numerous adulterous affairs. Gorman has admitted to one extramarital Liaison with a pastors wife. Gorman retaliated against Swaggart that same year by hiring a private detective to photograph the preacher in the company of a prostitute1 the trial began monday several weeks after state District judge Julian Bailes ruled that Gorman could not use evidence of Swaggart a indiscretions to support his Case. Under questioning by attorneys for both sides tuesday prospective juror Jim Newchurch said he distrusted television evangelists. A i done to believe they Are out to help people. I believe they Are out to make Money Quot said Newchurch a Catholic. Newchurch said he could be fair in a dispute Between the two preachers. A a in a suspicious of them when it comes to dealing with people a he said. Quot but dealing with each other its two rattle snakes in the same  Swaggart attorney Philip Whitman immediately asked Bailes to discharge new Church from the jury Pool. The judge declined at that Point but later discharged Newchurch after he expressed Strong feelings against adultery. Potential jurors were being questioned by attorneys from both sides about their views on adultery and television preachers. As the process continued the judge expressed impatience with attorneys for both sides probing the religious beliefs of jury candidates. Bailes warned Gorman attorney Jesse Stone when he questioned a seventh Day adventist extensively about his thoughts on sin. A emr. Stone this Isnit a sunday school lesson Quot Bailes said. Both Swaggart and Gorman were forced out of the assemblies of god for refusing to accept Church discipline for their indiscretions. Gorman blamed his downfall on a conspiracy of lies about numerous adulterous affairs that Swaggart and others spread in Hopes of eliminating Competition. Until his Public disgrace Gorman had a growing television ministry based in new Orleans 80 Miles Down the Mississippi River from the Headquarters of Jimmy Swaggart ministries in Baton Rouge a s a lifesaving match Karen Baker left received the wedding gift of a lifetime. Fiance Bill mitts donated one of his kidneys to his ailing Girlfriend in a transplant operation performed june 20 in St. Louis. Doctors called the couples genetic matchup unique. Baker who had been extremely ill before the operation is Well on the Road to  court revokes death penalty Law Denver a Colorado a supreme court struck Down the states death penalty Law tuesday because it automatically imposed a death sentence when factors in favor of and against a defendant were equal. Before 1988, deals penalty juries had to decide whether certain aggravating factors were present whether there were mitigating factors and then whether the aggravating factors outweighed the mitigating factors. As a final step jurors had to decide whether the defendant should be sentenced to death or life imprisonment. Amendments to the statute in 1988 eliminated the last step making the death penalty automatic if mitigating factors were balanced by or outweighed by aggravating factors. The court in a 4-3 ruling objected to the absence of further jury deliberation once the factors Are weighed. The decision came in a Denver murder Case involving Joseph l. Young Roger l. Young and Kevin fears. They were charged with first degree murder in the june 1989 slaying of Frank Magnuson who had been scheduled to testify against Roger Young in a robbery trial. A Friend of Magnuson a also was killed. In May 1990, Denver District judge Warren Martin declared the death penalty Law unconstitutional while hearing motions filed by attorneys for the three men. Prosecutors appealed the decision. But the supreme court decided to address the death penalty question As a separate matter rather than take it As an Appeal of Martin s decision. State attorney general Gale Norton said the ruling could affect the Case of one of Colorado a three death Row inmates Ronald Lee White who was sentenced under the 1988 Law. The other two death Row inmates were sentenced under an earlier statute. But Liz Mcdonough a department of corrections spokeswoman said a department attorney thinks the decision does no to affect White because he committed hts crime before the statute was changed. White 35, was convicted of murdering his Roommate t hotel clerk and a third Man. He was sentenced to death in May. He is scheduled to die the week of sept. 1, hut appeals Are expected to delay the execution for years. The last execution in Colorado was carried out a 1967, when Luis Monge was put to death for killing i wife and three of their 10 children