European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 15, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9scouts to allow Gays in new program learning for life also open to atheists girls by the new York times challenged by a Gay rights group and the san Francisco area United Way to Stop Banning homosexuals the boy scouts of America has agreed to develop a special youth program that will include Gays atheists and girls. The a learning for life program announced by the United Way on monday will be separate from the traditional scout program but will be administered by local scout councils that choose to offer it. It will be the first scout related curriculum to include openly Gay Young people. A a we re definitely applauding this move a said John Stafford vice president of Community affairs for the United Way of the Bay area. A this is a sign that the boy scouts Are not absolutely steadfast in hewing to their old line. But we Are under no illusions that this meets United Way  the discussions Between United Way and the boy scouts began after the Charity organization withheld a $9,000 Grant from the mount Diablo Council boy scouts earlier this summer spurred by allegations of discrimination from the Contra Costa Alliance of Gays and lesbians. The United Way is still concerned that the boy scouts continue to exclude Gay men As scoutmaster Stafford said. Blake Lewis a spokesman for the National boy scout leadership said the new program was the most effective Way to set members Ftp standards for a changing society while retaining conventional scout values. Girls Are allowed in a boy scout program that explores career opportunities but girls homosexuals and atheists have been excluded from the troops. A your position has always been that scouting represents tradition or if you will family Structure and values a Lewis said from his office in Dallas. A it has always been our position that a person living in a homosexual lifestyle does not exhibit a role Model that is consistent with traditional or longtime views of scouting. We re not saying that scouting values Are for every person in society to live by. If you Don t share the values of scouting perhaps there would be another organization better suited to your  a learning for life Quot to be introduced in september will be held in Public schools and led by four member teams including the school principal a teacher and two other people from the school or Community. Pope visits polish Birthplace Church where he was Wadowicz Poland a Pope John Paul ii made a sentimental visit wednesday to the House where he was born and the Church where he was baptized. In the first visit to his Hometown since 1979, John Paul was greeted by a brass band in the town Square which otherwise was sealed off from the Public to permit the 71-year-old pontiff to be alone with his memories. A plaque on the yellow stucco Wall of 7 Church St. Marks the two room apartment where Karol Jozef Wojtyla was born May 18,1920. Across the. Street stands the ornate 18th Century most blessed Virgin Mary Parish Church where he was baptized one month later. The trip Home came on the second Day of John Paul a second visit to his Homeland this year. Later in the Day he was to Greet hundreds of thousands of Young catholics attending an International meeting at the shrine of the Black Madonna in nearby Czestochowa. In Wadowicz a Market town of 18,000 people about 30 Miles from Krakow he also was to consecrate the new Parish Church of St. Peter the apostle and celebrate an outdoor mass foe townspeople. In the text prepared for the mass the Pope described himself As a your co citizen a native of Wadowicz and at the same time a servant of the Universal Church in St. Peters see in  he was to lunch with friends from his childhood. He left Wadowicz at 18 to attend a University in Krakow. His studies were interrupted by the nazi invasion in 1939, although he secretly studied for the Priesthood during the War. John Paul was also meeting with about 15 priests ordained with him and about 50 people a Distant relatives of the Pope a who share the name Wojtyla. Popes trip to Poland and Hungary Poland aug. 13 Rome to ? krak6w aug. 14 5 Wadowicz 3 Czestochowa aug. 15 3 Czestochowa aug. 16 a a Krakow a Budapest Hungary i1bh Poland Hwy a Warsaw o s s o Berlin a to. A / o Prague v Czechoslovakia a Iennaro War a Austria a Budapest a Hungary aug. 16 a Budapest d Esztergomi aug.17 a p6cs aug. 18 f Maria Pocs a Nyler Egyhazy 0 a Debrecen aug. 19 a Szombathely aug. 20 a Budapest to Rome Pope returns to Budapest each night while in Hungary. Ii Hungary. Yugoslavia \ a map Church Bells began peeling 20 minutes before the pontiffs Early morning arrival from Krakow As the motorcade wound its Way Over the rolling loot Hills of Southern Poland past neatly lined Harvest haystacks. The Pope spent about 15 minutes inside his old Parish Church kneeling in front of the baptismal font and kissing it before leaving. He also chatted with the Parish priest and nuns. Aboard his White vehicle he passed under the window of the room where he was born and stopped Briet by to bless the House before moving on to the mass. He did not enter the apartment which has been turned into a museum dedicated to the native son who became the first polish Pope in 1978. The pontiff is scheduled to leave Poland on Friday for the first visit by a Pope to Hungary. Italy relents allows albanians to stay Bari Italy up a italian officials retreated wednesday and allowed about 500 determined albanian refugees to remain in the country. The group is the last of an estimated 17,000 albanians who flooded into italian ports last week on overloaded ships in an attempt to escape from their Homeland Europe a poorest nation. Italy a ranking police official Vicenzo Parisi decided wednesday to allow the remaining refugees to stay. A they can remain a Parisi said. A we will Send them to various provinces and local officials will then determine their status under immigration  Parisius decision came after several Days of negotiations with the group most of whom have been holed up since aug. 8 in Bari a stinking unsanitary soccer stadium. Officials have been warning about the possibility of an epidemic at the ransacked stadium Home to about 8,000 albanians during the height of the emergency. As the last refugees left the stadium each was handed a pair of shoes a to shirt pants cigarettes and a Toothbrush. They Are expected to be flown to Northern Italy. In another development squabbling erupted Between italian president Francesco Corsiga and the mayor of Bari Over the handling of the emergency. On tuesday Corsiga accused mayor Enrico Dalfino of making a irresponsible remarks when he criticized Rome a heavy handedness in holding the albanians. Corsiga said a i Hope that he has the decency to apologize. Otherwise i will recommend that he he suspended from his  Dalfino countered a i first need to know what i must apologize  the hard Core albanians who resisted efforts to Send them Home said repeatedly that they would rather die or starve in Italy than return to their  a a James Roosevelt for s eldest son Dies at age 83 Newport Beach Calif. A James Roosevelt the colourful eldest son of president Franklin d. Roosevelt and head of a social Security lobby that critics said exploited his father s legacy died tuesday at the age of 83. Roosevelt died of natural causes at his Newport Beach Home with his wife Mary at his Side said Bernice Mclean Orange county coroners senior Deputy. A the died As he lived a peacefully and with dignity a the family said in a statement issued by h. Delano Roosevelt one of James Roosevelt a seven children. Complications from a stroke and from Parkinson a disease contributed to his death the son said. Roosevelt a career led him from Hollywood to the House of representatives and from companies suspected of bootlegging to securities Roosevelt investigations. His personal life also was dramatic he was married four times with one divorce marked by his stabbing. Roosevelt served six terms As a congressman from California and was the nations representative to the . Economic and social Council from 1965 to 1967. He also was chairman of the group democrats for Nixon during president Nixon a 1972 re election Campaign. A i was honoured to count him among my greatest supporters and most trusted advisers a Nixon said from his new Jersey Home tuesday. A but the Job he did Best was also one of the most difficult being the son of a president. By being Loyal to his fathers memory and ideals without being reluctant to exercise his own Independent judgment he immeasurably enriched of dry a legacy a Nixon said. Roosevelt a focus before his 1989 retirement was protecting the social Security system created by president Roosevelt in the 1930s, Delano Roosevelt said. A to try to stand up to those getting the raw end of the stick a that a what the message was. Utilize the family a Fame to help the poor Guy who does no to have a voice a the son said. Roosevelt took heat from his former congressional colleagues for what they condemned As alarmist tactics in attempting to rally support for the causes of social Security and medicare. In 1983, he created the National committee to preserve social Security and medicare which raised millions of dollars through a direct mail Campaign concentrating on senior citizens. Lawmakers said Roosevelt was arousing what they consider unwarranted fears among the elderly and raising Money to fill the committees coffers. Roosevelt is survived by his wife seven children and 20 grandchildren