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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 2. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7libertarian party picks candidate for 92 Chicago apr libertarians on saturday chose Andre Marrou As their presidential candidate. He is a Las vegas real estate agent and former Alaska lawmaker. Marrou 52, ran in 1988 As the party s Choice for vice president. He was the top vote getter in a Field of eight candidates a including the perennial Quot none of the above a offered at the libertarian party s nominating convention. Marrou got 257 votes from the 453 delegates. He Defeated Richard Boddie 53, a motivational speaker from Huntington Beach. Calif., who received 155 votes. Voting for vice president was to be held sunday after no Clear Winner emerged in saturday balloting one of a handful of libertarian candidates to actually hold elective office Marrou was an alaskan state representative from 1985 to 1987. A none of the above a a which libertarians always symbolically offer As a presidential candidate came in third with 20 votes. �?o1 think we re going to do a lot better than anyone thinks we re going to do a said Marrou whose party claims 9,000 members. Libertarian Ron Paul a bid for president in 1988, with Marrou As his running mate collected 430,000 votes. The party a Best showing was in 1980, when libertarian presidential candidate Edward Clark racked up 921,000 votes. The convention of 600 people marking the party a 20th anniversary began wednesday and was to end sunday. Marroun a Campaign is based on promises to abolish the Federal income tax and the internal Revenue service. Libertarian presidential candidate Andre Marrou shakes the hand of a Well Wisher during the party a convention. Libertarians oppose taxes while supporting unfettered capitalism and enhanced civil liberties. Marrou said a goal will be to get More than 1 million votes in the general election. Several convention speakers said they favored making All drugs Legal with the classic libertarian View that the govern ment should let people make their own mistakes. An Issue on which Marrou and Boddie had differed strongly was whether the libertarian presidential candidate should accept Federal Matching Campaign funds. Marrou had said he would accept the Money if he qualified. To qualify for Matching funds presidential candidates must raise $5,000 in donations of $250 or less in 20 states. Some libertarians criticized the position As a sellout of the party a anti tax anti government principles. Marrou reversed himself in time for the  is wave of future lutherans say Orlando Fla. Apr the evangelical lutheran Church in America on saturday vowed to pursue Christian Unity through a full communion with other churches. It also took a stand against the death penalty its first Public policy position. The Church said that despite attempts at Legal safeguards capital punishment can to be made fair in Light of the influences of race gender and Money and it a fails to make society better or  in a a declaration of ecumenical commitment a the biennial Assembly of the 5.2 million member denomination overwhelmingly voted to work toward holding a common Faith sharing the lord s supper and providing for Exchange of members and ministers with other protestants roman catholics and Eastern orthodox. A was a confessional Church that is evangelical Catho Lic and ecumenical this Church will pursue the goal of full communion and will rejoice in All movement toward that goal a said the 6,000-word document. The Way the denomination pursues cooperation with other churches a does not demand organic Union though it does not Rule it out a the document said. The Elca was launched in 1988 through a merger of the lutheran Church in America the american lutheran Church and the association of evangelical lutheran churches. Representatives of other churches and ecumenical organizations commended the denomination s cooperation with them and its Strong commitment to Christian Unity. Roman Catholic archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee told the Assembly a we need each other. We roman catholics need you. For us ecumenism is just  the Rev. James e. Andrews of Louisville ky., chief executive of the presbyterian Church  denominations a a can to go on meeting like this Quot in separate assemblies but must move into some a federation  lie said such a change is demanded because churches now live in a a non Christian America a and that displaying divisions based merely a on style will earn us  episcopal Bishop Edward Jones of Indianapolis noting years of joint dialogue with lutherans said a you have changed  he said that through their relationships a a new creation is  the Rev. Joan Campbell general Secretary of the National Council of churches said that despite Walls erected to keep churches separate a in gods world we already Are one  us a says breakfast tip was misunderstanding Washington a nutritionists at the agriculture department were surprised to read that they done to recommend that adults eat breakfast. A it has to have been a misunderstanding a said sue Ann Ritchko administrator of the Usdan a human nutrition information Center. Breakfast is and always has been the most important meal of the Day she said. But there it was in Black and White in the september Issue of consumer reports in a Story about fast food restaurant breakfasts. A when we spoke to nutritionists we were surprised to hear How Little consensus there is about the morning meal a said the article. A the . Department of agriculture does no to even recommend that adults eat breakfast although the Agency does consider the meal essential for growing children a Ritchko said it is True that the us a does no to prescribe any specific number of calories that should be consumed at breakfast or the kinds of foods that Are Best. But in materials it distributes concerning the first meal of the Day the department distinctly says a heat something a just juice is better than nothing a she said. A did you Ever think about what the word a breakfast Means a says the us a brochure. A it Means you be been fasting All night a and its time to Start refuelling your body for the big Day  Bill Apple consumer reports staff writer said he was surprised that the us a did not recommend How calories should be distributed during the Day. He said the nutritionist with whom he spoke said Only that it was important to have a certain number of nutrients daily but that distribution was an individual  thieves out of Luck in bookshop Philadelphia up the seedy condition of two new Jersey men trying to sell a pair of rare 18th-Century books Worth $250,000 aroused the suspicions of a Book dealer who helped police trap the thieves. Michael Miccio 31, of Ewing township and Patrick Riordan 30, of Trenton were indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges of transporting the stolen volumes of Mark Catesby a the natural history of Carolina Florida and Bahama Island. The volumes a one of the first natural histories of North America a were stolen in december from a Princeton n.j., estate where Miccio worked. They were then taken to Hibberds books police said. A these Are books that Are extremely Well known. They Are famous in their Field a said Hayes Hibberd owner of the Bookstore in the City Scenter City Section. A these Guys reeked of alcohol and were in shabby  the would be Book traders made hib Berd even More suspicious when they asked for a Quick $30,000 in Cash a fraction of what the volumes Are Worth. Hibberd told the men he could not come up with the Money until the following Day and persuaded them to return then to make the Deal. Hibberd contacted police who agreed to have two plainclothes officers browsing about the store when the thieves returned. The two showed up at the arranged time but carried Only one volume of the rare natural history. Hibberd refused to hand Over the Money until he saw both volumes and when one Man retrieved the other Book from outside the plainclothes officers arrested them. A they were so inept it was almost comical a Hibberd said of the men. The books published in London Between 1730 and 1747, have since been returned to the Princeton owner who has not been identified. Aside from their historical and scientific Worth the stolen books Are filled with 220 engraved hand coloured plates of plants and animals  
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