European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 2, 1991 the stars and stripes b 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 a Choice for vice president. He was the top vote getter in a Field of eight candidates a including the perennial a none of the above a offered at the libertarian party a 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 de Etive office Marrou was an alaskan state representative from 1985 to 1987. A none of the above Quot which libertarians always symbolically offer As a presidential candidate came in third with 20 votes. A i 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, hit 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 Quot the biennial Assembly of the 5.2 million member denomination overwhelmingly voted to work toward holding a common Faith sharing the lords 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 l. Andrews of Louisville ky., chief executive of the presbyterian Church  denominations a can t 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 Quot 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 Quot you have changed  he said that through their relationships Quot 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 Quot in gods world we already Are one  boy playing at work site Falls 600 feet to death new York a a 12-year-old boy playing with friends in a water pipe at a construction site tumbled Down a 600-foot Shaft to his death fire officials said. His body was recovered on sunday. Quot it seems he fell about 100 feet possibly hit a valve and then continued another 500 feet a said Jerry Sanford a fire department spokesman. Sanford said done re Carroll and two friends entered the pipe saturday afternoon at a construction site in a run Down Bronx neighbourhood. After entering the pipe at a Point where it lies horizontal the youngsters became trapped in a portion of the pipe that Bent downward. The first two 12-year-Olds a identified As Anton Dennis and Giovanni Rios a were rescued at about 5 . Saturday before they slipped downward said Sanford. Done re however slipped and plunged to the end of the pipe Sanford said. Using High powered binoculars rescuers on saturday night spotted his bloody body in a shallow puddle at the Bottom of the 36-Inch-wide pipeline. Firefighters finally reached his body sunday morning. They entered the City a Maze like underground water system at another Point and walked 3.8 Miles in reaching the spot where the boy Lay Sanford said. On saturday night As More than a 100 rescuers from the City a fire and police departments conducted their frantic search mayor David Dinkins rushed to the construction site where questions arose Over who was responsible for capping the open Shaft. Deputy Bronx Borough president Genevieve Brooks said her office would investigate Why the pipe was not covered leaving the potential for danger. Kidnap victim a real doll Warwick . A police across Rhode Island were put on Alert when a woman reported seeing two women stuff a girl into a car trunk cover her face with a Blanket and drive off. But the a victim Quot turned out to be a mannequin head used in a Beauty school. About 20 minutes after the witness report Friday Warwick police stopped 19-year-old Kristen Russell. A i asked what the matter was a Russell said. A they said a could you please step out and open the  i was shaking to death. I thought they thought i stole something. A when they saw what was in the trunk they just started laughing. They  believe it. And i started laughing  it All began when Russell and her Friend Traci wrench went shopping with their two infant daughters. After leaving a store they opened the car trunk to Stow a baby stroller owned by wrench. That a when Catharina Baxter 47, of Warwick glanced Over while walking to her car then decided to Call police. A i saw this big head of hair in the trunk and it looked just like a Little kid a she said. Quot then i heard one of them say a cover her  a the hair was on a mannequin head that Russell used at Beauty school. She asked wrench to cover the head so the stroller would t damage it. Candidate believes homosexuality curable bos i on apr a state Senate candidate says he believes homosexuality can be cured. A a it a not an unchangeable condition like being Black or a woman Quot the Boston Herald quoted Republican Douglas Dagarin As Sayir g. Dagarin 40, a lawyer from Northampton in Western Massachusetts said he feels compassion for homosexuals and added a i believe there a a cure Quot particularly through prayer. Dagarin said he supports abolishing the states Gay rights Law because state and Federal Laws offer equal Protection for everyone. A a it a time to uphold Jude Christian views and say a not to those who practice illegitimate lifestyles a he said