European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes tuesday september 24, 1991 members of the audience listen to the Rev. Billy Graham s gospel style love in sunday in new Yorkus Central Park. Graham preaches new York in desperate spiritual need by new Day new York a the Rev. Billy Graham brought his gospel style love in to Central Parks great Lawn on sunday telling some 250,000 people that Quot new York City is in trouble and needs to turn to Jesus. The 72-year-old evangelist painted a gloomy spiritual portrait of the City where he said morality has plummeted since 1957, when he preached to More than 2 million people in Madison Square Garden during a 16-Wcek crusade. A new York City is a place in desperate spiritual need Quot he said. A there s been a tragic exodus from the churches in the last 30years. Athens. Texas up thieves who stole a rare edition of Adolf Hitler s mein kampf from a Small Texas museum said in a note left behind that a nazi trash like this should be  police said sunday they had no leads in the theft of the Book from the Clint w. Murchison memorial Library at Athens a town of nearly 11,000 people 75 Miles Southeast of Dallas where the famed Texas oilman grew up. A window was smashed at the Library Early saturday and the Book snatched from under a plastic dome where it was displayed for 17 years police said. It was about 18 by 24 inches and bound in a White Calfskin cover. Mein kampf was embossed on the cover with a nazi Swastika and Eagle. A message left nearby on notebook paper said Quot nazi trash like this should be  librarian Lavonne Adams said the Book was certified by the defense department As one of Only three editions like it known to exist and was the Library s Washington a a group of about 200 loggers ranchers and other workers rallied at the Capitol on sunday to protest a environmental extremism a they said is costing american jobs. A workers Are tired of getting screwed Quot Al Cio lobbyist Jay Power told the crowd. A these environmental groups Are made up of a lot of Rich White kids who never held a. Job and who want to Tell you what to do a Power said. He and other demonstrators denounced what they called Quot environmental the Parks department estimated that 250, x 0 people listened to Graham preach which would make it the largest single audience Graham Ever has addressed in North America. It was about one third the size of the crowd at Singer Paul Simon s a born at the right time concert held on the great Lawn Iasi month. Quot psychiatrists Are almost unanimous that new yorkers Are the most stressed people in the world Quot Graham said. Looking squarely at the audience he said Quot you re running away from god. Yes. New York is in  the answer to new Yorkus problems. Graham said is a simple Faith in god. A your social problems Are basically moral and religious problems Quot he said. Most valuable Possession. A a it a pretty awful a she said. Police officer Brit veal said the Book was appraised at $10,000 when it was Given to the Library in 1974 by a close Friend of Murchison. He said the books value today is unknown. Library records show the Book was found by a 1st sgt. Glen Jackson near the end of world War ii in mid-1945 during a search of the Castle of Konrad hem Lein in Czechoslovakia. Jackson a army superiors allowed him to Send it to a sister in the United states. The Book apparently changed hands several times after that eventually ending up with Mcallen Texas banker . Neuhaus a Friend of Murchison. Neuhaus donated it to the Library. Mein kampf which Means a my struggle Quot in English was written by Hitler from a prison cell before his Rise to Power in Germany. In the Book Hitler set out his ideas about a run superiority and racial purity.  i he rally kicked Oil a week of lobbying on Capitol Hill by loggers miners ranchers Farmers fishermen and trappers who believe workers have been ignored in the push to save the Northern spotted owl and other threatened or endangered species. Rally leaders spoke out against efforts to Cut Back on logging raise Federal grazing and mining fees and halt economic development in the name of wetlands Protection. A r . Second Rookie policeman Dies during Nype training from wire reports new York a a new York City probationary police officer collapsed and died sunday after finishing a final running test to qualify Lor the Force. He was the second probationary officer to die this year. Sat. Edward Burns a police department spokesman said officer Neil Mcgroary 28, of Queens was immediately Given cardiopulmonary and Mouth to Mouth resuscitation by two fellow probationary officers after collapsing sunday afternoon. However he never regained consciousness. Mcgroary was taken by ambulance to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival shortly before 3 . Burns said Mcgroary had undergone several physical examinations since becoming a probationary officer in april and had been found to be in Good health. Probationary officers have completed the police Academy and Are assigned to regular police work but arc still in training. In july probationary officer Damon Williams 26. Collapsed and died about an hour after finishing a gym class.. Fuel prices drop los Angeles a gasoline prices dropped by nearly 1 Viz cents per gallon Over the past two weeks As wholesale Price cuts reached Consumers according to an Industry Survey released sunday. The average Price for All grades of gasoline at full and self service stations including taxes dropped 1.4 cents a gallon to $1.2392, As of Friday according to the Lundberg Survey of 13,000 stations nationwide. Here is a breakdown of gasoline prices on sept. 20. Including taxes a at self service stations regular unleaded was $1.1087 per gallon Premium unleaded $1.2745 regular leaded $1.0412. A at full service stations regular unleaded was $1.3889 per gallon Premium unleaded $1.5353 regular leaded $1.3841.fire sweeps apartments Seattle a fire roared through three buildings in a Low income apartment Complex leaving nearly 100 families homeless authorities said. Twenty people were still unaccounted a Day after the saturday fire but no one had been reported missing acting fire chief Steve Bailey said sunday. A that gives us some Hope Quot he said some residents May have been out of town or elsewhere in the City when the fire started Bailey said. At least three residents were injured including two who jumped from the second or third floors of one of the four Story Wood Frame buildings at the Rainier Beach Villa Plaza apartments officials  Moose a problem Kenai Alaska a the Kenai municipal Airport is ordering a Security system with a special feature a a $6,800 turnstile designed to let Moose out without letting them Back in. The Large animals have been lounging on runways swimming in the float plane Basin and grazing along the Grassy strips Al year. Quot we be had occasions where the Moose were headed toward the runway and the Tower people were Able to divert the flight a said Airport manager Randy Ernst. A a it a a continuing problem. Airport officials this summer tried rounding up the Moose by using Tranquili Zers trucks and helicopters but without Success Ernst said. 1 he problem Ernst said is that the Airport has 54 Gates and people Are always leaving them open. The Airport has ordered an electronic Gate system and the Moose turnstile is a Stopgap measure until the bigger system is installed. Fences arranged like a funnel will Lead a Moose into the 6-foot-High turnstile which the Moose can push Only one Way. Once a Moose is inside there a no turning Back. Ernst said the Gate was designed by state officials to keep Moose off the Glenn Highway. Copy of Hitler s mein kampf stolen from museum in Texas environmental extremists denounced