European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday october 18,1991 Oklahoma Democrat May join list of presidential candidates Oklahoma City apr rep. Dave Mccurdy says he will announce today whether he will seek the democratic presidential nomination but is giving no indication of his intentions. The six term congressman who has tested the presidential Waters in visits to several states in recent weeks said wednesday he would make the announcement at the state Capitol. His office said he also planned to visit the District of rep. Dan Glickman d-kan., on saturday and the District of rep. Frank pal Lone d-., on monday. Other trips to Missouri Mccurdy Ohio Ana Alabama Are scheduled in coming weeks his office said. After his announcement at the Capitol Mccurdy who chairs the House intelligence committee planned visits to Altus fab and to Lawton okla., today. His office said Mccurdy would attend a ribbon Cut Ting ceremony for a new aircraft maintenance hangar and a groundbreaking for a physical fitness Center addition at the air base in the afternoon and attend a High school football game in Lawton in the evening. On saturday he plans to attend the Colorado okla homa football game in Norman and a conference of the Oklahoma Young democrats. Mccurdy views himself As a moderate Democrat and says he has defense and foreign policy credentials that Are lacking in other presidential candidates. He has acknowledged that his potential candidacy would be burdened by Low name recognition nationally and a Lack of Campaign funds. Rep. Jim Cooper a Tennessee Democrat who is among those who have been urging the congressman to run said Mccurdy a message and personality were a Ideal for whatever Chance of Victory we have in 1992.�?� five democrats have announced their candidacies so far Iowa sen. Tom Harkin Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder and former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas. Ounce Are gov. Mario Cuomo race York aids risks still confuse Public Washington apr americans Are still confused about the risk of contracting the aids virus from donating blood or getting a blood transfusion officials said in response to a Survey released wednesday. The Survey conducted by the Gallup organization for the american association of blood Banks found that one in four people believes incorrectly that it is Likely someone could get aids while donating blood. A there is no risk of getting aids when donating blood As sterilized Needles used to draw blood Are never reused Quot said Claude Lenfant director of the National heart lung and blood Institute. The Survey also showed that 71 percent of those polled believed the nations blood Supply to be Safe about the same As in a 1985 Survey. About 52 percent said it was Likely someone could get aids from a transfusion about the same As in the 1985 Survey. A the Public also needs to understand that while there Are risks involved in any medical procedure the risk of getting aids from a blood transfusion is extremely Low Quot Lenfant said. Blood Banks now include seven screening tests for infectious diseases and extensive questioning of blood donors for risk factors he said. Since aids testing began in 1985, the centers for disease control has documented 20 cases of aids contracted through blood transfusions he said. Since the test went into use 20 million americans have had blood transfusions he added. The Survey also found Strong support for measures intended to Stop the spread of aids. Ninety three percent said they would impose criminal penalties on people who donate blood blowing they Are infected with the aids virus and 82 percent support mandatory testing of both health care professionals and patients entering hospitals. Holy spirit puts Swaggart in pulpit Baton Rouge la. Apr one Day after Jimmy Swaggart was said to be stepping Down from the pulpit m a scandal involving a streetwalker the evangelist announced he is gone Back to preaching because god told him to do so. A the said a you Tell them that thursday morning you la be making television programs a a Swaggart said wednesday night from the pulpit in the family worship Center part of his Jimmy Swaggart ministries. Swaggart refused to talk about an incident Friday in Indio calif., in which he was stopped by police and charged with traffic violations. A woman in the car later said she was a prostitute and that Swaggart had asked for sex. A the lord told me its Flat none of your business a Swaggart told the congregation. On tuesday Swaggart a son Donnie announced his father was stepping Down for an indefinite period to get medical and spiritual help. Jimmy Swaggart told his congregation that he had trouble sleeping wednesday morning and tried to read the Bible but . I closed and whimpered like a Hurt Little dog god if you re there if you re really there Tell me what to do a Swaggart recounted. He said he then drifted off to sleep in despair and when he awoke a the holy spirit was rolling All Over  he said god told him to face his congregation. A at j us end a the services Swaggart a wife Frances joined him at the pulpit. Swaggart asked the congregation to get As close As possible and Pray. Hundreds of Church members converged on the stage chanting and shouting prayers. Swaggart was forced to resign in 1988 from the assemblies of god a one of the nations largest pentecostal denominations a after rival preacher Marvin Gorman released photographs of Swaggart with a prostitute. Last month a jury in a defamation lawsuit against Swaggart and others awarded Gorman $10 million. No give and take on gifts judge rules Burkesville by. Apr . Cash Gareth to his Church and a judge ruled he cannot Tabeth away. Cash sued the living word Assembly of god for $600 in offerings a $125 gift to its pastor and $275 in damages claiming the Church failed to fulfil a contractual obligation to provide a love spiritual guidance and  District judge Steve Hurt decided wednesday it just does no to work that Way and he dismissed the lawsuit. A a gift by its own nature is something that is Given without consideration or expectation a Hurt ruled. A you can to change the rules in the Middle of the  Cash a 49-year-old Vietnam Veteran who suffers from Post traumatic stress disorder said after the Rul ing �?o1 used to wonder How David and Goliath Felt. Now i  Cash had said he and his family began attending the Church in 1988 but became disenchanted in 1989 when his Mother in Law died and his wife and daughter underwent operations. The lawsuit said the Church turned its Back on Cash a family in a time of a tragedy sickness and  the family left the Church. Patricia Thomas the churches attorney said no Legal contract was entered into and she cited Federal and state rulings that a gift to a Church is irretrievable. A no one drove this Man into the Church a she said. A no one shackled him to a Bench. No one made him stay  passengers injured As plane grazes another from wire reports Newark . A one Airliner grazed another As they taxied wednesday night at Newark International Airport and six people were slightly injured As passengers Slid Down emergency chutes officials said. Preliminary reports indicated the right Wing of a Continental airlines Boeing 737 hit the left Side of an american airlines md-80, said Ned Walker a spokesman for Continental airlines. The Accident occurred shortly after the planes landed said port authority sgt. Stephen  official indicted Alexandria a. A a Federal grand jury on wednesday indicted a former Navy official on charges that he accepted bribes from a consultant for Northrop corp. The indictment was part of the Justice departments ongoing Iii wind investigation into military contracts. The indictment alleged that Robert Wohlfarth accepted bribes in 1986 and 1987, when he was assistant counsel at the Navy a strategic systems program office. It says Wohlfarth gave inside information to William Parkin a private consultant working for Northrop who already has been convicted on conspiracy charges and sentenced to 21 months in prison. If convicted on the bribery and conspiracy charges Wohlfarth faces up to 45 years in prison and $1 million in  lenses for Hubble Washington a Nasa took another step. Toward repairing the nearsighted Hubble space Telescope in 1994 by awarding a contract for corrective lenses that will be attached by astronauts. The Ball corp. Of Boulder cofo., has been working on a repair kit since february and the contract gets the project into the manufacturing stage at a total Price of $30.4 million. The National aeronautics and space administration said wednesday it will decide Early next year whether they will be used. The $1.5 billion Telescope designed to see to the outer fringes of the universe was released into space from a space shuttle in april 1990, to orbit nearly 400 Miles above Earth. Soon afterwards it became apparent the Telescope would not focus properly and experts concluded the 94-Inch-diameter primary Mirror was manufactured in the wrong shape because of a technicians error 10 years  twins bom Minneapolis a siamese twins were bom at cities Hospital a Hospital spokesman said wednesday. _ local television stations reported they were joined at the Abdomen and shared a liver but that the prognosis for separation was Good. Dan Ness spokesman for Minneapolis children s medical Center refused to give details on the twins their condition or when they were born. A the family has asked that no other information be Given out a he said. Was occur about once in every 100,000 births with More than half dying within the first 48  dog helps Rescue Indianapolis a a stray Cocker Spaniel helped a 10-year-old Rescue his father three Days after the family took the dog in. William Foy was assembling a lift on his tractor monday when a Metal bracket slipped and Tell on him pinning him so he could hardly breathe. J a i did no to hear anything. But Duke ran to the window and started Barking a said Young Billy. He ran to the Bam and i followed him. That so in 1 found my dad under the tractor a Billy tried repeatedly to free his father and Al car Jack Ted the bracket off him with a the youngster helped his father to the Bouse and a dbl i Olber at work. Betty Foy drove her husband the 60 Miles from their farm in Albany to Indianapolis where Foy was hospitalized with bruises a broken no and several deep gashes