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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 12, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 Church opposes Ca re r evicts preschool says it s parents Job by the los Angeles times Santa Clarita Calif. The re turn to so called traditional family values is getting More than lip service from officials at place Rita Baptist Church Here they have decided to evict a preschool operating on Church property saying children should be reared by their parents. A the responsibility for the care of Chil Dren from the biblical mandate is very Clear and that is that it belongs to the family said Mike Long chairman of a six member Church committee that decided against renewing the lease of the Santa Clarita Valley learning Center. Ideally i think that is True said Gene English a Newhall resident who was picking up his 5-year-old grandson from the preschool while his daughter a single Mother was at work. On theother hand parents have to earn a living and Many have no  area Church and religious officials say they know of no other congregation that has taken similar action. Many parents atthe preschool Are upset saying the Deci Sion is unrealistic and meant to encourage women to stay Home. Parents say finding child care is especially Tough in Santa Clarita 30 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. A 1990 Cit study found that most licensed programs there have waiting lists because of High demand by working parents. A 38-year-old woman whose two Chil Dren attend the preschool 10 hours a Day five Days a week said the decision sounds As if it were made by a Board of elders living in another  put my husband through la school said the woman who asked not to be identified. What was i supposed Todo say no i m going to stay Home be cause that s my responsibility that probably would have led to a  she said that even if she stayed at Home she probably would place her Chil Dren in a preschool for a few hours everyday so they could play with other Chil Dren. The implication that Only bad parents leave their children with a third party for Day care is wrong she said. The Church is. Not passing judgment on parents who place their children in pre schools or Day care facilities but the Church should not encourage the prac Tice Long said. We re just trying to prevent ourselves from making a message to the Community at Large that we re not authorized tomake he said. The old testament places the responsibility for child rearing on parents said Wayne Mack a professor of biblical counselling at the master s College a Christian College adjacent to Placeit Baptist Church. Mack said children need their parents most during the first few years of life which is probably what influenced the Church s decision. Drivers count trucker into suicide Icard . A a truck Driver committed suicide after passing truckers used citizens band radios to egg him on during a three hour standoff with police. Crisis teams trying to talk David car Roll out of killing himself inside the cab of his 18-Wheeler heard several radio taunts prodding him to do it Burke county sheriff Ralph Johnson said. A lot of people were very compassionate.  lot of people were very cruel he said. Carroll 32, shot himself to death with a Rifle thursday in the cab of his truck parked at a convenience store about 180 Miles East of Charlotte. Police were talking to him Over the cd because he refused to accept a cellular phone. Truckers passing nearby on inter state 40 were mocking Carroll on the same Channel saying he did t have the guts to pull the trigger Johnson said. I think they thought they were being funny but it just pushed this Guy Over the Edge an officer on the scene who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Char Lotte observer. Some of these truckers did t think this Guy was seriously going to kill  Johnson said Carroll recently Sepa rated from his wife Anita and told police he was distraught Over the breakup. A real Lulu of a chore Lori Mckerracher goes hog wild with her potbellied pig Lou Lou As she paints the 5 month old sow s toenails Lou Lou likes to Ham it up on Mckerracher s farm in Clay ton township mich., where she wears earrings and a Pink Pearl necklace. But Lou Lou often ends up in a Pickle where her feet Are concerned her priggish antics in the dirt Force Mckerracher to paint the nails about every two Days. Deadly tropical storm bypasses puerto Rico san Juan puerto Rico a tropical storm Debby spared puerto Rico As it moved Westward through the Caribbean Early sunday.  earlier had killed three people and caused extensive damage on St. Lucia and Marti Nique islands. The National weather service cancelled a tropical storm warning and Flash flood watch for the . Virgin islands and puerto Rico As Debby moved West Northwest passing about 150 Miles South of Mona Island puerto Rico. The weather service warned that puerto Rico s coastal Waters would be rough and urged boaters to remain in port through sunday afternoon. On saturday the storm s Rains unleashed a landslide in the town of so Friere on St. Lucia killing a Man police reported. A 29-year-old woman died in Southern Marti Nique when a swollen River swept away her car police said. A 22-year-old Man drowned while fishing in rough Waters off puerto Rico. In St. Lucia flooding swept away Bridges and left some roads impassable. Reagan Bush deceived Public on Iran Contra sex aide claims by the los Angeles times Washington former presidents Reagan an Bush misled the nation about their knowledge of the Iran Contra Deal to Swap arms for hostages say memoirs being published today by one of the Central figures in the event former National Security adviser Robert Mcfarlane. Mcfarlane says he briefed president Reagan and then vice president Bush from the Start of the Deal in1985, 17 months earlier than Bush admits he knew about it. The comments Are noteworthy because the question of Bush s knowledge has focused for years on whether he was present during two White House meetings in late 1985 and Early 1986 at which Iran Contra was Dis cussed. But in an interview based on the Book scheduled to air sunday night in the United states on lbs to s 60 mini its Mcfarlane is now saying that he told Bush about the arrangement claiming he briefed hush 12 times Over the 17 months. Bush s office in Texas said the former president  travelling and unavailable for comment. Mcfarlane pleaded guilty in 1988 to four mis Demea nors for withholding information from Congress about the complicated secret Deal in which arms were sold Toiran in Exchange for the release  held in Beirut Lebanon. Cash from the sales was then used to resupply nicaraguan Contra guerrillas. In the Book Mcfarlane writes that Reagan who Al ways insisted that he never knew the arrangement was a direct Swap for hostages lacked the moral conviction and intellectual courage to admit his involvement. Reagan aides in California said he was not available for  s Book special Trust offers other allegations concerning the scandal and the inner Workings of the Reagan White House. Among them israeli officials proposed assassinating the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran in july 1985 by slowly poisoning his food. Mcfarlane said he rejected the plan outright never mentioning it to Reagan. Soon after Mcfarlane and other . Officials began trying to negotiate with moderates in Iran for the arms Deal  
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