Show rer Cgzen S'a'ct 25 1337 3A National Swaggart censures Bakker Roberts Assoc 3 ?3 Jimmy Swaggart rejecting cusations he masterminded a ‘diabolical r!ot‘ to seize the $1 72 million PTL empire from Jim Bakker suggested that the evangelist was a “cancer” that needed to be excised from the bod of Christ Two religious activists in California meanwhile said they were the ones who contacted Bakker’s organization about the liaison evangelist's with a church secretary from Long Island NY They said a payment inat Bakker called blackmail actually was a financial settlement of a threatened lawsuit In TV interviews Tuesday night Swaggart repeated denials he was behind any attempt to take over the PTL television ministry by re ac- vealing that Bakker had bad an extramarital affair He also criticized Bakker ally Oral Roberts for his SS million fund driv e and denied he forced a fellow? Pentecostal minister in Louisiana to resign by spreading sexual misconduct allegations Bakker resigned last week from the South Carolina-baseTV ministry admitting he had an affair with a woman seven years ab and saying he had been blackmailed On Monday he said he quit to thwart a ‘diabolical plot- - to take over PTL which stands for Praise the Lord or People That Love n Bakker's attorney Roy on Tuesday identified Swaggart as being behind the takeover plot The two Californians interviewed Tuesday by the Orange Pre-pregnan- AIDS Jim Second turned the ministry over to the Rev Jerry Falwell last week saying he had been blackmailed after a sexual encounter with a New York secretary seven years ago On Monday however Bakker said he resigned to thwart a takeover of his telev ision ministry Bakker has not said how his departure will affect his assets and repeated calls to PTL’s vice ex-Mari- ne WASHINGTON (AP) — A second former Marine guard at the US Embassy in Moscow is in custody at a Virginia Marine base on suspicion of espionage a corps spokesman says Cpl Arnold Bracy 21 of New York City was transferred from the Marine base at Twentynine Palms Calif to Quantico late Tuesday said spokesman Lt Col John “He has not been formally charged as yet" ' Shotwell said “But he is suspected of espiobenage and related charges He will appear fore a military magistrate who will determine Bakker Jimmy County Register said they tried to contact Bakker for years after learning of his infidelity and nally threatened him with a lawsuit if he didn’t talk to them John Stewart an Orange attora Christian raney who dio program called “The Bible Answer Man" and Paul Roper Disposition of Bakkers’ FORT MILL SC (AP) — Jim Bakker and his wife Tammore than amassed my $700000 worth of real estate and cars in recent years but it's uncertain what holdings they will keep now that Bakker has resigned from the PTL ministry The figures on the Bakkers’ personal holdings were compiled from news stories The evangelist resigned as PTL president and cy Swaggart of Anaheim also said the woman Jessica Hahn 27 of NY claimed the evangelist pressured her into having sex with him Stewart said a $115000 settlement was negotiated on behalf of Hahn of which she received “a few dollars" assets is uncertain president for public relations Neil Eskelin were not returned Tuesday The Bakkers are selling a house they bought in Palm Springs in 1984 and buy ing another one there The Charlotte (NC) Observer reported The have not been transactions made final but the Bakkers have been in the new home since February the newspaper said In addition the Bakkers own a mountainside house overlooking Gatlinburg Tenn The Bakkers bought the first for Palm home Springs $449000 saying they used their own money The same year Bakker bought a new Mercedes-Benz for $45003 and a e 1953 for $55000 while telling viewers that PTL owed $5 million to the TV stations carrying the program guard arrested in spy case whether his continued confinement is justifiedShotwell said Bracy was arrested as a result of investigation into the case of Sgt Clayton J Lonetree 25 held at Quantico On Jan 30 the Marine Corps announced it was asking a military lawyer to- approve the start of proceedings against Lonetree on 19 charges including espionage Bracy’s duty “overlapped Sgt Lonetree’s at the US Embassy in Moscow" said although he would not give any details of evidence against him or what he might be accused of doing Lonetree who the Marine Corps says is the first Marine ever accused of espionage served as an embassy guard in Moscow and Vienna Austria before his arrest last December Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice a conviction for espionage carries a maximum penalty of death The corps alleges that Lonetree from September 1985 to December 1986 provided the Soviet Union the names and photographs of American intelligence agents attached to the embassy staff test urged WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government’s top AIDS authority recommended today that women contemplating pregnancy be tested for the disease to forestall passing the virus on to their offspring Dr James Curran AIDS project director at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta said in an interview on the NBC-T“Today" show “We’ve recommended now for the past year that all women with any increased risk of infection with the AIDS virus be tested before contemplating pregnancy This in an entirely preventable condition: the perinatal transmission of the AIDS virus" Curran predicted that acquired immune deficiency syndrome “will increase primarily through heterosexual transmission — sexual intercourse between heterosexual men and women — and through intravenous drug abuse" before Asked “Abstinence marriage monogamy after?" Curran replied “well absolutely" He would not predict if or when an AIDS vaccine would be developed saying “There’s a effort throughout the research community to develop a vaccine and to develop effective therapies right now" But he added “for our own personal health safety we have to assume that a vaccine isn’t available and do what we can through education through counseling and testing to prevent transmission now” On Tuesday Surgeon General C Everett Koop and a national blood bank official urged women to have themselves tested for AIDS before becoming pregnant That advice which came separately from Koop and Edwin A Steane president of the American Association of Blood Banks is based on the high probability that a pregnant woman with the virus will pass it to her infant and that the child runs a substantial risk of developing the fatal disease Although Koop Steane and Curran did not cite statistics Poll: AIDS No 2 worry NEW YORK (AP) — AIDS has replaced heart disease in the public mind serious as the second-mohealth problem in the country ranking behind cancer according to a nationwide survey The poll conducted last December for the American Association of Blood Banks showed that 35 percent of ranked the respondents health AIDS as the No problem while 29 percent viewed heart disease as the major threat The majority 52 percent feared cancer most A 1985 poll found 35 percent of the respondents ranked heart disease as the main health threat with 27 percent naming acquired immune deficiency syndrome percent of those questioned in the previous survey viewed cancer as the most serious health problem some researchers say 30 percent to 70 percent of infected mothers will transmit the AIDS virus to their babies Moreover AIDS experts are finding that children infected with the virus seem to develop the disease itself more readily than infected adults Koop a pediatric surgeon who specialized in treating newborns defects before with becoming surgeon general is holding a conference on AIDS in children next month He made his statements regarding pregnant women during a session at the National Press Gub in which he was asked about mandatory AIDS testing for people applying for marriage licenses With Amtrak’s “Special All Aboard America Fares" you can travel throughout any one region of the country for as little as $59 Two regions for $79 Or go coast to coast for just and based on $99 All fares are one-wa- y roundtrip purchase Some restrictions do apply But with Amtrak you can make your reservations whenever you want Avoid harsh cancellation penalties And there are no minimum stay requirements You can even bring along kids under 12 for just half fare For more information call your travel agent or call Amtrak at And remember while our fares may be down to earth the scenery you see aboard Amtrak will make your spirits soar AUL2 ABOARD AMTRAK (round trip required) Announcing Aiyitrak’s “Special All Aboard America Fares:” r i Ol’m interested in teeing more of America this summer Please ruth me Amtrak’e free Travel Planner I NAMEl (Neee net) ADDRESS: — I TVVI binlne m7 ZIP: STATE: CITY: Send completed coupon to: Amtrak Travel Planner POBox 7717 Itasca IL 60143 I I D16 025700 M020 (teketo mtf k limited fere inkjet to chengO without notie L — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 4 |