The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 14

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1987 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- All THE POPE'S VISIT Mission Church panel seeks Christian unity 3-day conference in city gels high marks By VINCE STRICHERZ stahIiaff WRITER Greater unity among and greater acceptance of non-Christian religions is essential to improving harmony in a An earlier dispatch from Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency said Iraqi jets bombed several industrial centers in Bakhtaran province Thursday, killing or wounding several civilians. It did not give details. Official Tehran radio said Revolutionary Guards shelled the airport, railroad station, television station and military garrisons in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra, causing heavy damage. Industrial targets were bombarded and set afire in nearby Al-Amarah. Zubair and galah Dizeh.

it said, and military Installations in Iraq's southern port of Umm gasr also were shelled. Iraqi communiques said Iranian artillery also bombarded the northern city of Sulaimaniyah. killing 11 civilians and wounding others. They reported eight civilians killed In Basra. Continued from Page 1 due back in New York on Thursday.

The U.N. Security Council requested a suspension of attacks in the gulf during Perez de Cuel-lar's visit. He is to spend two days in Tehran meeting with President All Khamenei. Foreign Minister AH Akbar Velayati and Hashemi Rafsanjani. speaker of Iran's Parliament, before flying to Baghdad.

The secretary-general said he would meet in Iraq with President Saddam Hussein and Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz. According to a communique from the official Iraqi News Agency, large formations of war-planes made destructive raids on factories, power plants and communications centers deep inside Iranian territory. It said all aircraft returned safely from the attacks in western Iran. t.r I worlcj. an official of the National Council of Churches said Thursday.

'Jt Is a matter of survival." said Arie Brouwer. the NCC general secretary. "We speak of our (Christian) ipation by Roman Catholics, evangelicals and orthodox denominations in individual state councils of churches, as well as the NCC. "1 think this was an excellent consultation." he said at the end of the conference, as he prepared to travel to South Carolina to meet today with Pope John Paul II. He said those attending the conference at the Alverna Retreat Center on the Far North-side rated it highly.

That was because they heard diverse viewpoints and discussed the experiences of people from states that already have strong Catholic, evangelical and orthodox involvement in what traditionally have been seen as Protestant organizations. "That was one of the significant points about the meeting." he said. "In reality, we have come a long, long way" in the 20 years since the Catholic Church's Second Vatican Council, he said. "has an affirming effect in communities around the country that reduces anxiety" about such interfaith dialogue. The Columbia meetings also are essential, he said, to promote Christian understanding and acceptance of non-Christian religions, rather than rejecting Jews.

Moslems, Buddhists or Hindus because of stereotypes or unfounded fears. "The Moslem people have been associated falsely with the word he said, referring to strife in the Moslem-dominated Middle East. "It's a long process, and unfortunately we don't have much time. Things keep getting worse." As such religious gaps are bridged. Brouwer said, the effects will be felt in the world's political systems.

That would mean people in one nation would be less inclined to hate people of another country solely because of political differences. Brouwer. who was ordained in the Reformed Church of America and considers himself an evangelical. Is among 27 Protestant leaders who are to talk with John Paul today in Columbia. S.C.

After the pope's departure, the delegation will stay on until Saturday night for meetings with Dutch-born Cardinal Johannes Willebrands. president of the Vatican's Secretariat for Christian Unity. Willebrands is regarded as a major force in ecumenical talks between Catholics and other Christians. Commenting that there remains "considerable anti-Roman Catholic sentiment in this country." Brouwer said such meetings are crucial if Christianity is to flourish in the future, and can help in casting out fear some denominations might feel for others. The fact that leaders of various denominations are taking part in the discussions, he said.

lj. fi LI Brouwer disunity as a scandal, and it's a scandal that Wreck can be less and less tolerated in a world affected by its own bro-kenness." Brouwer attended a three-day conference In Indianapolis this week aimed at Increasing partic "T7" i i rh Continued from Page 1 ond in the Indianapolis 500 in May, was on his last lap of a two-day Goodyear tire test shortly before 4:30 p.m. when he knifed Into the second-turn wall. The right front tire apparently struck him In the head. "We've been testing at the speedway for two days and everything was perfect," said Granatelll.

"We were all finished for the day. He was on the main straightaway and we called him in. He said. Granatelli said he assumed Guerrero had slowed down before the accident. "We certainly weren't going at any breakneck speed." he said.

"I don't know what happened. The right front wheel came loose from the suspension and brushed his Guerrero is in his fourth year on the CART circuit. He Is coming off his second victory of the season last weekend at Lexington. Ohio and is third in the CARTPPG standings behind Bobby Rahal and Michael An-dretti. Guerrero was involved In a freak accident during this year's Indianapolis 500 when he struck an errant wheel from a competitor's car and knocked it into the grandstands, killing a spectator.

Besides mishaps. Guerrero's accident Thursday was the first at the speedway since 1984, when Don Whittington crashed during a car test. The last driver to be injured during tire tests at the speedway was Jim McElreath. who was burned in 1964. Storm demolishes papal Mass toners in San Antonio Crews in San Antonio, Texas, examine the remains of the twin towers at the papal Mass site after it was ravaged by a storm Thursday.

The site took months to construct. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NFL Parade Continued from Page 1 tend a line of credit for themselves in the event of a strike. Reports indicated they would purchase at least $50 million in strike insurance but Donlan refused to give the exact The 1982 strike cost clubi an estimated $200 million while the players lost $72 million. Estimates are that a strike would cost teams about $25 million a week from the television contract and $12.5 million in gate receipts. "I'm an eternal optimist," Tampa Bay owner Hugh Culver-house said.

"Like our negotiator has said, we want to protect the integrity of the game, that's our No. 1 priority." Not all of the teams have offered released players option agreements. "It would be like putting fuel on the fire," said Jim Finks, general manager of the New Orleans Saints. NFL Commissioner Pete Ro-zelle did not attend the meeting. He said earlier this week the time had not come for him to intervene in negotiations.

The most notable issue, concerning the negotiations impasse is free agency, which would allow players greater control over where they play. No matter how long she is here, she declared, she will seek the right to return to her native land. "I live with this faith." she said. For the most part, political protest was only implicit in the parade gathering, which was much smaller than generally expected. It managed to be festive in spite of a police and military presence that turned the downtown into a garrison.

Office towers were cleared. Continued from Page 1 something yellow, and Cristina sported a papal souvenir T-shirt. "It's great!" Cristina said of the historic moment; but her mother was somber as she sat on a sidewalk in her adoptive city. little, she invited a reporter to take a closer look at the Cuban flag she held. A legend across its edge read "Cuba Dese-terrada Saluda A SS Juan Pablo II" a plea for papal attention to Cuban exiles.

behind its scheduled 7:15 p.m. EST starting time, it was preceded and followed by a fearsome phalanx of squad cars, police motorcycles, limousines filled with Secret Service agents and even a bomb squad van. "It is the most important thing to happen in my life," said Ezequiel Rodriguez, a young ban emigre who watched with his wife, toddler son. father-in-law and Cuban flag. "I want to see the pope now because as time passes, 1 don't know if I will eVer have the chance again.

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