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Section 1 Chicago Tribune, Thursday, September 6, 1979 Cuba to send 1,000 'advisers' and teachers to aid Nicaragua I 'rZ HI A 'golden rule': Dodge those taxes the United Sttes charges that Soviet combat troops are based in Cuba was mostly "so who cares?" as U.S. tary of State Cyrus Vance announced By Sean Toolan CWeno Trlbuni Pfin Sarvlct HAVANA More than 1,000 Cuban schoolteachers and "advisers" will leave next week for assignments in Nicaragua. Carlos Sesundo Roias Ubeda. Nica nal treaties were made possible in large part by the "balanced, equitable, and understanding" attitude of Carter. "The U.S.

President, despite the or-. ganized resistance from certain power-. ful circles in his country, fought a great hattle in the Sonata fearless nf JiH Jack I Mabley LJ the American position mat -tne pres-, ence of such troops is intolerable." OFFICIAL CUBAN REACTION was "no comment." but the Cuban press re- ii 17 political consequences, in order to obtain as indeed be did approval for those treaties," Royo said. Other nations' officials continued attacks on the United States. VIETNAMESE PREMIER Pham Van Dong urged the nonaligned nations to ally themselves with "the forces of socialism" and battle the United States and its "cruel" allies in Peking.

ragua's ambassador to Cuba, said here Wednesday. Rojas, here for the conference of non-aligned countries, said the group will supplement "medical aid already offered to Nicaragua by Cuban President Fidel Castro has moved quickly to help war-battered Nicaragua, and his aid was described by Rojas as "helping the relations, which will continue developing with more strength and intensity." THE CUBAN MOVE points dramatically to a message that is coming out of the conference that Caribbean countries are looking more and more to Soviet-allied Cuba to play a greater part in their development. According to one observer, "Cuba is always the first to move when a country here needs help, and a stricken country does not ask the origin of the Cuban aid. There is just Reaction by conference delegates to sponded indirectly by noting that there are about 3,000 U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo naval base in eastern Cuba.

1 The Nicaraguan announcement came on the heels of a speech Tuesday by Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Man-- ley, who castigated "those countries that condemn Cuba." He said, "We are absolutely satisfied that Cuba is a nonaligned country, guarding and cherishing the principles of nonalignment." Observers saw Manley's speech as representative of the nonaligned move-. ment and as an indicator that the movement "is much closer to the Soviet bloc than to the U.S." SOMEONE FINALLY HAD a good word for the U.S. at the conference, when Panama's President Aristedes Royo said Wednesday the Panama Ca He said the delegates should resist appeals from those in the movement who want to maintain a middle course in East-West conflicts. The toughest line was taken by Afghan President Noor Mohammed Tarak- minister," be states, "he or she can join with two other people to form their own Universal Life Church. "These three people then make up the board of directors, consisting of a pastor, a secretary, and a treasurer.

The newly formed church can then open a bank account in' the church's name and begin collecting the tax goodies, he says. Any member can donate half of his or her income to the church and take a tax deduction. The church in turn can pay the housing cost of its minister, including rent or mortgage payment, insurance, taxes, furnishings and repairs, and provide an auto and pay for travel and educational expenses. None of these expenses are reported as income to the IRS. "REV.

HENSLEY has stated that he personally doesn't believe in tax exempt status of churches." says Brother Keith. ki, who said his country's close ties with the Soviet Union the best example of friendship, cooperation, and good neighborliness in the world." King Hussein of Jordan also addressed the conference Wednesday and attacked AP Wlrephote Michael Manley, the Jamaican prime minister, speaks before the summit of nonaligned countries in Havana where he attacked U.S. policies in Latin America. U.S. backing for Israel.

"However, if the government is going to give a free ride to Billy Graham and the Pope, then why not let everyway paruc- inate in these hlessines?" THE UNIVERSAL Life Church claims 8 million members and says it is the fastest-growing church in the world. It also claims it is destined to change the world, and expects 20 million members by the early 1980s. "By unifying mankind into a brotherhood of freedom-orientated individuals, each respecting the other's right to live life as they see fit, the Universal Life Church hopes to put an end to all wars," says Brother Keith E. L'Homme-dieu, chairman of the board of the church in Modesto, Cal. "We leave the spiritual side up to each of the 42,000 congregations.

We believe you shouldn't harm anyone, and that you could run the whole world on the Golden Rule." THE MOTIVATION for the church, their raison d'etre, is to avoid taxes. All 8 million members are ministers, says Brother Keith. It was founded as a tax dodge, and it makes no bones about being a tax dodge. I'm mentioning their simple creed and their long-range goal because older, competing religions have not been widely successful in persuading human beings to stop killing one another and plundering others' land. Perhaps the Universal life Church deserves its growth.

We can save the world, it says, by ducking taxes and not hurting anybody. If love doesn't work, try greed. You may remember that the Univeral Life Church got a lot of attention two years ago when 200 of the 236 residents of Hardenburgh, N.Y., became ministers, declared their homes temples and churches, and stopped paying real estate taxes. That actiqn still is being fought in the courts. THE UNIVERSAL Life Church was founded in a garage 18 years ago by Xirby Hensley, 67, a fundamentalist preacher from Low Gap, N.C.

He's been creating ministers ever since, asking for a $10 "donation" from each new reverend. He asks $20 for a doctorate, and only $5 for sainthood, but saints aren't tax exempt. Hensley was pretty good-natured ana open about his church. It was regarded as something of a lark until Internal Revenue lost a court case in 1974 and a judge ruled the church did have tax exemption. Hensley maintains that his goal isn riches but the exposure of hypocrisy in organized religion.

"They're con games," he says. 'The difference between them and me is that I'm honest enough to admit I'm a con man. I'm not good looking. I can't read or write. How do I do it? Taxes, that's why.

They're out of control." BROTHER KEITH Is a bit more restrained in his appeal for members. "After a person has become an ordained He said there are several conereea- tinns in Chicago, but would not identify them. Dr. John E. Roche, a Palos Park nhvsidan.

became a bishoD of the church two years ago for getting 300 people to join, nr Roche is a conservative and took his action as a tax protest. He withheld property taxes for a year, but last year naiH nn hecausa he got nervous over Jn publicity about religious cults, and the Jim Jones cult in particular. a spokesman for IRS confirmed CM Ki if vr that the 1974 decision exempting the Universal Life Church still is in effect, nan Pierce, chief deputy assessor for u-'i l- S. Kw ill f.i Cook County, said the Roche case was the only one he has seen. Pierce said it would be pretty hard to avoid paying property taxes unless the property is fnr relieioUS DUTDOSeS.

3 riH i The Universal Life Church philosophy or creed is perfectly logical-on paper, tf oworvhodv follows the Golden Rule, there'll be no need for armies and navies or police forces, so the need for niniiM 0n down. The trick is getting everybody into the Golden Rule. The Rev. Mr. Hensley is working on that.

rr ,,.1. fnr this article WS1 00116 DV ncacni Mike Powers, newly ordained 41. iroitfi. whn asked reporter Powers, "You want to be a minister? "Sure." "Okay, I'll send yoor 9 lO'l an'. i i Legal troubles fail to slow 'Studio' beat Column 1 THE THREE men got the Idea of turning an abandoned television siuaw, lnrated iust around the cor- ner from an aging dance palace called AffsM civ mnntha nf work, and SOUie mtci say $1 million, the new owners unveiled what they had wrought.

But it wasn't the 5,400 square foot dance floor or the artfully placed mirrored bar and gray banquettes or the padded bathrooms or even the massive sound system that set crowds oohing and aahing. It was the Si: special effects. There were the de rigueur strobes, hiiniiintr lipht Doles that raised and lowered, a volcano spouting smoke, rainbow chimes, a snowstorm, a solar system, psychadelic images flashed on a screen, and a wina macnine. Continued from page one bell and his partner, Ian Schrager, made the allegation against Jordan in hopes of obtaining a negotiated settlement in their own tax-evasion trial scheduled to begin in federal court here Nov. 12.

Federal agents raided Studio 54 on the morning of Dec. 14, 1978, and seized all the books. The agents say that they discovered Schrager had an envelope containing cocaine hidden among some papers he was carrying when they entered the disco's office. Schrager is the son of the man who once controlled the rackets in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. It had long been rumored that the disco, was a "laundry" for mob money though the charges never were proven and Rubell liked to boast that the nightclub was so successful that "only the Mafia makes more money." STUDIO, AS the regulars call It, opened a splash of publicity April 26, 1977.

And not a week has gone by since then without the name appearing in the gossip columns or People columns or the front page of one of the city's three newspapers. Margaret Trudeau made it her second, home after fleeing the residence of husband Pierre. Liza Minnelli celebrated her Broadway opening as rose petals cascaded from the ceiling, and Bianca Jagger marked her birthday by riding In on a white horse. Jackie Onassis and Bunny Mellon hosted a benefit for the American Ballet jheater. People magazine held a Halloween party and local politicians hired the disco for fund-raisers.

Almost any night, there was somebodj who was somebody Farrah Fawcett, Diana Vreeland, Jimmy Connors, Reg gie Jackson, Princess Diane de Beau-veau, Diana Ross, Cher, Halston, Truman Capote, Andy Warhol, Francesco Scavullo, David Geffen, and on and on. THE DISCO spawned a ew way of Jnn.dnX lotciirA SllltS 8Tld anVtilUlg smacking of Cleveland were out while cam lino eee-thmiieh. and Star Wars was in and whole new way of living, with adults going unprotestingly to sleep before their children in order to be on the rianne finnr from midnight until 5 or 6 a.m., when Studio's disk jockey packs up and goes nome. But while the money rolled In $12 per person admission on weeKnignis ana $14 on weekends and $3 to $5 for a drink there were problems. Studio was raided a month after mi in the middle of a birthday party, for socialite Guy Burgos for not having a liquor license ana jwargaux Hemingway, Jack Nicholson, Warren Roattv and others were forced to find refreshment elsewhere.

The dry spell ended four months later with an order from a state judge to the state liquor commission to autnonze ine license. A Wall Street financier filed a $1 mil (Picri mmm s. irw lion suit charging the doormen had de- niod him admission although he had a Salem Bmm membership card. A year later, the city department of consumer atiairs oraerea the disco to refund all membership fees, anywhere from $75 to $150 a person for I i Liaht a total oi aDout sw.uuu. RIIRFI.1.

WAS nunched out several "THIS IS THE nightclub of the fu-ture," Capote enthused on the night of the first anniversary. "It's very democratic. Boys with boys, girls with girls girls with boys, blacks and whites, capitalists and Marxists, Chinese and everything else all one big mix." The owners smiled and counted their money and the house, sometimes reaching 2,000 on weekends with perhaps 1,000 more standing outside like the family dog waiting to be let in from the cold. It wasn't even a question of having to dance but simply having to go to Studio. Ten years ago, Rubell was living on unemployment insurance until he borrowed $13,000 from his parents and par-jayed the money into a chain of steak ,1 mmm times by people he insulted as they stood in supplication on the curb.

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers tried in vain to utk i iu'luanminii irimtrj: wi'MM-Jwi "Whi mwcmb1" Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. collect royalties on the music played. And the American Society for Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals protested the appearance of two real wildcats on the dance floor. With each new incident, the faithful rallied 'round in a show of support and Hicnrumnnlo And the ntare evervone 1798aWTCa 9 mg. 0 .8 mg.

nicotine w. ner cigarette by FTC methoi houses, senrager, a inenu irum cuiiege. days, was working as a lawyer. Jack Dushey, the silent partner, was at first identified as a retailer and later as the owier of massage parlors. A said would last only a couple of months, still is drawing nightly crowds..