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I P r Ba pri ov C Cli sh rel pr A Ju Sv $2 What America believes Author reveals thoughts on religion NEW YORK (AP) — Most Americans think there is no such thing as absolute truth and believe that people of different religions all worship the same God, a new survey says. George Barna, whose Barna Research Group of Glendale, Calif., con ducted the survey, has produced a book from it called "What Ameri cans Believe." His findings show that Americans are interested in reli gion. However, "If there is a revival going on," it "must be viewed as a religious revival, not a Christian revival." Barna, a marketing research professional who has done work for Bil ly Graham and Pat Robertson, says a "massive realignment of thinking is taking place in which people are transferring many elements formerly deemed 'necessary' into the realm of the 'optional'," such as Bible read ing, prayer and involvement in church. While most people say religion is important to them, they're increas ingly likely "to feel that being part of a local church is not a necessity," a suriimary of the findings says. "Traditional Christian beliefs are erod ing, too." For instance, the report says, 82 percent of adults think that "God helps those who help themselves," and 56 percent mistakenly think the idea comes directly from the Bible. Actually, the saying is attributed to Benjamin Franklin. The report says it runs counter to Christian teaching that people cannot attain wholeness by their own deeds, but only through God's forgiveness of their failings. However, the self-sufficiency streak also shows up in another find ing — that 82 percent of adults think that "every person has the power to determine his or tier own destiny in life." Economy still static WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans tiling new unemployment claims remained frozen at 421,000 in late August, the government said Thursday in a sign that employers, skeptical about whether a recovery has taken hold, are still letting workers g°- ’ fj In other weak economic news, the productivity of American workers rose a mediocre 0.5 percent, at an annual rate, in the sec ond quarter — a much weaker performance than first believed - and business investment plans were at a five-year low. Also, the nation's leading retailers reported that the consumer spending slump extended into the back-to-school shopping sea son, a time when the sales pace usually accelerates. The numbers add up to an economy that has failed to make much headway toward recovering from the recession, analysts said. See Economy/Page 14 Dc Be fO] Jury selection begins for Noriega; biases, publicity hampers process Grand jury asks for indictment MIAMI (AP) — Jury selection began Thursday for former Pana manian dictator Manuel Noriega with one of the first potential ju rors denouncing him as a human rights violator. The juror's statement demon strated the difficulties faced by both sides in finding an impartial jury as 96 candidates filed into the ornate central courtroom in the federal courthouse to begin Norie ga's long-delayed drug and racke teering trial. The defense, after reviewing 1,200 questionnaires sent out by the court, had predicted an uphill battle to seat an impartial jury. One juror illustrated that difficulty when the judge asked if anyone knew Noriega. "I know Him as a violation of human rights," said Lesbia Reyna, standing up and looking directly at the seated Noriega. She admit ted she did not know him person ally. Her husband. Dr. Roberto Rey na, was director of the Panamani an Human Rights Committee in Miami, he later told The Associat ed Press. "1 was very much involved in denouncing Mr. Noriega, so we were very surprised when she was called," he said. "I guess it was just coincidence." Mrs. Reyna was one of more than 30 Hispanics on the 96-mem ber panel from which the court will try to select a jury of 12, along with six alternates. WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran-Contra prosecutors plan to ask a grand jury on Friday to issue an indict ment against retired CIA official Clair George that will accuse him of trying to cover up the CIA's role in the Iran-Contra scandal, thtee sources close the case said Thursday night. If such an indictment is approved, it likely will say that George concealed his knowledge of the di version of Iran arms sale profits to the Contra rebels of Nicaragua and hid Oliver North's secret contra aid network from Congress in October 1986, said the sources. The three non-government sources, who spoke on condition of anony mity, said they could not say what sections of federal law would be alleged to have been violated. Mary Belcher, a spokeswoman for the office of in dependent counsel Lawrence Walsh, the chief prose cutor, declined to comment. George's lawyer, Richard Hibey, could not be reached for comment Several messages left for him were not immediateh returned. An indictment now of a former CIA official would come at a particularly difficult time for the agency and for the Bush administration. Robert Gates, President Bush's nominee to be CIA director, will undergo confirmation hearings starting Sept. 16 before the Senate Intelligence Committee. He is expected to face tough questioning about his role in the Iran-Contra scandal. Gates served as the CIA'; deputy director for intelligence in 1985 and was ele vated to the No. 2 slot of deputy director in 1986. 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