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Wednesday, November 4; 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Falwell resigns from Moral Majority
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Rev. Jerry Falwell said yesterday that he is quitting as president of the Moral Majority, declaring it is time for someone else to "be the lightning rod."
Falwell, who founded the organization of conservative Christians in which he owed it to his church in Lymbidity, to return to his first love, preaching.
"I am now rededicating my life to the preaching of the gospel," he said.
He said he would also devote himself to Liberty University, which he founded, and to other ministries, including one he hopes will lead to a national telephone crisis line offering help to pregnant teenagers, drug
addicts and others in need.
"At age 54, my first love is back to the pulpit, back to preaching, back to winning souls, back to meeting spiritual needs," he said.
Falwell said he continues to favor Vice President George Bush for president but will not actively campaign for anyone.
He also said he would no longer take an active part in lobbying for causes of the religious right, but he made it clear he didn't plan to disappear altogether.
"I am not a quitter," he said, adding that he would keep his television ministry and had "no intention of ceasing to cry out against what I believe to be the moral cancers of our society."
When asked if the news conference at which he announced his plans would be his last, he said with a smile, "I seriously doubt that."
Along that line, John Buchanan, chairman of People for the American Way, a liberal group that has often been at odds with Falwell, said in a statement that "politics is in Jerry Falwell's blood," and that the minister is unlikely to give it up.
Buchanan added that he expected the religious right to continue to work aggressively for its causes, a view shared by Robert Grant, chairman of the conservative lobbying group Christian Voice.
Grant said that Falwell's leadership voice will be missed but "the fight goes on." He added that the
movement will be vigorously involved in political races and in issues of interest to conservative Christians.
Nearly two years ago, Falwell had announced that the Moral Majority was being folded into an organization called the Liberty Federation, though the name Moral Majority was kept alive.
The minister noted that he had told his church members in Lynchburg one year ago that he planned to pull back from politics and other nonchurch efforts. But since that time he was brought in to take over the PTL organization after the sex scandal involving Jim Bakker and a church secretary. Falwell has now left PTL.
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FDA finds no evidence against sweetener
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WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday the agency has no evidence aspartame is unsafe, despite assertions from several people their seizures ended when they quit using the artificial sweetener.
FDA Commissioner Frank Young told the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee the agency has evaluated more than 3,500 complaints about aspartame. The majority were mild complaints such as headaches or dizziness.
He said the number of complaints is relatively low for a product so widely used, and there is no consistent pattern of symptoms attributable to the use of aspartame.
However, Larry Taylor of Arlington, Texas, told the committee he had three seizures before eliminating NutraSweet from his diet. The 37-year-old, who had been drinking four to six diet sodas containing NutraSweet daily, said he has not had a seizure since.
"We do not have any medical or scientific evidence that undermines our confidence in the safety of aspartame," said Young. "Based on the evidence to date, the agency has concluded that aspartame has withstood the requirements of the law that there be reasonable certainty of no harm."
Aspartame is a popular artificial sweetener marketed under the brand name NutraSweet. It is consumed by an estimated 200 million people around the world in various food products.
Michael Collings, a former pilot with the Air Force, said he began suffering tremors in his arms in 1983 and suffered a seizure in October 1985 just after he completed a flight in an F-16 fighter plane.
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"I just want to be sure that an artificial sweeter like NutraSweet
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