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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 14, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 poll finds strengths in women candidates Washington up a majority of voters think a woman can do As Good a Job As a Man As president and a belter Job at capping government spending but thai May not translate into actual votes for women candidates a poll showed wednes Day. Male candidates the poll by the National women s political caucus showed Are Mill perceived As . Population of work ton a. Hmm a taunt being tougher better Able to handle a crisis More emotionally stable and decisive than their women counterparts. Older women and homemakers were the women most reluctant to support women candidates. Women were seen As favouring women s rights hav ing compassion favouring abortion backing arms control speaking out honestly on issues standing up Tor their beliefs having struggled to gel ahead being moral and upright being More i Scrafand working out compromises but the Telephone Survey of 1,000 female and too male registered voters Between May 6 and june showed thai a wide majority of voters believe women arc As capable As men in handling the responsibilities of elective office or that women would do a better Job. Even for the office in which voters arc most Willingto express a Bias against women  of president 57 percent of those surveyed said a woman would do Aswell or belter than a Man Irene Natiyidad chairwoman of the 77,000-member women s political group said the most surprising re sult was that voters perceive women As More capable than men of holding Down government spending. Thai s a technical skill i Hought would be More ascribed to male Candi dates Natividad said. At a news conference announcing the results of he Survey pollster Harri son Hickman said i Don t think there s any question there s a coalition out there wailing to support a woman  in a presidential race that candidate is Likely to be rep. Pat Schroeder d-coio., who is considering becoming the Schroeder first woman in a major party to run for president. Natividad said Schroeder has a Good Chance consid ering the qualities voters already ascribe to women and the fad she has a special expertise in a technical Field arms control. Philadelphia Man sought in 7 deaths Philadelphia a police recommended wednesday that prosecutors murder charges against the missing cup ant of a trash filled apartment where the decomposed remains of seven people were found. Harrison Marty Graham 28, who rented the Flea infested third floor apart ment in North Philadelphia was last seen sunday when his landlord s son Greg Smailey asked him to leave. A Short time Laler a rank smell led Smalley to look through the Keyhole and he called police. Small Bones in the necks of two of the victims had been crushed indicating they were strangled by hand according to the medical examiners office. Official Shad not determined How the other five died. None had been identified. The District attorney s office has is sued a warrant for Graham s arrest on seven counts of abuse of a Corpse. Terry Williamson spokesman for the District attorney s office said murder charges probably would not be filed officially until Graham is found. All we know right now is he lived there. The evidence is somewhat circumstantial he said. Homicide la. James Hansen said wednesday that police were preparing to dig in the Yard behind the building and four adjacent Row houses. The remains of six people were Dis covered sunday in Graham s top floor apartment and foot and leg Bones of an other person were found on the build ing s roof. At least four women were known to have lived with Graham at the apart ment a suspected shooting gallery where addicts would go to inject them selves with drugs. Syringes Needles another drug paraphernalia were found in the apartment but no drugs were discovered police said. Graham s Mother Lilliam Graham told police her son was hospitalized Ai the age of 12 with unspecified mental problems. She said her son s mental problems made him uncontrollable the Philadelphia daily news reported wednesday. Neighbors described him As an Amia ble Man who often made Money per forming Odd jobs but turned to drink and drugs when his $300 social Security Check arrived at he first of each month. Patricia White 43, who lives near the building old police she once hear screams coming from the apartment and saw Graham dangling a woman out of the window according to police. Harrison "marty1 Graham a photo excuses herself Model Donn Rice who did Little to Bah reports of a trait Witk former pmed Titial hopeful ciry Hurt Rwy in ring 11-hour film Atutoa for Idi for her no exc Atn Brand or eur in doth of Rice did t attend party liter int Tyty in her Honor it new York i Tunnel club firing Fatlan Kcf to Cote. Two More klansmen indicted in death of Alabama teen Mobile Ala. A a grand jury wednesday indicted two More Kun flux klansmen in the six year investigation into the beating and hanging death of a Black teen Ager a prosecutor said. Indicted on murder charges were Bennie Jack Hays and his son in Law Frank Cox for their alleged participation in the March 21, 1981, slaying of 19-year-old Michael Donald. District attorney Chris Galanos said the 70-year-old Hays and Cox a truck Driver in his Lute 20s, have agreed to turn themselves in thursday. Bond was set at s20,000. These arc the latest charges in the probe thai earlier led to the conviction and death sentence of Hays son Henry Hays and a life sentence for James Tiger Knowles the four Are present or former members of the United kans of America. Hays and Cox Galanos said were charged wednes Day As accomplices in the murder based on evidence gathered during a civil lawsuit against the United kans of America earlier this year. Galanos declined further comment on the Mobile county grand jury indictments. In february a Federal court jury in Mobile awarded 17 million to Beulah Donald Mother of the slain youth. The elder Hays held the title of klan Titan in 1981. In match 1984, prosecutors were forced to drop murder conspiracy charges against Cox because uie Legal time Frame for bringing the charge had , there is no statute of limitations on murder. During trial of the civil suit the elder Hays termed As liars witnesses who accused him of having prior knowledge of klan plans o kill Donald. Donald was kidnapped from a City Street and taken to a wooded area where he was beaten to death. The body we hanged in a tree in a vacant lot across the Street from an apartment owned by Hays. Cox allegedly was shown Donald s body in the trunk of a car on the night of the slaying but he denied any knowledge of the crime. Group Hopes Meese hears the music Washington a a Mickey Meese radio Jingle broadcast by conservative activists is aimed at pressuring attorney general Edwin Meese 111 for the immediate release of former rep. George Hansen r Idario from Federal prison. Hansen who was convicted in 1984 on four felony counts of filing false financial disclosure statements to the House is scheduled o Complete hit sentence on sept. 23, after 11 months behind bars. Using j 10,000 raised partly by Hansen himself who solicited his former political contributors for funds the non profit conservative action foundation recently mounted a 10-Day Media Blitz for the free Hansen cause. The foundation spent 13,000 to broadcast a couple of taped messages on half a dozen local radio stations in late july and Early August. The 30-Sccond spoil were aired about 200 limes. The Jingle for the ads was written and Sung by the foundation s seven member Tuff. It was based on the theme Engfor the old Mickey mouse club television show. The foundation s version goes like this who s the Jailer of our land who won t Al Hansen free m-1-c-k-e-y me be. Mickey Meese i mean de Meese Don l Ever let him get his hands on thee. Please be Strong right the wrong and give George Liberty. Or. President Tell de Mcc to set George Hansen   
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