European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday february 13,1989 confirmation of Tower predicted Sununu says inquiries find dry holes Washington up White House chief of staff John Sununu reaffirmed presidential support sunday for defense Secretary designate John Tower and insisted that every inquiry into alleged unethical behaviour by the nominee has produced a dry  after a week that saw the White House drawn into tense meetings on the nomination Sununu said Tower retains the backing of president Bush and predicted the nominee will emerge victorious from the political Battle Over his personal and professional affairs. The Senate has to work its course Sununu said. We understand that. That s the right thing to do. But the president is convinced that. Those allegations will be proven to not have any basis and when they do vote John Tower will be  action on the nomination by the Senate armed services committee was postponed again last week after the emergence of yet another allegation about his past said to focus on his receipt of Campaign contributions during his tenure in the Senate which ended in 1985. Committee chairman Sam Nunn d-ga., took the action with support from the White House after a Pri vate meeting with Bush in which the senator said he would not be Able to support the Tower nomination unless he was assured that allegations of drinking prob lems womanizing and other problems were found to be baseless. Every single allegation that is of significance that has been checked has produced a dry Hole Sununu said on the Abc news program this week with David  at the same time Sununu took deliberate Steps not to offend Nunn. Last week Nunn told Bush that he was angry because he did not receive the same interim report on the Fri investigation of Tower that sen. John Warner of Virginia the senior Republican on his committee did. Refusing to ascribe partisan motives to the criticism Nunn levelled last week at Tower and the handling of his nomination by the White House Sununu said the influential armed services committee chairman has a sincere set of  Sununu sought to put to rest the Little controversy Over the Warner briefing by adding that Nunn and other members of the committee would have the right to request similar updates. The Tower nomination was one of several ethical problems that have emerged to confront a president who has made higher standards of behaviour for govern ment officials a hallmark of his new administration. White House officials were confident that they had resolved questions about the financial affairs of Louis Sullivan who was nominated to head the department of health and human services. Bush s ethics adviser c. Boyden Gray also came under scrutiny for serving for eight years As a paid executive of a family owned corporation while work ing for Bush s office when Bush was vice president. Gray resigned his executive position last week. Where catch slows aliens contraband is digging in against illegal Border Crossings Larry Hinds an agent with the . Bor has dug West of Nogales ariz., to Stop Der patrol looks across a ditch the patrol vehicles that Are trying to bring aliens and drugs into the United states from Mexico. Another agent John Poole said Friday that the 540-Yard ditch has been effective and Worth its $200 Cost. Providence . A the romantic effect of giving someone a heart shaped Box of chocolates on Valentine s Day could be More than sentimental. Chocolate does have amorous value said George Higgins a pastry chef instructor at the 8,000-studentj9hnson & Wales University in Providence one of the biggest cooking schools in the world. A chemical in the chocolate hits a pleasure cent Erin the brain Higgins said. As a gift from a Lover to a Lover it would certainly help do the  chocolate contains Pheny Methylamine or pea a natural mood altering chemical also found in the human brain. Win a lottery get a promotion fall in love especially fall in love and your pea level shoots up. You re optimistic sociable and Peppy according to chocolate an illustrated history by Marcia and Fredrick Morton. But if things go wrong especially if something goes wrong in your love life you turn list less and depressed because your pea level is  Cocoa butter melts at about body temperature so when you put Good chocolate in your Mouth it begins to melt it becomes a sensual thing said Gayle Steinhart of Gayle s chocolates in Newport ., in Telephone interview from her store in Royal Oak Mich. She said her sales Are 20 times Normal on Valen Tine s Day and the Day before. The taste of chocolate is a sensual pleasure in itself existing in the same world As sex sex therapist Ruth Westheimer wrote in her column ask or.  but there s also an argument against the romantic effects of chocolate. I really wonder whether giving chocolate for Valen Tine s Day is really the Best Type of gift if one wants to pursue any Type of intense romantic affair said Judith Wurtman a research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of technology s department of nutrition and food sciences. The High fat and the High sugar Content May make you very  if you re dealing in a situation where the woman is being pursued by the Man it might slow her Down theoretically enough that she can be caught she added. I have a feeling that sweetheart goes with Sweet said Lars Johansson director of the pastry curriculum at Johnson & Wales. But for us it s just hard work because it s a commercial  new demo chief hails Jackson leadership qualities Washington a Ronald , newly elected chairman of the democratic National committee said Sunda that Jesse Jackson has the skills and capabilities to be a terrific National  however Brown avoided answering directly when asked whether he though Jackson whom he formerly served As an adviser is fit to be president. Brown a lawyer with a politically Active Washington firm was elected dec chairman Friday becoming the first Black to attain that Post. Appearing on Abc s meet the press Brown said when questioned about Jack son i happen to think that Jesse Jackson is one of the brightest one of the quickest one of the sharpest people that i have Ever met or worked with. He certainly has tremendous leadership qualities and  asked again whether he believes Jack son who waged a vigorous but unsuccessful Campaign for the democratic presidential nomination last year is fit to be president Brown replied i think he has the skills and the capabilities to be a terrific National Leader. Now whether it s at the presidential level or at other Levels i think the Ameri can people will have to  Brown said the democratic party Hasto define itself More clearly so that it will have a better Chance of winning Back White male voters in the South and West who have voted Republican in recent presidential elections. I think if you asked the average voter in the 40s and 50s and 60s what a demo crat was what a Democrat stood for they d be Able to Tell you. But in recent years we have allowed our opponents our Adversa Ries Pur enemies to define us As a party he said. You cannot win when your opponents set the ground