European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 26, 1989 the stars and stripes Black picked for Justice rights Job but sex cop s conservative views anger minority leaders  stat Riu t _ i ,.-. Washington not William Lucas a Black lawyer from Detroit whose views on civil rights enforcement have drawn criticism from Blacks and other minority group members was picked Friday As the Justice department s chief civil rights enforcer. The Choice of Lucas subject to Senate Confirma Tion As an assistant attorney general heading the civil rights division delighted conservative Legal groups and Drew statements of concern from leaders of National civil rights organizations. The civil rights groups said the selection of Lucas who has indicated that he generally opposes quotas to Advance the interests of minority groups could mean president Bush would retain the much disputed civil rights policies championed by the Reagan administration. Lucas would replace William Bradford Reynolds the architect of Reagan policies that repeatedly challenged affirmative action hiring quotas. Reynolds also sought to overturn school busing pro Grams and to restrict Federal guarantees involving the rights of members of minority groups women an people with disabilities. Lucas a former new York City police officer who was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Gover nor of Michigan in 1986, was selected by attorney general Dick Thornburgh. Thornburgh said he had forwarded Lucas s name to the White House. Bush is expected to announce the nomination formally within the next few weeks. In the Michigan gubernatorial race three years ago when Lucas failed in his bid to defeat gov. James j. Blanchard a Democrat mayor Coleman a. Young of Detroit and other prominent Michigan Black leaders attacked Lucas record As Wayne county executive. They criticized what they described As Lucas insufficient efforts to assist po9r people and minority groups in the county which includes Detroit and Sev eral of its suburbs. Young a Democrat called Lucas the candidate of a party that wants to dismantle affirmative action and the civil rights commission and favors apartheid i South  the chairman of the Senate judiciary committee sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., del., reacted cautiously to the selection of Lucas. I will be looking into his Back ground and qualifications and after that Lime i will be prepared to comment Biden said. But spokesmen for conservative Legal groups who had urged the selection of a nominee in the Mold of Reynolds were enthusiastic about the Choice. It is Brilliant said Patrick b. Mcguigan of the free Congress foundation a conservative research organization in Washington. I just have to put this at the top of the moves that Dick Thornburgh has made. Bill Lucas is a Fine courageous Man who in his career has been willing to himself on the  for a year after graduating from Fordham univer sity Law school in 1962, Lucas worked at the Justice department and represented the government in efforts to desegregate the Public schools of Tuskegee Ala. In the past Lucas has generally opposed quotas de signed to Advance members of minority groups citing his own career to show As an example of How hard work and determination can bring Success. Their own robot Debbie Beaumier and her son 11 built at a Boston workshop. The com year old Jamie of Haverhill mass., Puter museum which Sells robot unveil a Mobile sensing robot they building kits sponsors the event. Gay Alliance in Dallas stays open despite fire Auto truck experts predict discounts to Cut inventories Dallas a it will take More than theft of computers rifling of files and a six alarm arson fire to put the dal Las Gay Alliance out of business its president said Friday As operations continued at temporary quarters. If it were the arsonist s intentions to halt our work it did t happen said Wil Liam Waybourn. The Alliance operates Sev eral programs including the aids re source Center of Dallas that also was housed in the destroyed building. The fire set us Back an hour that s How much they halted our service to the Gay Community and to people with aids he said. We Deal with aids Day in and Day out. Believe me a fire we can  damage caused by the fire in a Small shopping Center was estimated at $750,000, said fire department capt. . Foster. No injuries were reported. Investigators ruled the Center was set afire Early thursday after its offices were ransacked and computers and Legal documents stolen. Arson investigators said they had no suspects. Two other Busi Nesses also were destroyed. No confidential information about aids clients was taken Waybourn said. Those files won t mean anything to anybody except us he said. We veal ways been an open organization. They could have gotten the same information just by calling  missing documents included papers concerning efforts to have state District judge Jack Hampton removed from of fice Waybourn said. Dallas Gay Alliance offices had been a Center of activity for attempts to oust Hampton since december when he was quoted in a news report As saying he gave a lighter sentence to a killer because his two victims were homosexuals. Arson investigators suspect a Petroleum product May have been used to ignite the fire because of the intense heat it generated fire officials said. Results of Laboratory tests Are expected monday. Waybourn said the Alliance s services continued Friday thanks to Community support including donations of equip ment and furniture. He said an electronic Security alarm system and 24-hour Secu Rity guards also were donated. Waybourn also said a new weekly pro Gram of Low Cost Anonymous aids test was launched thursday As planned. We Only had a few people come by for it Waybourn said. But i think that s because of All the to cameras that makes it hard to be  the three missing computers contained information about the Alliance s activities including lists of donors and organization members. Alliance leaders said the missing materials could not be used to identify any clients including those with aids. Waybourn said the Center had some insurance but not enough to cover our losses. It s hard to get coverage on a facility like  in the stars and stripes Detroit not although sales of new Domestic cars and Light trucks Rose by 2 percent in mid february Over the comparable period last year analysts said the improvement was not Good enough to Clear inventories and Avert a discounting War. The eight Domestic manufacturers thursday reported daily sales of 23,291 cars from feb. 11-20, Down three tenths of a percent while Light trucks sold at a daily rate of 13,603 up 6.3 percent. There were eight Selling Days in the period this year compared with nine Las year. Virtually any Day now we Are going to see much More aggressive incentive programs thrown out especially by Gen eral motors said Jack v. Kirnard an analyst for Kidder Peabody & co. In new York. Unfortunately production schedules Are running faster than sales particularly for general  l. Ray Windecker a sales analyst for the Ford motor co., said Overall sales in the last 30 Days had run at an annual rate of 7.4 million Only slightly below the actual 7.5 million vehicles sold in 1988 and Well ahead of the analysts forecasts of 7.2 million for the year. Those Are very Good sales he said. But he did not deny that sales outlets could not possibly Clear the number of cars available going into the month. General motors corp. Had a 95-Day sup ply Ford had an 80-Day Supply and the Chrysler corp. Had 89 Days Supply. 40 years ago today. Feb. 26, 1949 French police raided the offices of three Paris communist publications Man attempt to crack Down on distribution of documents endangering the Security of the French  30 years ago foday. Feb. 26, 1959 the United states and Britain told soviet officials that soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev s intransigent attitude in his latest speech on the Berlin Issue raised grave doubts about whether an agreement on a nuclear test ban could Ever be reached. 20 years ago foday. Feb. 26, 1969 a baseball pension dispute Between major league owners and players was resolved when owners agreed to contribute $5.45 million a year for three years to the pension fund. 10 years ago foday. Feb. 26, 1979 ugandan military officials revealed the country s forces were being overwhelmed by a tanzanian invasion and appealed to Friendly countries to Send troops and equipment to Stem the attack