European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 8, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 Bush wants answers on greenhouse effect Washington a top officials urged the president to Call an immediate International convention on global warming and take a leading role concern ing the problem but the White House on saturday called the idea premature officials said saturday. William Reilly. Administrator of the environmental Protection administration was among those who want . Representatives to press the Issue at a United nations sponsored meeting this week in Geneva the administration officials said. Proponents of a Strong . Role including Fred Bernthal assistant Secretary of stale for oceans and International environmental affairs contended it would be a Strong symbolic move for president Bush to urge a convention of nations to ecu lop a framework agreement on How to combat the global warming trend known As the greenhouse effect. Bush promised during the presidential Campaign last year that he would take Strong stands on environmental issues and would Call an International Environ mental conference to focus on tackling global warming. However chief of staff John Sununu and others took the position that the government is not yet ready to take such a step because More analysis is needed on economic and other effects of the dra Matic actions needed against global warming officials said. Basically lie has been extremely supportive and he has said Only that he has some questions that he wants answers to Epa spokesman David Cohen said saturday. Cohen added that Reilly believes the questions deserve Sununu s office did not return Calls for comment. The idea being pushed would have been a formal . Statement to other nations urging an International Frame work convention to negotiate such mat ters As joint monitoring research and other cooperative efforts on global warming said William nit a Deputy assistant Secretary of state for Environ ment health and natural resources. Nilze will represent the United states at the Geneva meeting where a working group of More than 20 nations is devel Oping a report on response strategies to counter global warming. The working group whose meeting will be chaired by Bernthal is part of the intr governmental panel on climate change. Other countries May take the official initiative to move toward a framework convention on global warming but nit a said that absent a decision from Bush he will not be Able to make any commit ment. For the United states to really do something to limit greenhouse Gas emis Sion May require some rather expensive and potentially disruptive policies n Tzc said. The greenhouse effect is caused by burning of Fossil fuels and other human activities that have loaded the Atmos phere with gases and increased world temperatures scientific evidence has shown. Many scientists say global warming will cause significant rising of the seas and Radical weather and rainfall patterns with dramatic effect on agriculture. Bundy s lawyer still perplexed Miami a months later attorney James Cole Man remains frustrated by Ted bund s execution not so much because he failed to Block it but because the whys behind his client s killing rampage will probably never be known. I Don t think it will Ever be Coleman said. I Don t think we came Coltman was Hundy s Lead counsel for nearly three Sears. In a Telephone interview from his Washington office last week. Coleman reflected upon his dealings with one of America s most reviled murderers. In his final Days Lundy was fixated on trying to understand what had caused his uncontrollable drive to brutalize Young women. Coleman said. Bundy. Convicted of three Florida murders confessed to 23 More in four states during talks with investigators who came to Florida state prison. I think he wanted to confess at least since he was arrested in Florida in la 78with varying degrees of intensity. I think that More than that he wanted to talk about not Only what he had done but Why Coleman said. Investigators have said they believe Bundy was responsible for 50 to 100 murders but Coleman Esti mates his total at 3 killings. Coleman played Down Lindy s execution eve interview with James Dobson. A radio minister. Bundy told Dobson his crimes were fuelled l y an addiction to Homograph. I think that was a Little bit of Ted telling the minister what he wanted to hear and Ted offering an explanation that would exonerate him Coleman said. Coleman said Bundy was intrigued by his final week talks with psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis who focused on Bundy s childhood to study the killer. Bundy never knew his biological father and was raised in the Home of a sometimes violent Grandfather. Coleman had argued that Bundy was incompetent to stand trial but said that Lundy opposed defense efforts to have him found incompetent. Bundy he said basically destroyed the attorney recalled thinking As he said goodbye to Bundy he was probably his 37th victim. He executed jumping at 90 Meriu Borradori 911, claims to he the oldest parachutist in the Hairld. Lie jives a sign of Triumph after making his first jump in tandem with his instructor at Mara Dino Swit Erland on sunday Llor Zadori who manages to walk about eight Miles Ever Day is in unusually Good condition for his line. Yeltsin says Gorbachev could face Challenge Moscow a communist fire Brand Boris n. Yeltsin said saturday that More than one candidate could be consid ered for the soviet presidency but shied away from throw ing his hat into the ring to face the most Likely contender his one time supporter Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The Congress of people s deputies the new soviet parliament to which Yeltsin was elected by a landslide is to meet May 25 to elect a president from among its 2.250 members. Even if past communist party practice holds Gorbachev will be the Only Candi Date. Leonid Kravchenko. The head of the official soviet news Agency Tass. Said april 28 that a group of Moscow deputies plans to propose another candidate. But one of the Moscow deputies. Mik Hail Kocharov said after meeting with Gorbachev wednesday that nominating any one but the Kremlin chief would be in an interview with the associated press the 58-year-old Yeltsin looking fit and Lan after a Post election vacation said alternative candidates Are possible. There could be other suggestions emanating from deputies he said. But indicating the opponents might not make it past the Slage of preliminary Dis Cussion he added that does t mean there will be a Vole among several alter native asked who he would like to run for president Yeltsin said Well wait for the he has said repeatedly that he does not consider himself an alternative to Gorbachev. Gorbachev brought Yeltsin into the leadership in 1985, but the two had a fall ing out two years later after Yeltsin accused Yegor k. Migachev. A member of inc ruling politburo of impeding Reform. Yeltsin was later fired As Moscow party chief and dropped As a non voting politburo Mem constitutional amendments approved in november the vote on the presi Dent formally known As the chairman of the supreme soviet is to be conducted in secret. The Congress will also choose 542 of its members to make up the supreme soviet a full Lime legislature. Gorbachev also 58. Has been party general Secretary since March 1985 and president since oct. 1. He is a Strong supporter of multiple candidate elections like those held March 26 in which yell sin won nearly 90 percent 9f the Vole in his parliamentary race against a factory director. But the Kremlin chief has not publicly said whether the presidential race should be is already at least Token official opposition to Gorbachev. In March. 12 of the 641 members and alternates on the Par by s policy making Central committee opposed the Choice of Gorbachev As a Mem Ber of the Congress of people s deputies. Yeltsin said he believes the people should be Given a say. And that the rules for the presidential election now on the books should be scrapped. My opinion is to conduct some part of the Congress session make Amend ments to the Constitution break for elec Tion of the chairman of the supreme so Viet of the .s.r. For about two months direct elections from below Yeltsin said in his office at the stale construction committee. Let the people determine who the chairman will be and not 2,250 deputies
