European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ala. Lake searched for bomb clues saturday january 27, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 by the los Angeles times Enterprise. Ala. Federal authorities thurs Day began dragging a Lake for evidence in the investigation of mail bombings in the South and a junk dealer who had been questioned extensively by the Fri hired an attorney and quit cooperating with authorities. The junk dealer. Robert Wayne o for Roll continued to protest that he is innocent. No charges have been filed in the Case in which a Federal judge in birding Ham and a civil rights attorney in Georgia were killed by bombs last month. Still. Tor the fourth straight Day investigators scoured o for Relps property for evidence while publicly refusing even to designate him a suspect. He is one of a number of people we Are talking to Fri spokesman Chuck Archer said earlier this week. Other sources said privately however that o Ferrell was suspected of involvement and showed deception on the polygraph test administered earlier this week. O for Roll. Showing signs of increasing frustration at the lengthy interrogations and constant Media Atten Tion. Thursday hired attorney Paul Harden who said he was a family Friend. The involvement and the length of Lime the Fri has been Here probably caused him some concern Harden said. I Don t Sec anything that he has done at this time to incriminate himself Harden said adding i Don t believe that he s guilty of  the lawyer talked to reporters in front of o Ferrell s House in new Brockton in View of divers searching the15-Acrc Lake across a narrow dirt Road from the House. The divers who said they were told to look for unnatural objects on the Lake Bottom said the Job might take several Days. Also thursday the Atlanta Constitution quoted an unnamed source As saying that new information had established a possible link Between o for Roll and Bryan Joseph Fleming an Enterprise Man who was indicted in Montgomery earlier this month on gun exportation conspiracy charges. Harden told reporters that he knew of no connection Between o for Roll and Mcming who was indicted along with Charles Farrell Malone of san Francisco after a 33-month undercover investigation by the . Customs service. They both pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiring to Export firearms without proper Federal authorization and arc free on Bond. Authorities earlier had speculated that the bombings were racially motivated. A source close to the investigation said this week though that other factors May be  lot of people arc going to be surprised the source said when this is Over with i Don t think it s going to be your classic racial  the Hunt for the bomber began after Federal judge Robert s. Vance was killed by a mail bomb on dec. 16 at his Home in suburban Birmingham. Robert Robinson a Black civil rights lawyer and a act official in Savannah. Ca. Was killed two Days later by another exploding package and similar mail bombs were defused at the i Ith circuit court Atlanta. Where Vance served and at the Jacksonville fla., of fice of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. No Snow snowman a 50-foot snowman made from artificially made Snow for the St. Paul Minn Winter carnival is 20 feet smaller than the planned 70-footer because of unusually warm and dry weather in the area. Former . Lawmaker picked by Bush for top civil rights Post Washington a president Bush announced thursday thai he will nominate former new York state legislator John r. Dunne to the top civil rights Job in the Justice department a Post that has been vacant for More than a year. Bush s first Choice for the Job William Lucas failed to win Senate confirmation last year. The Job has been vacant since december 1988, when William Bradford Reynolds resigned the Post. Reynolds provoked controversy by opposing affirmative action programs that involved racial preferences. Dunne a 60-year-old Democrat has a sparse Back ground on civil rights. A former chairman of the new York state Senate judiciary committee he is a Grad uate of Georgetown University and Yale Law school. After initial reports in november that Dunne was in line for the Post he resigned from the All male Garden City Golf club which he had belonged to for 32 years. His Hometown is Garden City . During most of his 24 years As a state legislator Dunne lived in Albany at the fort Orange club which until 1988 barred women. The White House announced the Dunne nomination shortly after Bush finished a news conference at which he was asked whether he agrees with a act leaders that there is a rising tide of racism in the country. Bush said he docs not View it As a rising tide but said there Are some very ugly incidents. The Lucas nomination was scuttled by intensive lobbying by civil rights groups troubled by his Lack of Legal experience and his views that supreme court rulings had not eroded civil rights protections under the Law. The Senate judiciary committee rejected his Nomi nation aug. I. Lucas a former Michigan sheriff and Wayne county executive is now a Public Liaison official at the Justice department a Post thai did not require confirmation. Dunne in an interview with the associated press on wednesday said he had reviewed videotapes of the judiciary committee s grilling of Lucas to prepare for his own hearings. He acknowledged "1 Haven t had As much experience As i m sure Many civil rights activists perhaps would like to  but Dunne said he has been sufficiently involved in civil rights to have an understanding and a sensitivity and caring about the Issue. Dunne who is White has the backing of democratic rep. Charles Rangl an old Friend and the most pow Erful Black member of new York s congressional delegation. Insurer to pay death benefits to terminally ill by the associated press the nation s lop life insurer plans tallow terminally ill policyholders and those permanently confined to nursing Homes to tap into death benefits while they arc still alive providing them Cash to help cover the Cost of their illnesses. Insurance experts say the move by the Prudential insurance company of Amer Ica could mean a new solution to the growing crisis in Long term care. It s going to encourage other companies to  said John Booth vice president and chief actuary with the american coun cil of life insurance. Lots of people have been talking about this kind of policy but no one has  Prudential s new living needs Benefit program which was to be formally announced Friday will pay nearly the face value of a policy if a doctor certifies the policyholder has less than six months to live. Policyholders in nursing Homes for at least six months with no nope of leaving can also elect to receive their own death benefits either in a Lump sum or in monthly payments. For example the company is now looking into the Case of a 57-year-old Art director with terminal cancer and an insurance policy Worth $29,834 at the time of his death. The new program would pay him $29,183. Robert Hill Prudential s senior vice president and actuary said without the pro Gram the Man s Only other Way of getting Money from his policy was to Cash it in for interest accrued in this Case Only $2,948. Similarly a hypothetical policyholder in a nursing Home with a policy that would pay $229,340 at the time of his death could collect the Money in 60 monthly payments of $3,810, fora total of $228,600. If the same person cashed in the policy he would receive Only $163,989. This is certainly not the total solution 19 catastrophic care said Prudential president Joseph Mclone but if we should survive loan older age and run into Trou Bles this will give us add ii  Prudential s Canadian subsidiary experimented with a program last year provid ing advanced payment to 14 policyholders Many of them suffering from aids. The new program will be available initially to current policyholders in 10 states where regulators have already approved the program Alabama Alaska Arizona Colorado Florida Idaho Kentucky Mon Tana new Jersey and West Virginia. The insurer Hopes to expand the pro Gram to 3 million policyholders throughout the country although m some states that would require changes in state Law. Metropolitan life the nation s second largest insurer is considering a program similar to Prudential a said Gerry Gold Sholle chief brokerage executive for metro Politan life brokerage a subsidiary that markets the company s living benefits policy Prudential still faces obstacles. In some states like new York insurance Laws must be rewritten to allow the plan. There Are no taxes on death benefits but it is Uncertain whether that would apply to Early payment of those benefits. But the largest Lesl will be whether Prudential s new program brings in additional customers. If this gives Prudential new sales and hurts their competitors the competitors arc sure to run out and do the same thing said the american Council s Booth