European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 5, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7n.y. Gov. Cuomo to seek re election Ai Rany n y. Not a gov. Mario m. Cuomo announced sunday he would seek a third term.  he refused to commit himself to serving a full fair Vear term and seemed almost to be encouraging speculation about a possible presidential bid Duomo said before the last gubernatorial Campaign if he ran for a second term it would be a signal he would not seek the presidency in 1988. Asked sunday whether there was any signal about 1992 to be discerned from his current re election bid he said a none that i can  in a letter announcing his intention to run Tor reaction Cuomo 57, said despite the a significant Progress made in his Ivi years in office a clearly a great Deal of work still lies ahead. A i intend to ask the people of new York to again give me the privilege of serving As governor a he said. Cuomo a widely anticipated announcement came one Day before the states democratic convention was to begin in Albany. His announcement signals the beginning of a test on How much this years fiscal problems have damaged his Sheen As governor. Cuomo has said he waited to announce his plans until after the state budget was resolved a process that lasted until the Middle of last month. But his advisers said another reason the announcement came so late was to avoid triggering the a equal time Law that Grants political candidates equal Access to the Media. Addressing convention volunteers sunday afternoon Cuomo appeared relaxed and confident. He was dressed in uncharacteristically casual attire sporting a dark jacket and Light Blue pants. A i Hope nobody was surprised that we announced that we were going to run again a he joked. A i never took the question very seriously when people said a what Are you going to do a in a not sure in a qualified for anything else  Cuomo insisted to reporters later he did not want to engage in the cagey circumlocution about the Percsi Dency that were a theme of his second term. But he nevertheless declined to answer reporters questions about his intentions saying they would not believe his responses anyway. A the last thing in the world i would want to do if we re nominated and if we succeed is to get involved in the kind of semantic Carousel that we were on last time a he said. A a in la try to figure out How to avoid that. I done to know How to do it but ill  asked Why he did not simply say he intended to serve out his full four year term in Albany Cuomo said a that  work at All because what would make you believe it a historically Cuomo has always benefited from the speculation he might run for president. When the speculation was at its most feverish in 1987, the governors approval rating jumped to More than 70 percent. Since then it has hovered around 60  leaves Hospital feeling a much better new York up a Imelda Marcos left a Hospital sunday saying she Felt a much better three Days after she collapsed bleeding from the Mouth during her racketeering trial. Wearing a Black dress and clutching a Black shawl around her shoulders the former first lady of the Philippines was wheeled from new York Hospital Cor Nell University medical Center on the upper East Side in a wheelchair shortly before noon. A Short distance from her automobile the heavily made up Marcos stood up and walked slowly to the car. A i feel much better a she whispered As she entered the Back seat of the car. Marcos 60, collapsed thursday in . District court in Manhattan spitting up blood before she was carried from the courtroom on a Stretcher. Her face Pale and eyes closed she was loaded into an ambulance with an oxygen mask Over her Mouth. Marcos is being tried on charges that she and her late husband former philippine president Ferdinand Marcos conspired to buy new York real estate Art and jewelry with $222 million stolen from their nations Treasury. After her collapse judge John Keenan recessed her trial until tuesday. Doctors diagnosed Marcos As suffering Imelda Marcos is escorted from a new York City Hospital. From erosive gastritis an acid related stomach condition that is not life threatening said Mary Cialoni a spokeswoman for new York Hospital Cornell University medical Center. Erosive gastritis in which the stomach lining is eroded is treated with intravenous medication to suppress production of acid. Cialone said Marcos condition had stabilized by sunday and she was released into the care of her personal physician. The incident on thursday was the third in which Marcos who suffers from High blood pressure has collapsed in court since her trial began april 3. Dressed in her customary Black Marcos was sitting at the witness table listening to her lawyer Gerry Spence question an associate of her co defendant former saudi arms dealer Adnan Khash Oggi. After assistant . Attorney Charles Labella began his questioning Marcos suddenly slumped Over her face Flat on the table. Another of her attorneys John Bartko said when Marcos collapsed she murmured a no no  asked what she meant he said a she wanted the trial to a go on. She did no to want this to happen to  Kilauea lava creates new Hawaii Shoreline Kaapana Hawaii up a lava from Kilauea Volcano poured into the Ocean sunday sending up White Clouds of steam containing hydrochloric acid and volcanic particles and adding to the Shoreline of the Island of Hawaii. A the volume of lava entering the Ocean is High. It has created a Delta of about 50 to 75 Yards wide and 50 to 75 Yards out into the sea a said Hawaii county civil defense administrator Harry Kim. The molten Rock reached the Ocean alter destroying a Pavilion on the former site of the Star of the sea Catholic Church in Kaapana Village. The Church had been moved to safety last month. A the Haze Factor is quite High a said Kim referring to the potentially toxic Clouds of steam created when hot lava nits Ocean water. Toje National Institute for occupational safety and health has promised to Send a team into the area to Monitor the a str Quality and determine if the fumes posed a health risk he said. Strong Trade winds sunday blew the ars stay from habitation and toward was of Kaapana that were devastated by previous lava flows. A Kaapana store the Star of the sea Church and the Mauna Kea congregational Church had made up the Center of what is now a ghost town on the Southeast Shore of the Island some 200 Miles from Honolulu. Only the store remained untouched at the site although lava had covered its parking lot and approached to within five feet of the Structure itself. A movement has stopped at the store but the lava is still hot and there is some inflation so it can move again at any time a Kim  occupants of 16 Homes in the Kazimu area about a mile East of Kaapana Village have been put on standby Alert Kim said. Some seven Miles up slope at the Kun Paia Naha vent Kilauea was spewing out about 650,000 cubic Yards of molten Rock daily. The 2,000-degree lava runs into underground tubes until it surfaces near what is left of the Rural settlement. The eruption which began in january 1983, has rolled Over three Rural housing areas and turned the Region into a Federal disaster area. Lava has burned 160 Homes and other structures causing an estimated $61 million in damage. Lawyers in states sharply criticized new York apr Many defense lawyers in five Southern states and Texas who handle capital punishment cases Are inexperienced in such cases a Law publication reported sunday. They also Are underpaid and More Likely than their Peers to get into professional trouble the National Law journal reported. The journal studied nearly 100 death penalty cases and concluded that the Way poor defendants Are assigned lawyers is flawed. The cases studied were in Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and Texas. Those six states have executed nearly 80 percent of the inmates killed in the United states since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976. The weekly Law newspaper also checked professional records of about 1,000 trial lawyers in those states who have handled capital punishment cases since 1976, and found them More Likely than others to have been disciplined. In Louisiana 8.9 percent of the capital punishment lawyers who were checked had undergone some form of professional discipline compared with 0.19 percent of All Louisiana lawyers the report said. The disciplinary actions ranging from minor reprimands to disbarment were not necessarily related to the capital punishment cases it noted. Among other issues a of 60 lawyers interviewed who had clients on death Row half said it was their first such Case. A state payment for lawyers for poor defendants in some of the states was Low compared with other states. In Mississippi the lowest defense lawyers arc paid a maximum of $ 1,000, the report said. A standards for appointing lawyers Are a inadequate or nonexistent a the report said. Texas Mississippi and Florida have no statewide standards Georgia a Are not enforced and Louisiana a allow for the appointment of lawyers with no experience in criminal Law it said. A requests for Money to hire investigators and experts often arc denied