European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Bush saturday july 28,1990 Kennebunkport Maine apr president Bush said Friday that his supreme court nominee David Souter apr reaction to Souter pears to have wide support and that the new Hampshire Jurist will come through the Senate confirmation process a with at the same time Bush denied that As a condition for the nomination he agreed not to ask Souter delicate questions about How he might Rule on sensitive sume cts. Nonetheless the president has said he did not ask Souter for his views on abortion or other controversial issues. A sen. Warren Rudman . Said Souter before agreeing to be screened As a High court candidate sought assurances from the White House that he  be asked his views on specific issues. In Washington sen. Joseph r. Biden news briefs jr., d-del., chairman of the Senate judiciary committee said the panel will open hearings sept. 13 on Souter a nomination Souter hitchhiked a ride on air Force one Wrt othe president to Pease air Force Bas amp in a. The president went on by helicopter to  his Oceanside vacation Home where he was to spend the weekend. _ Souter at one Point came Back to the press Section of air Force one and joked with reporters a i done to want to ruin my reputation. I have two words to say i and  Bush speaking on the plane said reaction to his 5-Day-old nomination was Quot very favourable so  Quot its hard to Tell about the Senate. A lot have not expressed their views. But nationally to very pleased. There seems to be Well deserved support for judge Souter. So Well  asked if he foresaw problems in winning Senate approval of his nomination Bush said a i done to really think so. In be been very pleased with the initial response and then the second wave is very positive because the More people who know him speak up. There seems to be Broad  Bush conceded that Souter was not Well known. But he said a a that a not Why i selected him. Hell be plenty Well known when he gets testifying and gets through this process which i think hell do with flying  Bush was Rudman that Tant to face his views. About comments by tested Souter was relic House questions on asked if he had made a Deal not to ask open reaches pact to hike prices curb production Geneva apr open Oil ministers agreed fonday to raise the cartels prices and restrain production in Hope of forcing up the Price of crude by several dollars in the next few months. All 13 ministers of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries signed the Accord to raise their target Price from 518 a barrel to $21. Because of an Oil glut the actual Price recently has been about $16,25 per barrel. _ the agreement set a new output ceiling of 22.5 million barrels a Day a bit above the current Cap but lower than the cartels actual production. To reach the new target Price open will have to rein in production by about 700,000 barrels a Day. France frees gunman hired by Iran to kill sex Leader Paris apr Anis Naccache convicted of lulling two people during a botched assassination attempt ordered by Iran was freed by the French government Friday after spending 10 years in prison. The Justice ministry said Naccache and four accomplices left France for Iran in the afternoon after president Francois Mitterrand ordered their release. Naccache whose release had been sought by several hard line Arab leaders went on a 19-week hunger strike ending in january in a bid to obtain his release. Unconfirmed news reports said he ended the fast after obtaining assurances he would be freed sometime this year. He and three members of his group were sentenced to life imprisonment for an attempt in ,1980 to kill Shahpour Bakhtiar Iran a prime minister before the 1979 islamic revolution. A fifth member of the team received a 20-year sentence. Bakhtiar escaped injury and still lives in Paris but a police officer and a bystander were killed. Two quake victims pulled from rubble of Hyatt hotel Baguio Philippines apr rescuers alerted by cries of a a help us Quot pulled two survivors from the rubble of a hotel Friday 11 Days 4ttaf> i Aall Amnaj 1 a a _ a 1____ t. K. I Ltd a a after it collapsed in an earthquake that killed More than 1,600 people. Rescuers and spectators cheered As Luisa Mallorca was pulled from the wreckage of the Hyatt hotel about 9 50 . Amel Calabia was rescued about an hour later. Foreign Rescue teams gave up the search for survivors last week but filipino miners and other volunteers had vowed to search until All the missing were accounted for. Doctors said Calabia a hotel Security guard and Mallorca a cleaning woman were in surprisingly Good condition. By j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau Gui Navy capt. Thomas a. Lawrence deliberated for about 30 minutes before finding the 27-year-old resident of Rawlins wyo., guilty and said he would sentence Brown on saturday morning. Aces a possible life sentence in prison Dis Missal from the service and loss of All military benefits. Friends of the defendant testified on his behalf Friday the fifth Day of the general court martial at naval station Rota Spain. Browne a wife Sarah said her husband was an infrequent Drinker and a peaceful person. Earlier in the Day or. Patricia l. Slik associate director of a Colorado chemical Laboratory testified bomb from Page 1 serious in univ because he was driving and the bomb went off on the cards passenger Side. A the Interior ministry said Neusel had no bodyguards following him and his automobile was not equipped with any special protective equipment such As Armor plating or bulletproof Glass. Police said a letter claiming responsibility in the name of the red army faction was found near the site of the attack and that it appeared to be genuine. Hansjurgen firster spokesman for the Federal prosecutors office said the letter carried the red army faction Symbol a red Star superimposed by a machine gun. It said the attack was carried out by the Jose Manuel Sevillano  firster said Sev Llano was a convicted member of the Spanish terrorist group Grapo who died in May after a six month hunger stake. Forster said the bomb was triggered when the car crossed a Light beam. He said the device used Friday Souter such questions Bush said a no nothing on my Side on that a Rudman. Who was also on air Force one said Souter told him he would be uncomfortable facing difficult questions about possible court decisions from the president or other administration officials. Rudman said he then called White House chief of staff John Sununu who said it was Quot not our policy to Grill the candidate on possible court rulings. Rudman said that after conveying Sununu a assurances to Souter the judge agreed to meet with the president. On Friday Souter brushed aside reporters questions and said his confirmation hearings a would be the appropriate place for me to  he finished an initial round of meetings with Senate judiciary committee members. Of rape that tests of Browne a blood taken roughly four hours after the rape indicated that he was drunk at the  rape occurred Early april 4 when Brown entered the sleeping woman a stateroom after returning from Shore leave. Both Brown and the victim whose name and rank have been withheld to protect her privacy were assigned to the Suribachi. The assault took place while the ship was docked in Cartagena Spain. In the prosecutions closing argument Marine capt. Walter Sharp told the judge that the evidence was overwhelming and beyond a reasonable doubt that Brown raped the victim while she was sleeping. The Law says a sleeping person cannot give consent Sharp said. Defense lawyer Marine capt. . Drescher said the defense acknowledged that sexual Intercourse had taken place but told the judge that there was reasonable doubt that a rape had occurred. Contributing to thl report the aoeli1d put a in hot Spain jays the same As one used to a bomb attack that killed Siemens manager Karl Heinz Bec kurts in july 1986 near Munich. The Federal prosecutors office in Karlsruhe which is m charge of investigating terrorist attacks took Over the investigation. Fridays bombing was the first red army faction attack since eight Long sought fugitives a reputed to be top members of the group a were captured in East Germany m recent weeks. The eight had been living there under assumed names some for As Long As 10 years. Some say they had been granted Sanctuary by feast Germany a former communist government. West German Security officials have been boasting about. The roundups in East Germany but fridays attack proved the red army faction remains a serious threat. Also on Friday Law officials announced that one of the eight Ekkehard von Seckendorff sudent a 50-year-old doctor a has been released for Lack of evidence Seckendorff sudent who has been living in East Germany since the Early 1980s, was a suspect in a 1984 Bank robbery in the West German City of in Ryburg. Israel has chemical arms official hints Jerusalem apr science minister Yuval Nee Man said Friday that Israel could respond with chemical weapons if Iraq attacked it with such weapons. It was the most far reaching statement by an israeli Leader on the subject. Israel is widely believed to have chemical weapons but officials have never admitted it. Defense ministry spokesman Danny Naveh refused comment on Neemann a remarks. Neemann a statement was the latest in an escalating series of provocative comments by israeli and iraqi officials. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein said in april that he would Torch half of Israel with binary chemical weapons if attacked with nuclear arms by the jewish st3t� Iraq from Pago 1 0tr, a it Jpn fat action against Iraq which could signal . Displeasure without totally alienating the iraqi president. H options included putting Iraq Back on the . List of terrorist nations which would end commodity loan guarantees and Export import Bank credits for Purchase of american Industrial goods and a More limited move to tighten restrictions on . Exports. This is a freight train coming Down the track Quot from Congress said one senior administration official speaking Only on condition of anonymity. A there is plenty of impetus. The question becomes do we want to be Active or let Capitol Hill do it to us Quot