European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Civil War series draws rebel yell is show favors North some charge Washington apr some southerners say the confederacy is about to get a new and undeserved Black Eye from pro Northem historians during next weeks showing of the it hour Public television min i scrips a the civil  the series which begins the fall season for the Public broadcasting service on sunday night has received rave reviews. Syndicated columnist George will wrote thursday a if better use has Ever been made of television i have not seen  but those Are fighting words to p. Charles Lunsford spokesman for the Georgia division of the sons of Confederate veterans. He said the series director producer Ken bums was espousing a Northern View of the civil War that does not give the confederacy its due. A the claims to have been fair and impartial when its a unionist View and leaves out the Confederate View entirely a Lunsford said from Atlanta. A i saw five episodes. Probably three fourths was taken up describing Union Camps Union generals. It was primarily told As if you were on the other Northern  Lunsford who said groups like his Are a charged with defending the integrity of our ancestors a rejects the conclusion of the historians interviewed in the multiparty series that slavery was a Root cause of the bloody North South conflict. A we consider it to be a myth that it was a crusade to free an enslaved people Quot Lunsford said. A this myth has been perpetrated for Many years. It seeks to justify the unconstitutional and illegal action against the Confederate  offering a More moderate but no less determined View is John a. Black president of an Atlanta marketing and production company. While saying the series is actor Feldman May face More drug charges los Angeles apr actor Corey Feldman awaiting trial on cocaine and heroin counts faces new drug charges after police found what appeared to be heroin while booking him on traffic warrants. Feldman 19, was released from the Van Guys jail Early Friday. He posted $5,000 bail and paid $729 in outstanding traffic fines police sgt. James Riley said. Feldman was arrested March 9 during a traffic Stop after officers found 25 balloons in his car. Each balloon contained White powder that turned out to be cocaine and heroin authorities said. In april Feldman pleaded innocent to two felony counts of Possession of drugs for Sale. On thursday afternoon North Hollywood police investigated a report that someone was breaking into a car and encountered Feldman it. Gary Hallden said. Officers arrested Feldman of Beverly Hills when they discovered he was wanted on $729 Worth of traffic warrants sgt. . Lopez said. While booking Feldman at the police station officers searched him and found two balloons that appeared to contain herein it. John Waters said. Feldman was booked for investigation of Possession of a controlled substance. A a. Its a unionist View and leaves out the Confederate View.  p. Charles Lunsford written and documented Well Black said it presents its facts selectively. A it was a very Fine piece of propaganda a he said. Black said he objected to tax dollars being used to a Are educated a Public that knows Little about the civil War. A most people who done to know Are going to sit Down and watch it if you will As gospel. That a the danger a he said. A then its going into schools As a permanent teaching Aid. While i done to say it  be a teaching tool there should be a sequel to show the other  pcs spokeswoman Mary Jane Mckinven said the series will be offered to schools and libraries along with Reading materials and teaching aids for $350 through pcs video. After oct. 31, the Price will be $450. Time life video will sell a Home video version at $14.95 for the first episode and $24.95 for each of the eight additional episodes Mckinven said. She said the series used 24 expert consultants to assure accuracy and fairness including the late novelist Robert Penn Warren and retired Yale historian c. Vann Woodward. Southern writer Shelby Foote who has written a three volume history of the civil War is the series on camera guide. A from our standpoint the scholarship is impeccable a Mckinven said. She said pcs had received a a few letters less than 10,�?� protesting the series before its airing. Geoffrey c. Ward the series principal writer As Well As author of a companion Book said Quot we certainly made every Effort to be evenhanded and to give an evenhanded picture of everyone we talked about. We do say that Confederate Gen Stonewall Jackson Ige and Superb  was strange and hypochondriac Al. We also say he was a a consultant and on camera historian Stephen b. Oates a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst said a i thought the film did a very Good Job of pointing out the Superior generalship of Gen. Robert e. Lee. Compared with the dimwit that led the army of the Potomac a Gen. George Mcclellan. A i sure done to feel in be participated in something that slanted it unfavourably toward the South a Oates said. A i think the documentary does an excellent Job unlike most documentaries in summing up just where we stand in current scholarship on the causes of the civil  the main cause was slavery Oates said adding a there would be few scholars today. North or South who would disagree with  Oates a former texan whose ancestors fought for the South said a southerners lost the War. The guilt of that has been part of the Southern psyche for More than a Century. The biggest myth that emerged from the War was the lost cause it always was Noble remains Noble even in  Field of dreams come True Whyl �?�flw"hl�5� Plymouth a ssh Xiv Oupe Over my ,0m,m��?Tjeffrey�?T Ltd Quot ring up Odic files suit against Bush a son in a amp a failure i Washington apr Federal regulators filed a civil lawsuit Friday against president Bush a son Neil and other officers of the bankrupt Silverado banking savings and loan association. The lawsuit filed by the Federal de it Osit insurance corp., seeks damages of 200 million. The lawsuit accuses the directors of a Gross negligence a according to a statement by the Agency. A your conclusion is that Silverado was the victim of sophisticated schemes and abuses by insiders and of Gross negligence by its directors and outside professionals Quot Odic senior Deputy general counsel Douglas h. Jones said. Neil Bush served on the Board of the institution from August 1985 to August 1988. It was seized by regulators on dec. 9, 1988. The failure Cost taxpayers an estimated $ 1 billion. A we Are seeking in this Case to recover every available Dollar for the Federal Deposit insurance funds and the american taxpayers a Jones said. The lawsuit was filed in . District court in Denver. It was released by the Odic in Washington. In addition to Bush officials of the Denver based Silverado named As defendants were Michael Wise chairman and chief executive officer Robert Lewis chief financial officer Richard Vandapool chief operating officer Russell Murray executive vice president w. James Metz who owned 88 percent of Silverado a Stock and Board members Florian Barth Richard Bunchman Diane Ingels Mazorie Page and Richard Vitkus the Odic said improper Loans and investments were made by Silverado a officers and approved by its directors. Many of the transactions violated Federal regulations it said. The Agency also named the Thrift institution s lawyers As defendants. They Are the turn of Sherman amp Howard of Denver general counsel to Silverado from 1984 to 1988, and Ronald Jacobs a partner in the Law firm who served on the Board of the institution s holding company. The Law film and its attorneys placed the interests of a few insiders Over those of the institution they were retained to protect a the Odic said. In a related development a Superior court judge in los Angeles Friday rejected appeals to reduce Charles h. Keating s $5 million bail and sent him Back to county jail to await arraignment on a 42-count state grand jury indictment. Judge Gary Klausner reduced the $ 1 million bail set for each of three co defendants but rejected arguments that Keating was not a flight risk. A there has been a picture painted Here. Of a person who Nas creditors knocking at the door a the judge said. Keating is the Central figure in the collapse of Lincoln savings amp loan which was owned by Keating holding company american Continental corp. Of Phoenix. The bailout of Lincoln is estimated to Cost $2 billion