European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 23, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 cultist gets death penalty for 5 killings Painesville Ohio apr cult Leader Jeffrey Lundgren was sentenced to death Friday for killing a family of five on a farm. Lundgren 40, listened stoically As Lake county common pleas judge Martin o. Parks issued the death sentence and set the execution for april 17, 1991, exactly two years after the slayings. Appeals probably will delay Lundgren a execution far beyond that Date however. Prosecutor Steven Latourette said the symbolism of the april 17 execution Date a should not be lost on anyone. Or. Lundgren will have to remember that Date even if he is not executed  Parks said Lundgren displayed Morse for his crime. A a great Lack of re the sentencing came a Day after a jury recommended the death penalty for Lundgren who formed a cult after he was defrocked in 1988 As a Lay minister of the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints. He was convicted aug. 29 of five counts of aggravated murder and five counts of kidnapping in the deaths of Dennis and Cheryl Avery and their three children Ages 7,13 and 15. They were killed on a Northeast Ohio farm where the cult lived. The averys were bound gagged and shot then buried in a pit inside a Bam. Police found the bodies on Jan. 4 after receiving a tip from an informant. On the same Day Lundgren was convicted his wife Alice was sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy complicity and kidnapping. Their son Damon was convicted on the same charges As Lundgren. His sentencing hearing begins monday. Lundgren declined to make a formal statement before the sentencing. Parks also sentenced Lundgren to 10 to 25 years in Jeffrey Lundgren leaves court after sentencing. Prison on each count of kidnapping. Many residents of Kirtland the town of 6,000 where the killings occurred said Lundgren got what he deserved. A a he a too dangerous to be allowed to live even in prison a said Richard Gallup the owner of an Art store where one of Lundgren a former followers worked. A a he a apparently for some people at least very charismatic. He could write books and Contact people and develop a following even in  Charles Grieshammer one of Lundgren a lawyers said Lundgren remained Calm As he returned to his jail cell. A the was As aware As we were from the very beginning that this was going to be the result a the attorney said. A but i believe that everything we said in there was accurate and that everything we presented was a picture of Jeff and that he did not deserve to die. A a there a no doubt in my mind he truly believes he is the last Prophet and that he had no Choice to do what he did no Choice in the sense he  say no to god and that a not much of a free  a jury a recommendation of the death penalty came thursday after four Days of testimony during a sentencing hearing. Lundgren said wednesday in a five hour statement that he considered himself a Prophet. He said god commanded him through interpretation of scriptures to kill the averys who were members of the cult. Lundgren said that he killed the averys because Dennis Avery wanted to Lead other cult members to a false  Lake county Public defender r. Paul Laplante Lundgren a chief defense lawyer said a key ground for Appeal would be a pretrial argument that a fair jury could not be found in Lake county. The Ohio department of rehabilitation and correction lists 101 people on death Row All of whom Are in various stages of their appeals. The longest held inmate Leonard Jenkins has been appealing his murder conviction for eight years. Ohio a current capital punishment Law was established in 1981. The last execution in the state was in 1963.Bush lauded for naming Blacks to key jobs Washington a president Bush is being praised for doing far better than his predecessor in appointing Blacks to top government posts. A you did no to have anything like this in the Reagan administration a said Andrew Brimmer chairman of the Board of the joint Center for political and economic studies a Black oriented research group. A this is More like Carter than Reagan and comes close to Lyndon  other Black leaders concurred although one key Black lawmaker said that the presidents record in appointing Black judges is embarrassingly bad. Rep. John Conyers d-mich., chairman of the House government operations committee agreed that Bush Nas done a better than anybody else that i know in executive Branch appointments but he sharply criticized Bush a record in naming Black Federal judges. A in terms of judicial appointments less than 2 percent of his appointees so far Are african americans a Conyers said. A Reagan appointed 2 percent. Carter appointed 14 percent. What we have Here is a startling conclusion in terms of judicial appointments that Bush is no better than Reagan. Two percent of judicial appoint ments is really too embarrassing to talk  _ Secretary of health and human services Louis Sullivan said Blacks have received 281 political appointments during the Bush administration about 6 percent of the total. Administration spokesmen and officials of the Center said there Are no comparative figures on Black appointments in last administrations but that Bush is at East holding his own. A when i came into government there Wasny to a half of 1 percent a said Black interstate Commerce commission member . Simmons Iii a Democrat who first came to Washington As an Interior department official in 1962. Brimmer a former member of the Federal Reserve Board said Bush a Black appointees Are in responsible posts throughout the administration a not just the traditional departments like labor and human services and so  the White House recently announced that the president will nominate Walter e. Masses a Black physicist from the University of Chicago As director of the National science foundation. Other High ranking Black officials include John w. Shannon undersecretary of the army. There Are Black ambassadors and Black assistant secretaries in the labor Energy air Force education and housing and Urban development departments. A total of 114 of the 281 appointees hold presidential appointments 66 of them to positions requiring Senate confirmation. The others do not require presidential action. The figure of 281 also includes members of part time advisory boards and people who have left the administration since being appointed. A what i think truly demonstrates the presidents commitment is the kind of jobs people have gotten a said Chase Untermeyer director of presidential personnel for the White House. A they Arentt just Token positions just to add up the  commissioner Andrew c. Barrett of the Federal communications commission said he sought appointment to the acc during the Reagan administration when he was a member of the Illinois Commerce commission but was not even granted an interview. After Bush selection he said he did not seek the appoint ment instead the administration sought him out. Eddie n. Williams president of the nonpartisan joint Center said a the republicans generally often make some very interesting appointments of Blacks even though they done to talk about it. My sense is they do it and done to want to talk about it because they done to want to alienate the right  in any event Williams said a Blacks in the Bush administration Are More visible than in any other Republican administration i can  a look around you a said Gen. Colin Powell the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff at a recent Washington reception honouring Bush a Black appointees. A i have come to quite a few events like this. They get bigger every  Simmons a Bush supporter said a after he is re elected next time you will probably see it the percentage of Black appointees up to 10  Untermeyer however disclaimed any numerical goal. A we have gone at this with Only one if you will quantifiable Standard which is we want More a he  Root for Democrat in Louisiana Washington apr Republican party officials said Friday that they Hope democratic sen. J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana will beat former Kun flux klans Man David Duke who is running As a Republican. A a we re against Duke period a said Charles Black a spokesman for the Republican party. A we done to want him in any More elections runoffs generals primaries or anything  a a Runoff Between Duke and Johnston would be the worst possible thing that could happen to us a said Kelly Johnston Deputy political director of the Republican Senate Campaign committee. A it would be harmful to the party nationally for Duke to be in a Runoff As a  in Louisiana All candidates for the Senate Are on the same ballot. If no one gets More than 50 percent of the vote the top two face off on nov. 6. A sept. 2-12 poll conducted by the University of new Orleans concluded that Johnston was supported by 46 percent of registered voters. Duke received backing from 21 percent while another candidate had 8 percent. Five percent refused to answer and 20 percent said they were undecided. The margin of error was not listed. A if Johnston a level of support holds and if he can turn out his supporters on election Day he has a Good Chance of winning outright in the primary a said Susan Howell director of the University a research Center. But she added the outcome is not assured because Dukes supporters Are highly motivated and a highly Likely to  no surveys have Given Duke much Chance to beat Johnston in a one on one Runoff but recent polls have found at least 50 percent of respondents saying that they would not vote for Duke under any circumstances. At a news conference in Baton Rouge on Friday Duke said Johnston Campaign ads that attack Dukes klan background amount to an act of political  Duke said that As an attorney Johnston worked to Block school desegregation. A we have a lot of hypocrisy Here a said Duke. A those who live in Glass houses should not throw  Duke was elected to the Louisiana legislature As a Republican in 1989. After his election the National Republican party adopted a Resolution denouncing the former Klansman. The Kun flux klan is a society of White men founded in the South in the 19th Century to re establish and maintain White supremacy. It is anti Black anti semitic and anti Catholic and uses terrorist methods. Its members Wear pointed White hoods and Burn Christian crosses As part of their rituals