European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Duke says hell survive loss. Tuesday october 9,1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 new Orleans apr David Dukes Strong showing in Louisiana a weekend Senate primary election brought instant repudiation from National gop leaders who shunned the former Kun flux klan Leader throughout his Campaign. A we have taken the unusual step of censuring or. Duke and As far As the Republican party is concerned he does not exist a Republican National committee chairman Lee Atwater said at a news conference late saturday. A this is the first political action in be taken in Many Many Moons a said Atwater who has been hospitalized for treatment of a brain tumor. A i can to think of a better Way to spend my political Energy than denouncing David Duke and everything he stands  a a he a a charlatan and a phony and he a looking to hang his views on any Mantle of legitimacy that he can find a committee spokeswoman Leslie Goodman said at a news conference sunday in Washington. A fall republicans Hope that this defeat was the end of Dukes political career a she said. Duke a former klan grand wizard made it Clear that he has no intention of disappearing from gop politics despite the censure. At a news conference sunday he said a a in a very committed to making political changes in this state and in this country. In be got to be very encouraged by this election. I want to move Forward. I want to make an Impact. I want to make a  Duke laughed off suggestions that he might again run for president As he did in 1988 As a Democrat and a populist. But the Republican state legislator said that a run for governor of Louisiana is More Likely and he predicted that he will be Lousiana state rep. David Duke Speaks at a sunday news conference. With him Are his daughters Erika right and Kristen and his Campaign manager Howie Farrell. Come a Force in National gop policy. A i want All my supporters who Are democrats or Independent to join in the Republican party because the Republican party is the Only Choice we have in this country right now for the will of the majority a he said. Duke Drew 44 percent of the vote in saturdays election despite opponents constant Campaign focus on his past As a Kkt Leader with ties to nazi groups and his Sale of nazi literature even after becoming a state legislator last year. Goodman said that Dukes unexpectedly High share of the primary vote could have been a form of mass complaint from voters to the three term incumbent a Democrat j. Bennett Johnston who had never before faced a serious Challenge at the polls. Johnston who won the election with 54 censure percent of the ballots counted told constituents that he a got the message from the More than 600,000 people who voted for Duke. But he added that he would not become More conservative claiming that much of Dukes showing was the result of Rocky economic times in Louisiana. Louisiana state sen. Ben Bagert a Republican who dropped out of the race to help Johnston avoid a Runoff with Duke said Dukes Strong showing May Only be the beginning of the mischief he can make in gop politics. Bagert accepted some of the blame for failing to get his message across to voters but said that National party officials were slow to react too. A now because of their error timid Ness the Republican party has in David Duke the same destructive Force that Jesse Jackson has brought to the democrats a said Bagert. Television endorsements by president Bush weren to broadcast until late in the Campaign because of bag Rte a poor finances. He dropped out of the race thursday saying that his internal polls showed that he was drawing just enough late support from Johnston to risk putting Duke in a Runoff. By the time Bagert got out the party was already abandoning him. On wednesday eight Republican senators endorsed Johnston. On sunday Duke accused Washington republicans of betraying the party by endorsing Johnston. He repeated major Campaign themes calling for welfare reforms a ban on new taxes and an end to race based affirmative action programs. A i think its time that we make sure the Republican party does not continue its Drift to the left a he said. Fort Benning protesters end 35-Day fast fort Benning a. Apr four hunger strikers who lost a total of 151 pounds protesting the . Training of salvadoran soldiers ended a 35-Day fast sunday after doctors warned them that they were risking permanent health damage. A your cause continues a said the Rev. Roy Bourgeois a roman Catholic priest from Lutcher la., after the strikers ended their fast. A the bread we received today is nourishment for us to recommit  Bourgeois was among nine protesters who began the fast on sept. 3, praying carrying signs and marching outside the army Post. The group demanded that the United states Cut All military Aid to Al Salvador and Stop training salvadoran soldiers at the army school of the americas at fort Benning. The United states is spending some $315 million in Aid to Al Salvador this year providing food and Cash to prop up an Economy that has been racked by a decade old civil War with leftist guerrillas. A democratic task Force has pressed the Bush administration for restrictions in next years planned $85 million in military Aid to the country in Wake of investigations into the slayings of six Jesuit priests in the capital of san Salvador in november 1989. Five of the original protesters dropped the fast Over the last two weeks. Remaining were Bourgeois Jim Barnett a dominican priest who served in Al Salvador and plans to return Charlie Liteky of Washington d.c., who won a medal of Honor by pulling 20 wounded men from under enemy fire in Vietnam and David Scott of Detroit an sex Marine and Vietnam Veteran. Bourgeois said the four decided to end the strike after doctors warned them that their weight loss could cause permanent health damage. He said Liteky was warned that he could sustain severe kidney damage. Bourgeois said he lost 38 pounds Liteky 40 Scott 35 and Barnett 38.computer viruses infecting new equipment Dallas apr computer viruses once perceived As contagious Only through shared programming or electronic a bulletin boards a have wormed their Way into new equipment. Experts say a a new equipment no longer guarantees  in one incident workers at an eve Leth minn., company were surprised when their computers suddenly began flashing the message a your system has been  the virus which did no to destroy any data was traced Back to software in new modems the devices that Hook computers to Telephone lines. Computer viruses have been around for several years but Only recently have they begun to be reported in new equipment. Computer manufacturers Are reluctant to discuss the situation fearing even a hint of contamination could Tor Pedo sales. A a year ago we had nothing like this. Now its almost an everyday occurrence a said John Mcafee of the computer virus Industry association in Santa Clara Calif. A yes it has happened a said Winn Schwartau the president of american computer Security industries inc. Of Nashville Tenn. A and the possibility of it occurring on a larger scale is All too  in the Modem Case the virus was quickly discovered and narrowly contained said John Pope spokesman for comp add corp., an Austin based computer retailer and mail order House that sold the modems. Comp add purchased the modems from ivc technologies inc. In Sparta . Ivc had contracted with a chinese company to duplicate the programming that ran them. A unfortunately during the duplication process the virus was introduced a said George Zhu of ivc. A this has happened m the past to Many manufacturers. They cover it up. More than 99 percent of the companies do not want to ave this information released at  after its customers discovered the virus comp add notified ivc which recalled 2,000 modems. A my observation is that its getting to be at Best a substantial nuisance a said Dennis Steinauer a computer Security specialist at the National Institute of standards and technology. A for the companies that Are involved its a downright substantial problem a he said. Experts Point to software duplication As the weakest link in the computer Security Chain. A the reproduction process is the classic example of How multiple copies of a virus can get out in a hurry a Steinauer said. Most of the incidents have been blamed on deliberate actions by programmers or infection spread through a bulletin boards a where computer enthusiasts share information and sometimes infected programs via modems or through the careless Exchange of programs on magnetic disks. Schwartau said details of other infections Are frequently shared within what he called the a dinner circles of computer Security firms but Public disclosure rarely happens. Comp add and ivc have beefed up their Quality control procedures since the incident. A a we re monitoring our vendors More closely As a result of this a  a Pope said