European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday april 23, .1991 the stars and stripes cose has t Hurt Kennedy at Home poll finds Boston apr support for sen. Edward Kennedy has not diminished in his Home state despite an alleged rape at the family a Florida compound a poll indicates. Most who responded to the poll which appeared in the Boston Globe on sunday also Felt victims of rape should not be identified in the Media. The senators Nephew 30-year-old William Kennedy Smith has been accused by a 29-year-old Florida woman of raping her March 30 on the grounds of the Palm Beach estate. No charges have been filed and Smith denies the allegation by 3-to-i, those polled said events surrounding the incident would have no lasting negative Impact on Kennedy s ability to serve effectively in the Senate. Some 75 percent said the events would have no Impact on their decision to vote for Kennedy a Democrat should he run for re election in 1994. The statewide poll conducted wednesday and thursday by Krc communication research queried 405 registered voters and had a margin of sampling error of 5 percentage Points. Asked about naming a rape victim 69 percent said the Media should not publish Ijar broadcast a rape victims name. More men than women a 74 percent to 64 percent respectively a Felt the vie times name should not be published. Regarding the woman in the Kennedy Case 67 percent of those polled said she should not be identified whereas 22 percent believed her name should be made Public. Several news organizations including Abc and the new York times have published the woman a name of those polled 53 percent said they viewed the Kennedy positively and 26 percent said they had a negative opinion of the family. In general voters age 65 and older were More critical. Quot asked whether the alleged rape has affected their opinion of the family. 69 percent said the alleged rape has had no Impact and 25 percent said it made their opinion less favourable. Asked whether it was appropriate to report on the personal behaviour of elected officials 45 percent said yes 33 percent said no and 17 percent said it tie Pended on the circumstances. Callers won t believe he s the wrong Kennedy it Rath / r i i. A a Quot v a. A a .v.�?T. A \ Palm Beach Fla. Apr consider the plight of Edward Kennedy. His wife a name is Joan his Mother is Rose and he a getting Calls from All Over the country. But this Kennedy is Black has never been a senator and a just wants these nuts to leave me Kennedy 38, has been a staff photographer at the Palm Beach Post for 2 a years and lives nowhere near the imposing Kennedy estate. It was on the property of the famous Kennedy that a 29-year-old woman said three weeks ago she was raped by William Kennedy Smith a Nephew of sen. Edward Kennedy. No charges have been filed and Smith 30, denies the woman a allegation. Kennedy the photographer whose wife screens his Calls said their Home is modest. A we just have a two bedroom apartment in West Palm Beachland it overlooks a Little Lagoon Rouhe Atlantic but that Hasni to stopped people from As far away As North Dakota from offering them advice or criticism for a senator Kennedy a the Massachusetts Democrat. Callers Are not easily convinced that they be reached the wrong Kennedy. A the first Call came right after the incident and it was from a woman saying that she the alleged victim had no business on our property a Kennedy said sunday. A i tried to Tell her i was the wrong Kennedy but she the next Call came before Dawn the following morning. A it was from some Guy urging me to get All the family lawyers together Quick because some radio station in Philly was defaming our Good name a Kennedy said. A i got mad when the Guy would t listen to me and i started Yelling a do 1 sound like f have a Boston accent for the moment callers have Little to go on. Police said no news conference was planned monday concerning the Case involving the alleged March 30 rape. They have also said it could be another three weeks before test results on Smiths hair and blood samples Are returned. The photojournalist Kennedy said he also received a mail Gram addressed to Smith the mail Gram was sent in care of sen. Edward Kennedy. A the was a True Lunatic lie said he was taking orders from George Bush a the other Kennedy said. But most intriguing was the phone Call photographer Kennedy received from real Sweet Young sounding woman from North Dakota. A she asked if Ted. Was there a Kennedy said. A when i just said no she said a of he must have gone Hack to Washington just Tell him Donna Kennedy said he has not been covering the Case for his newspaper and Hopes its Over soon. One things for sure Kennedy said. His wife is expecting their first child in july and Quot we re not going to name it Patrick or Caroline or any of those names a especially not John or Bush helps dedicate Chapel at Camp David Camp David my. A president bus now. Has a new place to worship when he spends weekends at this Mountaintop Retreat. Bush was joined by leaders from a variety of religious denominations for sundays dedication of a new $1 million non denominational Chapel at Camp David. The Stone and Wood Chapel sits a few Hundred Yards from Bush a own Cabin Aspen Lodge. An audience of More than 150 at the dedication ceremony resulted in every Pew being filled. Private donations including $2,000 from Bush and his wife Barbara financed the Chapel. Cardinal James Hickey the roman Catholic archbishop of Washington delivered the Sermon at the hour Long service. A . A Kenneth h. Plummer sr., an Active United methodist Layman and Semi retired contractor from Chambersburg pa., launched the drive for the Chapel in the Cato tin Mountain Retreat near where he sent his boyhood Summers. Bush called it magnificent gift a. A on behalf of those who shall use this Chapel i extend profound thanks to god and to All those whose generosity and labor have made this occasion possible a Bush said during the service. A May the Hopes of those who envisioned this building As a House of prayer for All Peoples be fully until now the Bushes have attended sunday morning Chapel services in a Cabin used As an All purpose Community room at the rustic Retreat 75 Miles Northwest of Washington. From the outside the new Chapel looks like other Green painted buildings at Camp David except for stained Glass windows wit h symbols of various faiths. Franklin d. Roosevelt was the first president to seek a Refuge in the Cato tin mountains calling his getaway Shangrila it was renamed Camp David by Dwight d. Eisenhower in Honor of his grandson. \ \ a 4 children 2 others die at Cape cod Campground Bourne mass. Apr six campers four of them children died of apparent Carbon monoxide poisoning in their tent at a Cape cod Campground authorities said monday. Five of the victims were dead when their bodies were found sunday night in the tent in the Bourne Scenic Park police said. The sixth a Man later died at a Wareham Hospital. The victims were believed to be from the new Bedford area police said monday. They made up the entire camping party said Bourne police dispatcher Edith Nelson. Their names were being withheld pending notification of relatives. Don Carpenter first assistant District attorney for Barnstable county said the campers were members of three families and both adults were men. They were camping together in one tent he said. A portable Heater is found inside the tent Carpenter said. It was Rainy and Windy Early sunday and daytime temperatures were in the 40s. Solti says Farewell a sir Georg Solti acknowledges the applause As lie concludes his last performance As music director of the Chicago symphony orchestra. Solti 78, con ducted his Farewell concert saturday evening at Chicago a orchestra Hall. He is stepping Down after 22 years with the organization
