European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. April 28, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5speakers assail . Gulf War coverage Washington apr the news Media heavily criticized . Policy in the persian Gulf War and served the enemy by reporting from Baghdad speakers at a conference sponsored by a conservative group said Friday. Sending reporters into the enemy Camp a poses a threat Over the Long run to the very survival of this country Quot said accuracy in Media founder and chairman Reed Irvine. News executives at the conference defended War coverage. Cable news network will Send a reporter to an enemy capital Quot in a heartbeat. Unequivocally w without hesitation without reservation a said can Washington Bureau chief William headline. In no a Peter Arnett engaged in a courageous professional reporting from Baghdad said Michael Getler the Washington posts assistant managing editor for foreign news. Fifty nine percent of 1,733 to spots on the Gulf War were negative about . Policy said s. Robert Lichter co director of the Center for Media and Public affairs. That was almost As High As the negative rate for iraqi policy 63 percent he added. V fifty seven percent of stories shown during the six week air and land War opposed the conflict said Lichter. There were nearly twice As Many stories on anti War demonstrations in the United states As pro War rallies. Lbs and Abc were generally balanced in their reporting. Abc was a distinctly anti War Quot with three fourths of . Policies said Lichter. The press critics said the stress on live to coverage led to erroneous reports. Among them a the first scud missiles to hit Tel Aviv Israel had chemical warheads. A Iraq had 100.000 troops poised to enter saudi Arabia after the Battle of Khanji. A instead of journalism being the first rough draft of history television is the first rough draft of  said Lichter. Quot a a there Are traps in live coverage Quot but can has no intention of changing its policy on live reports said headline. He defended Arnett a coverage from Baghdad which was monitored by iraqi officials and included extensive shots of civilian damage front Allied bombing raids a there is no question about balance in our broadcasting Quot headline said adding that allegations can had worked out a Deal with Saddam Hussein to gain Access  were Quot outlandish outrageous a Flat out  he said israeli saudi and . Military controls on journalists were often just As tight As those imposed by Iraq and that the viewing Public was intelligent enough to separate fact from propaganda. Quot Charles Lewis Washington Bureau chief of Learst newspapers also expressed concern about the . Military Pool system that limited Access of reporters to the front and in some cases delayed transmission of their reports. A a the Handcuffs were fully on us. Mull All we could do was make the Best of a very bad  among the critics Virginia Commonwealth University professor fed Smith Iii said live coverage in the first Tew Days of the War was a absolutely grotesque Quot and reporting in general was a studded with All sorts of myths and Gross  Smith director of graduate studies in the school of. Mass communication said almost every american weapons system Quot was savagely attacked As useless tand that stories Dweller on civilian  Friendly fire incidents. Censorship he said a is not Only justifiable but an absolute necessity because too Many reporters Are a ignorant of the military significance of w  they  ii. Joachim maitre director of the Center for defense journalism at Boston University accused lbs of ignoring Security concerns in a report from Khanji that stated there were no saudi troops Between the embattled town and the saudi Kuwait Border. Me said reporting on the first Day of the air War such As stories saying the iraqi air Force had been Quot deep mated Quot were Quot grossly inaccurate and wildly  Catacomb find has shades of indy Jones mum on Kitty Kelley Nancy Reagan Speaks at a membership rally for a Republican women a group Friday at Palos Verdes Calif. The former first lady discussed her years in the White House but no questions were raised concerning Kitty Kelley s scathing biography of her and she answered Only questions submitted in Advance. New Orleans a three archaeologists crept Over Rocky precipices past dozing rattlesnakes and through sacred rooms deep in the wilds of Arizona to make the first discovery of american Indian catacombs. The underground Chambers dating Back up to 800 years included tombs and Graves in massive rooms measuring up to 100 feet Long with 50-foot ceilings. A a it a absolutely mind numbing. We would have never believed it could have existed a Johari w. Plohmann one of the archaeologists said Friday during a meeting of the 2,000-member society of american archaeology. A it will change a lot of what we believed about indians in the Southwest Quot he said. A they May have been far More advanced than we  the scientist said he Felt a bit like Indiana Jones the movie archaeologist when he lowered himself by rope Down Steep Rock Walls into the catacombs a armed with a flashlight and a pistol a passing rattlesnakes sunning themselves on Rocky outcrops. James Schoenwetter an anthropology professor at Arizona state University in Tempo Ariz., said the Indian catacombs Are the first reported in the United states. A the idea of a very elaborate form of ceremonial chamber being built underground hundreds of years ago is surprising a he said. A for american archaeologists its As exciting As finding the Tomb of tutankhamen Quot said Ciaber Decicco a society spokesman. The catacombs explored in August were made from natural fissures exc a Atli a by the indians about 700 to 800 years ago Plohmann said. The fissures Are at an ancient Indian settlement about two Miles West of Springerville Ariz. In the stars and stripes woman dismayed by Robb denial. Norfolk a. Up a former Beauty Queen who maintains she had an extramarital affair with sen. Charles Robb d-va., while he was governor is dismayed by his denial and says she a not interested in engaging in  a tranquil a Tai Quot Collins a former miss Virginia Usa said in a Telephone interview with two Norfolk va., newspapers that she was upset the Story May be boiling Down to her word against Robby a. Quot i done to want to be in a mudslinging contest Quot she said. A but the thing that hurts most of All is the Way someone i cared for is presenting  she was miss Virginia in 1983 and Robb was governor from 1982-1986. Robb w to has been married 24 years to Lynda Bird Johnson daughter of former president Lyndon Johnson and cultivates an image As a milk drinking Emmarine is believed to have National political ambitions. Robby a aides showed reporters Friday a videotape of his interview for the Abc news program  Thev also shared letters Robb wrote March 21 and last Tom Brokaw Host which the lawmaker he attended parties where cocaine was used and that he had an affair with Collins. In the interview Robb said of the accusations by Collins that they had sex at a new York hotel a i done to know whether its an imagination that a going astray an unfulfilled wish discussions monday to no cd a for a expose a in denied allegations Robb with girlfriends or others but for whatever reasons that is categorically  the Washington Post citing earlier interviews with both Collins and Robb reported that she said they drank a bottle of Champagne at the Pierre hotel on feb. 7, 1984, and that he changed from a Tuxedo into a hotel Robe. Thev went into the bedroom where he disrobed and she gave him a Massage. A that part of it is True a Robb told the Post. A i done to remember the precise details but. Something along those lines happened but. It ended there because i determined that it ended  a Collins told Abc she arid Robb had Intercourse that evening. During the next 10 months she told the Norfolk newspapers she and the governor continued their affair at a dozen or so meetings in new York and Virginia Beach ,. This sundays episode of a a exposed is titled a the senators  much of it comes from the work of a Norfolk private detective who was hired by republicans to Check out rumours Robb attended wild parties As governor when Robb ran for the Senate in 1988.  conceded poor judgment in attending some Beach parties a including one where he was the judge for a a Bare As you dare contest a and that it was inappropriate for a a happily married Many to meet Collins at the hotel. 10 year Sago april 28, 1981 cafes increased the Price of Gas in West Germany and the Netherlands by about 2 cents a gallon. A gallon of Gas in West Germany Cost $1.289 for Premium $1.220 for regular and $1,148 for diesel. 20 years ago april 28,1971 a the european built Ford Capri set a first year import sales record of 31,231 cars sold in the United states the car listed for $2,395, and was popular both among the Jet set and the Young educated affluent crowd. 30 years ago april 28, 1961 a president Kennedy called an urgent conference of congressional leaders Over concern that the Laos cease fire promised by the soviets two Days earlier and agreed upon by both sides in the fighting still had not gone into of feet. 40 years ago april 28, 1951 a sen. Robert a. Taft a Ohio told the Senate the United states must make an Early Choice Between the a Acheson policy of a a appeasement in Korea and a the Macarthur