European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 4, 1991 neither Snow nor rain nor. Flood Charles Bott Ord a Mailbox pokes above the waterline sunday in Hastings neb., after severe storms deluged parts of the state the Day before. The threat of More key West Fla. Up1 a a fugitive accused of murdering a key West shrimp boat Captain was arrested after a Georgia sheriff recognized the suspect on the to show a America s most  Ricky finvers 33, was jailed pending a monday extradition hearing in Reidsville ga., about 65 Miles North of Jacksonville Fla. Flowers disappeared about two months ago shortly after hiring on As a mate aboard Rolf backers shrimping boat the Ocean Clipper the boat left Stock Island on april 5. Mary Backer went to see her husband off but did no to get a Good look at Flowers. A few Days later she started hearing rumours that. Flowers was Back in key West telling people Roll Backer was in the Hospital Flowers sometimes spoke of a fight but told other people that Backer had fallen Down a  the time Mary Backer called police Flowers had left town. Investigators found the Ocean Clipper off key West empty and with human blood splattered Over the wheel House. Flowers was arrested late Friday about two hours after the Case was featured on the National television show a America s most wanted.�?�. Sheriff Lamar Echols of Mcintosh county ga., he we never seen the show before but was flipping through the channels when it caught his attention the next Sci storms kept gov. By Nelson from flying to Crawford to sign a disaster Relief agreement prompted by heavy flooding last month. See weather details on Page 11. Ment featured a familiar face a i knew Ricky. He a lived Here before and he a got family Here a Echols said. Echols called the Monroe county Sheri Ltd a office in key West got the first degree murder warrant for Flowers sent to his Vilice by teletype and headed out to look for Flowers. A we went to two houses in Belleville. He had just left both of those residences when we got there a a Echols said. On the third Stop in nearby Darien they found the fugitive. Flowers was cooperative but made no statement to deputies Echols said. A a according to his Mother head been Here Thiee weeks or More a Echols said. A we have arrested Ricky the stars and stripes a a. Page 7gop, demos almost even in latest poll by Michael r.  he Newa urk 1 Imes a Rise in the proportion of americans Consul Ewing a themselves Republican detected in some polls alter the end of the persian Gull War. Has now faded re. Searchers Lor the Gallup poll saw 1 he new analysis is based on 14 National Gallup polls totalling More than 14.000 respondents nationwide interviewed by Telephone from feb. 14 to May 26. Each poll included the Standard question to measure partisanship that Gallup has asked or decades a in polities As of today do you consider yourself a Republican  Independent Quot Larry ii Gick vice president id the Gallupo  a Tion. Said. A soon alter president Bush declared Victov and halted the ground offensive against Iraq we found the gop s standing climbed on All indicators of party strength including party identification a Lor a a example in interviewing from feb. 14. To 24, while the an War was under Way but Belore the ground. War began Gallup Lound that the strength of the two major parties stood even. A 1 Inry two percent of the Public considered themselves  a ii Rev two percent democrats and 3 v percent Independent. But immediately alter the end of lighting on i be. 27, in polling conducted from feb. 2s to March 10. Gallup Lound that Public identification with the republicans Rose to 37 percent while the democrats dipped to 30 percent and the independents to 33 percent. In the latest polling the parties stood m virtual pair to 33 percent Republican 32 percent Democrat. And 35 percent  and political workers have recently been paying dose attention to the ebb and flow of Paitz identification for any signs of Long term change in the electorates loyalties i hey have been looking Tor portents because a Clear democratic advantage in partisanship apparent at the beginning of the Pexos diminished throughout the decade until the democrats maintained Only a Small advantage in Public loyalties in most polls taken in Idoo Quot among adults is to 29 years old Republican loyalists took a Lead several years ago. The seeming Rise in Affinity for the republicans alter a the end of the War in the Gulf fuelled speculation that the republicans might have finally surged ahead among the entire adult population in a Way that could be sustained. Some other National polling organizations in the last three months also registered an initial shirt toward the republicans and a subsequent Rcv Ision to the democrats. But in most cases the shift was less Dru malic than that measured by Gallup a and m some cases no Clear shift was discernible Over the years for minor violations but nothing Asse rious As this.�?�. Prisoners at the Mcintosh county jail also recognized Flowers when his Mug shot was shown on the screen the Shell said. A a they started a Large commotion up there. In a Suie everyone it the county who saw the program  a Echols Sard. A shortly after Flowers arrest Mary Backer got a Call from the to producers telling her Flowers had been captured. A i was so  she said. A i never expected it to be so  _ a. A gov. Wilson s aide Dies san Diego up a Otto bos. A top adviser and confidant to Republican gov. Pete Wilson died sunday of an apparent heart attack while play my Scocci. Bos 47, Wilson s director of a communications was stricken in. San Diego his Hometown and was rushed to Scripps memorial Hospital where he was Pio pounced dead at 5 31 p.m., said Hospital spokesman. Michael Bardin. Washington a children a television in the Emred states encourages eating habits that can Lead to tooth decay heart disease and cancer say a. Congressman and a Public interest group. Every saturday morning children tune in to shows sponsored by High sugar High fat and High Soditis fast foods with Little nutritional value said rep. Ron Wyden. D Ore. Quot saturday morning television Advertis inn is really about food a said Wyden who is asking four Federal agencies to look into the situation. A Quot i am troubled that a time Block which demonstrably has a very High percentage a of Loyal Young highly. Impressionable viewers is being used to reinforce poor nutritional values rather than. Good ones Quot Wyden wrote us the Federal Trade. Commission department of. Teta11h�?� and to ionian services Federal  commission and. . Surgeon general. Wydenes letters were based on a study. Being released monday by the Center for science in the Public interest a 20-year-old, non profit consumer health advocacy organization based in Washington. The Federal agencies had no. Immediate response to a Ydens a letter. However acc spokesman Steve Svab said the children s television act of 1991. Which takes effect next year will limit the number of. Ads allowed during childrens shows. A in the late 1970s, the Etc tried to regulate the Content of such ads but  pulled Oil the Effort by Congress which said the Agency Vas overstepping its an Hority. Critics at the time called the Etc a a National  y to prepare the latest study researchers for Csepi watched children s programs and found that of the 350 commercials --6.3.4 percent wer for food. Of the food ads. Most were Tor cereals. Followed by restaurants Candy Bevel Agics cookies entrees and chips i Here was also one Public serv ice announcement on eating. The researchers then did nutritional evaluations of each food giving it a pass Iii Grade if less than 25 percent of its  came from refined sugar less than 30 percent of its calories came from Inland it contained less than 400 milligrams of sodium a it Only 20 of the. 222 food Cimmet vials passed the test. A a t tim2t   prod _ nets three were breakfast cereals three were Frozen entrees and one was a pub lie service announcement Oil the importance of healthy breakfasts. Quot i note that there is More breakfast Cereal advertising during this Lime period a than toy advertising Quot he said. On the Survey Day. 7<5 of the 128 icon Tood ads were Lor toys while there were s3 ads Lor Cereal. A a since children  the food choices m most to mimics. The Public would lie belter served it children were encouraged to make More nutritional a requests said Widen. Georgia sheriff wastes no time in arresting wanted fugitive