European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 30, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7 no in supreme court Choice jolted by quake Mary Beth Hurd an employee of a Beauty Supply store in Sierra Madre calif., rearranges shelves and picks up products littering the shop floor Friday after an earthquake struck the area. The temblor registering 6.0 on the Richter scale rolled through Southern California Early Friday morning. Kennebunkpor1,. Maine apr president Bush says he has a Short list of potential supreme court justices in mind and will pick one within a few Days. Bush said Friday As he  for a four Dav vacation at his , that he had hot decided on a replacement for retiring Justice Tui Good Marshall. But he. Said his decision a is near and that he is Down to a handful of names.  Short a he said when asked How Short the. List was. One official speaking of the condition of anonymity said saturday that Bush was believed to have narrowed his Choice to a two or three people but was not expected to announce his decision until Early next week most Likely tuesday. Asked if he would like to name a Black judge to succeed Marshall the courts first and Only Black Justice he said a a in a like to just weigh All the options and go for the Best qualified  a asked if there is a quota system in the. Courts lie said a i done to  a quota on the court. I want to go for excellence. Twant to keep in mind the representation of All am  Marshall said Friday in Washington that lie also favored appointment of the Best person available but race should not be ruled out. A i done to think that should be a ploy and used As an excuse for doing wrong for picking the wrong negro a Marshall said. Quot Marshall a retirement letter said he would stay until confirmation of a successor by the democratic can trolled Senate. But he denied reports he is trying to pressure Bush into picking someone acceptable to Senate liberals. A a a in a not trying to run the country a Marshall said. A let the country run  / a Bush was mulling the Choice As he embarked on his usual round of vacation activities. The president accompanied by first lady Barbara Bush brought Only a few aides with him and planned to hold no meetings on his court decision aides said. Bush did not Rule out the Prospect of having a nominee in hand before his scheduled tuesday return to Washington. A a a a. A. "1 would Hope to have it resolved in a very few Days. Its better to get the Choice made so you done to get a lot of needless lobbying and pressure a Bush said. A a there a plenty of pressure on it anyway. I done to  lot of needless putting Forward of names that might not be . A. He said his. Nomination of Justice David Sou Ter last year gave him a basis of names from which to  so the process did no to have to Start from scratch Square one a Bush said. However he did not Rule out names that were not among the finalists last time. Speculation has entered on Black i hispanic and  As Likely prospects. Among the possible front runners Are Clarence Thomas a conservative Federal appeals court judge in Washington who once chaired the equal employment Opportunity commission Ricardo Hinojosa a Federal trial judge in Texas and Ferdinand Fernandez a Federal appeals court judge in los  Kearse a Black Federal appeals court judge in new York City also has been mentioned. But she is a moderate Likely to be opposed strongly by Bush a conservative supporters. Also mentioned is appellate judge Edith Jones of the 5th circuit in Houston. Avith Marshall a departure the courts Only remaining liberals Are justices Harry a. Blackmail and John Paul Stevens. Marshall who. Served 24 years on the court was a staunch defender of individual and minority rights an unyielding opponent of the death penalty and a supporter of women a right to abortion. Court overturns key racketeering convictions by news Day new York a with a rebuke against huge a Omega trials a a Federal appeals court overturned the racketeering convictions Friday of reputed mob Boss Anthony Salerno and seven others because the judge blocked evidence that might have led to an acquittal. /. The ruling marked the 2nd . Circuit court of appeals continued undoing of former us. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani a record. In a separate Case Friday it overturned a major part of a controversial financial Case involving Princeton Newport partners. A month ago it overturned the we tech scandal conviction of e. Robert Wallach. A Friend of former attorney general Edwin Meese Iii. The three judge panel said that . District court judge Mary Johnson love made serious errors during the 14-month Salerno trial. The panel did not Rule on the most serious claim against the judge a that she had highly improper private Contact with jurors during their deliberations allegedly urging them to come to a decision. The Salerno trial ended in May 1988 with the conviction of the reputed former Leader of the Genovese crime family and eight others on charges that included rigging Concrete bids for 16 Manhattan building projects including the Jacob k. Javits convention Center. Fridays decision in the Case showed in a dramatic Way the appeals courts continued dismay at the huge showy cases dubbed  court pointed out that in two of the biggest mob trials the . Attorneys office in Manhattan used conflicting explanations for the role of businessmen allegedly linked to organized crime. In the a a commission Case involving leaders of the mob s families the businessmen were portrayed As victims. But in the Case ruled on Friday the government portrayed the businessmen now among the defendants As part of a bid rigging conspiracy the court said \ a a this is a telling example of one of the problems the government creates by framing such huge indictments a the court said. The panel ruled that the entire Salerno trial was tainted by Lowers decision to bar the defense from showing the jurors favourable grand jury testimony front two witnesses. In a significant move the court went further and overturned the convictions of All defendants on All charges which included illegal gambling extortion and a fraud involving the Sale of hot dogs to the Bronx zoo. This was done because of the Quot spillover taint of the error. The court also criticized Lowe for an  she buried Goldberg from Cross examining an Fri agent saying that he could Call the agent As a witness later in the trial. When the time arrived she refused to allow the agent to be recalled. Salerno remains in prison serving a 100-year sentence for his conviction in the a a commission  new commandant of marines president Bush pins the fourth Star on Gen. Carl e. Mundy jr., Marine corps conic mandant with the help of Mundyk a wife Linda at the White House on Friday. Washington a Gen Carl e. Mundy or. Succeeded Gen. Alfred m. Gray or. As commandant of the Marine corps on Friday. A change of command ceremony was slated  at the Marine Barracks in Washington the oldest Post in the corps. Earlier Friday Mundy wats welcomed to his new position in a meeting with president Bush. Mundy 55, a native of Atlanta was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1957 after graduating from Auburn University in Alabama. He served in Vietnam in the 1960s and went on to become chief of staff of the sixth Marine amphibious brigade commanding general of the 4th Marine amphibious brigade and director of operations at Headquarters Marine corps. His latest Post was commanding general of the Fleet Marine Force Atlantic the ii Marine expeditionary Force and the Allied command Atlantic Marine striking Force. Gray 63, retired after 41 years in the marines. He began his career in the enlisted ranks in 1950. Most . Spouses say they Are True new York a most married people say they adhere to vows of Fidelity a National Survey on sexuality found. And unmarried people a have sex Only slightly less often than their married counterparts according to the Survey conducted by the National opinion research Center at the University of Chicago. Of married respondents Only 2 percent said they had been unfaithful in the past year. Married people reported having sex on average 67 times a year separated people 66 times divorced people 55 times and those never been married 54 times. Widows and widowers reported having sex six times a year. The Survey published in the May june Issue of the journal family planning perspectives was of 1,400 adults