European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes wednesday july 10, 1991 wants to interview Thomas about his views by the los Angeles times Houston a the a act has invited supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas to meet with the groups Board members before they decide whether to endorse him. William Gibson chairman of the civil rights groups Board said monday that he wants to ask the conservative Black appeals court judge about his reported opposition to affirmative action and other civil rights programs while looking a into his eyes As the nominee responds. A i done to know the Man a Gibson said in an assessment apparently shared by other Black leaders. The proposal Drew a non committal response from Thomas who began calling on key lawmakers in Washington in anticipation of his confirmation hearings this fall. A i think its Best i refrain from responding to questions at this time a he told reporters. In other developments a a Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine said president Bush a Choice of a Black judge to succeed retiring Justice thu Good Marshall shows that Bush is against quotas a everywhere but the supreme  k Mitchell said he had not decided How he would vote on Thomas confirmation. Asked about Mitchells remarks Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., said his democratic counterpart was a totally  Dole speaking after meeting with Thomas and four other republicans said a race May have been a Factor but it was not the sole  a Secretary of health and human services Louis Sullivan the Lone Black in the Bush Cabinet urged a act members to a support political diversity in of r Community a a reference to Thomas conservative a a views. Sullivan noted that Blacks have traditionally embraced leaders with divergent opinions including Martin Luther King or. And Malcolm x. A Mary Frances Berry a Carter administration appointee to the . Civil rights commission urged the Senate to reject the nomination. A this appointment to the supreme court is insulting to those who marched went to jail and died in the civil rights movement so that he and other african americans might become achievers in a different America Quot Berry said. It Berry said Thomas was a a time server Quot when he headed the office of civil rights in the department of education during the Reagan administration. Last week Bush selected Thomas As his Choice to succeed Marshall the supreme courts Only Black Justice and an outspoken Liberal. Thomas who sits on the . Circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia has expressed opposition to affirmative action and other policies held dear by the National association for the advancement of coloured people. A a the a acpt a special invitation to Thomas issued on the first full Day of the groups annual meeting underscores the divisive effect of his nomination on civil rights advocates. Such a meeting would be unprecedented. In a prepared statement the a act said the nominees past actions and Public statements a give us pause a citing in particular his record As chairman of the equal employment Opportunity commission. A the fact is we Are so. Unfavourably impress record that we statement said. Are y impressed with his known forced to look further a the cuban goes on trial in fire killed 87 at Bronx club new York a jury selection began monday in the trial of a Man accused of setting a social club fire that killed 87 people and the judge said prosecutors May use his confessions As evidence. Julio Gonzalez a cuban immigrant faces a total of 178 counts including two murder counts for each victim a one for acting with a de e raved. Disregard for Uman life and the other for felony murder death resulting during the commission of a felony arson. The other counts Are arson and assault charges. Gonzalez All but a handful of patrons were trapped in the Bronx a Happy land social club and died on March 25, 1990, when flames raced through the cramped two Story club an illegal after hours hangout that catered mainly to honduran immigrants. Gonzalez a attorney Richard Berne has said he will use insanity As a defense. Supreme court Justice Burton Roberts denied a defense motion to suppress three confessions by Gonzalez who arrived in the United states in the 1980 Marie boat lift. Police said Gonzalez who had a criminal record in his native Cuba admitted that he had set the fire in a fit of vengeance after he was ejected from the club Tor harassing a former Girlfriend who worked there. Police said Gonzalez confessed that he went to a filling station bought a dollars Worth of gasoline splashed the Tuel inside the clubs Entrance and threw a lighted match into it. No jurors had been selected by the end of the court proceedings monday. Dismissal of military critic backed Boston apr defense contractor Raythelon co. Was justified in firing a lobbyist who publicly criticized military spending the states highest court ruled monday. Lawrence j. Korb Rathe on a vice president for Washington was fired in 1986 after making the comments As a member of an anti nuclear War organization he joined with the company a permission. In december 1987, Korb sued the defense contractor in state Superior court arguing that his comments were made As a private citizen. Two years later a judge sided with Raythelon. The state supreme court upheld that ruling monday. A Skorb is free to express whatever opinions he wishes a the court said. A a Raythelon need not pay him to do  Korb was a Raythelon Liaison with Congress and government agencies including the defense department where he had worked for four years. He now is director of the Center for Public policy education at the Brookings institution a Washington think tank. Korb joined the executive Board of the committee for National Security in december 1985. The non prof it groups activities include releasing an annual alternative defense budget. At a news conference in february 1986, Korb criticized increased defense spending and urged a scaling Back of a 600-ship, 15-Carrier group that the Navy Secretary supported the court said. Two Navy officials and a Senate staff member complained to Raythelon about the remarks which were reported in the Washington Post. After meeting with company officials Korb wrote a letter to the newspaper that appeared under the headline a we need More Money for  but Raythelon terminated Korbus Post on March 31 offering him other jobs where he  Deal with the defense department. A regardless whether Korb believed himself to be acting privately rather than As a Raythelon employee. The perception after the press conference was that a Raythelon lobbyist advocated a reduction in defense spending a Justice Ruth Abrams wrote Raythelon had a financial stake in not advocating that position. Therefore it determined that Korb had lost his effectiveness As its  Kitchen adding shark fillets to menu from wire reports Providence . A the menu at Amos House will include an item rarely seen at a soup Kitchen a fillet of shark a a gift of three fishermen. A people Are starving every Day a said Joseph Czerwein 29, one of the three who caught the 199-Pound Blue shark saturday 40 Miles offshore in the snug Harbor shark tournament. A this will be a Nice Surprise a said sister Judy Soares who works at Amos House because the a guests like  Amos House serves dinner for 300 to 500 people at noon on weekdays. Czerwein and his companions brought the 10-foot shark to Amos House on saturday evening. It took five men to carry it into the Freezer second child in family Dies Ewing township . A 6-year-old boy drowned sunday in a relatives swimming Pool 13 Days after his 3-year-old sister was killed by a Van. The body of Kevin Shawn Mack of Trenton was found in the deep end of his aunts Pool police said. The boy had been playing by the poo earlier and did not know How to swim an Uncle Walter Lackey told police. Kevin a sister Vanessa was crushed by a Van after she broke free of her mothers grasp and dashed into the Street in front of their Home. Barbara Lackey Kevin smother also has another son and a  kills subway clerk new York a a robber fatally shot a Token clerk in a subway station Early monday and escaped with More than $11,000 in Cash and. Tokens police said. It was the third slaying in the City a subways in four Days and the first time that a Token clerk has been killed since 1988, officials said. Richard a. Daily 35, was shot in the Chest in front of  Booth in Harlem As he arrived to relieve at co worker said transit police spokesman Al of Leary. The transit authority and the transport workers Union of greater new York posted a $20,000 Reward for the gunman a  admits drug sales Charlottesville a. A a University of Virginia Sophomore pleaded guilty in Federal court on monday to siding marijuana to undercover officers during la major Campus narcotics raid last Spring. Timothy Matthew Evans was sentenced to six weeks in prison and 4vs months of supervised House confinement. Three charges alleging that Evans also sold the Hallucinogen Ltd to undercover officers were dropped after he agreed to plead guilty to the single marijuana charge. Under Federal sentencing guidelines judge James Harry Michael or. Could have Given Evans up to 16 months in prison on the marijuana  comment sought Boston a John r. Silber the president of Boston University has announced that the Dean of me College of communication would be Given until thursday to explain Why he plagiarized Large portions of his commencement address in May. Silber said the administration would make an announcement on Friday about the Fate of the Dean h. Joachim maitre. In a two paragraph statement issued sunday evening Silber did not say what discipline if any might be taken against maitre who repeated virtually word for word 15 paragraphs from an artiste by Michael Medved a film critic for the pub lie broadcasting  review to be pressed Rowe mass. A the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission declared monday that determining the condition of the Yankee Rowe nuclear Power Plant was his Agency a most pressing business. The chairman Ivan Selin said after a 2 /2-hour or that he wanted to review previous commission decisions to allow the Plant to continue operating. R