European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 19, 1991 / the stars and stripes Page 7 nomination poses for Black leaders Washington apr Black members of Congress had Little difficulty deciding to oppose Clarence Thomas nomination to the supreme court but his selection remains an agonizing dilemma for Many other Black leaders. The overwhelming vote against Thomas by the congressional Black caucus was the strongest and most important in a series of expressions of opposition that suggest Black opinion May be starting to coalesce against Thomas. But nearly three weeks after president Bush announced his Choice Many Black opinion leaders Are wrestling with Al wrenching decision whether to oppose a Black nominee or support him even though he opposes traditional approaches to civil rights such As affirmative action. A it leaves people hardly knowing what to do a said Bishop h. Hartford Brookings of the african methodist episcopal Church. A Many organizations Are discussing it. That ambivalence is there and it is live and it is  a everywhere in be been this is the no. 1 topic of discussion not Only in churches but in Beauty Parlours and barbershops a said the Rev Ben Chavis head of the commission on racial Justice of the United Church of Christ. A wherever african american dialogue takes place it is the hottest  rep. Edolphus towns d-n.y., chairman of the 26-member Black caucus plans to ask Black leaders to meet so the caucus can present the Case against Thomas which he called a an irrevocable stance. Of High conscience and fundamental  the groups Quick decision was possible because Many of the Black lawmakers had been intensely critical of Thomas when he headed the equal employment Uppa Rotun to commission and were familiar with his record of opposition to affirmative action policies. Five Black congressmen signed a letter to Bush two years ago urging him not to nominate Thomas to a Federal appeals court judgeship. They contended that Thomas had undermined the civil rights act and a a demonstrated an Overall disdain for the  c6 . Went ahead with the nomination and the Senate confirmed Thomas to the . Court of appeals m Washington. Some groups such As the a act and the National Urban league remain undecided Over the supreme court nomination although civil rights leaders both inside and outside the a act expect that group will end up opposing Thomas. The leadership conference on civil rights the umbrella lobbying group that led the successful Campaign against another supreme court nominee Robert Bork wont decide on Thomas until next month at the earliest. The Senate judiciary committee will take up the nomination in september. These groups Are trying to resolve a division of opinion m which some say Thomas record is anathema to their goals. On the other Side is the argument that whatever their disagreements Thomas 43, has Felt the sting of discrimination and might move More toward their views As he grows older on the court. And they argue Thomas is better than any second Choice Bush might make. Group of blinking stars discovered life in the balance drama is played out High above Madison Avenue in East Harlem As Nicole Dean 17, dangles precariously from a 20-Story building tuesday. Dean who is deaf and cannot speak had threatened to let go. And just As she appeared to do so a police officer wearing a safety Belt and a rope pulled her to safety. The incident occurred after Dean allegedly wounded two Young cousins by stabbing. She was charged with assault. New York apr astronomers have found an unprecedented collection of stars that Emit very fast bursts of Energy a discovery that May help in studying the formation of galaxies. Researchers said they found 10 a millisecond pulsars in a single Cluster of other stars almost doubling the known number of the objects. Pulsars Are dense stars that appear to Emit Energy in very regularly spaced bursts. In fact they Are thought to Send out the Energy in a constant beam that sweeps across the sky As the Star rotates like Light from a Lighthouse. An Earth bound observer detects a burst every time a beam crosses Earth. Millisecond pulsars appear to a a blink at intervals measured in thousandths of a second. The 10 new millisecond pulsars which Emit radio Waves were found in a Star Cluster called 47 Tuc Anae. A single millisecond Pulsar had been detected in this Cluster before scientists from Australia Britain arid Italy said in reporting the discovery in thursday s Issue of the British journal nature. The 11 known pulsars in the Cluster blink faster than once every six thousandths of a second they said. Previously scientists had found at most two or three millisecond pulsars per Star Cluster astrophysicist David Helfand of Columbia University in new York said wednesday. In All a couple dozen millisecond pulsars have now been observed he said. Finding so Many in one Star Cluster will help scientists study the history of Star clusters called globular clusters Helfand said. Globular clusters May have played a key role in Galaxy formation so studying them could shed Light on that process he said. In addition such studies could yield information about massive stars that created most of the elements in the universe before dying out he  critic nominated for . Police panel mayor Tom Bradley left and retired assistant police chief Jesse Brewer appear wednesday at a press conference. Los Angeles a mayor Tom Bradley nominated a recently retired assistant police chief who has been sharply critical of his former Boss chief Daryl f. Gates to head a panel that oversees Gates embattled police department. Jesse Brewer 69, accepted the nomination and renewed his Call for Gates to resign wednesday at a news conference with Bradley. Brewer was the highest ranking Black in the 8,300-member police departments history when he retired March 1. He was critical of the department and Gates in testimony before the Independent Christopher commission when it investigated the department after the March 3 beating or Rodney King. Four officers face trial on assault charges stemming from the Case. If confirmed by the City Council Brewer will fill one of two police commission vacancies created by resignations that the Christopher commission recommended. The panel issued a scathing report that found brutality and racism went unchecked in the department and it urged Gates to resign. Gates 64, has said he wont be forced from the Job. Civil service protections prevent his removal