European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes Friday August 2, 1991 Smith s rape trial delayed due to extensive publicity by the los Angeles times West Palm Beach Fla. A poll of potential jurors for William Kennedy Smith found 41 percent now think he is guilty of raping a Jupiter Beach woman 9 Sharp Rise from 25 percent just a week before a defense expert says. The Public opinion expert or. John b. Mcconahy of Duke University testified wednesday that Public opinion in Florida has been radically changed by the states disclosure last week that three women two in Washington . And one in new York claim to have been sexually assaulted in the past by Smith. A Florida judge agreed to delay Smiths trial for at least 90 Days after Smith s lawyers argued that a pervasive and prejudicial publicity was making it impossible to fairly try the Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy . Roy Black attorney for Smith said the delay was needed to Cool the fever of news Media coverage that he said was fanned by prosecutors. He said it was quickly turning the Public against Smith. A you Are now at a danger Point a where it might irreparably harm or. Smiths right to a fair trial a Black said. He told Florida judge Mary e. Lupo that a delay also was necessary because he still had an enormous amount of evidence to gather and Many witnesses to interview. Lupo agreed to at least 90 Days delay but has not yet set a new Dale for the trial it had been set to begin on monday. Smith 30, is accused of raping a 29-year-old woman on March 30 at the Ken Nedys oceanfront Palm Beach estate. He has strongly denied the charge. Mcconahy a Duke University professor said his Survey of Palm Beach county residents showed that 25 percent of respondents believed Smith was guilty or probably guilty before hearing the disclosures from the prosecution about the three women and 41 percent believed so afterwards. Surveys in three other adjacent counties also showed Large swings in Public opinion he said. Such a rapid shift in attitude a is just without precedent As far As in a concerned a said Mcconahy. The first Sample included the views of 210 adults and the second 186 adults he said. Black also cited the comment of Palm Beach police sgt. Craig Gunkel who said in a sworn statement that he had Felt compelled to appear in a segment on the nationwide news entertainment show a current affair to prevent a riot. Black quoted Gunkel As saying that Media pressure for information was so great last Spring that a if we had not done that there would have been a riot a in Mas certain of that As that in a sitting  he compared the coverage of the Smith Case to the trial of Bruno Hauptmann who was convicted and executed for the Kidnap and murder of the infant son of aviator Charles s. Lindbergh. Roy Black attorney for William Kennedy Smith argues a Point in Palm Beach county court on  oks pay raise for Senate Washington a the House on wednesday passed a $23,200 pay raise for the Senate As part of a Bill that also tightens Senate ethics rules. The House by voice vote sent Back to the Senate the Compromise $2.3 billion spending Bill for the legislative Branch of government. It includes the provisions that raise senators pay to $125,100, the same As House members now receive. The Senate was expected to promptly Send the Bill to the president for his signature. The Senate approved the raise earlier this month voting at the same time to no longer permit its members to accept Money for speeches. House negotiators on tuesday forced the Senate to accept additional ethics changes including an end to senators accepting stipends Lor moonlighting As radio personalities. The House tightened its ethics rules in 1989 when it voted itself the pay increase the Senate now Hopes to match. All american pos held in Iraq abused or tortured panel told Washington Apall . Pos held by Iraq in the persian Gulf War were tortured or abused and in some cases prisoners were subjected to severe beatings or electric shocks a military spokesman said thursday. Army a of. Bill Jordon testifying before the Yak Gressional human rights caucus said in one Case a Powys tooth was blown from its socket after his ears were apparently wired to a car Battery. Others reported beatings with rubber hoses a handles or pipes whippings with leather straps and shocks from electric cattle prods. A fall pos were mistreated a Jordan said. A none were permitted to speak with the International committee of the red Cross and All were abused or tortured. Omit were not Given proper medical attention or even rudimentary first Aid at the time of capture and immediately thereafter. A during interrogations at Baghdad facilities most pos were routinely subjected to hand blows to the head and beatings to the legs and Back with what was described As weighted rubber Hose a Jordan told the panel. He said six pos suffered wounds after being captured ranging from leg fractures dislocated jaws massive bruises and perforated eardrums. The panel is taking testimony As it assesses justification for seeking War crimes trials in the Wake of the Gulf War. Members also heard testimony from witnesses who were in Kuwait during the occupation. Dadulla Al Hamadi identified As an internist in a kuwaiti morgue presented photographs of bodies that showed signs of brutal treatment and gunshot wounds. In one Case he said the eyes of a victim had been gouged out. In another the victim had been placed in acid he said. Cindy h. Mccain wife of sen. John Mccain r-ariz., said she saw evidence of numerous atrocities while serving on a medical team that went to Kuwait in april. She said iraqis stopped feeding patients at a Hospital for the mentally retarded and Many starved to death. Dod puts War costs at $61 billion Washington up1 the Pentagon said wednesday that its persian Gulf War expenses would Likely reach $61 billion about $7 billion Short of commitments made by . Allies to subsidize the War Effort against Iraq. The anticipated shortfall would be covered by the $15 billion which Congress has set aside for costs above those paid by . Allies. Disclosure of the revised figure which would include expenses incurred during the withdrawal of . Troops from the Gulf came As the administration said it had received More than $46 billion of the $54 billion pledged by nations supporting the military assault to drive iraqis invading army from Kuwait. About $41 billion was in Cash and $5.4 billion consisted of material contributions including food fuel building materials and transportation. Richard Darman the presidents Bud get director told the House ways and Means committee a the Money is coming in fairly  he noted that about 96 percent of the remaining contributions Are owed by saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Saudi Arabia still owes $4.1 billion while Kuwait owes $3.5 billion. Japan and Korea have outstanding debts of More than $100 million each the office of management and budget report said. $130 million approved to rebuild Moscow embassy by the los Angeles times Cir Turnt Frrtz Rinino Hii inv it  with  by the los Angeles times Washington a the Senate hoping to move an embarrassing 6-Ycar-old diplomatic fiasco a Little closer to a Resolution voted wednesday to spend $130 million to tear Down and rebuild the new . Embassy in Moscow. The original building was found to be riddled with eavesdropping devices. The Money to demolish the building left unfinished after the soviet devices were discovered was included in a $22 billion appropriations Bill for the state Justice and Commerce departments. The Bill which also bars the stale department from doing business with companies that comply with the Arab Boycott of Israel passed 86-13. It must now go to a conference committee with the House which also has appropriated $130 million for the Moscow embassy. The House version however would let the Bush administration choose Between two controversial options tearing Down the embassy and rebuilding it or razing Only the top two floors and fitting it with four new once a the a top hat option. Quot a stalemate Between supporters of the two options has kept Congress from deciding what to do about the embassy since construction was halted in 1985. Meanwhile a fire heavily damaged parts of the old embassy last March making the need for new quarters More urgent according to the Bush administration. Wednesdays vote in reality did Little to resolve the dispute. With House appropriators insisting on the top hat option As More Cost effective and the Senate equally Adamant that nothing Short of a new building will satisfy the embassy a future Security requirements the two sides appeared to be set on a collision course. The conferees Hope to Settle the dispute in september. The Reagan and Bush administrations supported the tear Down option. But the state department said earlier this year that it is willing to Settle for a top Hattings if that would break the stalemate. Supporters of the partial Tea Down argue that it will meet the embassy a need for secure space at a lower Cost than reconstruction. Those who want the building torn Down say that Security at the Moscow facility is too important to risk Compromise by a half Way measure. The $130 million appropriated in both Bills would cover the Cost of either top Hatting the building or tearing it Down but not a new building