European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday september 7,1991thomas and group rejects Sununu Appeal Washington a conservative groups thursday a pumped a personal Appeal from White House chief of staff John h. Sununu to yank a pro Clarence Thomas television and attacking the ethics of three democratic senators. They said they would keep running the controversial commercial until a left Wing groups. Enter into a political ceasefire Over the supreme court nomination. The White House said Sununu called l. Brent smell Iii of the conservative Victory committee on wednesday evening to urge him to atop running the commercial which assails democratic Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts Joseph Biden of Delaware and Alan Cranston of California. A unfortunately the administration has no desire to confront the Radical left a Bozell the committee s executive director and Floyd Brown chairman of citizens United said in a statement. A we did t Start the politicization and attack campaigns now surrounding the nomination Quot they said charging that Liberal groups a viciously destroyed judge Robert Bork in 1987�?� in his unsuccessful confirmation fight. A until the left agrees to discontinue All its efforts against judge Thomas our two week Campaign in the . Market will continue Quot said the conservative activists. Vice president Dan Quayle said thursday that the and sponsors a got a lot of free publicity Quot because of the Media coverage of the controversy. A a there a a Way to be successful and a Way to self destruct a Quayle said. A that and is not the right Way to do it at  president Bush who wednesday called the and offensive and counterproductive invited Thomas to the White House for breakfast Friday. Bozell said the two groups were spending $100,000 to run the and locally. The and says Thomas a Black conservative who sits on a Federal appeals court a faces bitter opposition from Liberal democrats. How Many of these Liberal democrats could themselves pass ethical scrutiny a a somber voice says Kennedy was a suspended from Harvard for cheating. Left the scene of the Accident at Chappaquiddick where Mary to Kopechne died. And this year Palm  Biden was a found guilty of plagiarism during his presidential Campaign a it intones and Cranston was a implicated in the Keating five a amp a  democratic National committee chairman Ron Brown said wednesday that Bush was letting others conduct a a Gutter  asked if Bush planned to do anything else to persuade the conservatives to Stop running the and White House Deputy press Secretary Gary Foster said a a he a made his views  on thursday a citizen action group founded by television evangelist Pat Robertson said it was launching a National and Campaign to support Thomas. The Christian coalition Campaign which includes an and showing Thomas in front of an unfurled american Flag will Cost Between $500,000 and $1 million said director Ralph Reed. Reed described the pro Thomas message As a positive and  Battle predicted for seating Noriega jury Miami apr jury selection began thursday for former panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega with one of the first potential jurors denouncing him As a human rights violator. The jurors statement demonstrated the difficulties faced by both sides in finding an impartial jury As 115 candidates filed into the ornate Central courtroom in the Federal courthouse to begin Noriega a Long delayed drug and racketeering trial. The defense after reviewing 1,200 questionnaires sent out by the court had predicted an Uphill Battle to seat the jury. 11 one juror illustrated that difficulty when the judge asked whether anyone knew Noriega. A i know him As a violation of human rights a said Lesbia Reyna standing up and looking directly at the seated Noriega. But she admitted she did not know him Personalty. Her husband or. Roberto Reyna was director of the panamanian human rights committee in Miami he later said. A i was very much involved in denouncing or. Noriega so we were very surprised when she was called a Roberto Reyna said. A i guess it was just  Lesbia Reyna was one of More than 30 hispanics on the 96-member panel from which the court will try to select a jury of 12, along with six alternates. The questionnaire asked jurors such questions As whether they had Ever heard of Noriega George Bush Ronald Reagan Oliver North and other figures whose names will be raised at the trial. They also asked what television programs they watch whether they can Fly a plane and whether they Ever visited Panama. . District judge William Hoeveler opened the selection process with a lecture reminding the jury candidates of the ancient origins of the jury trial and warned them to leave their prejudices behind. A it is essential we select in this country a which i firmly believe we can do a a qualified jury in this Case a he said. The judge has said he hoped to seat a jury in a few Days. Jon May defense attorney for Manuel Noriega arrives at . District court for the Start of jury selection thursday but the defense said a review of the 1,200 questionnaires did not Bode Well for seating an impartial jury. Asked what they thought of Noriega More than 60 percent were of the View a they should just hang him a defense attorney Frank Rubino said. Noriega is charged with turning Panama into a Way station for colombians Medellin Cartel to process and ship drugs to the United states. He allegedly took at least $10 million in bribes to protect Cartel operations As they shipped tons of cocaine by boat and plane. The defense however insists that Many of Noriega a efforts were part of joint a but secret a .-Panama operations approved by the Cia and other agencies. Some drug flights they have implied were part of North a illegal Supply operation to Aid the Contra rebels fighting Nicaragua a leftist government in the mid-1980s. Carter Bush invests time wisely on foreign policy Washington a the notion that president Bush spends too much time on foreign affairs is being challenged by an unexpected source one who Laboured under the same criticism during his own White House tenure Jimmy Carter. Carter made a sentimental visit to the White House on thursday evening to discuss several International issues and emerged with a Strong defense of Bush s handling of issues ranging from the Middle East to the soviet Union. As for the accusation that Bush is obsessed with foreign affairs Carter said a that was the same charge that was always made against  �?o1 did t think it was fair then and i Don t think it s fair  the former president who occupied the White House from 1977 to 1981, returned Here to discuss with Bush and former japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone a study on ways to improve .-japanese relations. But both Carter and Nakasone told reporters that most of the a if hour Long meeting was spent talking about the soviet upheaval and the Middle East. �?o1 think that the coup obviously brought about a very specific reconfirmation of the soviet people themselves to Freedom and democracy and now what comes out of this turmoil will be better than what was there before a Carter said. Controversial founder of self help group Dies Sandy Ore. Apr Eldridge Broussard the controversial founder of the self help group ecclesia athletic association was found dead Early Friday in the same House where his daughter was beaten to death three years ago authorities said. Broussard 39, appeared to have died alone and of natural causes in the House near Sandy in Clackamas county but an autopsy was pending said sheriffs Deputy Peter Tutmark. A there was no evidence of violence a Tutmark said. A friends found the body shortly before 3 a.m., Tutmark said. Ecclesia formerly used the House As its Oregon base of operations. Broussard a former basketball Star at Pacific University in Forest Grove founded ecclesia in 1975 in los Angeles. The organization was intended to lift children out of the dead end ghetto life through athletic training and strict discipline. The group at one time had dozens of children from los Angeles in the House near Sandy. But in october 1988, four ecclesia staff members took Dayna Broussard s body to a fire station near the House. Four adult ecclesia members eventually were convicted of manslaughter in her death. Several children testified at the trial that they were systematically beaten As part of the group s discipline. Broussard did not face state charges in connection with the death but he and seven followers faced a 30-count Federal indictment alleging that they held 29 children in slavery and conspired to deny their civil rights. The Federal indictment returned earlier this year alleges that Dayna a death resulted from the conspiracy