European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 b the stars and stripes tuesday october 22,1991duke s Success a dilemma for gop a Edwin Edwards former governor of Louisiana Waves to supporters at a Campaign rally this weekend. New Orleans apr National Republican leaders repudiated David Duke and state gop leaders were in a quandary after the former Klansman won a Slot in Louisiana a gubernatorial Runoff by restyling his looks and his message. A this thing is such a dilemma for everybody a Louisiana gop chairman William Nungesser said sunday. He said it was unlikely the state party leadership would take a position. Duke running As a Republican and Edwin Edwards a populist Democrat and charming rogue who beat a racketeering rap during three terms As governor edged out first term gov. Buddy Roemer on saturday to get on the ballot for the nov. 16 election. By switching from the democratic to the Republican party earlier this year Roemer raised twice As much As Edwards or Duke a More than $2 million a and won White House backing. But the Harvard educated reformer had alienated Many groups with the exception of environmentalists and abortion rights activists. Earlier this year he vetoed a stringent anti abortion Bill but the legislature overrode him. In unofficial returns with All but two of 3,927 precincts reporting Edwards led the 12-candidate Field with 516,119 votes or 34 percent Duke had 484,923, or 32 percent and Roemer finished out of the running with 408,904, or 27 percent. In Louisiana All candidates run in the same primary regardless of party. If no one gets More than 50 percent the top two vote getters meet in a Runoff. The White House chief of staff John h. Sununu tried sunday to distance the National gop from Duke during an interview on abcs this week with David Brinkley. A David Duke is not the Republican nominee a Sununu said. A the is an individual that has chosen to Call himself a Republican. He was not supported by the party there. He is not supported by the National but Duke predicted National republicans would not get involved in this race by backing his opponent As they did last year when he ran for the . Senate. Duke got 44 percent of the vote in that race against democratic sen. J. Bennett Johnston. A they would be betraying every Republican in this state every Republican in America if they backed a Liberal Democrat who has been so strongly opposed to the Republican party for so Many years a Duke said. The National party censured Duke for his Kun flux klan past after he was elected to the legislature in 1989. State republicans declined to follow suit. A i think Washington thinks he a running Down Here with a Hood on and burning crosses a gop chief Nungesser said. A a he a not doing that. He a denying his past and he a basically got a Good Republican platform for the most Duke 41, gained Broad support by downplaying his past and changing his looks said sociology professor Silas Lee of Xavier University of Lousiana in new Orleans. A the former Neo nazi and grand wizard of a Kkt splinter group has said his earlier activities were a Youthful indiscretions a and now he favors a civil rights for he has adopted a clean shaven blow dried took. Duke carried 30 of Louisiana a 64 parishes most of them Rural. He knocked Roemer out of the running by attracting Strong support in the mostly White bedroom communities surrounding new Orleans Baton Rouge and Shreveport. Edwards a 64-year-old who gained a reputation in office As a charmer with a penchant for women and gambling got most of the Black vote. He carried 27 parishes including the states largest mostly Black new Case delayed after deadlock Washington apr a supreme court apparently deadlocked in a High stakes dispute Over health warnings for cigarette smokers monday ordered the Case reheard presumably so Clarence Thomas can cast a tie breaking vote. In a Brief order the justices said they will hear new arguments in the Case to help them decide whether cigarette manufacturers May be sued for allegedly misrepresenting the dangers smokers face. The new arguments will be held in january on a Date yet to be determined court officials said. The court gave no indication that it wished to expand the scope of its inquiry or focus on a particular question that May have been left unanswered when the Case was first argued oct. 8. This strongly suggests that a 4-4 deadlock prompted the need for re argument and Thomas Coula cast the decisive vote after he is sworn in nov. 1 As the court s ninth member. In other developments the court a voted 5-3 to give judges new Protection from lawsuits ruling in an unsigned opinion that a California i judge May not be sued for allegedly ordering police to use excessive Force to bring a lawyer into his court. A rejected an Appeal by Missouri officials seeking to reduce the amount of Money the state must pay to lawyers who successfully sued to racially desegregate pubic schools in Kansas City. A left intact a ruling aimed at promoting More Blacks and hispanics in the Bridgeport conn., police department. In the cigarette advertising Case some justices expressed doubts during the oct. 8 argument that con supreme court Roundup Gress intended to let smokers sue tobacco companies in state courts. The Case stemming from a new Jersey family a eight year Battle with the cigarette Industry is Likely to be decided by july. A it sounds like they re deadlocked on some issues. But it does no to Tell us anything a said Cynthia Walters a lawyer for the family of Rose Cipollone. Good screamer can make tidy living in Hollywood Temecula Calif. A Cheryl Lander a lungs Are her living. Lander 40, is a professional screamer whose work has been heard in dozens of productions from halloween Charity events to radio and television shows a it just does things for your body that nothing else can a said Lander who recently recruited her 14-year-old daughter into the business. A a Good scream is a full body but there also is the danger of pulling Muscles and damaging vocal cords. Lander said she was a born screamer. A it was the Way i released Energy when i got excited a she said. A when i was Happy i screamed. When someone scared me i a in the car when she saw cows a she loved cows a she would scream bloody murder a said her Mother Bonsai Sanders. In 1970, As a College theater major Lander answered a casting Call for screamers. She got $50 for 75 screams that became Stock for horror films. Years later she started a screaming Telegram service. Dressed As the grim reaper she would screech for $75 a shot. Word of her screaming prowess spread leading to off screen parts in a dozen films. Where does she practice a the freeway is the Best to scream a Lander said. A the traffic jams on the 91 freeway in Orange county give me a Good reason to Belt out a few screams. Cipollone from Little ferry n.j., died in 1984 from lung cancer at age 58. She had smoke i cigarettes for 42 years. The Central Issue is whether federally required warnings on cigarette packs shield manufacturers from suits alleging that their advertising conceals the hazards of smoking. The warnings Are authorized by the Federal cigarette Labelling and advertising act of 1965. The stakes in the Case Are very High anti smoking activists say. A High court ruling against the Industry could Force a big increase in How much a pack of cigarettes costs because cigarette makers might face having to pay billions of dollars in damages from new lawsuits. A Federal jury in 1988 ordered Liggett group inc. To pay Antonio Cipollone $400,000, the nations first monetary damage award against the Industry. However it absolved Philip Morris inc. And Lorillard inc., which made other brands of cigarettes his wife smoked. Antonio Cipollone has since died and the Legal Battle is being carried on by his son. Ousted University president accused of sexual advances Columbia . Apr former University of South Carolina president James Holderman ousted Over a Money scandal last year made sexual overtures toward male students who travelled with him at Public expense a newspaper said sunday. The Charlotte . Observer reported that the interns also said they were overwhelmed with gifts of clothing and jewelry paid for with Public Money. They told of finding it difficult to resist his advances. Holderman 55, told the paper through a lawyer that he a categorically denies making any sexual advances toward students. He resigned last year amid controversy Over his lavish spending. In state criminal charges that followed he pleaded guilty this year to receiving extra compensation and pleaded no contest to state tax evasion charges. Holderman who recently separated from his wife is on five years probation and in the process of performing 500 hours of Community service. He remains a tenured professor on leave from the University a government and International studies department. University president John Palms said in a statement sunday that he was a a distressed by the report and plans to begin proceedings on dec. 1 to revoke Holder Many a tenure at the school. Three students said that Holderman asked them to get in bed with him and that they refused. A fourth said Holderman placed and kept his hand on his buttock. On a 1984 trip to Paris w. Van Sant said Holderman asked him to get into bed with him and became angry when he refused. Van Sant said Holderman kept asking despite repeated refusals. Van Sant said Holderman had also made previous advances to the students discomfort. Van Sant said he told no one of hold Ermanus advances because a i was embarrassed i thought people might think i was Gay a
