European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday november 3, 1991 Bush concedes sea won this round after surveying Home Kennebunkport Maine president Bush getting the first look at his storm ravaged summer Home declared saturday that a the sea won this  he said years accumulation of furniture and personal belongings -4&d been lost. But he tried to put As upbeat a face on the extensive damage As possible. A everything can be fixed a Bush said. The president and first lady Barbara Bush gave reporters a tour of his family Home at walkers Point which was battered by wednesdays storm in the Atlantic Ocean. A a it a devastating a Bush said As he surveyed the oceanfront Side of the House. Much of the first floor was washed away and there were mud boulders and upturned furniture everywhere. A the main part of the House is severely damaged a Bush said. But he said he believed the Structure of the three Story 26-room House built in 1903 by his Grandfather was sound and could be restored. Bush said he had insurance but that he expected it would not cover much of the damage. The House was assessed last year at $2.2 million but local realtors Nave said the Market value is probably substantially More. Quot All that Nice living room went out to sea a Barbara Bush told reporters. A i suspect you can pick up some pillows on your Way  but she added a a lot worse things happen in  the damage to the Bushes property was so bad that the president had to drive in from a Sanford Maine Airport instead of flying helicopter. There was no Safe place for his Marine one helicopter to land on the 11-acre compound. I Bush a motorcade slowed to a crawl As he headed dowry Ocean Avenue toward his ancestral Hom. Other houses Over looking the Ocean bore the signs of their own losing Battle with wednesdays sudden northeastern that battered the Eastern Seaboard. The Yard of St. Annas Church a the Stone episcopal Church where Bush a parents were wed and he was baptized a was littered with boulders. The rocks had been cleared from Bush a driveway but the Stone pier in his Cove was in ruins and a flagpole was Askew. At the nearby Shawmut inn gravel and debris half filled the swimming Pool and the deck was under a half foot bed of Sand and rocks. The Bushes planned to return to Washington late saturday afternoon. Bush returned to the White House on saturday morning from a two Day political swing through Texas where he sought to put a Good face on grim economic news by urging americans to go out and buy a new Home or car to get the Economy perking again. Bush raised $2 million for his re election drive and lashed out at democratic critics in Houston and Dallas the past two nights. In Dallas he charged Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine was mane vering to Force him to veto a jobless benefits Bill again for a a demagogic purposes. A if he sends me Down a Bill that a going to bust the budget agreement in a going to veto it and Send it right Back a Bush said. A the is not going to dish it out and then be unable to take  he bluntly urged the Federal Reserve on Friday to lower interest rates to boost the recovery which Bush insisted was under Way despite october a Rise in the unemployment rate to 6.8 percent and the first decline in eight months in the Index of leading economic indicators. A i done to want to be a Rosy scenario Man a said Bush. One Home saved Richard terms doll Gallagher of Scituate mass., May have lost his family a House but his Daugh House survived the coastal storm that slammed the Atlantic coast last week. Fees drive Smith info debt spokeswoman says from wire reports West Palm Beach Al William Kennedy Smith is borrowing to pay the mounting Legal Bills for his rape trial defense and has complained that he is now broke a spokeswoman says. \ at the second Day of jury selection for the trial spokeswoman Barbara. Gamarekian said Friday that the Nephew of  m. Kennedy has dipped into his inheritance to pay Bills that lawyers have estimated at More than $1 million. \ she said Smith has insisted to other members of his family that he wanted to cover the costs himself. Smith also told her that he believed his reputation has now been a ruined. That it will Ben difficult to repair no matter what a Gamarekian said. \ a a it a been a nightmarish few months fyr him a said Gamarekian a former new York times reporter who worked in the White House press office during the Kennedy administration. She was hired last week to represent Smith. Smith a 1991 medical school graduate is accused of raping a Jupiter fla., woman Early March 30 at the Oceanside Kennedy family estate in North Palm Beach. Opening arguments in the Case Are due to begin dec. 2, assuming the selection of the six person jury is completed As planned. So far no jurors have been seated. Gamarekian a comments seemed intended to counter the portrait of Smith painted by prosecutor Moira k. Lasch. Lasch has referred repeatedly to the Kenne Dysh wealth and Power and spoken bitingly of Kennedy a 1969 Auto Accident at Chappaquiddick and the a Well oiled Kennedy machine. Attorneys in the Case Are under a judicial gag order but Smith hired Gamarekian to respond to questions that do not concern the details of the hearing. The complexity of the attorneys task in sorting out prospective jurors views was evident Friday As the judge and lawyers interviewed four More candidates. Many of the prospects had Strong feelings about the Kennedy family. David Thatcher a government employee said he recalled warmly the Days of president Kennedy so Camelot administration and thought that the Kennedy family s loss of two sons by assassination was More than any family should be forced to Bear. Overall a the Kerme Dys have gotten More of a bad rap than they deserve. They certainly got their share of tragic situations a he said. E other potential witnesses were asked their opinions regarding the behaviour of the accuser. A woman said the accuser should never have left the bar with some said a a not wan to have sex the jury candidate a a old enough that she should not be that naive. Nobody is so completely innocent a prospective juror Renee Eisenberg 56, said during questioning Fri Edwards gains backing from business leaders new Orleans apr former gov. Edwin Edwards won endorsements Friday and state rep. David Duke Drew brickbats from business leaders who said his racist image would hobble the City a convention Ana sports industries. A some people say David Duke will Hurt the convention Industry. That a nonsense. He wont Hurt the convention Industry. Hell eliminate it a said Dave Dixon an Art dealer who spearheaded construction of the Louisiana super dome and helped attract a National football league franchise to the City. A Duke election would dash the City a Hopes of attracting such sporting events As the super bowl or College basketball a final four Dixon said at a news conference. A the nil Learned its lesson in Arizona. They wont talk about it.  just do it a Dixon said referring to Phoenix s loss of a super bowl when the state failed to adopt a Martin Luther King or. Holiday. But nil spokesman Greg Aiello said a we Haven to Given it any thought at All. We re following the saints in Louisiana not the governors  a Duke a Republican was a Kun flux klan Leader in the 1970s and an associate of Neo nazis in the 1980s. He has attributed his memberships in those groups to his youth. Although Democrat Edwards three term administration has been tarnished by scandal business leaders have line up in Large numbers behind him. Or. Merve Trail a civic activist Ai head of the new Orleans sports found Tion presented letters from sever groups that said they would hold no to conventions in Louisiana if Duke we elected. The groups Are the criminal jul Tice statistics association the americ association of otolaryngology head Ai neck surgeons and the american Aca Emy of child and adolescent psychiatry