European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday november 16,1991 democratic candidate Edwin Edwards greets new Orleans supporters left Republican candidate David Duke catches his earphone during a television interview in Bossier  votes today in governor s race Duke still behind Edwards poll shows from wire reports Shreveport la. A former Kun flux klan Leader David Duke trailed former gov. Edwin Edwards As they head toward a weekend Runoff election in the Louisiana governors race according to a poll released thursday. Fifty three percent of those polled said they would vote for Edwards a Democrat whose three terms As governor were tainted by scandal with another two percent saying they were leaning toward a vote for Edwards. Twenty seven percent said they would vote for Duke a Republican rejected by National party leaders or were leaning toward voting for him. Fifteen percent were undecided according to the poll commissioned by new Orleans business group Louisiana business 2000. Edwards and Duke bumped gov. Buddy Roemer from the race in an open primary last month. A Runoff will be held today. Marketing research Institute of Mississippi conducted the Survey of 800 registered Louisiana voters monday through wednesday. The Survey had a margin for error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage Points. It was the fourth Independent poll released in two Days that showed Edwards ahead. Duke said he did no to believe the latest numbers. A it was taken the same time As two others. Its entirely different from theirs a he said. Only one of three polls released wednesday was taken at the same time. That poll conducted monday and tues Day showed Edwards with 49 percent and Duke with 42 percent and 9 percent undecided. It was adjusted to account for what pollsters consider a a hidden vote of those who support Duke but wont admit it to pollsters. In another Campaign development a newspaper in Scotland defended an article it printed last year that said Duke made numerous anti semitic remarks during an interview. Information in that article was picked up this week by a new Orleans newspaper. The Scotland on sunday article paraphrased Duke As saying jews started world War ii to destroy aryan culture ran Stalin a concentration Camps and were to blame for communism civil rights drugs rape and immorality. Duke denied making anti semitic remarks during the interview and said the article contained no direct quotes reflecting such views. He said the reporter should produce a tape of the interview. Duke campaigned thursday in Northern Louisiana and Edwards attended a rally in new Orleans late in the Day where he told an enthusiastic crowd of supporters that Duke will never occupy the governors office. Quot the pollsters Are saying they can Tiell about Dukes strength because he a flies below radar a but 48 hours from now he a going to crash and hell never be governor of Louisiana a Edwards told a racially mixed audience of about 2,000 at new Orleans River Gate auditorium. Earlier thursday a group of Black leaders gathered in the tiny mount Moriah Baptist Church in new Orleans for a United message to Louisiana voters. A fall people of Good will stand steadfastly opposing this manifestation of hatred ignorance and intolerance a said the Rev. Simmie l. Harvey who marched with Martin Luther King in the 1960s. A the attack on Christian churches with demagoguery has created a deep crisis in our interfaith  standing with 20 Black ministers and civic leaders the Leader of the Southern Christian leadership conference state chapter never mentioned Duke by name but opened a Book with a picture of Duke in Kkt dress from 1979. A the world is praying for Louisiana to make the right decision a he said. In Harrisonburg va., meanwhile James Madison football coach rip Scherer will withdraw his name from consideration for the same Job at Tulane if David Duke wins Louisiana a gubernatorial election he said. A a it a a matter of principle a Scherer told the daily news record of Harrisonburg. A a you a be endorsing Dukes philosophy. I  want my name associated with anything of that  the new Orleans times Picayune reported this week that Scherer the Dukes first year coach is among 13 candidates to replace Tulane coach Greg Davis who announced monday he would resign at the end of the  Boss bashes Cuomo for War views Fence sitting Albany . A the National Republican party chairman visited gov. Mario Cuomo a Home turf tuesday and accused the prospective democratic presidential candidate of urging appeasement toward Iraq before the persian Gulf War. Gop chairman Clayton Yeutter also painted Cuomo As an indecisive politician who would have problems in the South and West if he ran for president because he is viewed As a new York Liberal. The chairman in Albany to help new York Republican leaders raise Money charged that Cuomo endorsed a an appeasement policy toward Iraq before the Gulf War. Cuomo raised the possibility of giving Saddam Hussein some land and Oil Fields in return for a withdrawal from Kuwait and destruction of iraqi nuclear chemical and biological weapons capabilities. Cuomo has been enmeshed in state budget talks in Albany and under pressure from National democratic leaders to make up his mind about whether he will seek the party s presidential nomination. A my personal View is he a been an unannounced candidate for a substantial period of time a Yeutter said and added that the Republican National committee has begun doing a general research on Cuomo. Yeutter said it was Fine with him if Cuomo continued to sit on the Fence about a presidential run. A the longer that deliberative process goes on the less attractive the governor becomes As a candidate a Yeutter said. A the delay is clearly indicative of  Cuomo published a novel attack against president Bush in thursdays new York times. While other democrats have been making Hay of Bush a numerous foreign trips Cuomo said the president made a serious mistake in cancelling a trip to Japan. Bush has since announced that he will visit Japan at a later  broadcasters set democratic debates by the new York times Washington a seven National broadcast outlets will sponsor prime time debates among the democratic presidential contenders beginning dec. 15 on Abc organizers said thursday. The agreement gives the six major democratic candidates still Little known a Chance at a Broad National audience. By contrast candidates engaged in a seemingly endless round of debates in the 1988 primary season. But most of them were regional and aimed at comparatively Small audiences. In addition to Abc the agreement involves Abc lbs can Fox pcs and a Span. Each network will broadcast one debate in prime time. So far Only two Are scheduled a the first to be held in no cd a Washington studio and a second to be held by can at St. Anselmus College in Manchester n.h., on feb. 16, two Days before the new Hampshire primary. The project is being coordinated by debates �?T92, a spinoff of citizens vote a non profit organization that focuses on political participation and non voters. Each of the sponsoring broadcasters will have final authority Over the format and participants. The debates could have a dramatic Impact on a nominating process that has drawn considerable criticism Over the years for encouraging candidates to tailor their campaigns to the states with the earliest primaries and caucuses notably Iowa Ana new Hampshire. A a there a certainly a possibility that it will broaden the audience in terms of the political discourse in the primaries and caucuses and quite possibly even contribute to increased turnout a said Jody Powell a Public relations executive and a supporter of the debates. A just from the Campaign managers standpoint it will Force candidates and Campaign managers to begin much earlier than they otherwise would in really refining and Honing a National message a said Powell who was White House press Secretary in president Carters administration