European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 16, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7 Buchanan to Challenge Bush in 92 Patrick j. Buchanan by Ann Devroy the Washington Post Washington a conservative commentator Patrick j. Buchanan plans to Challenge president Bush for the 1992 Republican presidential nomination and will a particulate the conservative values that George Bush has abandoned a his sister and chief political adviser said thursday. Buchanan s sister Bay Buchanan said thursday that a presidential run entered in new Hampshire the first primary state is a virtually certain Quot and will be built around her brother a new theme a America first a a combination of isolationism on foreign policy and anti government anti tax themes domestically. Edward j. Rollins the Republican operative who has been involved in the last five gop presidential campaigns said a Buchanan entry into the Campaign which he anticipates by thanksgiving will be a More than a nuisance factors for Bush. Buchanan a candidacy could Rob the president of his unchallenged position on the National and International stage at the time the democrats Are locked in Battle Over their nominee. Referring to the re election Campaign he ran for former president Reagan Rollins said a a we had the luxury of formulating and promoting a positive message and program when democrats were squabbling. A George Bush will be renominated in 1992, Rollins said a but a Buchanan Challenge is not  Buchanan was on a speaking tour and could not be reached. Bay Buchanan said said she believes her brother will announce his intentions around thanksgiving. A i am operating As if it will be a yes Quot she said. At the White House president Bush brushed Oil a question about Buchanan and press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater offered Only a quip that the White House has a already had a Buchanan Quot a reference to James Buchanan who was president from 1857 to 1861. Gop sources said that unlike Many challengers to incumbents Buchanan will Likely have decent finances and be relatively Well known. His conservative newsletter a source said offers him a fundraising list of some 15,000 names and several million viewers see him regularly on television talk shows. Buchanan is Likely to lose his television and newspaper exposure once he says he is a candidate. Buchanan opposed the persian Gulf War As not in the United states interests opposes most foreign entanglements and foreign Aid Overall. He is staunchly anti abortion and launched his first sustained blast at Bush when the president abandoned his 1988 Campaign pledge and raised taxes. He criticized Bush s Compromise on civil rights legislation this year and on legislation to help the disabled last year. Buchanan 53, has served in prior gop administrations including communications director for Reagan but has never run for office. A run this time is seen by some gop officials As an Effort to establish his Campaign credentials for 1996, As much As a move to unseat a sitting president. Bay Buchanan said she had enlisted a conservative new Hampshire Republican Chris Tremblay to run the Campaign there and gop sources said they anticipate what they Call the a anti Sununu forces to be heavily involved in the Buchanan Campaign in an Effort to Embarrass the White House chief of staff John . Supreme court stays execution of convicted killer in Louisiana Angola la. Apr the . Supreme court granted a stay of execution thursday to a retarded Man who raped and killed his Girlfriend s baby Sitter by beating her and setting her on fire. Robert Wayne Sawyer had been scheduled to die Early Friday in Louisiana a first execution by injection. The supreme court granted a hearing on arguments that it would be unlawfully cruel to execute Sawyer because he is retarded. The vote of the nine member court Wasny to announced and no immediate Date was set for the hearing. The High court also Wil consider a new development involving a juror who said he did no to know Sawyer was retarded defense lawyer Neal Walker said. The supreme court was Sawyers last Hope. Gov. Buddy Roemer had rejected the Pardon boards recommendation and refused to commute the sentence to life in prison. Sawyer 41, had been moved to the Louisiana state Penitentiary death House thursday morning. His sister and brother in Law spent the Day with him Warden John Whitley said. Louisiana is the 19th state to adopt lethal injection. The state has executed 77 people since 1941, when it changed from the Hangman a noose to the electric chair. Sawyer was convicted of killing 23-year-old Frances Arwood of Gretna who was baby sitting for his Girlfriend. Charles Lane who is serving a life sentence for murder and Sawyer raped and beat Arwood poured scalding water on her doused her with lighter fluid and ignited it. Arwood was in a coma for two months in 1979 before dying of severe Burns and brain damage. Defense attorneys argued that Sawyer should t be executed because his mind is crippled by retardation and mental illness and because evidence was withheld from his trial in 1980. Sawyer has an in of 68, compared with the average of 100, a defense witness told the Louisiana Pardon Board. He reads at about a third Grade level and can do simple addition and subtraction at a second Grade level said University of new Mexico professor Ruth Lukason. Prosecutors said that the execution should proceed because trial testimony showed Sawyer knew the difference Between right and wrong. The Board voted 3-2 in favor of commuting Sawyers death sentence to life in prison. Roemer rejected the recommendation. Last year the Board tied 2-2, turning Down a plea for clemency. Robert Wayne Sawyer wipes away a  cops turn pranksters Hyannis mass. A a hotel filled with hundreds of police officers gathered for a convention suffered a night of false fire alarms fire extinguisher sprinzing and other Rowdy pranks. A i think its their Way of having fun a said Michael Lynch general manager of the Cape cod Plaza hotel. A but most people attending the convention Are As upset As we  members of the Massachusetts police association comprised 95 percent of 600 guests registered at the hotel Lynch said. There were 22 false fire alarms Between wednesday afternoon and 2 . Thursday. People also sprayed fire extinguishers broke ice machines and carried off two televisions said Kevin Smily another hotel employee. After the wild night Barnstable police chief Neil Nightingale sent two uniformed officers to patrol the hotel. His infected Sailor facing court martial for lying about results of aids test Norfolk a. Up a Sailor is being tried this week on charges that he failed to notify medical officials after he tested positive for his the aids virus. Fireman Charles Culver 28, faces up to 35 years in confinement on charges of making a false statement and disobeying Navy orders. The court martial at Norfolk naval base is believed to be the first Case of its kind in military or civilian courts. A military dentist testified wednesday that Culver made written and verbal denials concerning his medical condition. The dentist it. Cmdr. Stephen Wallace testified thursday that Culver visited him in february complaining of a Toothache. Wallace said Culver who works at the Shore intermediate maintenance activity facility in Portsmouth stated on a health questionnaire that he had not tested positive for the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. After the dentist reviewed the questionnaire he said he asked Culver directly a have you Ever been positive for an aids blood test a Culver responded he had not Wallace said. If the dentist had been notified of the positive test it would have had a profound effects on How he went about the examination Wallace said. Navy records indicate Culver tested positive in 1988 and he allegedly failed to confirm his test on several occasions. He is charged with one count of making a false official statement and six counts of wilful disobedience of an order. Penalties can Range from none to dishonourable discharge reduction in pay Grade and up to 35 years in confinement. C Ulvert a lawyer planned to argue that the question was an invasion of privacy and planned to present witnesses who will testify that the risk of a patient infecting a doctor who practices Good infectious control is minimal. Quot the military order is an unnecessary intrusion into the service member a personal life forcing him or her to reveal embarrassing and private information about themselves Quot said the attorney it. John Ray. But the Navy in a written opinion it issued wednesday has already rejected that argument. A the Law is Clear that the military has a legitimate interest in safeguarding the health of its personnel by preventing the spread of any communicable disease to ensure military fitness combat readiness and the health of its members a cd Apt. William Vest or. Wrote in the opinion. C Ulver who has shown no symptoms of the disease apparently did not infect anyone in his visits to the Portsmouth naval Hospital in february and March. Authorities initially charged Culver with assault but the Navy dropped that charge. Earlier this year a fort Listis Soldier infected with the aids virus was convicted of seven charges of aggravated assault and 11 counts of disobeying the army a Safe sex order when he failed to use condoms while engaging in sex