European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 2, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5media army descends on Smith trial by pall Richter los Angeles times West Palm Beach Fla. A no matter How Long the William Kennedy Smith rape trial lasts it will play to a vast audience. Eighty news organizations with 488 reporters and photographers have received credentials to cover the trial at the Palm Beach county courthouse where opening arguments Start today. The new courtroom television network plans to Cany live coverage to the roughly 6 million Homes it reaches and then replay highlights during the evenings. Publicity in Palm Beach county has been Una bating. Jack Cole a talk show Host on local wino radio has discussed the Case on the air with lawyers police officers local officials average citizens and one prospective juror. �?o1 Don t know that a Day has gone by that 1 Haven to mentioned it a said Cole who volunteers his View that he thinks the accuser has a poor moral character. The Palm Beach Post has covered the Case encyclopedic ally. The paper has written about new developments regularly reprised earlier ones and in a column called Media watch scolded other news organizations such As Cable news network and the Washington Post for what it said Are factual errors about the trial or the ways of Palm Beach. One sign of the audience s interest is a growing flow of letters to Palm Beach county circuit court judge Mary e. Lupo decrying the unfair treatment of Smith the overweening influence of the Ken Nedys or the Gall of an accuser who w ent to a Many a Home at 3 . One recent letter from Quebec said in French that the accuser a should Well have known what would happen when she became involved with Smith. A the world will never  a letter from a prison inmate in Georgia complimented Lupo on her appearance. Two others from women who said they had been following jury selection on television said they were worried that Lupos frequent drinks of water could be a sign of diabetes. Local attitudes about the Case seem to be polarized Between the business people who Hope it will Spur Trade during a recession and the other residents who Long ago wearied of the subject. The Palm Beach county convention amp visitors Bureau has recently tried to persuade the army of journalists covering the trial to help the local Economy by writing about the Community a other aspects. But one prominent local businessman said All the trial Means to him is a that traffic around Here is going to get a lot  Many prominent Palm Beach residents noting that the Kennedy have rarely involved themselves in local affairs in their 70 years As part time Palm teachers said they consider the trial a Battle Between outsiders. Others seem most concerned about How the trial has disrupted local order and Tranquility. The local irritation with the National Media attention was apparent last month when Susan Estrich a University of Southern California Law professor and specialist in Laws on sex crimes delivered remarks on the Smith ease to the Palm Beach county bar association. Only two questions were asked and one was a what do you think Are the responsibilities of the press not to turn this into a circus Quot Roy e. Black. Smith s Lead attorney has contended that there have been at least six break ins at the High walled Kennedy mansion since the allegations were brought although Only one of them allegedly by a free Lance photographer was reported to police. There Are Likely to be other strange sideshows As Well. Hezkial Carroll a 37-Vear-old West Palm Beach resident Hung around the courthouse for several weeks trying to sell 5-by-7 photographs of the alleged victim. Last week however he w As taken out of circulation when he was convicted of forging checks Worth nearly $7,900. If Smith is convicted he could receive 15 years in jail although As a first offender he is More Likely to be sentenced to up to four years incarceration or probation lawyers said. But Estrich said a whatever the jury decides the larger trial going on outside the courtroom on radio shows in newsrooms at Kitchen tables and around Coffee machines May ultimately be the More important  members admit digging for colonial vault Williamsburg a. Up three members of a new age sect who admit digging in a colonial Williamsburg graveyard in quest of a mysterious vault said they planned to turn themselves Over to police today. Church leaders of Bruton Parish have said they will seek to prosecute the Trio who made their first unauthorized dig in a Church cemetery in september. After the incident the Church obtained a court order barring them from Parish property. If Church officials press charges it would a make a Marty ring example of us to the new age a said Marsha Middleton in i h l Start Anu s t r ills of Sante be n.m., one of the three. The Trio could be charged with trespassing defacing Church property and violating the court order according to police. A going to jail would t make us Happy a Middleton said a especially with  according to Middleton she and her husband Frank Flint and a Friend Doug Moore were responsible for the second attempt to find the mysterious vault they believe is hidden in the churchyard. The three All members of the ministry of the children began a second dig about Midnight tuesday and worked until they were chased away by a Williamsburg Security guard about 4 30 . Wednesday Middleton said. They were searching for a 17th-Century vault they believe contains among other things writings of sir Francis Bacon and lost books of the Bible that must be unearthed before the year 2000. Bacon s writings would provide a blueprint for a utopian society and also prove he wrote plays attributed to William Shakespeare the group believes. Middleton who has had her two sons with her in Virginia since september vowed to continue her quest. Quot were going to keep at it. We re not going to let it die a she said. A a in be spent 20 years preparing for this Quot she said adding that Jesus Christ gave her a Mission to find the vault. The new age movement emerged in the 1980s As a loosely defined Label for a Broad variety of spiritual social and personal concerns. New age refers to an open attitude toward such belief systems As Pagan occult Oriental and modern syncretism in movements and holds that they Are valid alternatives to the Jude Christian tradition.10 years ago dec. 2,1961 the supreme court ruled military secrecy superseded protecting the environment dealing a Sharp blow to groups that demanded the Pentagon prepare environmental Impact statements before building a nuclear weapons storage facility.20 years ago dec. 2,1971 a at the close of their Rome conference the United states and its major overseas trading partners seriously considered for the first time devaluing the Dollar against Gold to ease the International monetary crisis.30 years ago dec. 2,1961 a just hours after the registration deadline passed the . Communist party was indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges of failing to Register with the government As a soviet controlled organization.40 years ago dec. 2,1951 a the . Truce team claiming the communist air Force was a major threat to a stable peace rejected a communist bid to build airfields in North Korea during an armistice. Right to die debate hits landmark with patient self determination act by new Day discussion of death became a federally mandated fact of life on sunday every health care facility in the country that receives any Federal reimbursement a and that includes virtually every Hospital nursing Home clinic and Home health care Agency a must begin informing patients of their rights to determine in Advance whether they wish to get life sustaining medical treatment should they become hopelessly ill. The Federal patient self determination act which took effect dec. 1, ends a Central chapter in a National drama that began in april 1975, when a Young new Jersey woman named Karen Ann Quinlan lapsed into a coma after a night of heavy drinking. The ensuing Legal Battle in which Quinlan s parents fought successfully to have her removed from a Respirator for the first time focused National attention on the fact that medical technology could sustain life a for months and years a past the Point where the patient could Benefit from treatment. As of sunday almost 17 years after the Quinlan Saga began a new Federal Law authored by sen. Daniel p. Moynihan d-n.y., and sen. John c. Danforth r-mo., requires that patients be made aware of relevant state Laws regarding Advance instructions such As living wills and new Yorkus health care proxy Law. In a living will patients spell out the circumstances under which they would judge opens Way for removal of daughter s feeding tube Clayton to. A a judge has ruled in favor of a father who wants to remove a feeding tube from his severely brain damaged daughter probate judge Louis Kohn found that 21-year-old Christine Busalacchi who was injured in an Auto Accident is in a persistent vegetative state and Isnit responding to treatment. He said her father Pete Busalacchi has the right to make the decision to remove the feeding tube. Last december Kohn gave Busa Lacchi permission to Transfer his daughter from a Missouri Hospital to one in Minnesota but the health department blocked the move with an Appeal. The state supreme court had ordered the hearing last week before Kohn to gather More evidence on Christine Busalacchi condition. Kohn will Send his findings and other recommendations to the states highest court for a final decision in the Case. It was unclear when that would be. Want life sustaining treatment withdrawn or continued. The health care proxy allows individuals to place their medical decision making Power in the hands of a person they Trust. Both documents Are intended to govern treatment if a person is no longer competent. Over the past 16 years millions of americans have prepared living wills or other forms of Advance directives. All states except Nebraska now recognize some form of Advance medical decision making. Experts say the Federal Law May have its greatest Impact outside the traditional Hospital setting because it applies to Home health care providers and Limos health maintenance organizations j Hus pointed out Tracy Miller executive director of new York states task Force on life and the Law patients will be forced to confront these difficult issues before they Are hospitalized rather than in a moment of crisis when the last thing they May want to Deal with is the Chance that they May die