European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 30, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7duke ballot drive sputters in Massachusetts the stars and stripes Boston up a supporters of former Kun flux Kjan Leader David Duke have fallen Well Short in their signature drive to get Duke on the ballot for the Massachusetts Republican presidential primary a published report said saturday. Duke needed the certified signatures of 2,500 registered republicans and independents to Garner a spot on the ballot. Friday was the certification deadline and Duke Bay state coordinator Alan Balboni conceded the Campaign was far Short of the target. A the Way the certifications of the signatures Are coming Back its obvious we re not going to have enough to get on the ballot a Balboni told the Boston Herald. The Herald found Only 321 signatures certified in 19 communities surveyed including the four most populous in the state. On dec. 13, Massachusetts Secretary of state Michael Connolly and state gop chairman Leon Lombardi refused to list Duke on the primary ballot rejecting the argument that they should because Duke is a a nationally recognized  the decision forced Duke supporters to launch their signature Campaign. A week ago the Duke Campaign said 3,500 signatures had been collected but either the figure was exaggerated or most of the signatures belonged to people who were not registered to vote. In the Boston suburb of Needham town clerk Theodora Eaton said Only two signatures were submitted and Only one certified. By contrast Balboni said a Campaign Volunteer had led him to believe 400 signatures had been collected in the town. The Only Community where the number of signatures certified came close to the number collected was Plymouth. Duke supporters collected 64 signatures from the Shore Community and 46 were certified. A emr. Connolly won and that a the last time ill stand up for what i think is right a Balboni said. A a in a out of  Lombardi the gop chairman said the failure of the Duke signature drive was indicative of the Duke Campaign As a whole. A if Duke can to Cam his Way on he should t expect anyone to hand a place to him a he said. Duke told the Herald last week that he might sue for a place on the ballot if the petition drive failed but Lombardi predicted such an action would get nowhere. A the Law is quite Clear that the party chairman has the discretion to put on whomever he or she chooses. And the language under which the Secretary operates is sufficiently vague that Connolly has discretion to decide who is a a nationally recognized  meanwhile the Duke Campaign in Texas said Friday it had sent a $5,000 Check for the filing fee and the necessary paperwork to enter the March 10 primary. A you can look for him in february Quot said Duke spokesman Mark Ellis. A David will do Well in cast Texas and the metro areas of Dallas and   Muir Lup % Jap is t r a a in a Sis a i a looking for a Quick getaway a Baton Rouge la., police officer engages in a stare Down with Candi an 80-Pound Chimpanzee that escaped from an amusement Park Friday. An hour after escaping from its Cage at the closed Park she was subdued by tranquil Izer darts. During her Brief flight Candi wandered Down a Highway and caused minor injuries to two people. Actress Brosnan Dies from cancer at age 39 los Angeles up actress Cassandra Harris Brosnan wife of television Star Pierce Brosnan died saturday of complications from cancer a family spokesman said. She was 39. The australian born former Model who had waged a four year Battle with ovarian cancer died at the us Norris cancer Hospital and research Institute said spokesman Dick Guttman. A tall Beauty who was featured in lord Patrick Lichfield a Book the world s most Beautiful women Brosnan starred with Roger Moore in the James Bond film for your eyes Only. She met her Irish born husband after she arrived in England to join the National theatre following a television and film career in Australia. The couple moved to los Angeles following his casting in the Remington Steele television series. Her acting in Hollywood a where she concentrated on rearing the couples three children a was limited primarily to her recurring role As Steele sex mistress and expert co woman Felicia. Brosnan whose picture appeared on the covers of British Vogue and other publications began her acting career As a child in her native Sydney at the Independent theatre which also Brosnan launched the careers of Peter Finch and Dame Judith Anderson. In addition to her performances at England a National theatre she starred in such British television productions As am out of Kangaroo Valley and Dick Barton. In addition to her husband she is survived by their three children Charlotte 19, Christopher 18, and scan William 7. Economist columnist Brookes Dies Washington a Warren t. Brookes an economist and syndicated columnist died at his Home saturday. His wife Jane Schwartz Brookes said her husband died from complications of pneumonia after a Long Days work at their Home in nearby Lovettsville a. She said he had been sick for a week or so. Brookes 62, was graduated from Harvard University with honors in economics and joined Kimberly Clark corp. At the Start of a 20-year career in business. He launched a new career in journal ism in 1975, starting with the Boston Herald before moving to the Detroit news in 1985, where he remained on the editorial Page staff until his death. The Washington times carried Brookes column three times a week giving government policy makers easy Access to his work. A Warren was one of the great iconoclasts of our time who loved to make holes in the conventional Wisdom a said Tony Snow Deputy assistant to president Bush and head of the White House spec writing department. Watchdog group criticizes Bush on human rights Washington apr the Bush administration promotes a human rights at no Cost a often placing foreign policy concerns above those of individual liberties a prominent watchdog group said saturday. In its annual Survey of conditions around the world human rights watch accused the Bush administration of downgrading the importance of human rights in its foreign policy making. A the sad irony is that this policy of devaluation has become entrenched at a time when . Influence is exceedingly High a the private organization said at the Start of its 650-Page report on 57 countries. A rather than use that influence to insist that human rights Are a critical element of a a new world order a the administration. Is too ready to sacrifice Pursuit of human rights if it is no Cost a and conflict free a the authors said. The . Attitude is bucking the trend of growing International acceptance that respect for human rights is a global concern the report added. For example the . Security Council created a Security zone in Northern Iraq to protect the rebellious kurdish population from retribution by government forces. It was a the first time that the International Community had formally limited a Sovereign nation s authority Over its own territory to protect human rights the new York based group noted. The International Community also intervened to demonstrate that rights violations were no longer private affairs of countries where they occurred a including Haiti Yugoslavia Liberia Burma China and the former soviet Union the report said. A when other interests did not stand in the Way the Bush administration defended human rights by criticizing violations in Bulgaria Honduras and Suriname or ordering economic sanctions against Burma and Kenya. But the study said a human rights took a Back seat at the White House when it wanted to promote Trade with China maintain Waim relations with Oil Rich saudi Arabia or avoid a a politically embarrassing question about Why the United states went to War to restore the kuwaiti  reflecting a policy of a human rights at no Cost a Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii visited the Middle East seven times in 1991 without once publicly mentioning human rights the report said. Human rights watch scoring . Policy at Home said that treating police brutality in the United states As a local Issue a amounts to abdication of the Federal duty to guarantee respect for Basic human and constitutional  the report criticized the association of Southeast asian nations and the organization of african Unity for their hostility to human rights oversight. And it warned of a an alarming threat to individual liberties Quot from rising nationalism and bigotry in Eastern Europe and the former soviet Union. A avowedly democratic governments such As Egypt India Israel and Malaysia were criticized for detaining dissenters without trial