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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 4, 1992 governors mind manners at Bush s lavish state dinner by Steven he1lbronner United press International Washington a no gov. Bill Clinton did not attend. Nor did the democratic presidential candidate s wife and emissary Hillary. Civility not partisanship was the order of the evening at the state dinner Given by president Bush and his wife Barbara for the nation s governors 43 of whom showed up. A few of the democrats at the Black tie event sunday evening gave mildly critical assessments of Bush a economic plans. Except of course gov. Ann Richards of Texas who said of his blueprint a Well not much  but even Richards who has not shied away from vitriolic attacks against the a Silver spoon president As she once referred to him was on Good behaviour. A i think we really Are going to have to have some Domestic policy to Deal with people who Are losing their. Jobs in relation to defense cutbacks a she said plaintively gov. L. Douglas Wilder d-va., the first casualty among the democratic presidential aspirants said of Bush a economic proposals to help Middle income workers a i was not impressed. Its obviously something. The question is is it enough to speak of defense cuts a no matter said Massachusetts gov. William Weld a Republican a i think hell win the new Hamshire primary feb. 18, As if a Bush defeat were Ever seriously contemplated. However new Hampshire gov. Judd Gregg another Republican sought to hedge Bush a chances in his state saying gop challenger Patrick Buchanan has a got a base of at least 30  Bush steered Clear of political turbulence at the lavish affair which featured entertainment from Singer Crystal Gayle the Marine band and half the administration s Cabinet. Bush was clearly impressed by russian president Boris n. Yeltsin remarking after dinner that the russian Leader was a very determined Quot to bring about change in his federation. In fact Bush a meeting with Yeltsin on saturday at Camp David md., was a sort of defining moment for the president who said in his Toast to the governors a seeing him there and listening to him brought Home probably More dramatically than any single event for me the change that is taking place in the  Bush added a was we talked to Yeltsin yesterday you got to feeling that it was real that he really wanted to have Reform take place that he really wanted to take that enormous federation and bring it to  but the president careful not to step on voters scarred by the recession added a i think we All have and awful lot at stake to see that All succeeds Halfway around the world just As we must succeed As we face problems  the nations governors Are holding their annual Winter meeting in Washington and Many of them undoubtedly would differ with Bush a commitment to Domestic affairs. Few of those voices however were raised sunday evening. After All they were the presidents guests at the White House. Some critics such As democratic gov. Mario Cuomo of new York did not attend. The first lady was Graceful though not surprised at the absence of Cuomo and Clinton smiling and quickly noting they had both sent their regrets. Judge who sent Rosenbergs to electric chair Dies at 81 new York apr Irving r. Kaufman the Federal judge who sentenced Ethel and Julius Rosenberg to death for espionage has died of cancer. He was 81. Kaufman died saturday at mount Sinai medical Center said Kelly Larkin a Hospital spokeswoman. Kaufman was a judge on the 2nd . Circuit court of appeals in Manhattan at the time of his death. He died from pancreatic cancer after being admitted to the Hospital in january court administrator Steven Flanders said. A the was a very distinguished judge and one of the most Able judges who presided Over the 2nd circuit a said Conrad k. Harper president of the association of the bar of the City of new York. Kaufman was serving in . District court in Manhattan in 1951 when he presided Over the Rosenbergs trial on charges they supplied key information on the atomic bomb to the soviet Union. They were put to death two years later in the electric chair. In 1961, president Kennedy elevated Kaufman from District court to the appeals court. In 1971, Kaufman was the dissenting vote in a 2-1 decision barring the new York times from publishing the Pentagon papers. The . Supreme court later re versed the appellate court. Kaufman was awarded the presidential medal of Freedom the nations highest civilian Honor by president Reagan in 1987. Reagan recalled that president Eisenhower was inspired by the judges handling of the Rosenberg Case. Kaufman also served As chairman of the presidents commission on organized crime during the Reagan administration. A you took on the mob the International comm Kaufman is conspiracy and even the . Government bureaucracy a Reagan told Kaufman during the awards ceremony. Kaufman is survived by his wife Helen a son James Michael and four grandchildren. Services were scheduled for today. Psychiatrists to try to explain Dahmer Milwaukee up a now that the world knows How Jeffrey l. Dahmer a sexual fascination with dead body parts drove him to kill and mutilate 15 Young men and boys its time to hear Why. The trial of the admitted serial killer and Cannibal resumed monday with testimony expected from psychiatrists who examined Dahmer after he was arrested for the gruesome murders. The psychiatrists for the defense which bears the Burden of proof in an insanity trial were to testify first. They were expected to say Dahmer suffered from a sexual disorder called paraphilia that was first evident when he was a teen Ager. This is when Dahmer developed a fascination with dead animals. Defense attorney Gerald Boyle told the jury in his opening statement last week that the sexual disorder is necrophilia a desire to have sex with a Corpse. Boyle contends Dahmer is a sick Man not an a a evil one. Psychiatrists for the defense will try to show the jury that Dahmer was indeed very sick when he killed and mutilated the 15 men and boys. District attorney e. Michael Mccann contends that Dahmer carefully controlled his environment and his activities so he could kill his victims without getting caught. When the psychiatrists for the prosecution testify they will try to prove to the jury that Dahmer a behaviour does not fit the definition of insanity. First up for the defense was expected to be Fred Berlin a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is an expert on sexual disorders. The prosecution was to Call Park Dietz of Newport Beach Calif., an expert in forensic psychiatry who testified in the insanity trial of attempted presidential Assassin John Hinckley. To return a valid verdict at least 10 of the 12 jurors must Side with one lawyer or the other. The stars and stripes a Page 7 .explosion kills officer investigating car trunk from wire reports Tallahassee. Fla. A a Florida Highway patrolman was killed by an explosion alter he removed something from the trunk of a car stopped for a traffic violation authorities said sunday. Trooper James 11. Fulford. 35, stopped the car saturday on interstate 10 near Monticello about 25 Miles East of Tallahassee spokesman it. Kenneth Knowles said. Three men were arrested and charged with murder sunday. Two had been in the car when Fulford stopped it and the third had rented the vehicle. The two men in the ear had been taken to jail by a local sheriffs Deputy. While waiting for a Tow truck Fulford inventoried the cards contents. A it was some object. The trooper had removed from the trunk of the car because the car was not damaged severely Quot Knowles said. Officials declined to give any details about what exploded saying they did not even know if it was a  gets huge Grant Cambridge mass. A Bristol Myers Squibb co. Has donated s23.5 million to Harvard University for research on heart attacks and strokes. The research Grant announced monday is one of the largest received by Harvard and the largest Ever to its school of Public health. It will support a Laboratory Over the next five years that will study hardening of the arteries and formation of blood clots. The pharmaceutical company will have the right to License All the labs inventions and discoveries. Sultan buys More land Beverly Hills Calif. The Sultan of Brunei who has been snapping up Southern California property for years paid $12 million Cash for an estate next to his Pink and posh Beverly Hills hotel. A in a Market where everyone is complaining about the slow sales of Homes i have no complaints Quot said Mike Silverman whose real estate firm recently clinched the Deal. What the Sultan a known to friends As h.h., for Quot his highness a got for his Money was two acres and an 8, xxx Square foot three bedroom French Regency style House built in 1965. The Purchase completes an Island of tracts the Sultan has been buying in the Middle of Beverly Hills around the  Dixon eulogized Glendale Calif. A hundreds of relatives friends and fans remembered bluesman Willie Dixon with the soulful melodies that inspired generations of musicians. A the did so much for so Many. He wrote so much for us to remember him by a said blues great . King who was among 500 people at Forest Lawn memorial Park on saturday. Quot we love you  Dixon died wednesday at age 76. An accomplished Singer and guitarist Dixon wrote hundreds of songs including Back door Man in a your Zoochie Coochie Man Spix Ful and other blues favourites. The rolling stones grateful dead and the doors All have recorded Dixon a Little red rooster. Led Zeppelin recorded / can to quit you baby. Dixon also wrote songs for Muddy Waters and Sonny boy Williamson and influenced such musicians As Eric Clapton and the Allman Brothers band. A Willie said if people believed the Wisdom of the blues there would be no wars no suffering a said Dixon a daughter Evetta Dixon. A the also said if you believe in the blues you can make heaven right Here on   
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