European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tic stars and 8twpes . 1 Agency Boss passed out Cash medals by tact Wmk Tatum part Washington in hit final Days in office the head of the Federal emergency management Agency approved a distinguished service medal for Marilyn of Alt and 19 Bush administration appointees who filled senior positions at the controversial Agency. Wallace e. Stickney also granted Cash awards to three close aides Agency officials said. Dirk Vande Beck his executive assistant received an award of $2,500 and a medal like that Given Quayle wife of the former vice president. Peggy Miller his Secretary received a $1,000 award and Mary Weindorf another Secretary $500. Stickney is one of several department minds open prospective King Case jurors say los Angeles a Many of the prospective jurors questioned in the Rod Ney g. King Case did t like the verdict inthe first trial but All insisted they could do the right thing without fear in the Sec Ond one. I m not going to worry about what Ray friends and family say a Black woman said tuesday. To going to do what need to do and what i think is right on the  comments contradicted a defense attorney s prediction that Blacks would disqualify themselves from the Federal civil rights Case for fear of being ostracized if they acquitted the four Whites charged in the police beating of  the first Day of jury questioning tuesday a multiracial group of 12 prospective jurors selected at random and referred to by number to protect their identities was interviewed. By Day s end the opposing attorneys had no tasked that any be dismissed. Lawyers said the process was moving More slowly than expected and it was unlikely a jury could be seated by wednes Day As the judge had hoped. More candidates will be called fro among the 284 who filled out questionnaires and agreed to be sequestered Forat least two months if selected. All 12 members of the first group had seen the videotape of King s beating. But . District John Davies said the test was whether they could be impartial. If we disqualified everyone who had seen a broadcast of that 1 Don t think we d Ever get a jury Davies  four defendants Are officers Lau rence Powell Theodore brisk no  Koon and former officer Timothy wind. They Are charged with violating King s civil rights in the 1991 beating. Their acquittal on most of the stat charges touched off deadly riots in los Angeles last  first panel of 12 consisted of two Black women a hispanic Man an asian woman one White woman and seven White men. A Young Black postal worker said of the verdict in the state Case i thought they had All the facts Laid out and the would be convicted by what i heard on  but she said she could be fair because these Are two separate  asked about the earlier verdict ayoung White Man said i was very sur prised at what happened. From what saw i could t understand it. They must have known something More than what i saw and that s what we re Here to find  or Agency Heads who awarded cd bonuses to political appointees or career staff members in the waning Days of the Bush administration. Stickney a political prot6g6 of former White House chief of staff John h Sununu said tuesday that the awards were Well deserved by officials who had worked their tails off during last sum Mer s Hurricane Andrew in Florida and other disasters. Stickney said he selected Quayle a member of Fema s 20-person advisory Board for the distinguished civilian service medal because she had taken an Active role in promoting the Agency s Relief efforts. Mrs. Quayle was not selected As the vice president s wife but just As a Citi ten Stickney mid in a Telephone inter View from hit Home in Salem.  she contributed  spending a week in Florida often working with hum Cane Relief teams in a dirty to shirt and dungarees Stickney said. Last year a congressional committee characterized Fema As the Bush administration s Turkey farm filled with unqualified political appointees. Stickney said his final awards showed that he highly valued the political appointees who served with him. He also awarded a certificate of appreciation to his Hometown fire department. Stickney a longtime Volunteer at the department said he cited it for serving As his communications link to Washington when he was in new Hampshire hit Home � about 40 Yards from the fire