European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thi stars and . 1 Agency Boss passed out Cash medals by t1 Tajti it Washington in his foal Days in office the head of the Federal emergency management Agency approved distinguished service medal for Marilyn quark and 19 Bush administration appointees who filled senior positions at the controversial Agency. Wallace e. Stickney also granted Cash awards to three dose aides Agency officials said. Dirk Vande Beek 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 Windorf 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 g. King Case did t like the verdict in the 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 my friends and family say a Black woman said tuesday. I m going to do what i need to do and what i think is right on the evidence her 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 White charged in the police beating of King. In 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 Send the opposing attorneys had not a ked 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 from among the 284 who filled out questionnaires and agreed to be sequestered for at least two months if selected. All 12 members of the first group had seen the videotape of King s beating. But . District John Davics said the test was w Bethcar they could be impartial if we disqualified everyone who had seen a broadcast of that 1 Don t think we d Ever get a  Davics said. The four do pedants Are officers Lau rence Powell Theodore Briseno set Stacey Koon and former officer Timothy so ind. They Are charged with violating kind s civil rights a the 1991 beating. Their acquittal on most of the stat charges touched off deadly riots in los Angeles last Spring. The first panel of 12 consisted of two Lack women a hispanic Man an asian noun one White woman and seven Hite men. A Young Black postal worker said of the verdict in the state Case "1 though they he All the facts Laid out Aad they Ouid be convicted by what i heard  but she id she could be fair because their Are Rao Tep Azaie  asked about the earlier verdict ayoung White Man said "1 was very sur prised at that happened. From hat l saw 1 could t understand it they must have known something More than what i Taw a a that s what we re Here to find  or Agency Heads who awarded Cash bonuses to political appointed or career staff members in the waning Dyt of the Bush administration. Stickney a political protege of former White House chief of staff John h. Sunu i said tuesday that the awards were veil deserved by officials who had worked Jahcir taxi off during last sum Mer s Hurricane Andrew in Honda and other disasters. Stickney said he selected Quayle a member of Fema s 20-Pcrson advisory Board for the distinguished civilian service medal because she had taken an Active role Iri promoting the Agency s Relief efforts. Mrs. Quayle was not selected As the vice president s wife but just As a Citi ten Stickney said in a Telephone inter View from pm Home in Salem n if she contributed immeasurably spending a week in of Kadi often working with Hurri 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  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 a in new Hampshire a Home is about 40 Yards from the fire department he said inc political appointees who won Fema s distinguished civilian service medals we re major p. May Atlanta regional director. Anthony Lopez former associate director. Olin l. Greene jr., former adminis Trator of the . Fire administration. David a. Cole former assistant associate director for congressional affairs. Steven m. Gaddy former Deputy associate director and Vande Beck. Australians step up to take race crowns new York up Geoff Case a 54-year-old australian set a world record tuesday for running up s6 Sto Ries of the Empire state building and won the race for the third straight time. The women s Winner and the men s second place finisher also were from Australia. A total of 122 athletes from six countries and 13 Stales competed in the 16th annual run up the stairs of the 1,250-foot landmark. Participants raced up s6 flights to the building s Obser vation deck. The building has a total of 102 floors. Case from Geelong finished in 10 minutes and 15 seconds smashing the old record set in 1990 by Scott Elliot of Boulder colo., by 29 seconds. Elliot has not competed since his re Cord setting performance. Sue Case Case s sister in Law was the first woman to Cross the finish line posting a winning time of 12 minute Sand 42 seconds. Glen Davidson 28, of Ballarat Australia finished second in the men s division. He posted what would have been a world record time finishing in 10 minutes and 43 seconds if Case s time had not been better. He was followed by two norwegians Tore Olsen 22, of Alta and Jarle Torkildson 21,of to cranes. Kathy Swanson 36, of Plainfield mass., finished second among women the 1991 women s Champion Corliss Spencer 32, of Garden City n.y., placed third. Senators ask probe of . Archivist by the new York times Washington three democratic senators have requested an investigation of the archivist of the United states to relinquished control of White House computer files to president George Bush three weeks before announcing that he would resign to run Bush s presidential Library. The archivist Don w. Wilson said Fri Day that he a would leave the National archives on March 31 to become executive director of to Ftp George Bush Center a Texas am Utu Crit. At 11 3-3 . On Jan. 19, Bush s last full Day in office Wilson signed an unusual agreement giving Bush exclusive Lead control of All presidential informs Tion including More than 4,000 computer tapes from the National Security Council and other White House offices the agreement will be challenged in the next few weeks by research groups that say a violates two recent Federal court or Ders protecting the files. The agreement was also challenged tuesday by the three democratic in Al of. John a can of Ohk Dav j Pryor of Arkansas and Joseph 1. Lie Bennan of Connecticut. L we believe that there exists a possible conflict of interest the senators wrote in letters to the senior officials at the jus Tice department and the office of government ethics asking for an investigation. Officials at the two offices declined to comment on the request. The tapes contain millions of computer correspondences significant and trivial about Domestic and foreign policy Initia Tives during the Reagan and Bush years. They have been the subject of a Long run Ning lawsuit Between the Bush administration and the research groups Wincn have sought their preservation. I