European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 17, 1993 . The stabs and stripes Page 9 favorite for civil rights position runs into sceptics among Blacks by the Baltimore Sun Washington a the governments most important civil rights Post still empty five months after president Clinton stirred the Wrath of Black activists by casting aside his first nominee is Likely to go to a Black lawyer a assuming he converts sceptics. An unusual political minuet with Black politicians administration officials and civil rights lobbyists War it Lic Quot private has slowed the Pace of his formal Norm ily mane vering around John Payton in Public and in nation. Payton the top Legal officer of the District of Columbia government is not being pushed off into the wings though. In fact a series of face to face encounters with sceptics in the congressional Black caucus May be casing their doubts about his commitment to voting rights said sources in and out of the government. Even so Payton could not go to work in the key Justice department Post until Tate Winter at the earliest. That could mean that a year or More could have passed with no Leader of the departments civil rights division one of the main arms of the department that was weakened by dissension during the Reagan and Bush  originally picked a Lertg time Friend Philadelphia Law professor Lani Guinier until conservatives criticism of her views on the political rights of minorities led the president to withdraw the nomination. After Guinier was abandoned the White House and Justice department let time pass to let passions Cool. Then during the summer they began an unusually cautious process of selection anxious to avoid another Guinier episode. That process led to Payton. He is strenuously promoted by his friends As a Strong civil rights advocate based on a record of activism going Back to his student Days at Pomona College in Claremont Calif. The White House press office Calls him a the front-runner.�?T�?T. But when Payton met with members of the congressional Black caucus Early this month the lingering scepticism about the administrations commitment to civil rights resurfaced. Saying he would be the key figure in the government on voting rights caucus members noted that he had Seldom voted while living in Washington. Alleged lewd Calls end sex legislator s Campaign Bismarck . A a former state legislator is abandoning plans for a comeback bid after being accused of making lewd phone Calls to six women colleagues. A a in be decided that its Best for me my friends and my family not to run again a former rep. Kevin Kolbo said in mondays edition of the Minot daily news. A a a a. The 43-year-old Democrat from Mohall in Northwestern North Dakota announced his decision after a report on the Calls sunday by the associated press. Kolbo who became North Dakota a Erst Blind legislator when he was elected in 1986, was Defeated in 1992 and had planned to run next year. The Calls allegedly took place Between 1987 and 1991. Five of the women All of whom Are present or former legislators and spoke on condition of anonymity said Kolbo had asked them to take photographs of him in the nude. The sixth woman said Kolbo boasted about his body and sexual prowess. Kolbo told the a that the women misinterpreted his remarks. He said he was sounding them out about a practical joke he was thinking of playing on a Friend. A a somebody staying to make a major sex scandal out of it a he told the Minot newspaper. A a it a purely  Packard henley141 Campaign donors listed As Topping limit los Angeles a the former head of Hewlett Packard co., Rock musician Don Henley and More than 100 others reportedly broke Federal election Laws by giving too much Money to campaigns in 1991 or 1992.__ election records show that 141 people exceeded the $25,000 annual Campaign contribution limit the los Angeles times reported monday. Most of them said they had not been contacted by the Federal election commission about the violations and 32 people offered the times evidence that they had not broken the Taw. Angelo Parisi a new York chef topped the list with $66,262 in Federal Campaign donations in 1992, mostly to Republican causes the newspaper said. Large contributors included David Packard retired chief executive of Hewlett Packard who contributed $50,950, and Henley who gave $43,850. A the contribution limits Are a joke when the Fec wont enforce them a said Ellen Miller executive director of the Center for responsive politics her group sued the commission last month for failing to act on its complaints against 13 donors for the 1989-90 period. Most contributors told the times that they were unaware they had broken the complicated Campaign donation Laws. Twenty eight people did not respond to the newspaper. Nature s Recife. Dinner Rolls thanksgiving special buy two packs of natures recipe dinner Rolls for m _ Only $1.49 offer Good Only with Coupon through december 1,1993, i i at any cafes Europe shop Pette. Army 4 air Force Exchange service a