European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday january 11, 1994 a Mirinovsky warns Yeltsin Moscow a on the eve of the new russian parliament s opening ses Sion Ultra nationalist Leader Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky warned monday that his party will not accept a Strong president and a weak legislature. Speaking to his party s 64 parliament members at a Moscow conference Center the fiery a Mirinovsky also attacked the exr soviet Baltic nations calling them so far Independent to our  but otherwise his remarks were unusually restrained. A Mirinovsky s populist Call for Russia to rebuild its Empire helped his misleadingly named Liberal democratic party to win More than 23 percent of the vote in last month s elections. The lip faction will be the second larg est in the new parliament s 450-member lower House the Duma. Only the Russia s Choice bloc which supports president Boris n. Yeltsin has More seats 94. Since neither group has a solid majority both will have to scramble for the sup port of other parties and Independent lawmakers. A Mirinovsky claimed Yeltsin s supporters already were using threats bribery and lies to lure independents. Russia s Choice leaders in turn at tacked a Mirinovsky saying they Yville at tempt to pass a Law making parties and legislators face criminal responsibility for statements that incite hatred or violence. Yegor t. Gaidar Russia s Choice chairman and economics minister said some of a Mirinovsky s actions and statements Are clearly covered by Arti cles of the russian penal code carrying a punishment of three to eight years in prison for propagandizing War. Russia s new Constitution approved at a nationwide referendum dec. 12, Grants Yeltsin wide Powers including the right to dissolve parliament under certain Circum stances. The Constitution carries a mechanism for a presidential Republic with a Strong president. We want the parliament and the government to be Strong As Well a Mirinovsky said. We shall not tolerate the formula of a Strong president a sem Strong govern ment and a weak  court picking cult Case jurors san Antonio a eighty potential jurors monday faced the Prospect of spending the next two months deciding the Fate of 11 surviving Branch davidians charged with murdering four Federal agents at their compound near Waco . District judge Walter Smith began asking potential jurors whether they knew possible witnesses. Relatives of the defendants interested citizens and reporters crowded into the tightly controlled courthouse for a Chance at one of the few available seats. Questions a a d for jury selection in Bobbitt Case Manassas a. A lawyers argued monday Over what questions they should be allowed to ask potential jurors in the trial of Lorena Bobbitt accused of cutting off her husband s Penis in retaliation for what she says was sexual abuse. Defense attorney Blair Howard said he wanted to ask each juror if they could think of any reason Why cutting Oft a Penis would Ever be justified. The prosecutor Commonwealth s attorney Paul b. Ebert objected and Prince William county circuit judge Herman a. Whisenant or. Agreed to bar the question. Other disagreements involved Ebert s attempt to limit questioning to whether jurors could be fair in Light of what they had read about the highly publicized Case. Whisenant sided with the prosecutor More often than not before jury selection began. Twelve jurors and two alternates will be chosen from a Pool of 45 candidates. Lorena Bobbitt 24, faces up to. 20 years in prison if convicted of malicious wounding a felony. Her lawyers said she will testify that the abuse drove her to Cut off Bobbin s Penis with a Kitchen knife As he slept on june 23. She claims he had come Home drunk that night and forced her to have sex. Bobbitt expected to testify against his wife denies he Ever abused her and was acquitted in november of sexually assaulting her. He testified at his trial that he planned to leave his wife of four years when she at tacked him. In an interview monday with court to Bobbitt 26, said he wanted to put the Case behind him. I m just anxious to get this Over with. And i m curious about what s going to happen in the trial. I m curious about How Lorena feels. And that Shell Tel the  Boston Frostin a Boston meter maid tickets a vehicle for being parked on a major Street during a Snow emergency saturday. The fourth major snowstorm in 10 Days to hit the Northeast dropped More than 12 inches of Snow in bos ton on Friday night and saturday morning. Thousands of residents across the Northeast and appalachians remained without electricity monday. At least six deaths have been blamed on the icy weather. Friends bid tip Farewell Cambridge mass. A politicians celebrities and lifelong friends said goodbye monday to Thomas p. Tip o Neill at a funeral at a Parish Church in the neighbor Hood where the former House speaker grew up. Alvic president Gore led a delegation that included dozens of congressmen and former o Neill presidents Carter and Ford. Also paying Honor to the old style Democrat were republicans such As Senate minority Leader Robert Dole of Kansas and House gop Leader Robert h. Michel of Illinois a longtime political foe but also a personal Friend of o Neill s. O Neill the former 17-term con Gressman died last wednesday of a heart attack after a Long Battle with cancer. He was 81, St. John the evangelist roman Catholic Church could accommodate Only about 900 people in the Sanctuary so hundreds stood outside in temperatures below 20 degrees to Remi Nisce before the service. Those outside were Able to listen to the service As it was piped through a sound system. Mourners also viewed the funeral on live television and at Remote broadcasts at the statehouse and the Thomas p. O Neill or. Federal build ing. I d be Here. If i was six feet deepen Snow i d be Here. This was a great Guy Frank Minolli o Neill s Barber said As he entered the Church. Durant s sister sues father Over alleged sexual abuse Boston up the sister of army Pilot Michael Durant who was shot Down and captured in Somalia late last year has filed a $5 million lawsuit against her father claiming he sexually abused Herfor More than a decade. Mary Durant a registered nurse who lives in Hyattsville md., contends she was abused by her father Leon from the time she was a toddler until she was 19years old. An attorney for Mary Durant said the civil suit was filed because Leon Durant broke a 1991 agreement to seek therapy for his sexual problem and for alcohol ism and because the statute of limitations on criminal charges had expired. Chief warrant officer 3 Michael Durant was held captive for 11 Days by troops Loyal to somalian clan Leader Mohamed Farrah aided after his army Heli copter was shot Down in Mogadishu Las october. He was Given a hero s Welcome by his Hometown of Berlin ., last month along with his father and Mother Louise. Attorney Charles Douglas who is rep resenting Mary Durant said Michael had nothing to do with the abuse nor did he know of it until just a few  j y neither Michael Durant nor his father had any immediate comment on the suit which was filed last Friday in . District court in Concord  Douglas told the Boston Globe that Mary Durant wants to write a Book about the alleged incest and go very Public about her life in Hopes of dramatizing the problem of sexual abuse. Douglas said Leon Durant signed a contract with his daughter in 1991, agreeing to seek treatment for both paedophilia and a drinking problem. He said Durant sought treatment for alcoholism but nothing  he had not kept his part of the con tract Douglas said. H be up b re t