European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday february 8, 1994 key lawmaker to stick with Farrakhan Washington a the chairman of the congressional Black caucus stood by his efforts to work with the nation of islam against inner City crime while acknowledging that the groups Leader the Rev. Louis Farrakhan sometimes sounds anti semitic. A a you be got to at some Point in your life reach out to those people who you May not agree with. In order to at least try to bring them together on an Issue a rep. Weisi Mfume d-md., said sunday. In an interview on Abc tvs meet the press Mfume said reaching out to Farrakhan a was no to a mistake although it was a fraught with  in september Mfume alongside Farrakhan and the revs. Jesse Jackson and Benjamin f. Chavis jr., president of the National association for the advancement of coloured people pledged to Battle violence. Some members however of the congressional Black caucus emphasized that was not an official decision of the group. Since then the controversial Farrakhan has come under increased fire because of anti jew ish statements by a key aide Kha lid Abdul Muhammad. Under pressure from other Black leaders Farrakhan on thursday removed Muhammad from his Job As National assistant and condemned him for language used in his speech. In the speech Muhammad had called jews the a a bloodsuckers of the Black Community labelled the Pope a a no Good Cracker and urged mob murder of White South africans. Some members of the congressional Black caucus Mfume Felt that Farrakhan did not repudiate his former aide strongly enough. Rep. Major r. Owens d-n.y., called Farrakhan and his following a a that mongering fringe  Mfume condemned Muhammad a speech saying a the thrust of it was anti Catholic anti semitic. It was homophobic. It was racist. It was  but he stopped Short of Labelling Farrakhan himself anti semitic. He said Farrakhan sometimes says things a perceived that Way by a number of people including  but Mfume went on a it raises the questions As to whether or not its an anti semitic approach or is it an approach that is so locked into the concept of Black nationalism that it is interpreted differently by other people a he said the anti defamation league of by Nai by Rith Farrakhan a loudest critic a also has made statements perceived As racist in the Black Community. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago feb. 8,1984 a two astronauts donned a Buck Rogers Jet packs cast off their lifelines and zoomed from the space shuttle challenger soaring 175 Miles from Earth on the first free flights in space. 20 years ago feb. 8,1974 a the air Force planned to begin an involuntary reduction in Force for officers the first in 15 years in order to meet reduced manpower Levels air Force Secretary John l. Mclucas said. 30 year Sago feb. 8,1964�? president Johnson met twice with top military and diplomatic advisers amid growing signs that the government might be contemplating specific actions after Cuba Cut off water to Guantanamo Bay. 40 years ago feb. 8,1954 a the soviets refusal to Deal acceptably with the problem of unifying Germany As a free nation strengthened chances for Early passage of the european defense Community act some . Observers believed. 50 year Sago feb. 8,1944 a German positions throughout the Dnepr Bend Region were reported collapsing under a ceaseless rain of shells As the dormant Russo finnish War flared up with a Sharp air raid on the capital of Helsinki. C world War ii i 50 years ago today feb. 8 1.9.44 Britain s Royal air Force attacks military and Industrial targets at Limoges France using new bombs weighing about 5 tons. On the Southern soviet front most German troops at Nik Opol escape before the City Falls to the red army but the soviets regain control of an area Rich in manganese a Metal important in military production a a source 2 9-1 Duys old it it w h. Smith f,? inc. 7/ic?  of world.  ii. Unison books corp1981. In los Angeles a Joseph gotten the smooth Low keyed southerner who starred in the movie classic citizen Kane and played leading Man opposite Hollywood a most famous actresses died sunday of pneumonia. He was 88. Cotten died at Home with his wife actress Patricia Medina by his Side said Hugh Robertson Cottens business manager and attorney. Director and film Star Orson Welles once told Cotten that he would never be an actor a but As a Star 1 think you Well might hit the  during his 40-year career Cotten played opposite such stars As Marilyn Monroe Bette Davis and Ingrid Bergman. His characters ranged from the villain in Alfred Hitchcock a Shadow of a doubt to heroes in the third Man and journey into fear. He came to films via Welles Mercury theatre and appeared in the first three films that Welles directed citizen Kane the magnificent Amberson and journey into fear. Cottens film career concluded with the legendary 1980 Flop heaven s Cate. In citizen Kane released in 1941, cot ten played a reporter with High principles on a newspaper owned by publisher Charles Foster Kane played by Welles. Then he signed a contract with producer David o. Selznick who cast Cotten As the Star in since you went away with Claudette Colbert and Jennifer Jones full be seeing you opposite Ginger Rogers dul in the Sun with Gregory Peck and Jones and the third Man with Welles. Selznick also profited by lending gotten to other studios. His films included gaslight with Bergman love letters with Jones the Farmers daughter with Loretta Young beyond the Forest with Davis and Niagara with Monroe. Cotten rarely performed in comedy but was Well known for his Sar Cotten Donic humor off screen. He admitted to taking a casual attitude toward his work. A a you re very Lucky to be tall and thin and have curly hair a Welles told Cotten Early in his career. A you can also move about the stage without running into the  Cotten was born May 15, 1905, in Petersburg va., and grew up in Tidewater where his family told stories about daring deeds during the civil War. In later years he said he was a still a relaxed southerner at heart a in his 1987 autobiography subtitled vanity will get you somewhere gotten said his father disapproved of his career plans but paid for drama school in Washington d.c., anyway. There he shed his Southern accent and his interest in an acting career strengthened. Cotten sold advertising for the Miami Herald before returning to new York in 1930 to land his first serious acting roles. He appeared in Paris bound on Broadway and married the offstage pianist Lenore Kip in 1931. He played the Lead roles in the postman always rings twice and accent on youth then joined the Mercury theatre for Julius Caesar before Welles put him in the movies. Cottens Many to dramas included the Joseph Cotten theater series in 1956. A after his first wife died Cotten mar ried Medina a British born actress in 1960. Cotten underwent surgery in 1977 to remove nodules from his vocal cords leaving him voiceless for six weeks. A serious stroke in 1981 took away his speech once More. With therapy he was Able to regain his speech but his acting career was Over. On say by Anne Gearan the associated press Manassas a. A Lorena Bobbitt a mailbag run Neth Over. The woman who Cut off her husbands Penis receives flowery get Well cards religious messages checks and a few rambling hate letters. Someone even sent a plastic meat Cleaver. The mail started coming in to the Prince William county courthouse a few Days after the Start of her trial last month in which she was acquitted of malicious wounding by reason of insanity. There Are bags and bags of mail much of it addressed simply to a Lorena Bobbitt Manassas �?� a unbelievable Isnit it a said court administrator Robert Marsh As he lugged a Brown grocery sack of mail for Bobbitt containing 86 letters cards and packages from seven countries and two dozen states. Marsh said Bobbitt a mail far outweighs what her husband John Bobbitt received when he was tried at the same courthouse in november. He was acquitted of sexually assaulting his wife. Lorena Bobbitt also receives mail daily at Central state Hospital in Petersburg where she remains pending a hearing feb. 28 on her mental state. A judge could free her or order her confined to the Hospital for further treatment. The mail reveals the Public a fascination with the Bobbitt Saga. Its also a window on the sharply differing views some men and women hold about the Case including the marital abuse that Lorena Bobbitt claims drove her to Cut off her husbands Penis. One letter from a Man in Portland ore., was addressed a emr. John Bobbitt a great american hero Bobbitt role Model Good father figure Loyal american and victim of Jezebel a viciousness Manassas a. A a a woman a postcard to Lorena Bobbitt reads in part a of course it was Sel defense Why did no to you kill him a in nationally televised testimony Bob Bitt trembled choked on tears and appeared to have trouble breathing As she told jurors that her husband belittled her in Public and sexually abused her in private. John Bobbitt whose Penis was surgically reattached denies Ever abusing his wife during their four years of marriage. A you May believe yourself but a lot of us done to read a postcard to John Bobbitt from Rock Island ilk Lorena Bobbitt a lawyers James Lowe Blair Howard and Lisa Kemler also receive mail and phone Calls for her daily. A we have people sending her chocolates and Flowers. Its really incredible the Way people have responded to her a Kemler said. The lawyers screen and save All of Bobbitt a mail. Howard said the letters have also included about $1,200 in unsolicited donations Bobbitt was surprised and pleased by Public reaction to her trial although a she is not entirely comfortable with then it it Tion of being a quote unquote celebrity Kemler said. A Osne wants to get Back to a Normal life As fast As  churches and elementary school classes wrote to support Bobbitt. Men and women alike sent greeting cards