European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Thursday August 11,1994 quake Relief checks Worth $12.6 million returned from the associated press los Angeles about 5,500 earthquake Relief checks Worth $12.6 million have been returned uncashed mostly by people who did t ask for the Money or who were reimbursed by insurance compari ies. In some cases checks were returned by people who knowingly filed false claims but had second thoughts after some applicants were prosecuted for fraud. As Long As morality overtook them before the Law did we would seriously consider not prosecuting them said George b. Newhouse jr., co chairman of the Federal earthquake task Force. About 400,000 people have collected $990.2million in disaster Relief from Fema. The Jan. 17 Northridge quake killed 61 people injured 9,000, left thousands of people homeless and caused an estimated $20 billion in damage. 7 teens arrested in killings san Marino Calif. Seven teen agers were in Atwo the five men and two women including on minor were booked on murder and attempted murder counts los Angeles county sheriff Deputy George Ducoulombier said. All seven remained in custody tuesday. Clinton armenian meet Washington president Clinton says the United states would not object to Russia sending peacekeeping troops to the Region of Magorno Karabash if there Are appropriate safeguards Andall sides agree. Clinton responded to a question As he welcomed president Levon Ter Petrosyan the first democratically elected president of the Republic of Armenia to a White House meeting tuesday. A act says it cannot verify adultery charge Rowan Washington a the a act says it cannot verify a columnist s assertion that the group s executive director Benjamin Chavis settled. A sexual harassment to sail out. Of court to avoid disclosure of an adulterous relationship with a former employee. Carl Rowan a syndicated columnist for the Chicago Sun times re ported that Mary e. Stansel received a document from her then at Torney Rose m. Sanders in october 1993 containing language for a possible complaint against Chavis before the equal employment Opportunity commission. That language spells out Stansel s Contention that Chavis wooed and pursued me then fired Lier when their affair ended. A act spokeswoman Tershea Washington said Rowan s statements made in his column tuesday Are strictly his opinion and based on documents that we cannot  or. Chavis categorically denies sexual Haras Mentas an Issue. He has known Mary Stansel in a professional manner Washington said. Sexual harassment is not the current Issue. The Issue is strictly a question of breach of  1 Stansel has not commented on the Issue beyond her statements in court documents and could not breached tuesday. The november 1993 sex discrimination settlement Worth up to $332,000, avoided an Leoc complaint by Stansel. She has since filed a lawsuit accusing Chavis Chavis and the National association for the advancement of coloured people of reneging on a Promise i that settlement to find her another Job. Chavis is under pressure to resign for using $64,000 in a act Money in the settlement without consent of the 64-member Board of directors. His critics say the settlement is proof that Chavis poorly handles funds of the civil rights organization which is $2.7million in debt. Chavis has said he will not resign he said he settled with Stansel to avoid the expense of a lawsuit. He also has released a july 7 letter to Stansel from attorney Sanders that said sexual harassment was never an Issue in negotiating the settlement and instructed Stansel to remove it from her lawsuit. Stansel did not. In releasing the letter Chavis did not mention that Sanders had Given Stansel language for her Leoc complaint which said prior to my being hired by the a act or. Chavis asked me to use my contacts expertise and services to help him secure the directorship of the a act. Or. Chavis intentionally wooed and pursued me to achieve my consent and involvement in his Campaign and my termination came Only after the adulterous relationship  also tuesday the anti defamation league of b Nai b Rith urged Chavis to categorically reject any notion of a jewish conspiracy to oust him Over the Stansel Case. 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Carolina republicans Back Confederate Flag enjoy Tours Lauters rare 102 67657 Kalser Lautem Tel 0631 70022 fax 0631 72079 j by Ann Levin the associated press undeterred by the threat of an eco nomic Boycott South Carolina republicans voted enthusiastically to keep the Confederate Flag flying Over the statehouse. In other primary voting tuesday Georgia and Colorado picked Candi dates for their nov. 8 governor s races while South Carolina s gop gubernatorial hopefuls were forced into a Runoff when neither got More than half the vote. The nonbinding Flag referendum topped the gop primary ballot in South Carolina the last state to Fly the rebel Banner atop its Capitol. Republicans who put the question on the ballot to increase interest in their primary voted to keep the Flag aloft by76 percent to 24 percent. Asked whether the Flag should be. Taken Down from the statehouse dome 180,614 voters said no and 57,090 said yes with 91 percent of precincts report ing. In other voting former state rep. David Beasley and retiring rep. Arthur Ravenel were headed for an aug. 23 Runoff for the gop gubernatorial Nomi nation to succeed retiring Republican gov Carroll Campbell who is barred from seeking a third consecutive term. In Georgia Atlanta millionaire Guy Millner Defeated John Knox in the gop gubernatorial Runoff. ,. Millner who founded Norrell serv ices the nation s sixth largest Tempo Rary services Agency faces first term democratic gov. Zell Miller in the nov.8 general election. Millner had 59 percent of the vote to 41 percent for Knox a former mayor of Waycross in Southeast Georgia. In Colorado millionaire oilman Bruce Benson easily won the gop nomination to Challenge gov. Roy Romer who was unopposed in his bid for a third term. Benson who Hopes to regain the governor s office for the gop for the first time in 20 years had 61 percent of the vote to 22 percent for his closest rival state sen. Mike Bird. A third candidate trailed. In South Carolina s gubernatorial Pri Mary Beasley got 48 percent of the vote with Strong support from the conservative Christian coalition to 32 per cent for Ravenel. Former rep. Tommy Hartnett trailed. On the democratic Side it. Gov. Nick Theodore led his closest rival Charleston mayor Joseph Riley jr., by 50 percent to 38 percent in a four Way Field. The race remained too close to Call Early wednesday with 97 percent of precincts reporting. In the Confederate Battle Flag Dis Pute civil rights groups threaten an economic Boycott of the state unless the Banner comes Down by labor Day. It has flown atop the statehouse in Columbia since 1962. Supporters say the Flag honors Southern heritage but Many Blacks and others believe it is an offensive reminder of slavery. Georgia s and Mississippi s flags incorporate part of the rebel Banner in their de sign