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1 1 i V- U' J1- i MOSTLY SUNNY South Florida will be mostly today with highs in the mid-80s. Flooding is possible at high tide. WEATHER, 2A BACK TO HER FUTURE CAROL BURNETT RESURRECTS VARIETY SHOW FORMAT FOR CBS ACCENT, ID 1 m. iob Mk yJ 3 SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: CULTURE, FILM, BLUES, ROCK il TG1F MAGAZINE The Palm Beach Post FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1991 132 PAGES 35 CENTS FINAL EDITION it 3 I TT7 6oeen minds9 Looking for State, defense interview eight for jury; three excused WILLIAMJENNEDY I -If A TABLOID television program introduces 'The Game of Palm Beach' to help explain the legal pro ceedings I Smith" not "Willie" and omitted his middle name, "Kennedy." Smith rose boyishly from his chair for each introduction and nodded. The dozens of reporters and television camera crews outside the courthouse were less rambunctious than on Smith's previous appearance.

At his first court appearance in May, Smith slipped past reporters by using a second-floor entrance. Smith's attorney had asked Circuit Judge Mary Lupo on Wednes- Please see TRIAL 18A dence in the case," Smith said. "I'm confident when the process is completed, I'll be found innocent of all the charges." Wearing a brown herringbone jacket, brown slacks and maroon tie, Smith sat attentively in the fourth-floor courtroom, hands folded on the table in front of him. He smiled politely at the eight jurors interviewed during six hours of jury selection. Three jurors were excused.

Five others will return to court later for group questioning. Lead defense attorney Roy Black introduced Smith as "Will By CHRISTINE STAPLETON and VAL ELLICOTT Palm Beach Post Staff Writers WEST PALM BEACH A confident William Kennedy Smith walked in the front door of the Palm Beach County courthouse Thursday flanked by his three lawyers, three jury selection experts, his mother, sisters, brother and an. aunt. "I'm innocent of the charges, and today this court will begin to try to find six people with an open mind who will look at all the evi if t-x STATE appeals dismissal of case against the 'Globe' for printing the name of the woman who says Smith raped her. POTENTIAL jurors respond to a questionnaire.

STORIES, 18A C.J. WALKERStaff Photographer William Smith arrives at court with (from left) sisters Amanda and Kim, aunt Patricia Lawford, mother Jean Smith and attorney Roy Black. Wms Of destruction Shamir calls talks 4a garden of thorns' By LOUIS J. SALOME Palm Beach Post Staff Writer MADRID, Spain After a day of strident rhetoric, the Middle East peace conference churned into its third and final session today with the hostile participants still unable to agree on a site for further face-to-face talks, If agreement is not reached today, the parties are expected to try to break the impasse at an organizational meeting in Madrid i on Sunday or Monday. If they fail, the peace process could grind to an abrupt halt.

The conflict over where to hold the bilateral talks was overshadowed Thursday by the sometimes confrontational opening speeches Please see TALKS22A Producer Joe Papp dies at 70 New York Times News Service NEW YORK Joseph Papp, director of the New York Shakespeare Festival and one of the most influential producers in the history of the American theater, died Thursday at his home in Greenwich Village. He was 70. He died of prostate cancer, said Richard Romberg, his press representative. Lights of all Broadway theaters will be dimmed tonight at 8 p.m. in tribute to Mr.

Papp. Mr. Papp rose from a childhood in the slums of Brooklyn to found the New York Shakespeare Festival, through which he presented free Shakespeare in Central Park for more than three decades. 1, Please see PAPP20A JEFF GREENEStaff Photographer Passers-Dy watch as 20-foot waves pound the sea wall at Worth Avenue in Palm Beach. Police restricted traffic on the island to all but local traffic.

Inside THE LIST The names of 20 alleged prostitution clients in the Kathy Willets case have been released. STORY, 9A Waves Slam Coast 2(H ooters pummel shoreline, damage homes, sea walls, pier 27A 2A TGIF LETTERS LOTTERY MOVIES 3B OBITUARIES PEOPLE 2A 28A BUSINESS 4B CLASSIFIEDS 12C TXpCS 10D DEAR ABBY 2D 'EDITORIALS 28A 1 FLA. NEWS 9 A DAVE GEORGE 1C HOROSCOPE 9D 1 ANN LANDERS 2D HEALTH, MEDICINE i TV LISTINGS SEARS TH0M SMITH ID STOCKS 6B TV SPORTS 2C SCIENCE 14A IN ACCENT A 600-mile-wide storm that formed off the Mid-Atlantic coast Tuesday is generating the waves that are pummeling Florida's east coast. Some of the energy from Hurricane Grace, which battered Bermuda early this week, combined with the storm to create towering swells of water. The swells, as high as 20 feet, cause severe coastal flooding when they reach shore during high tides.

Some of the biggest waves hit Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast about 2 p.m. Thursday More large waves are expected to lash the coast during today's high tides about 4 p.m. Dade and Broward counties are not getting hit because they are shielded by the Bahamas. YJy Predicted location for noon today 2:30 p.m. Thursday "X7 NC 35 r.if I Athntlc GA.

jT Ocean gy 'yFLi is i wPBW- I 25'. BAHAfMS 0 200 i .1 Miles tSS" 580 ll Vol. 83 No. 188 1991 The Palm Beach Post 6 Sections I FOR HOME DELIVERY SERVICE 620 4663 1 800 654 1231 tact. Several windows in the Beach Club at The Breakers hotel were shattered by waves that drenched flags 50 feet in the air with spray.

"God got tired of the Kennedy trial and decided to put on his own show," said hotel guest Barbara White of Rumson, N.J. As word of the 20-foot-high waves spread Thursday afternoon, curious motorists streamed into Palm Beach. Officials even- Please see WAVES30A By KIRK BROWN Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Powerful waves from a storm churning off the mid-Atlantic states battered Palm Beach County's shoreline Thursday, damaging property and forcing rescuers to pluck at least eight boaters and surfers from the sea. "These are the biggest waves I have ever seen," said Palm Beach Fire Department spokesman Craig Stanfield, a lifelong resident of the town. More than 20 people were injured, some seriously, officials Tidal surge ravages na-tion's Northeast coast 20A said.

Though dollar estimates were unavailable Thursday night, the damage caused by the waves was widespread. The surging tide destroyed 1,200 feet of the decorative sea wall at the east end of Worth Avenue on Palm Beach. Portions of Ocean Boulevard were flooded, but officials said the main sea wall appeared in WE RECYCLE For information, call 1-800-4327595 7 ext. 4638..