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Friday, March 4, 1988 Poll: Dramatic shifts in Southern voters By The New York Times The final days of campaigning for the Southern presidential contests next Tuesday are producing some dramatic shifts in voter sentiment, largely because of television spots, the latest New York Times-CBS News Poll shows. The survey, taken Sunday through Wednesday, found that Vice President George Bush, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts had the most stable support and were outdoing their rivals in the Southern and border states that will vole next week. But the outcome of the regionwide Democratic contest will depend heavily on turnout.

So far, the poll found, the impact of television commercials is most striking in the Democratic race, where only a third of primary voters say they have made up their minds and where most of the candidates are not well known. Rep. Richard Gephardt's commercials, which stress his willingness to sland up to America's trading partners, appear to be having a particularly strong impact and show how quickly voter sentiment can be changed. Among voters who said they had not seen Gephardt commercials, his ratings were middling: he was viewed favorably by 18 percent; unfavorably by 16 percent. But among Democratic voters who said they had seen Gephardt's commercials, he did much better: 41 percent had a favorable view of him and only 12 percent had an unfavorable view.

The problem for the Missouri Democrat is that only 17 percent of primary voters had seen his ads; his campaign is trying to raise money right to the last moment to put them on the air more often. Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee has also been helped by his advertisements. Among those who had not seen Gore's commercials, 17 percent had a favorable view of him; among those who said they had seen the spots, 37 percent had a favorable view. In the Republican race, Bush's commercials appeared to be solidifying his already substantial support.

Fifty-seven percent of those who said they had seen his ads viewed him favorably, as against 43 percent of those who had not. In the telephone poll 2,251 people were interviewed in 14 Southern and border states and in South Carolina, which holds a Republican primary this Saturday and a Democratic caucus the next week. The poll did not cover six other states and American Samoa, which will also be voting March 8. Of those interviewed, 765 said they would vote in Democratic contests and 511 said they would vote in Republican contests. The survey had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points for both parties.

In the Democratic contest, Jackson clearly has the strongest base of support in the South. He has begun to win some sympathy from white voters, but only 4 percent said they would vote for him. Dukakis has built the most positive image among the region's Democratic primary voters. He could do especially well if turnout is low. Dukakis' highly interested and better educated supporters seem to be more likely to cast ballots next Tuesday than supporters of other candidates, the poll suggested.

Although the poll could not forecast the outcome in any state primary, it found Dukakis strong in the region's two largest states, Florida and Texas. In the Republican race, Bush had the support of 44 percent of voters who said they would vote in the Republican contests, to 20 percent for Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, A1 2 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Contras Continued from A 1 crat-written package would come before the chamber as an amendment to a competing but similar Republican bill. It was adopted on a vote of 215 to 210, replacing the GOP- version.

But minutes later, the entire package was defeated on a final vote. The House never voted on the Republican plan. Rep. Mickey Edwards, who led the Republican debate, said supporters of Contra aid were never given an option they could support. "This plan didn't do anything." he said.

"It was just a lousy, lousy bill. We were saying we weren't going to vote for it, and they didn't believe it." As he returned to the White House from a NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium, Reagan said "I'm very happy" when asked about the defeat of the Democratic package. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater explained the president meant he was happy to have another "chance to work on an adequate package of humanitarian aid for the freedom fighters." However, a spokeswoman for the Contras said in Miami that the leadership of the Nicaraguan Resistance, a Contra umbrella group, had wanted the measure to pass. "Every time the United States turns its back on the Contras, it puts us in a less favorable position," said Contra spokeswoman Marta Sacasa. The Sandinistas "will become even more intransigent and more hard "We are fighting against an enemy that doesn't have these kinds of problems.

The aid from the Soviet Union has not stopped flowing to the Sandinistas," Ms. Sacasa said. Doctor indicted for Dalkon Shield Reagan, in a letter from Brussels, said the Democratic plan "does not meet the essential criteria" of maintaining military pressure on the Sandinistas. Wright called the dispute over the aid package "a battle for peace in Nicaragua, and for a constructive role for the United Slates in Central America as opposed to a destructive role." Reagan, in his letter, agreed that the vote represented "a watershed in our policies toward Central America." But he said the Democratic proposal would have led "to rapid debilitation of the resistance and further encouragement of Sandinista intransigence." The Republican alternative, he said, would ave kept alive "prospects for democracy and meaningful talks toward peace." The Democratic package included about $16 million in food, clothing, medicine and shelter for the rebels, intended to last at least through June; and $14 million to set up a fund to help children injured in the seven-year Nicaraguan civil war. On Feb.

3, the House defeated, 219-211, a $36.2 million Reagan proposal that included money for weapons and other military equipment. In debate Thursday, both sides argued that their version would best enhance a Central American peace process. "Our opportunity today is to construct a united position on Nicaragua policy for the first time in eight years," said Rep. Lee Hamilton, a sponsor of the Democratic package. "It says to the Contras that the United States is not going to provide them the means to make war.

But neither is the United States going to turn away from them," Hamilton said. But Rep. William Broomfield, called the proposal "a surrender package. It could turn the freedom fighters into refugees in their own country." Cease-fire talks between the two warring sides were stalled as the debate occurred in Congress. Tape Continued from Al court." "That's something, if the litigation has been filed, not to be addressed in the public as to whether it is or it is not," Ketchum said.

Bowron said a total of "at least seven minutes are edited" from the tape, but the missing 19 seconds is "certainly the most significant jump." The sheriff has refused to let the Casper Star-Tribune view Grunewald's book-in tape. He claims the videotapes are exempt from public access and cites different sections of Wyoming's open records law as grounds for withholding the tape. Bowron said he got his copy of Grunewald's book-in video in connection with his defense of Grunewald on a DUI charge. He also refused to allow the newspaper see the tape, saying "it's not in the best interest of my client at this time." However, the lawyer said that the tape shows Grunewald who was arrested for drunk driving emptying his pockets and answering allergy, disease and other "nurse-type questions." There is discussion between Grunewald and jail staff about whether the inmate-to-be was willing to submit to a blood-alcohol test, Bowron said, followed by "the real curious part of the tape." The lawyer says when the questioning ends, "there's a jump" to Grunewald being pushed into a cell and the arrival of a gurney used to transport the inmate to the hospital. Ketchum earlier had said Grunewald refused to cooperate with the deputies and excessive force was not used.

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WASHINGTON (NYT) A Northwestern University professor of obstetrics was indicted Thursday for lying under oath and obstructing justice in his courtroom testimony on behalf of the maker of the Dalkon Shield birth-control device. The professor, Louis Keith, served as a key defense witness for the A.H. Robins Co. in several lawsuits across the country in which women claimed serious injuries because of the intrauterine device. Robins sought bankruptcy protection in 1985 because of thousands of claims involving the Dalkon Shield.

A lawyer representing women who have filed claims said Thursday's indictment would not affect a $2 billion trust fund designed to compensate victims. Keith was charged with eight counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. Each per- evant to the incident and at this point I don't have any difficulty in the action that the officers took." Bowron said Wednesday his client was "intoxicated and obnoxious," but did not "attempt to strike anyone or resist." He said his client told him deputies "lifted his arm high enough behind his back that it snapped, and it was an audible snap, according to him." If Grunewald's case ends up in court, Bowron said, he intends to demand access to "as many tapes as 1 can to determine if there's a pattern of misconduct, or editing." Grunewald's claim against the county says his civil rights were violated "pursuant to the policy of the Natrona County Sheriff's Department regarding its use of excessive force upon persons arrested, booked and detained." Bowron said he has not asked Ketchum to explain the gap in the tape, but was told by deputies that the camera could have been "accidentally or intentionally turned off." And if the recording device was purposely shut off, it was because the book-in procedure was completed, Bowron said he was told. However, "I guess if the sheriff is saying that Mr. Grunewald was guilty of resisting the officers it would have been in the sheriff department's best interest to keep the cameras running," the lawyer said.

John Barksdale, a lawyer representing another inmate who suffered an injury while being booked into the Natrona jail, said Thursday he has a copy of his client's jail book-in videotape. Barksdale said Robert Krone's injury can be seen on tape. "I don't know whether there's any editing or anything going on," the lawyer said, but it "does not appear that there's been any editing" of Krone's taps. Krone also filed a claim against the county. The sheriff also has refused to release Krone's tape to the newspaper.

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Douglas E. Bragg of Denver, speaking the committee of lawyers representing women who were harmed by the Dalkon Shield, said Thursday's indictment would result in a careful review of Keith's testimony in other trials. ing to military employees. "The clearinghouse system of the national bank has obviously broken down," a foreign economic analyst said. "It's obvious that the National Bank just doesn't have the dollars to deliver and the checks are not clearing." The head of the National Banking Commission, Mario de Diego, met with bankers Thursday night to discuss the crisis.

Neither the commission nor the Banco Na-cional responded to telephone calls Thursday. The Banco Nacional attributed the liquidity crisis to the refusal of Republic National Bank of New York to send it $10 million being held in an account there. Republic announced in New York on Wednesday that it had turned over its Panamanian government accounts to the Federal Reserve Bank after Noriega's foes obtained a restraining order barring the transfer of any funds to the general. The Noriega opponents gained another court victory in New York Thursday when a federal judge barred three other banks Banker's Trust, Irving Trust and Marine Midland from transferring funds to the Noriega government. Sikh attack kills 32, police says AMRITSAR, India (AP) Sikh gunmen opened fire with automatic rifles and machine guns on a holiday gathering early Friday in Punjab state, killing at least 32 people and injuring 40 others, police said.

The attack in Hoshiarpur district was one of the bloodiest since Sikh extremists launched their guerrilla war for an independent homeland in the northern state in 1982. Punjab security forces and New Delhi police were put on alert after the killing to prevent any backlash by Hindus. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Full BBQ Plate 995 Va Plate 695 3230 CY 235 0988 .1 MARATHON JACKPOT March 5th 6:00 p.m. Until VFW Post 9439 and Auxiliary 1800 Bryan Stock Trail Door Prizes All Games Guaranteed $15.00 All Jackpots Guaranteed $50.00 All Proceeds Go To Cancer Aid and Research Free Lunch of Midnight Non Profit Organization Federal investigators said the inquiry that led to Thursday's indictment was prompted by the obvious contradictions between Keith's testimony at the Tampa trial and his later deposition.

"If you're going to perjure yourself, you'd better be consistent," one investigator said. Keith, who had been a paid consultant to Robins since 1977, did not return phone calls left at his office at Northwestern, where he is also a professor of gynecology. Robins, the Richmond-based pharmaceutical giant, had no immediate comment on the indictment. A company spokesman has been quoted previously as saying that Panama Continued from Al tonio Noriega, because his government is not legal. As the Reagan administration continued to support the economic campaign against Noriega, American officials acknowledged that they were following rather than leading the effort.

On Tuesday, Eric Delvalle, who is recognized as Panama's president by the United States and most other nations, announced that he was setting up an escrow account and that all payments due Panama should be put into the account. Delvalle, who was voted out of office by Panama's National Assembly last week after he tried to dismiss Noriega, remained in hiding here Thursday. The liquidity crisis here arose because Panama, unlike other Latin American countries that can simply print more money when a crisis occurs, has no currency of its own. The American dollar, known here as the balboa, is the country's sole currency, and the supply of dollars depends to a large extent on factors the Panamanian government cannot completely control. But Panama has no system resembling the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

In the event of a general bank failure here, depositors would not have protection against their losses. Normally there is an excess of dollars, which is relieved by shipping greenbacks to the Federal Reserve in the United States. But the currency shortage has developed so rapidly and is so severe that the U.S. Army has had to fly in dollars to pay workers at the Southern Command here, accord- Weston Republicans choose Bush delegate NEWCASTLE Republicans in Weston County Thursday night chose Jeff Watson as a delegate committed to George Bush for the National Republican Convention, according to Mary Ann Collins, executive director of the state Republican Party. TBCO'JOHWSv Douglas 5" Casper, Mills pL "SUPER On Sale jury count carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The maximum penalty under the obstruction charge is five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Tampa, involved Keith's testimony at a trial in March 1983, in which he claimed that the Dalkon Shield was not unreasonably dangerous, and that his findings were based in part on experiments conducted under his supervision. Only eight months later, in a deposition in a separate case in San Francisco, Keith acknowledged that he had not conducted the experiments. Clinics Continued from Al Under the regulation, a program that receives federal funds "may not provide counseling concerning the use of abortion as a method of family planning or provide referral for abortion as a method of family planning." The government has not decided whether to appeal the decision by Skinner, who said the rule violated the free speech rights of organizations receiving federal grants. President Reagan had expressed strong support for the rule, saying the government must not subsidize activities that promote or advocate 1 abortion.

In his opinion, Skinner said: "Abortion referral and abortion counseling are constitutionally protected speech under the First Amendment. Denying an otherwise eligible organization a grant because it provides abortion counseling or referral, even with non-federal funds, constitutes an impermissible penalty for the exercise of a constitutionally protected right. "The government may not penalize an individual for exercising his or her First Amendment rights, even if the penalty is the denial of a government benefit. "In my opinion," Skinner said, "a governmentally imposed block on the flow of neutral information bearing on abortion is an impermissible burden on the presently recognized rights of a pregnant client" of a family planning clinic. Under Supreme Court precedents, he said, "the right to elect an abortion in the first trimester is constitutionally protected from unduly burdensome governmental interference." The judge said the rule also violated the intent of Congress, which established the family planning program in 1970 under Title of the Public Health Service Act.

Last year the program provided $142.5 million for services to 4.3 million people. More than 85 percent of the beneficiaries were low-income women. Under the rule, family planning centers would be obliged to keep abortion related activites "physically and financially separate" from activities financed with federal funds. Persons interested in applying for the CITY BAND DIRECTORSHIP may pick up application forms at HILL MUSIC 2nd 8 Kimball from March 1 thru March 10 Annual BIG BAND SOUND DANCE Denver's Jay WIeder 10 pc. Band Sponsored by Casper's Shrine Band March 19th 8:30 pm-1 2:30 am BYOB Fairgrounds Industrial Bldg.

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None of the Democratic leaders polled plan to support former Sen. Gary Hart. Ernie Reinhold, vice chairman of the Wyoming Democratic Party, announced his support for Albert Gore on Monday. Reinhold is one of five "super-delegates" to the Democratic National Convention from Wyoming. Super delegates are automatic selections to the convention from among Democratic state leaders.

Other super delegates are former Gov. Ed Herschler, a Democratic National committeeman, who has also committed to Gore; state Democratic Party Chairman Muf-fy Moore and Gov. Mike Sullivan, both uncommitted; and National Committeewoman Barbara Ahr, who has not announced a preference. Wyoming will send 18 voting delegates and four alternates to the Democratic National Convention. Guns Continued from Al entered a committee room during a hearing.

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