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1 BENNINGTON BANNER BACKPAGE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990 Professor to become Nigerian king Kunin to work for Peter Welch SUSAN ALLEN 1988. His grandfather ruled as king for 23 years. His coronation takes place in December. He was born in Asaba and came to the United States in 1967 as a visiting professor in nutrition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He came to Chapel Hill in 1970.

The king of Asaba is responsible for the social, cultural, administrative and spiritual life of the people, and carries out those duties through committees and councils, Edozien said. The legislative body passes laws, but the king approves them. Similarly, the judicial system administers the law, but the final appeal is also the kings. He can overturn any verdict or appeal. The new monarch plans to develop businesses on the regions agricultural economy.

And because Nigeria produces oil, the manufacture of plastics for the domestic market is part of his plansv Theres the excitement of starting something new after one has been teaching for 35 years, he said. I can do a lot to change the lives of a lot of people. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Joseph Edozien says hell miss his colleagues and students but the chance to be king in his native Nigeria was an offer the 65-year-old professor couldnt refuse. "Its quite a challenge, said Edozien, of the nutrition department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He said he looking forward to assuming his new duties as king of Asaba, a township near the western bank of the Niger River. For me, the major concern is the people. They are looking for economic development, for improvement in agriculture, and for new industry, he said. They want me to bring economic development and progress to the people. Edozien, who is married, will rule one million people in Asaba, one of 20 kingdoms in the country of 100 million.

Edozien was the unanimous choice among the male heirs of the royal family. Five tribal councils elect the king. The last king was his uncle, who died in October Agenda outlined MONTPELIER (AP) -Gov. Madeleine Kunin yesterday outlined her agenda for her remaining four months in office, and topping the list hints that cutbacks in state spending are on the horizon. Clearly the major focus will continue to be on budgetary issues in order to make sure that the financial house is in order, Kunin said at a news conference.

We are presently reviewing budgets on a daily basis, Kunin said. And the message has already gone out to tighten your belts, because the possibility of some further cutbacks or freezes are under serious consideration. Kunin said budgetary concerns are only part of a policy analysis she is putting together for the next legislative session. FROM THE FRONT Senate takes testimony from Supreme Court nominee Whats John Sununu know about you that we dont? Metzenbaum said. Souter responded: I have not given any assurance to Gov.

Sununu. He added that in a half-hour meeting with the president, Bush asked for no assurance on any subject. Under questioning from Sen. Dennis DeConini, Souter distanced himself from the doctrine of original intent in which judges seek to discover what the framers of a constitutional provision wanted it to mean when it was written. As an example, he endorsed the Supreme Courts 1954 decision outlawing racially segregated public schools.

The ruling was based on the Constitutions 14th Amendment guarantee of equal protection, Joseph Edozien Is ready te trade In hla aeademle responsibilities to become king of Nigeria. sisted federal regulations seeking information about minority hiring in state government and defended a literacy test for voters. In both instances, Souter emphasized that he was acting as an advocate and representing a client. He said both positions were tenable when the issues were litigated in the 1970s. The hearings opening session was interrupted briefly when 12 people six men and six women stood and shouted in protest.

He will kill women, shouted one. The demonstrators, who said they were members of a gay rights group, were hustled from the cavernous hearing room by police. They were arrested and charged with disrupting a congressional hearing. Welcome to Washington, judge, Biden told Souter mediately following Iraqs invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2, Sanders fully supported President Bushs response, but that Sanders has since backtracked in the face of pressure from his supporters.

Sanders on Thursday compared Iraqs invasion of Kuwait with U.S. policy in Central America and elsewhere in the Third World. Sanders said he supported the economic embargo against Iraq in order that it be brought to knees and force it to withdraw from Kuwait. He also said it was important to have a U.N.-sponsored military presence in Saudi Arabia in a defensive posture to deter Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia. Such a military force should not be used to invade Iraq, Sanders said.

When asked by a reporter what this military forces response should be to an Iraqi attack, Sanders said, Saddam Hussein wont attack now because of the U.S. defensive posture. Sanders makes swing through southern Vermont adopted at a time when all public schools were racially segregated. Souter began his testimony after sitting quietly for two hours while senators made opening statements. He proved an attentive and respectful witness, though hardly devoid of humor.

When one senator, worried about his questioning time expiring, cut Souters response to a question short, the nominee quipped, Youre going to turn me into a laconic Yankee if you keep doing that. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, questioned the nominee closely about positions he took while New Hampshires attorney general and, before that, as an assistant attorney general. Kennedy focused on cases in which New Hampshire officials re- what hes been saying all along: that Sandoval is a weak candidate.

Should Sandoval take less than 5 percent of the vote in November, it could hurt either Smith or himself, Sanders said. But if she wins at least 10 percent, his own chances would be diminished, Sanders said. Sanders listed a number of issues that the Congress will need to face next year. Among these were the dominance of large corporations, tax breaks for the wealthy, health care, the need to cut military spending, and boosting spending for education, housing and the environment. He said that in Vermont, property tax is arguably the most regressive tax of all and must be changed, and he vowed to try to restore federal revenue sharing, slashed under Reagan.

Sanders was asked about the situation in the Persian Gulf, an issue on which he has been accused of vacillating. Smith has said that im- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTPELIER Gov. Madeleine Kunin said yesterday she will support Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Welch and some legislative candidates, but noted that she may avoid an endorsement in the congressional race. At this point, I dont plan to get involved in the race for Congress, Kunin said at a news conference, adding that she disagrees with Democratic candidate Dolores Sandoval on several key issues. Kunin said it is also not likely she will endorse either Republican Peter Smith or independent Bernard Sanders, although other Democrats have been lining up behind one or the other in that race.

Although Kunin voiced concern about the decline in party unity in Vermont, she said, This (the congressional race) isnt politics as usual, and Ive never believed in marching lock-step in terms of party labels. Kunin said she did not agree with Sandovals call to legalize drugs or Sandovals criticisms of U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf crisis. Sandoval opposes President Bushs decision to send U.S. troops to the Middle East and has called for U.S.

withdrawal from Saudi Arabia. Noting Liberty Union congressional candidate Peter Diamonds-tones strong showing Tuesday in the Democratic primary he lost to Sandoval by about 300 votes Kunin said, I dont think you can just say this is the Democrats that are in trouble. I think its a reflection of the decline of party allegiance. OBITUARIES Richard R. Miner MANCHESTER CENTER Mr.

Richard R. Miner, 67, formerly of Arlington and a resident of Manchester Center since 1966, died early Thursday morning at the Southwestern Vermont Mdeical Center in Bennington. Mr. Miner was born in Springfield on Dec. 21, 1922, the son of Joseph and Ruby (Hoard) Miner.

He received his elementary education in the Springfield area and attended Arlington Memorial High School. Mr. Miner had worked as a building contractor for 1 1 years, when he retired due to health reasons. His primary interest was in carpentry. He and his wife, the former Mary Stroffolleno, whom he married on Aug.

14, 1943 in North Bennington, used to enjoy travelling and camping in their mobile-home camper. They would spend the winter months in Florida in the mobile home until his health would no longer permit their travelling. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Manchester. Mr. Miner is survived by his wife Mary of Manchester Center; a son and daughter-in-law, John and Joyce Miner of Bennington; a sister, Gladys Brownell of Hoosick Falls, N.Y.; a brother, Joseph Miner of Bennington; three gradchildren; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his son Richard R. Miner, Jr. in 1958. A memorial service of remembrance will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m.

at the First Congregational Church of Manchester. Church pastor Richard D. Ring-enwald will officiate. Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Ira Allen Cementary in Sunderland. There will be no calling hours.

Memorial contributions in lieu of floweres may be made either to the Manchester Rescue Squad or to the Manchester Health Services in care of Brewster Funeral Service, Box 885, Manchester Center 05255, who is handling the service arrangements. Charlotte Eaton DORSET Ms. Charlotte I. Eaton, 66, a life-long resident of Dorset, died early Thursday morning at her Dorset residence. Ms.

Eaton was born in Dorset on March 28, 1924, the daughter of Oliver and Angie (Wilkins) Tifft. She received her education in the Dorset School District. She was a member of the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert and the BattenKill Valley Eagles Auxiliary of Manchester Center. Ms. Eaton will long be remembered by her friends and family as a very devoted mother and professional homemaker.

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We are concerned about the legal right to choose. Eleanor Smeal of the Fund for the Feminist Majority said Souter spent much of the day calling abortion rights advocates the other side. Metzenbaum also asked Souter about a memorandum in which a conservative activist quoted John Sununu, the former New Hampshire governor who is now White House chief of staff, as calling Souters nomination a home run for conservatives. Chemical challenged EELS from page 1 The letter also said the Fish and Wildlife Service may not be adequately protecting the public from exposure to the chemicals, which are known as TFM and Bayer 73. Although the USFWS proposes certain restrictions for the application of the lampricides, there still appears to be the potential for dietary exposure from the proposed use of TFM and Bayer 73, wrote Elizabeth Higgins Congram, assistant director of environmental review at EPAs Boston office.

The eight-year lamprey program will begin this month at Lewis Creek in Ferrisburgh and includes treat--' ment next year of the Poultney River in West Haven and Trout Brook and Stone Bridge Brook, both in Milton. The chemicals kill young sea lampreys in streams in which they are born and spend their first few years. Hundreds of pounds of TFM will be used in each Vermont stream. The sea lamprey is an eel-like parasite that attaches to and often kills sport fish. For more than a decade anglers have complained that the bloodsucking lampreys shrink populations of landlocked Atlantic salmon as well as steelhead, brown and lake trout.

Despite EPAs objections to the $6.5 million program, it has approval from the federal government and from both New York and Vermont. Officials from Vermont and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday discounted EPAs concerns, and said the treatment program is safe. Vermont Natural Resources Secretary Jonathan Lash said the state put the program through a rigorous environmental review and it survived a strict federal screening that included preparation of an exhaustive environmental impact statement. Nancy Kaufman, associate supervisor of fisheries at the Fish and Wildlife Services Boston office, said EPAs concerns are hardly new.

She said proper precautions are being taken to protect the environment and homeowners living near treated streams. Its our belief that there are no families living up there that are going to be drinking water affected by TFM, she said. SANDERS from page 1 Tens of millions of people are giving up on the political system because they look at the Democratic and Republican parties and are angry and frustrated that the government doesnt reflect their concerns about health care, military spending, and unfair tax structures, Sanders said. When asked why he didnt vote in the primary, considering the fact that some prominent Democrats, such as gubernatorial candidate Peter Welch and state Sen. Sally Conrad from Sanders home county of Chittenden, have supported his own candidacy, Sanders said to do so would have been hypocritical.

I have no apologies for not participating in that process, the former Burlington mayor said. As an independent, Sanders did not run in the primary. Sanders said that he would support Welch and Conrad in the general election, but he didnt vote in the primary because he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. The function of the primaries, Sanders said, is to select the parties candidates of choice. Referring to the 20 percent turnout for Tuesdays primary, Sanders said, If I were the chairman of the Democratic or Republican party, Id be depressed at the small turnout.

Its not voter apathy. Its voter despair, Sanders said. But Sanders did predict a good November turnout in Vermont, when I will vote. Sanders also commented on the GOP primary House race between Rep. Peter Smith and challenger Timothy Philbin, which Smith won with about 60 percent of the vote.

If I were Peter Smith, Id be nervous, Sanders said. He compared the current campaign to the 1988 campaign when Smith, running in his first race for Congress, won the GOP primary with 77 percent of the vote. Smith beat Sanders by 4 percent in the 1988 general election, with Democrat Paul Poirier getting 22 percent. Sanders said the 1988 campaign was not a dirty campaign, and predicted an issues-oriented campaign this year. But following Smiths closer-than-expected primary victory, Smith may be more desperate and resort to more negative campaigning, Sanders said.

Sanders also said the close Democratic primary U.S. House contest between winner Dolores Sandoval and Peter Diamondstone confirms The governor said the party should look at drafting a clearly articulated philosophy. And she expressed concern that as party participation falls off, the general public will lose its voice, as extreme factions win control. The more falloff there is, the greater concentration of power you get, she said. Her survivors include a daughter Melinda Sue Perkins of Wells; five sons, Benjamin O.

Parker, Sr. of Manchester Center, Leo V. Parker of Pace, Gary Lee Parker of West Pawlet, Larry M. Parker of Pawlet and Marvin K. Parker of Manchester Center; two sisters, Mrs.

Anna Mae Devenow of Thompson, Conn, and Mrs. Gladys Park of East Rupert; four brohters, Aurthur Tifft of Grandville, N.Y., Edgar Tifft of Danby, Delmar Tifft of Pawlet and Vernon Tifft of East Rupert; nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. at the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert.

Church pastor the Rev. Hal C. Miller, 3rd will officiate. Interment will follow in Maple Hill Cemetary in Dorset. Visiting hours will be held Saturday, Sept.

15 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Brewster Funeral Home in Manchester Center. The memorial service will be conducted at 8 p.m. by the officers and members of the BattenKill Valley Eagles Auxiliary. Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may made to the Dorset Nursing Association in care of Brewster Funeral Service, P.O.

Box 885, Manchester Center 05255. Hope MacKay POULTNEY A private time of remembrance will be held at the convenience of the family for Hope MacKay, 70, of Bentley Avenue, who died Wednesday afternoon at Rutland Regional Medical Center. She was born Nov. 30, 1919 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y. the daughter of Donald B.

and Jean (Bartholomew) MacKay. She attended schools in Pleasantville and Briar Cliff N.Y. She was a graduate Parsons Art School and the Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. She married her first husband Carl Stanke in 1943. They resided New York for several years where she was employed as a legal secretary.

In 1945 she moved to Vermont. She married Harold Roberts in 1949 and together they owned and operated Roberts Snak Bar in Bondville for 10 years. In 1962 she was licensed as a real estate broker. She operated in the Manchester area for 13 years until she moved to Poultney where she established and was the co-owner of Poultney Properties. She retired in 1989.

She is a past member of the East Poultney Baptist Church Friendship' Circle. She is survived by two daughters, Judith E. Roberts of Poultney and Mrs. Kendra Stanke Cheney of North Rupert, and several cousins. It was Mrs.

MacKays wishes that there be no funeral services. Con- THE MOOSE KIDS! Earn Your Own Money! Banner has routes opening In several locations Please Call 447-7567 Sanders wins more union support PETER STANLEY BANNER STAFF WRITER BENNINGTON The union local of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) that hopes to represent Eveready battery workers has voted to endorse independent congressional candidate Bernard Sanders. In addition, two other UE locals at Bijur Stanley Tools may come out for Sanders at their coming meetings, where the issue is on the agenda, union leaders said yesterday. Other local factory workers have already endorsed Sanders. About 30 Eveready members attended the monthly meeting of local 290 and gave unanimous endorsement to Sanders campaign on Sunday after hearing reports on his views and achievements, according to John Hayes, a union organizer.

And according to Donna Poulen, a member of the union at Stanley Tools, union members had intended to vote on Sanders at their meeting Wednesday night but neglected to bring it up. The UE local from Bijur will most likely endorse Sanders at its monthly meeting on Sept. 20, said organizer Lillian Scrivens. He is really the only candidate in Vermont (who) has come out in support of the working person, said Hayes. He said he felt that Sanders differs from other politicians by representing the majority of the people, rather than the wealthy interests.

(Sanders) goes along with our views, and will probably receive support, Shrivens said. We expect him to be endorsed, she said. Sanders has a good record on labor issues, according to Barbara MacIntyre, another organizer at Eveready who is active in the local Democratic party but has come out in support of Sanders. While serving as the mayor of Burlington, Sanders appointed women to high positions in the local government and established day-care programs; he also worked with those who were laid off from their jobs, providing job training and other benefits to help them get on their feet again, MacIntyre said. He created an environment where people who lost their jobs were not made to feel worthless, she said.

The local also supports Sanders other positions, including his efforts to 'clean up the environment and provide affordable housing, said MacIntyre. Bernies been terrific," she added. Food Sale -10 a -2 Main St. used Christmas and crafts Welcome i.