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University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 20, 1991
Open Horse Show Sponsored by KU Equestrian Club September 29 at Douglas County Trailriders Arena everyone encouraged to attend For more info call Jeff at 865-0766
ATTENTION Pre-Med
Students! Including dental optometry and veterinary students
Informational meeting MONDAY, Sept. 23,7pm Kansas Room Kansas Union
Representatives from the KU Medical School and KU advisors will discuss:
- Application Procedures
- Admission Requirements
- Answer questions concerning application information
For more information call 864-3667 or stop by 110 Strong Hall
Poll finds support for Thomas
54 percent say judge should be confirmed
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Clarence Thomas' Senate appearance lie four in nine Americans with a favorable impression of the Supreme Court nominee, and only one in nine with an unfavorable view, a poll by The Associated Press found.
The other four in nine could not say what impression Thomas had made on them. Yet 54 percent said the Senate should confirm Thomas as a Supreme Court justice. Sixteen percent opposed confirmation. The rest were unsure.
More than a quarter of the 1,009 adults polled Friday through Tuesday said they didn't know enough about Thomas. He has an opinion about his business.
The conservative African-American judge was questioned by senators at televised hearings for four days before the survey began. But the poll shows that the repetitive and sometimes arcane exchanges between Thomas and liberal senators failed to create the sort of public backlash that undermined the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork four years ago.
The Thomas poll
Clarence Thomas' Senate appearance left four in nine Americans with a favorable impression, and only one in nine with an unfavorable view.
30% of the people polled said Thomas should have been more forthcoming with his ideas.
28% of the people polled said Thomas should not have been more forthcoming.
If the Senate does not confirm Thomas, should President Bush pick another African-American candidate for the job?
Source: The Associated Press
Forty-five percent said their impression of Thomas was favorable, 11 percent said it was unfavorable and 44 percent couldn't say. Of those who didn't know whether they approved or disapproved of Thomas' nomination, 21 percent had a favorable impression from the hearings, compared with six percent unfavorable.
- 25% said yes
- 11% said no
- 48% suggested Bush pick the most qualified candidate
The random-sample phone poll by ICR Survey Research Group of Media, Pa., has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
Melissa Unterberg/KANSAN
Thirty percent of those polled said Thomas should have been more forthcoming about his views on abortion, but 28 percent disagreed.
That split reflected the partisan division of the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose Democrats complained that Thomas was unresponsive and was dodging the abortion issue. Committee Republicans argued that Thomas, as a federal appeals judge, had the responsibility of keeping an open mind on issues that could come before him.
One in five of those polled who approved of the Thomas nomination said he should have been more forthcoming on abortion.
Thomas is the perception that he wants to end hiring preferences such as affirmative action programs.
President Bush, who opposes employment quotas, has said race did not figure into his choice of Thomas to replace reprinting Justice Thurgood Marshall, the court's only African-American member.
Although Bush's assertion that Thomas was simply the best person for the job provoked skepticism among Democrats, the poll showed it was in tune with the public's expectations.
The poll asked, "If the Senate refuses to confirm Thomas, should President Bush pick another Black candidate for the iob?"
Twenty-five percent said yes, and 11 percent said no. Forty-eight percent said that Bush should pick the most capable person.
No hostages expected to be released soon
The Judiciary Committee is expected to finish its hearings this week and vote as early as Thursday. Several of the 14 members have said they thought Thomas had a good chance of winning the panel's recommendation for confirmation.
The Associated Press
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A pro-Iranian faction said yesterday it would not free any Western hostages until Israel releases 20 more Lebanese prisoners.
"The Revolutionary Justice Organization is to freeze the hope of an imminent release of a few hostages until the picture becomes clearer about the Israeli position and the Unit Nazi's role." said a companion from the group.
War II pilot, was about to be freed.
The handwritten Arabic-language communique was accompanied by a picture of American hostage Joseph Ciccioppi, 61, of Norristown, Pa., who held by the group along with the British hostage Jack Mann, 77.
The statement dashed hopes raised this week that Mann, a former World
Also yesterday, Shiite Muslim leaders seeking a hostage-for-prisoner swap said two German captives may be excluded from the proposed deal, in an attempt to bargain for the release of Lebanese terrorists held in Germany.
The Shites, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said an Italian and a Briton, two of the 11 Western hostages, had died in captivity. Numerous previous reports have suggested British writer Alec Collett and Italian businessman Alberto Molinari died years ago.
The two influential Shiite leaders, who have close ties to militant Hebboll factions, gave no details on how the men died. Hebboll, or Party of God, is believed to be the umbrella group for the pro-Iranian factions holding the
hostages.
U. N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar has been seeking a deal that involves trading the hostages and five missing Israeli servicemen in Lebanon, or information on their fate, for about 300 Arab prisoners still held by Israel.
Earlier this month, Israel released 51 prisoners and the bodies of nine Arab guerrillas after getting evidence one of the servicemen was dead. Israel has also received the body of another serviceman.
But the statement yesterday by the Revolutionary Justice Organization said that Israel had agreed in negotiations to release 80 Arab prisoners.
"It appears that the issue is likely to be complicated anew unless 20 more detainees are released according to the agreement, and thus we are freed from our obligations," the statement said.
"We were surprised with the release of 51 detainees and nine martyrs," the leader said.
"We shall make no move until the United Nations assumes its responsibility as sponsor of the negotiations."
Shiite leaders have said previously that no more hostages would be released until Israel takes steps to free Sheik Abdul Kurali, Omid Kebir, 39, a Muslim cleric taken by Israeli commanders in July 1989.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens indicated Wednesday that Israel would not rush to release Obeid, who is linked to Heybollah.
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