rer February 25 1S39 3A National Public perception may kill Tower vote - vices Committee's reiectio" of Tower on Thursday “The difference is the Senate doesn't have to confirm h s ehoice for vice president" But Bush has a long history of ignoring public perception when it collides with personal loyalty As chairman of the Republican National Committee under President Richard Nixon Bush refused to abandon the embattled president in the face of the Watergate scandal Vs vice president he stood by President Ronald Reagan in the 1 WASHINGTON Ai the Senate prepares to decide on the nomination of John Touer this week the public's perception that he is irresponsible ma be as damaging to his chances of being confirmed as his alleged improprieties Senators who visited their home states during the weeklong Presidents' Dav recess found people either uninterested m Tower or opposed to his nomination for defense secretary Taken together those two sentiments could make it politically easier for some senators to oppose Tower if they find sufficient other less political reasons to do so The public controversy about the nominee has not swaved John Tower has He be- come a and the butt of not-so-clea- n jokes President Bush who continues to believe that his loval championing of his fellow Texas Republican will prevail in the end “Maybe some of his advisers told him he looked good standing by (Vice President Dan) Quayle when he did and he should do the same with Tower" said Sen Albert Gore (D Tcnn) who joined in the Senate Armed Ser National briefs Iran-cont- Dcnoiruis on the krmed controversy Bush's loyalty again stands out in his defense of Tower “He is my choice my only choice and I am standing with him" he said Friday in Tokyo where he at- have not been nude public The Rcpublisuns are preparing an edited or “sanitized" version of the FBI report that can be made public before the full Senate vote on the nomination While the controversv funer- - over D-A- a la member of the Armed Services Committee who voted against Tower said a majority of people he had heard from were against Tower ACORN'S ! 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Julia a Sat March 4 — 9 a m Mm thru w Since retiring as head of the Sale M Browning Armory 625 E 5300 S ' MAR 4th second time this month a spokesman says The Navajo Supreme Court on Friday overturned an order by Keyenta tribal District Judge Harry Brown that reinstated MacDonald as chairman pending a full hearing of the case The Supreme Court also ordered Brown who is MacDonald’s brother-in-lato show cause Tuesday why he shouldn’t be removed from the case MacDonald was accused of corruption earlier this month in Congressional hearings Non-Viole- Sen Richard Shelby FEB 26th WINDOW ROCK Ariz (AP) — Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald plans “business as usual" despite a court order removing him from office for the ad Tower had been simmering for weeks it began to intensify after senators made trips home and discovered what much of the rest of the country already knew: John Tower had become a laughingstock the butt of jokes and a cause for lifted eyebrows over questions of his personal behavior AD EFFECTIVE Navajo court ousts MacDonald again anti-Skinhe- x Committee based mush of meir opposition on results of FBI ins estigations into allegations of cxsesMve drinking and improper relationship' with women as well as questionable dealings by Tower as a consultant with defense contractors Republicans interpreted the FBI reports differently saying they were not conclusive But Tower's detenders were hampered in altering public perceptions because the results of the investigation ra tended Emperor Hirohito's Ser-vc- QMS© table and chairs 1 $S1®8 Ad e