European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday March 15, 1986 primary elections in Many states Nea Absentee ballot deadlines listed Washington May Marks the time for primary elections in several states and the deadline for returning Absentee bal lots is growing near. Service members family members and overseas civilians can request their ballots now by filling out a Federal Post card application say Federal election officials. The applications Are available at local units. Party affiliation must be specified when requesting a primary ballot. Voting procedures for each state Are contained in the 1986-87 voting assistance guide which is available through military voting officers. Oregon Texas and Pennsylvania waive registration procedures for military Mem Bers merchant marines spouses family members and residents residing temporarily outside the United states. Citizens from North Carolina Pennsyl Vania and Texas who Are not in the military but live overseas Are permitted to vote for Federal offices Only. Civilians May obtain information at any . Embassy or consulate. If assistance is not available locally write to director fed eral voting assistance program office of the Secretary of defense room 1b457, Pentagon Washington d.c., 20301, or Call commercial 202 695-0663. Indiana primary election May 6. Ballots will consist of candidates for one . Senator 10 . Representatives and state offices of Secretary of state treasurer auditor clerks of the state supreme court and court of appeals 25 state senators and 100 state representatives. Also to be decided Are offices of 92 prosecuting attorneys and some circuit Superior and county court judges. The circuit court clerk of the voter s Resi Dence county must receive a service member s Absentee ballot application at least 29 Days before the election in which they wish to vote. A separate Post card application must be submitted to request a ballot for the nov. 4 general election. The clerk will mail the a elections �5 Santee ballot about 30 Days before the Pri Mary and 45 Days before the general election. Kentucky primary election May 27. Voting will be for one . Senator seven . Representatives one half of the Kentucky state senators and All 100 state representatives one state supreme court Justice and several judicial District judges. There must be separate Absentee ballot requests sent for primary ballots and for the nov. 4 general election ballots. Kentucky officials Are advising that the applications be sent Early enough to reach the county clerk 60 Days before the election. Nebraska primary election May 13. On the ballot will be candidates for con Gressional representatives from districts 1, 2 and 3, governor lieutenant governor Secretary of state auditor state treasurer attorney Gen eral Public service commissioner even numbered seats in the state legislature state Board of election regents of the University of Nebraska and two state Power districts. Applications for primary ballots must be sent to the county clerk in the voter s county of residence not later than the Friday before the election but sufficient Lead time must be Al Lowed to ensure Early receipt of a ballot. A separate request must be made for the nov. 4 general election ballot. Ballots will be mailed to the voter about 35 Days before the election and must be returned by mail to reach the county clerk not later than 10 . On the second Day following an election. Any one including friends or relatives May apply for an Absentee ballot on the voter s behalf. North Carolina primary election May 6 for one . Senate seat . Representatives in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th and Lith District. There also will be a demo cratic primary for the state court judges county commissioners boards of education and other county offices. Absentee ballots Are available 60 Days before the election and voted ballots must be received not later than 5 . On the Day before the election. Oregon primary election May 20. Voting is for one . Senate seat and five . Representative seats in districts 1-5. Statewide offices of governor commissioner of labor and industries superintendent of Public instruction 15 state senators All 60 state representatives state supreme court court of appeals circuit court Oregon tax and District court judges District attorney and various City and county offices. Voters should mail their Absentee ballot application to the county clerk at least two months before the election to ensure timely delivery of the ballot. One application is a valid request for All elections during the year in which it is submitted. Oregon also provides a special write in ballot available to any person who is residing stationed or working outside the United states and believes he or she will be unable to vote and return a regular ballot by nor Mal mail delivery. This ballot can be re Quested by submitting an application not earlier than 90 Days before the election. Pennsylvania primary election May 20. Voting is for governor lieutenant Gover nor 23 . Congressional seats one . Senator 25 even numbered state Senate seats and All 203 state representative seats. A separate ballot request must be mailed for the nov. 4 general election ballot. Voters Are advised to mail in the application at least two months in Advance of the election. Voted ballots must be returned to election officials not later than the Friday before the elec Tion although Federal offices listed on the bal lot will be counted if received by the close of the polls on election Day. Texas primary election May 3. Voting is for All . Congressional representatives All state representatives some state senators various state judgeship various county offices such As judges county clerks county commissioners and justices of the peace. The Absentee ballot application must be mailed to the Absentee voting clerk in the voter s county of voting residence. One application May be used to request ballots for the primary and if necessary june 7 Runoff and the nov. 4 general election. The applications must be received by the clerk not later than seven Days before the elec Tion. The clerk will mail Absentee ballots approximately 45 Days before the election. A photo a Berlin museum visitor uses a pocket magnifying Glass to examine the Man with the Golden masterpiece declared no Rem Brancalf Berlin a Art historians thursday officially declared the painting Man with the Golden helmet the work of an unknown artist after it was for centuries regarded As one of Rembrandt s masterpieces. The information was made Public at a special exhibit of the restored painting in a Berlin museum its first showing since doubts about its origin were made Public last year. A statement from the museum of prussian culture said it is now Clear that the picture was not painted by Rembrandt but by an unknown artist belonging to the dutch master s restoration on the painting started last Spring after a dutch curators commission visiting Berlin expressed doubt that it was the work of Rembrandt. After careful cleaning and restoration the picture now better resembles its original state and allows a More realistic inspection of the work the statement released to the news Media said. The work of Art which depicts an elderly Man in Armor wearing a plumed Golden helmet painted on a murky background will be returned to storage with the City s Rembrandt collection at the end of May the statement said. The picture belongs to the state and was bought by sponsors of the City s museums association from private sources at the end of the 19th Century. A sum of 22,000 reichsmark was paid for the painting a Small Fortune atthe time. According to experts the work was probably painted in 1650. Rembrandt was born on july 15, 1606, and died oct. 4,1669. Many paintings dating Back to 1625 Are attributed to Harmens Vanrijn Rembrandt. However West Berlin Art historian Jan Kelch said last november that Only 380 of 740 pictures tested in the past 25 years have been verified As works of the dutch master. Crime in England Wales Rose 3 percent in 1985, Agency says London up1 police in England and Wales re corded 3.6 million crimes in 1985, an increase of 3 percent from the year before the Home office has said. In its annual report on crime statistics the Home office said More than half of the offences involved theft. It said there were 615 homicides in England and Wales last year compared to 621 in 1984. All recorded crime increased by 3 percent to 3.6 million the report said. The report s release coincided with heightened Public con Cern about sex crimes following a series of highly publicized rape cases that have dominated headlines. The Home office said the total number of sex offences increased by 6 percent in 1985, and the number of recorded offences of rape jumped by 29 percent to 1,842. Anti pornography legislation put into effect in Turkey Ankara Turkey up new anti pornography legislation has been put into effect in this predominantly moslem country stipulating stiff prison terms and fines for offenders Ankara radio said. The legislation which bans advertising for magazines such As Playboy Aims to protect minors from obscene publications the radio said. Playboy can now Only be sold in Plain envelopes to persons who can prove they Are Over 18. American French geologists win prize for studies of Earth s origin Stockholm Sweden up Sweden s Royal acad Emy of sciences has announced that an american and a French geologist have won the 1986 Craford prize for help ing Trace the origin of the Earth and its solar system. Gerald j. Wasserburg of the California Institute of technology and Claude Allegre of the University of Paris will share the annual prize Worth $140,000. The Royal Academy of sciences which also names the Nobel science laureates praised Allegre 49, and Wasser Burg 59, for their imaginative research in isotope geology leading to a better understanding of the genesis of the planetary system
