European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 sea places the stars and stripes thursday april 10, 1986 Clint Eastwood the Good the bad and the mayor from press dispatches voters in the California tourist Village of Carmel by the sea made Clint Eastwood s Day tuesday turning out in heavy numbers to give the Hollywood Tough Guy landslide Victory in a mayoral election. According to Complete but unofficial results Eastwood had 2,166 votes or 72.2 percent to 799 votes or 26.6 percent for two time incumbent Charlotte Townsend. Two other candidates had a total of 37votes, or 1.2 percent. Eastwood Veteran of More than 40 movies and one of the world s top Box office draws was surrounded by dozens of reporters and photographers from around the world As he voted. Business was brisk at All four polling places in the 1 Square Milc Community with 72.5 percent of the 4 142registered voters turning out. City clerk Jeanne Brehmjr said that in her five years on the Job voter turnout has not exceeded 30 percent Townsend conceded the election less than 90 minutes sifter the polls closed saying this whole Campaign has been totally out of focus and so when asked whether she thought Eastwood would be a Good mayor she said i Don t know the gentleman truly Hope so. Eastwood Best known for his Spaghetti westerns and films such As dirty Harry attended a Pri vate Tea with residents after he voted at All saints episcopal Church while supporters scurried to get Vot ers to the polls. Eastwood 55, was making his first try for office against Townsend a 6-year-old retired librarian and Timothy Grady a 27-year-old dishwasher who said he wanted to tear up some streets in favor of horse trails. In Absentee ballots Grady received one vote and businessman Paul Laub who quit and threw his sup port behind Eastwood received four votes. The Winner takes Over the $200-a-month, two Yea Job on april 15. J Eastwood has taken More than a year off from his acting and directing career and promised voters he would make the mayor s Job his top priority. Eastwood chided the horde of 400 reporters from around the country Europe and Japan who have descended on Carmel. What do you All care about this he said you Lylall be gone after the mayor s Job is to preside Over monthly meetings of the City Council and other meetings which can be called with 24 hours notice. The mayor has no other official Powers except to represent the City at various events. A City administrator is appointed by the Council and has hiring and firing Powers Over City employees Carmel 120 Miles South of san Francisco draws. A photo amt Eastwood leaves the voting Booth after cast ing his ballot. Thousands of tourists on weekends with its rows of Small shops Art galleries and Low key style. There Are no traffic lights or Neon signs and residents have Long been lighting to keep development under control. Tickets too High for Baez Singer Joan Baez has cancelled an april 17 concert in Green Bay wis., saying she j was unhappy that ticket prices were too expensive. I think the ticket prices bother me. Because i be always been a stickler for keeping them As Low As humanly possible so that As Many people who wanted to come could afford it Baez a leading voice in the 60s protesters said monday. Ticket prices for the one show Aez event at the Green Bay performing arts Centre were $25, $22 and $ 19. The ticket prices were quite High in order to make any Money on the show said Jeff Miller Booker for the performing arts Centre. About 300 tickets were sold Miller said. More than 800 of the theater s 1,037 seats would have had to be sold for a profit to be realized he said. Kennedy Bailey and land Joseph p. Kennedy ii and attorney f. Lee Bailey arc Busy with real estate matters in Marshfield mass. The town planning Board held a hearing monday on Kennedy s proposal to build a gravel Road on 32 acres he owns with his wife Sheila. She said the couple wants to build a summer Home on the property and they still expect to move soon from their Century old House in Marshfield part of the 10th congressional District to Brighton in the 8th District. Kennedy the 33-year-old son of the late sen. Robert f. Kennedy and Nephew of the late president John f Kennedy is a candidate for Congress in the 8th District. In another part of town Bailey put his House on the Market for $950,000, his broker said. The Marshfield Hills property which includes a 15 room House two swimming pools a guest House with Sauna a helicopter Landing pad and 7.46 acres of land went on the Market a week ago said broker Dave Stenberg of Hunneman better Homes and Garden i Duxbury. Sen. Hawkins recovering . Sen. Paula Hawkins was in Good condition after undergoing surgery to relieve chronic Back and Shoul Der pain her doctors said. The Florida Republican should be released from Duke University Hospital in Durham n.c., in several weeks to resume her re election Campaign in which she is being challenged by democratic gov. Bob Graham. She can t play baseball. She can t throw darts. She can t do aerobic dancing said or. J. Leonard Goldner her main sur Geon. Hawkins probably will be out of bed by the end of the week and out of the Hospital in several weeks said Goldner. She will Wear a sup port for about four months he said. The 59-year-old first term senator has suffered head aches and Back pain since a television studio Back drop fell on her in 1982. Hawkins Andy Rooney knows precisely what the country s major problem is. It s not Energy inflation even recession. It s turning things on and off. Like tvs witches faucets that sort of thing. He s even got a kind word to say about politicians. No Andy Rooney is not crazy. He s a columnist. His column cleverly called the Andy Rooney column begins tomorrow in the stars and stripes. The stars and stripes your Hometown newspaper overseas
