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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, November 6, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. Novembers 1886 the stars and stripes Paga 7 Washington , mayor wins third term fam Preu Ali Piehet Washington mayor Marion bin or. On tuesday won a third term As mayor of the District of Cowna where Democrat have always won every office they can legally hold. Wilh All ballots cast before 1 30 pm. Counted Barry had 58 percent of the vote compared 1o 36 percent for Republican Caral Schwartz. Independent Brian Moore received 3 percent of the vote and three other Candi Date bad smaller showing. The morning vote count traditionally has always been Clear indication of the final outcome in elec Tion when the margin u As great at it was betwee Barry and Schwartz. Barry to is the second elected mayor in the pre dominantly Black and democratic District of Colum Bia where resident could not vote for mayor or Cit Council until 1974. Late Absentee ballots Spur suit against Hawaii Washington the Justice department Hie suit a into Hawaii on tuesday Aix a aug officials there of waiting too Long to mail out Absentee ballots to , voters in other countries for the current election. The suit in . District court in Honolulu seeks to move Back to nov. 14 the deadline for returning the Absentee ballots which under state Law Are required to be resumed by the close of polls on election Day. The Justice department s civil rights division Al lege that Absentee ballots were not mailed by hawaiian authorities to american citizens living abroad until two to three weeks before election Day. Delivery of International mail takes 10 o 14 Days each Way and military mail lakes 30 to 35 Days round trip according to the . Postal service. Election officials in the stale have received 652 re quests for Absentee ballots from civilians and military personnel officials said. Conscientious objector tops disabled Green Beret Austin Texas a conscientious objector who refused to serve in Vietnam has won a county judge ship defeating a former Green Beret who lost his legs in Vietnam. Democrat Bill Aleshire beat Republican Allen Clark for the Travis county Post in tuesday s election. Clark 43, is a West Point graduate who lost both legs after he was hit by mortar fire in Vietnam in 1967. He said the War was no a Factor in the race. Washington mayor Marion Barry ates Bire 36, said he became a conscientious objector because of a Strong upbringing that the Way to Settle fights in school was not to  he performed two years of Community service in lieu of military service. 1 St hispanic wins seat on Texas supreme court Austin Texas stale supreme court Justice Karl Gonzalez has become the first hispanic elected to statewide office in terns. Gonzalez a former Appeal court judge appointed to the supreme court two years ago by democratic  while Defeated lawyer John a Bales in tues Day s election. I think it shows we As a stale have matured in that election Day antics a Pahulu Democrat Neil Goldschmidt Yod filter hiding in of of the � game with a Booth on elec Tion Day in Portland Ore. Goldschmidt won his bid for governor of Oregon against Norma Paulas. We judge individuals As individuals and not by How we spell last names Gonzalez said. Republican Roy Barren jr., also hispanic lost his bid to unseat attorney Central Jim Mattox. There Are about 1 million hispanic voters in Texas about 14 percent of the total number of registered voters. Fired sheriff Defeated trying to win Back badge Bismarck . A sheriff removed from office by the governor after a series of Drunken driving arrests was Defeated in i Effort to reclaim the office. Cordon Taylor 49, lost to John Schroeder in in gout Fork county race. Schroeder served As chief Deputy under Taylor. Got. George sinner removed Taylor from office if april for Gross incompetence and misconduct Stem Ming from three arrests and two convictions for Drunken  was convicted of Drunken driving in 1981 and 1984. He was acquitted in december on a third charge but lost his Driver s License for two years for refusing to take a Field sobriety test. Youthful . Democrat foiled in third term try Newark . Democrat Peter Shapiro who lost his gubernatorial bid last year by a record margin was denied a third term As Essex county executive. Nicholas Avalo who switched to the gop Loop pose Shapiro won tuesday s , 34, has held the executive Job since it was created in 1978. At the age of 23. He became the youngest person elected to the new Jersey  served As county surrogate for 14ha years. Shapiro blamed his defeat on party betrayal by county democratic leaders and a 22 percent county lax increase. He suffered his first election loss last Yea when Republican Coy. Thomas h. Kean beat him by the largest margin in state history. Voters lose promised trip As candidate Defeated Honolulu no one won Fred Betnun s elec Tion contest because he did t win his election to the state  Republican had offered round trip airfare for two to Japan to the voter in the 32nd House District who came closest to predicting his margin of Victory Over incumbent democratic rep. Mule he Road. Because Beeman lost tuesday the contest was can celeb. During the Campaign Beeman also offered an unconditional Money Back guarantee to any voter nol satisfied with his performance in the House. He Fig ured his equal share refund would have amounted to about s6 per Voler. He also vowed to let constituents determine How he would vote on controversial issues. . Re elects state senator on trial in fraud Case new York democratic slate sea. Joseph l. Caliper on trial on fraud charges with former labor Secretary Raymond Donovan has easily won re elec , a 17-year Senate Veteran Defeated Wilfred Ayala on tuesday in the 31st District Caliper 62, and Donovan Are accused of participating in a Complex scheme to defraud the City transit authority of millions of dollars by falsifying contract records in the hiring of subcontractors on a construe lion project. Tennessee town votes out mayor commissioners Etowah Tenn. Residents of this cily of about 4,000 people have no functioning government after voting 10 recall mayor Roger Campbell and three other members of the five member City commission. Campbell was recalled tuesday by a vote of 745 611. The Only commissioner to survive the recall was . Garwood who retained his Post by seven votes. The recall movement began last summer amid allegations that the commission secretly approved a 110,000 payment to a lobbyist  
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