European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. May 16, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 . Crusader triumphs indicating election trend intact Moscow a an Ami corruption crusader crushed More than two do in other candidates to win a parliamentary scat despite running afoul of the Kremlin for including politburo member Yegor k. I Gachev in his probe preliminary data said monday. Lyudmilla image nip. Deputy head of the Tass news Agency in Leningrad said preliminary returns showed criminal investigator Nikolai Ivanov won 61 per cent of the vote in the soviet Union s second largest was pitted in the sunday elec Tion against More than two dozen other candidates for a scat representing All of Leningrad in the new Congress of peo ple s deputies which meets May 25. In the Eastern ukrainian City of Khar officials said preliminary data showed reformist editor vital Korotich of Ogo Nyok Magazine had easily Defeated nine other candidates. Lyudmilla Myrko assistant director of Kharkov s electoral commission said in a Telephone interview that Korotich received about 80 percent of the vote. Strong showings by Ivanov. Korotich and Reform candidates in the Baltic republics continued a trend of the first round of elections March 26 favouring reformist and anti establishment Candi dates. Those elections were the first nationwide Multi candidate elections in the soviet Union in 70 years. Klara Hallik a lecturer and expert on ethnic relations at Tallinn pol technical Institute won 50.74 percent of the vote in Estonia s Only election. She was backed by the estonian people s front. Janis Prikulis a television editor in the neighbouring Republic of Latvia said voters there handed reformer Macrik Vulfsons a narrow Victory in a Riga Dis prosecutor Janis a Jonitis. A hardliner voted most unpopular latvian in a poll by a youth newspaper last year received 6 percent. People s front officials in Latvia said their candidates won five of the six races there. Voters in Kiev narrowed a slate of 33 candidates to two. Economist Vladimir Chernyak a Leader of the ukrainian peo ple s front grassroots movement will face editor Vitaly Karpenko of the offi Cial newspaper a Tcherny Kiev said Lydia Voronova. A Kiev election official. In Moscow. Olympic weight lifting Champion Yuri Vlasov was seeking a seat from the Lublinsky Region. Reformist playwright Mikhail Shaurov and Afghani Stan War hero Alexander Rudsky were among the candidates in tie Kutsovsky District. No results were available imme the religious Center Zagorsky Well known newspaper commentator Alexan Der Bovin and to commentator Alexan Der Kurtov moved into a run off election scheduled for next sunday. Among the other candidates was Edi Tor Anatoly Ivanov of the Arch come Ria live monthly Molo Daya a Valiya. In the March election voters embarrassed dozens of local communist party and government officials in Leningrad. Kiev Moscow and other major cities. Candidate politburo member Yuri f. Solovyov ran unopposed in one Leningrad District but failed to win 50 percent of the vote. But former Moscow party chief Boris n. Yeltsin s anti establishment Campaign in the capital pulled in 89 per cent of the vote. Repeat elections were held in 195 districts where voters were Given a Choice of Only one or two candidates on March 26. And refused to elect anyone. In three districts of Armenia elections were held sunday because fewer than half of the voters went to the polls in March. In one District a repeat election was held be cause the Winner died shortly after being elected. Bald faced perfection Jean Marie Hervit of Neuchatel. Swit Erland. Undergoes a close inspection of his Bald head during the world Bald head championships sunday in Schluch turn West Germany. The 24 year old presented the biggest Bald head of the Competition showing off 1,142 Square centimetres of Dan less Scalp. Bodies of six sailors returned to families Alameda naval air station Calif. A the bodies of six sailors have been returned to their families who were told that the deaths in a ship fire were a jolting reminder of the dangers faced by the armed forces. We want you to know that we share your deep Pride and your equally deep sorrow in these fateful Days Navy vice adm. Robert . Kihune told rela Tives of the White Plains Crew members at a memorial service sunday. Six sailors were killed and five others were injured last tuesday when a fire broke out in the engine room of the Supply ship in the South China sea. The fire on the Guam based ship part of the Battle group assigned to the aircraft Carrier Constellation remains under investigation. The Blaze on the while Plains was the second of three fatal Navy ship fires during the past 3 a weeks. An Honor guard met the six Flag draped coffins flown Here by a c-141 air Force cargo plane from Clark a in the Philippines. Pallbearers carried the caskets single file into a hangar at the Navy base on the East Side of san Francisco Bay where the half hour service was held. About two dozen family members some weeping and hugging each other and nearly 150 other people attended the service. The men honoured were Petty officer 3rd class muoi Cao of Ventura fireman apprentice Darryl d. Edwards of Flossmoor Iii. Fireman apprentice Todd a. Follis of Lake Neba Gamon wis. Fireman Baxter Lesarlley of Santa fe., . Fireman apprentice Paul d. Novotny of Howells. Neb. And Petty officer 2nd class Jon d. Ruhmel of Elmira . The sacrifices made by these men is another jolting reminder of the danger faced by those who Fly those at sea and those who give freely of themselves to protect our Freedom our heritage and our responsibility to bring Justice and peace among All people of the world said Kihune commander of the naval surface Force Pacific. On april 19, 47 sailors were killed in an explosion and fire in a gun Turret aboard the Norfolk battleship Iowa off puerto Rico. On saturday an explosion and fire off the coast of North Carolina killed two crewmen on the Norfolk based aircraft Carrier America. Head of North jury says Cousin works for prosecutor. ,. A i it. 11 a unit i
