European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 5, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 at new Orleans mayor wins 2nd term new Orleans a mayor Sidney Barth Clemy won a second term in a primary election saturday Over a while challenger after a Campaign marked on both sides by accusations of race baiting. In Complete but unofficial returns. Bathelemy had 79.995 votes or 55 percent to 65,047. Or 44 percent for his fellow do moral Donald Milz. Two other candidates split the remaining i percent. Barth Clemy. New Orleans second Black mayor smiled broadly As he took the podium for a Victory statement but became More serious As he called for new Orleans to join together after a divisive Campaign. We arc in difficult limes. We have Laid the foundations for the future. But we cannot build a great City  he said. We All must work  Barth Clemy. 47, did not announce Victory until his 46-\car-old opponent an attorney who had never be fore run for office conceded defeat. Sidney to you. Congratulations and Best wishes. If permitted. I look Forward to working with you in the Days  mint told supporters at another hotel. Barthelmy avoided a Runoff by winning More than half the vote. De Renwick. Who was Barth Clemy s pollster and Wal tvs analyst said Mintz needed 80 percent of the White Vole and 20 percent of the Black vote but got about 75 percent of the White vote and 15 percent of the Black. Turnout was predicted at 55 percent to 60 percent of new Orleans 237,000 registered voters More than 54 percent of whom Are Black. Recent polls showed Barth Clemy had erased Mintz s Early Lead and was about a dozen percentage Point ahead. Herman 3. Bus Lamonte a Democrat and Black Busi Nessman Rudy e. Mills sr., an Independent also ran. Bartholemy s easygoing conciliatory style contrasted with the hard hitting intensity of Mintz who resigned As head of the City s Dock Board to make the race. Milz and Bartholemy denied the allegations of race baiting and called them evidence that the other Side was losing and desperate for an Issue. Barthelmy who was Louisiana s first Black state senator and City councilman at Large since reconstruction accused Miniz of being behind fliers depicting Barthelmy As an Uncle Tom one shows him with a half White face the other shows him robbing the grave of the late Ernes. Dutch mortal new Orleans first Black mayor. Mintz who is jewish and wears a Lapel pin showing Black and White hands interlinked vehemently denied the allegations boasting of a Strong civil rights record including an Urban league award to his Law firm. The mayor who said he wanted to bring people Togo Lucr has sought to Divide Ihm Milz said. He said some of Barth Clemy s radio advertisements catered to anti White racism and he accused the mayor of antics mimic campaigning because of a flier saving Milz s civil rights credentials apparently did not apply to Blacks. Barth Clemy called the antisemitism allegation Ridic Ulous noting that he has appointed jews and received a b Nai b Rita award. Despite the Sharp disagreements the Campaign Drew relatively i talc attention Asil competed with the Christmas holidays a record freeze the sugar bowl and the super bowl. There was never much interest in the issues the City s High crime rate unemployment which was above 10 percent for much of 198x before falling to 6.9 percent in december 1989 and the candidates experience and competence. Until Lale in december most of the interest was focused on mortal who served from 1978 to 1986 and was widely expected to run until dec. 14. When he announced that he would not. From then until his death dec. 23. Interest entered on whether he would endorse either mint a protege of his or Barthelmy who often battled with him when Barth Clemy was a City councilman. Washington state seeking of to kill sea Lions Seattle a Washington state is seeking clarification from the Federal government on whether the state can kill some sea Lions that annually devastate a run of seagoing Trout officials said Friday. While the stale Waits for an answer it plans to truck the worst offenders to their California Breeding grounds and harass the remainder with firecrackers and rubber tipped arrows among other devices. As Many As 40 sea Lions have for the past eight years gathered annually near the Ballard locks to Dine on the steel head that must negotiate a fish ladder there to Migrate from puget sound to their spawning areas on Inland streams. The sea Lions weren t considered a problem until 1985. When they devoured 30 percent of the fish run. Last year they ate an estimated 65 percent of the run. Allowing just 687 fish from a run of 1.973 to negotiate the ladder. At that Rale the run would be extinct within a decade. Curt Smitch director of sea Lions have in recent years been an increasing threat to Washington s Sec head run. The slate department of wildlife said Fri Dav. This year officials Hope at least 816 of 2,d93 fish will survive to spawn. The sea Lions Are protected under the Federal Marine  i role lion Art. The Steelhead Are protected under stale but not Federal Law. Within a month Federal authorities will begin gathering Public comment on whether the Marine mammal act allows killing protected animals in cases where they arc destroying other wildlife. Roll Ana Schmitten Northwest regional director of inc National Marine fisheries service said Friday. Washington slate had asked the National oceanic and atmospheric administration which enforces the act for the ruling last fall. The Public comment period should last Between 60 and 90 Days and a Feder Al ruling on the question should be made by car s end in time for next year s Strei had run. A Chmitlin said. Pennsylvania nuclear Plant on Low level Alert Berwick. A. A faulty circuit Breakers triggered a Low level Alert for More than six hours saturday at a nuclear Plant in Central Pennsylvania but no radiation was released it. Gov. Mark Sincl said. Fire and ambulance Crews were called to Susque Hanna steam heating station but no injuries were reported and no employees were evacuated from the Plant. In is not All that  said Karl Abraham a spokesman for the nuclear regulatory commission. There is no threat to the Public at All or to the workers in the  Singel said the circuit breaker failures occurred during a routine safety Check at the Plant and a valve on a Cooling water line did not reopen. Water temperatures in the reactor system climbed from a Normal of about 200 degrees to a High of 252 de Grees. The Plant was not operating at the time of inc safety Check. The water temperature was rising and there was an insufficient flow of water through inc system Sincl said at a news conference Al the state Capitol in Harrisburg. It is important to note that the Inci Dent has been completely contained within the re actor containment the level 2 Alert declared Al 5 53 . Meant that a problem had Arisen that could affect the safety of Plant operations said Jim Siracuse of the Luz inc county emergency management Agency. A level 4 Alert is the most severe. The incident was declared Over at 12 25 . The county Agency declared the Alert because of the heat level problems within unit i. The reactor was shut Down thursday due to a leak in the Plant s Hydraulic control system. The problems were not related according to Plant spokesman Ira Caplan. Plant workers were working late saturday to Cool the reactor water through another system according to Caplan. No water or steam was released. Abraham said the unit would not be restarted until arc and Plant officials had determined the cause of the problem. John Comey of the Pennsylvania emergency management Agency said Only three or four level 2 alerts have occurred in Pennsylvania since the March 1979 Accident at three mile Island. All emergency response personnel in Luzern and Lackawanna counties and All municipalities within a 10-mile radius of the Plant have been activated and called into their offices according to Comey. Soviet plane found free of radioactive uranium Portland. Ore. A radiation safety experts checked a soviet cargo plane saturday after Crew members reported canisters containing radioactive uranium hex a fluoride might have broken open. No leak was found officials said. Slate safety officials and the Portland fire Bureau s hazardous materials team checked for radiation for More than two hours aboard inc Antonov 124. The night landed at Portland International Airport shortly before i ., said Doug Roberts a spokesman for the port of Portland. The material was then turned Over to the company that contracted to bring it into the United states Roberts said. Ray Paris a radiation safety officer with the Oregon health division said the 11 soviet Crew members became concerned when they spotted a Milky White liquid collected on the floor under the nine canisters after inc air plane landed. Paris said uranium hex fluoride is a White powder. When mixed with water it gives off a vapor that can be fatal he said. He said emergency Crews checked the Crew for respiratory problems then checked iwo customs agents Crew Mem Bers and the air plane for radioactivity. All tests were negative Paris said. He said experts determined the liquid formed As condensation on the outside of the canisters and froze during the flight. It melted As the air plane landed and dripped Onlo the floor mixing with dust or dirt to form the Milky while sub stance Paris said. Uranium Hixa Flourida is a chemical compound formed when uranium Ore is treated with sul uric acid to extract uranium oxide. Roberts said the material was bound for a processing Center in Washington state to be made into fuel for nuclear Power plants