European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a the stars and stripes monday april 9,1990 european elections conservatives leading in Hungary Budapest Hungary apr voters who stripped crafts was far Back holding 20 seats and ahead in 27. State television which began its 24 he i the communist spawned socialist party of Power cast of Filiai recite us a no not or Orreh before to Neufer Oro Eram two hours later a our ejection Budapest Hungary apr voters who stripped the communist spawned socialist party of Power cast ballots sunday in the decisive round of National elections to determine the first freely chosen government in 43 years. Early results showed that the main conservative party had a commanding Lead. State television reporting preliminary results four hours after polling stations closed showed the conservative hungarian democratic forum the Winner in 60 of 171 seats contested sunday and the Leader in an additional 64. Its closest rival the Liberal Alliance of free democrats was far Back holding 20 seats and ahead in 27. Official results were not expected before tuesday. But the Clear conservative advantage forced an Early Concession from a leading free Democrat Miklos Haraszti who said a it is Clear that the Adf will gain the most the first round of voting March 25 put the democratic forum and the free democrats ahead but gave neither the absolute majority forcing sundays second round. Most polls closed at 6 . Sunday 12 hours after opening to decide races for the 394-seat National Assembly. State television which began its 24-hm.r a i. Program two hours later estimated a More than 2n percent turnout nationwide indicating that i .i40 3.25 million people voted. A Chung that my re than echoing the sentiments of weary hungarian for the second time in two weeks interim pm Jung Mayas Szu eroes said before casting his ballot Fis time to end the election s �?�4 to Ifni that per ple Haye become tired a Szu eroes said of the drawn out elections that began two s ago. In the first round March 25, voters relegated re form communists grouped in Szu eroes socialist Paltov to an opposition role in the next legislature yugoslav Republic returns to multiparty vote Ljubljana Yugoslavia apr slovenians went to the polls sunday to vote in the first free multiparty elections in Yugoslavia since world War ii formally ending 45 years of communist monopoly in their Republic. The 1.5 million registered voters 18 years and older will choose Slovenia a new president four members of the ruling collective presidency and 240 members of the republics parliament. Yugoslavia a president Janez Drnovsek a slovenian said after voting in Ljubljana that he hoped the country a will have the first free multiparty elections for the Federal parliament by the end of this elections in Slovenia one of the nations six republics a represent a sign of the democracy drive that cannot be stopped in Yugoslavia a Drnovsek told reporters. Some 4,130 polls opened throughout Slovenia at 7 . For 12 hours. Preliminary results were expected to be available Early monday morning and official results Are due tuesday. Electoral Laws require a Runoff on april 22 Between the top two candidates if no presidential candidate gets More than 50 percent of the votes. Four candidates Are running for the republics presidency. The main reelection issues were Slovenia a future within the troubled federation and the inflation racked Economy. Milan Kucan a candidate of the reformist slovenian communist party which recently renamed itself to the party for democratic renewal was ahead in the opinion polls for the presidency. Kucans toughest opponent was expected to be former dissident Joze Tucnik a candidate of the demos a coalition of five pro secession Center right parties. Pre election polls gave Little Chance to the other two presidential candidates. They Are restaurant owner Ivan Kram Beiger who had to collect 6,000 signatures to become an Independent candidate and Marko Demsar a medical doctor who is virtually unknown in politics. The makeup of the new slovenian parliament could decide the Fate of the re pub. Lies remaining within Yugoslavia. Some rightist parties Are urging Quick secession while some leftist groups Are using caution and a slow approach to secession. Most of the 17 parties taking part in the republics parliamentary elections Are calling for Yugoslavia to become a Loose confederation. Slovenians Are increasingly showing a desire to secede from Yugoslavia because they Are unhappy with the slow Pace of democratic and other reforms in the rest of the voters go to polls for third time in a year Athens Greece apr greek voters cast their ballots in a National election for the third time in a year sunday amid projections that no one party could win an outright majority needed to govern. More than 8 million voters had a Choice of 27 parties two coalitions and 16 Independent groupings ranging from extreme right to left in the political spectrum. But Only three parties were considered Likely to attract a significant vote the conservative new democracy the panhellenic socialist movement Pasok and the communist led coalition of the left and Progress. Voters had to decide whether they wanted the state to play a More significant role in their lives or a free Market Economy. The conservatives have pledged privatization of troubled state run companies curtailment of Public sector spending to offset a $15 billion deficit and concerted efforts to draw foreign investment. Pasok and the coalition advocate generous social welfare programs improved Public sector production tax Reform and measures to protect the citizens buying Power. The voting came after inconclusive elections in june and november in which new democracy Defeated Pasok but fell Short of winning the needed majority in the 300-member unicameral parliament. Published opinion polls indicate that new democracy would be the front runner but would again fail to achieve the necessary majority to govern alone. Such a result could Lead to difficult negotiations Between the three major parties to create a ruling coalition or possibly another round of general elections. Former Premier Andreas Papandreou onetime Leader of Pasok has said that he will attempt to form a a a progressive Alliance with the coalition to govern for the next four years. If the coalition wins enough seats it could once again find itself in a Power brokers role As it did in the previous inconclusive votes. Parliaments first task when it reconvenes after the elections is to vote for a new president. President Christos Sartre Takish five year term expired last month but was extended until a new parliament could be says fierce winds hit burmese ferry Rangoon Burma apr one of Only 25 survivors rescued from a ferry that Sank with about 240 people aboard said the boat went Down minutes after being hit by Gale Force winds an official newspaper reported sunday. At least 30 people drowned and As Many As 180 others were missing and feared dead after the double Decker ferry Sein san Pya overturned Friday afternoon in the Southern Yaing River official radio reports said. The government owned working Peoples daily quoted survivor Aung Mya tint a police inspector As saying the vessel went Down minutes after being struck by Strong winds. The newspaper said the Accident was due to natural forces rather than overloading. There Are fre 3uent ferry accidents in Burma be to overloading of passengers and cargo. China a first International satellite enters space after successful launch Beijing apr a Long March 3 rocket blasted into space saturday bearing a telecommunications satellite marking China a debut into the International satellite launching business. Applause broke out in the launch control room after the rockets flaming Tail disappeared into the Black skies Over the satellite Center in Southwest China a Sichuan province. China Hopes the successful launching of the 2,750-Pound Siasat satellite will attract More customers who face Long Waits for launches by Western Europe a ariane consortium and private . Companies. China has put 26 satellites for its own use in space including at least five with Long March 3 rockets. The Siasat satellite was made by the Hughes aircraft co. Of California and its launch was nearly blocked by a ban on weapons exports to China imposed after the june killing of pro democracy protesters in Beijing. But in a conciliatory and controversial move president Bush waived the ban for it and two other Hughes satellites being made for an australian company. China is to launch them in 1991 and 1992. The Siasat satellite is on its second trip into space. It was launched in 1984 As the Westar-6 but failed to reach its proper orbit. It was recovered by a . Space shuttle and sold to the Asia satellite Tex communications co. Ltd., a Hong Kong based consortium with chinese British and Hong Kong partners. Once in orbit it will be used to transmit television Telephone and other communications signals to asian countries. Burma and two Hong Kong Cora pay be. Have signed contracts to use it and l a a land Pakistan South Korea Nepal and other countries have signed letters of tent to use it. It is estimated to have a 10-year Lite Span. Apollo 17 astronaut Dies of heart attack Topeka Kan. Apr Ronald e. Evans who was the Apollo 17 command module Pilot on Many a last trip to the Moon died of a heart attack at his Arizona Home saturday. He was 56. The former astronaut died in his sleep and was found by his wife Janet said his Mother in Law Marge Pollom of Sun City. Evans called his december 1972 flight to the Moon a the Best experience i Ever had in my he left the astronaut program in 1977 to become an officer with Western american Energy corp. In Scottsdale Ariz. He was in demand As a Public speaker and travelled widely. Evans was bom in St. Francis Kan., and later lived in Topeka. He received a bachelors electrical engineering from the u sity of Kansas in 1956, where he eni in the Roth program and a master degree in aeronautical Engineer in. The . Naval postgraduate sch in 1964. He was selected in 963 or a in naut training and became an astronaut a
