European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday May 31,1990 Arkansas governor again wins nomination saying Clinton had been in office too Long. Clinton Mcconnell had 64,019 votes or 89 percent to Klein s now 43 and considered a potential presidential Candi 8,219 votes or 11  the associated pres Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton captured the democratic nomination for a fifth term but by less of a margin than expected and will face businessman Sheffield Nelson the survivor in a bitter Republican race against a congressman. In the other major primary tuesday Kentucky democrats boosted former Louisville mayor Harvey Sloan into a . Senate race with incumbent Mitch Mcconnell who had no trouble winning the gop nomination for a second term. Clinton had gone into the primary with a 30-Point Lead in Public opinion polls but fell far Short of that in the polling Booth. With 98 percent of the precincts reporting Clinton had 260,981 votes or 54 percent to 187,794 votes or 39 percent for his main challenger Tom Mcrae. Four other candidates divided the remaining 7 percent. Clinton would have faced a Runoff had he fallen below 50 percent. Mcrae former president of the Winthrop Rockefeller foundation had campaigned on a theme of change Date was the nation s youngest governor when he was first elected in 1978. He lost a re election bid in 1980 but was elected again in 1982, 1984 and 1986, when the term doubled from two to four years. In Kentucky Sloane Defeated the state school superintendent John Brock in the democratic primary elections 90 while Mcconnell swamped perennial candidate Tommy Klein in the gop race. Sloane and Mcconnell immediately gave a preview of the fall Campaign. Mitch Mcconnell is going to be retired to do what he does Best lobby for the special interests Sloane told supporters at an election night rally. Mcconnell returned a Salvo at a Republican gather ing painting Sloane As a Liberal advocate of a return to the values of the 1960s. Final unofficial returns gave Sloane 183,629 votes or 59 percent to Brock s 125,496 votes or 41 percent. Juk statue unveiled sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., Speaks tuesday at silent John f. Kennedy in Boston. Jacqueline Ken the unveiling of a statue of his brother the late pre Nedy Onassis holds an umbrella at the rites. 2 guard Jet trainers collide 3 crewmen Parachute safely Spencer Iowa a two a-7 Jet trainers from the South Dakota air National guard collided Over Iowa wednesday morning and crashed a guard spokesman said. The three crewmen two from one Jet and one from the other parachuted to safety said it. Reid Christopherson executive officer of the guard. He would not release the names of the Crew Mem Bers who were taken to Spencer municipal Hospital. Hospital administrator Jim Striepe said he could not give a report of their conditions. Witnesses said the planes crashed on a farm two Miles North of Royal which is about 8 Miles Southwest of Spencer. Christopherson said the planes crashed at10 30 . John Schultz of Spencer said he was watching the planes in the air when they collided. At first it was like stunning watching the flames Schultz said. Then it really got disheartening because i figured there was probably lives lost. Glad to hear they got out of  Christopherson said the planes were on a local train ing flight out of Sioux Falls. They were flying around like they were chasing each other dogfight my like Schultz said. I was sit Ting there watching. They were looping around and banking around. It looked like they were having a  Schultz said he saw three planes and one flew out of sight. I was watching the other two. They just collided he said. They just hit head on. Each one exploded in a Ball of fire and that was it. I did t see the  Dan Van Berkum of Spencer also was watching the planes Man Euver. You could see a Flash and explosion Van Berkum said. After that explosion you could see two jets definitely falling to the ground. After a minute or so you could see three  the a-7 fighters Date Back to the 60s," Christo Pherson said. He had no word on what kind of damage the planes did on the ground. The area where they crashed i mostly Farmland. Veteran democratic congressmen in both states sur Vived spirited challenges. In Kentucky rep. Romano Mazzoli won Nomi nation for an Lith term despite winning less than 50 percent of the vote. Mazzoli whose District is in the Louisville area had refused Money from political action committees. He received 28,094 votes or 45 percent followed by former to newsman Jeffrey Hutter with 20,139 votes or 32 percent and Alderman Paul bather with 13,760 votes or 22 percent. In the 1st District of northeastern Arkansas con Gressman Bill Alexander a 22-year Veteran of con Gress Defeated Osceola lawyer Mike Gibson a political newcomer with Strong business backing. With 95 per cent of precincts reporting Alexander had 69,269 votes or 54 percent and Gibson had 58,898 votes or 46 percent. Rep. David Pryor an Arkansas Democrat had no primary opposition and will face Only a write in foe in november. You can count on it census forms bring some weird replies Washington a one census form came Back with tooth Marks on it. Another included a note asking for Money. A third simply included the response none of your  when you Send questionnaires out to count a Quarter billion americans chances Are that not All the responses will be what was expected. For wanting to know How Many people live in the ., you people Are All Nosy wrote one woman on her census form. I thought this was a census not a history quiz replied another. The census is continuing and people who Don t pro vide information will Likely get a Call from their local census enumerator. So far officials say just More than 80 percent of american households have been counted either in the mail Back portion of the count or by workers going door to door. The Effort is expected to continue for a least several weeks. Some enumerators have even resorted to rowboats in flood ravaged sections of Texas reported census Bureau spokesman Jim Wilson in Dallas. Many of the people filling out forms Are going beyond the limits of the form s Square boxes however to express More personal thoughts about the census and themselves. Wilson has been collecting some of the census responses from across the nation that go beyond the bureaucratic expectations. His collection includes a census form with a Large chunk missing and Teeth Marks Over the remainder with a note saying that the family s Golden retriever had chewed it an asking for a new form. The census sounds like an autobiography not ahead  i answered the questions the Best i know How we Are two old  Brad study and no science questions notes on bugs dad can  Wilson suggests this note scrawled on the envelope May not have been intended Tor the census Bureau. I am 74 i own this property that is All i intend to say one woman listed her two pekingese with a not saying that to her these Are people these Are not dogs their language spoken was listed As pekingese. One Man listed his state of residence As confusion. A woman apparently annoyed at questions about Type 01 employment and place of work included a note stating. When my husband is Home from work and is rest ing my work still goes on. I Cook the meals i Wash the dishes i mow the Yard Wash the clothes and Han them on the line make sure the Bills Are paid on time and that the floors Are vacuumed or mopped. If this snot a Job i Don t know what  a Man answering the question on commuting to work said his wife travelled by Broom. B one respondent listed tinker Bell and Peter Panas sharing the household. And a Man called a census office to ask if he had Bee sent a Long form at the instigation of his estranged wife who was trying to find out about his live in Girlfriend