European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes sunday september 9,1990 in w a / k l.10 states . Go to polls tuesday by the associated press gov. Rudy Perpich is a non Stop Booster of Minnesota and not coincidentally his own political fortunes in a tight gubernatorial primary that is one of 11 elections tuesday to fill out the 1990 Campaign lineup. A a we Are without doubt the no. 1 state in the nation a Perpich tells voters As he campaigns to stave Oft a Tough primary Challenge from Mike Hatch a former state Commerce commissioner. In other tuesday primaries Arizona republicans will decide whether to endorse Evan Mecham a bid to regain the governor a a office from which he was ousted two years ago while Veteran politicians in new Hampshire and Vermont also Are making comeback bids. Jesse Jackson is on the District of Columbia ballot for the symbolic office of a Shadow senator a his first bid for an office other than president. Voters in the nation s capital also will choose candidates in the race to succeed Marion Barry As the City a mayor. Also going to the polls on the busiest Day of the primary season Are voters in Connecticut Maryland new York Rhode Island Utah and Wisconsin. Only four states a Massachusetts Washington Hawaii and Louisiana a have yet to hold primaries. Runoffs Are scheduled to Settle contests in Oklahoma and Florida. While the parties choose their nominees Independent candidates Are playing an unusually significant role. Connecticut former Republican sen. Lowell Weicker is running As an Independent and leading in the polls in the race for governor of Connecticut. Rep. John Rowland already has the Republican nomination for governor while rep. Bruce Morrison and state legislator Bill Cibes Are competing for the democratic nomination. Gov. William of Neill a Democrat is retiring. Washington . In the District of Columbia Barry is running As an Independent for a seat on the City Council where he served before being elected mayor in 1978. Barry was convicted last month on a Misdemeanour charge of Possession of cocaine. City Council members John Ray Charlene draw Jarvis and David Clarke congressional Delegate Walter Fauntroy and lawyer Sharon Pratt Dixon Are the democratic contenders to succeed Barry. Former police chief Maurice Turner is unopposed for the Republican nomination for mayor. Jackson who moved to Washington from Chicago a year ago and considered entering the race for mayor is one of four democrats seeking nomination to become one of two Shadow senators whose Job would be to lobby Congress to make the City the 51st state. Shadow senators lobbied Congress to win support for statehood for Tennessee Michigan California Minnesota Oregon and Alaska. Minnesota Perpich has served As governor of Minnesota for 10 years. He was appointed to finish the last two years of former gov. Wendell Andersons term in 1978 and then won election to the office in 1982. Hatch has mounted a Strong Challenge this year focusing on scandals involving two close Perpich associates and a perception that minnesotans Are looking for a change. A after eight years past mistakes and personal vanities become the focus of an administration a Hatch said. A mid August poll showed Perpich and Hatch were in a dead heat among members of the democratic Farmer labor party the states equivalent of the democratic party. But a Survey published last week said Perpich had opened a 17-Point Lead Over Hatch. An unusual race also is taking place for the gop nomination for governor of Minnesota. State auditor Arne Carlson had an 18-Point Lead in the latest poll Over Jon Grunseth a St. Paul businessman who was endorsed by the state party. Party leaders attacked Carlson As out of step with their positions on crime gun control and abortion. The attacks abated Only after a backlash from contributors who threatened to withhold funds. In the democratic Senate primary College professor Paul Wellstone and state agriculture commissioner Jim Nichols Are competing for the nomination to oppose gop sen. Rudy Boschwitz. Arizona millionaire Developer Fife Symington is the front runner for the Republican nomination for governor a after eight years past mistakes and personal vanities become the focus of an  a Mike Hatch of Arizona but no one is prepared to write off Mecham a chances to capture the nomination in the five candidate Field particularly if there is a Low turnout. The 66-year-old former car dealer was elected governor in 1986 and impeached and removed from office two years later. The basis of allegations against him was that he misused funds from supporters and interfered with the police investigation of an alleged death threat by one of his aides. But the impeachment charges generated less controversy than Many of Mecham a positions As governor particularly his opposition to a state Holiday commemorating the birth of the late Rev. Martin Luther King or. In the democratic primary for Arizona governor former mayor Terry Goddard of Phoenix has Only Token opposition. Rhode Island three democrats Are battling in Rhode Island to Challenge Republican gov. Edward Diprete whose approval rating in a Brown University poll dipped below 20 percent. Mayors Joseph r. Paolino or. Of Providence and Francis x. Flaherty of Warwick and businessman Bruce g. Sundlun Are in a close democratic race. Diprete first elected governor in 1984, is heavily favored Over talk show Host Steve White in the gop primary. Vermont in Vermont gov. Madeleine Kunin a Democrat is retiring after three two year terms. Kunin was elected governor after Republican Richard Snelling decided not to seek re election to a fifth term in 1984. Now its Snellings turn and he is running to succeed Kunin. Both Snelling and Democrat Peter Welch face Only Token opposition in their party primaries. New Hampshire in neighbouring new Hampshire voters in both parties have plenty of choices. Former sen. John Durkin a Democrat who lost his seat to Warren Rudman in 1980, is attempting a comeback in a crowded primary. Also competing for the democratic nomination to succeed retiring gop sen. Gordon Humphrey Are Nashua mayor James Donchess and businessman John Rauh. In the gop primary rep. Bob Smith is favored Over Thomas Christo who has complained that White House chief of staff John Sununu a former new Hampshire governor has intervened in Smiths behalf. In the new Hampshire governors race former state democratic party chairman Joseph grandma son is favored to win his party a nomination to Challenge Republican gov. Judd Gregg. Maryland the biggest Issue in the Campaign for the Republican nomination for governor of Maryland has been whether front runner William Shepard acted properly when he designated his wife Lois As his candidate for lieutenant governor. That move prompted Ross z. Pierpont to launch his fourth Campaign for governor. Whoever wins will have a formidable task challenging incumbent democratic gov. William Donald Schaefer heavily favored for renomination. Utah two Republican congressional primaries hold the interest in Utah. In the 2nd District former rep. Dan Marriott and geologist Genevieve Atwood Are competing for the nomination to Challenge democratic rep. Wayne Owens. In the heavily Republican 3rd District rep. Howard Nielson is retiring and former state sen. Karl Snow and think tank chairman and businessman John manner Are seeking the gop nomination to succeed him. Bill Orton a Provo lawyer is the democratic nominee. Wisconsin Wisconsin gov. Tommy Thompson a Republican has Only Token primary opposition. His democratic opponent Assembly speaker Thomas Loftus has no primary opposition. New York new York gov. Mario Cuomo and his gop opponent Pierre Rinfret already have their party nominations and will not even be listed on tuesdays primary ballot. Budget negotiators lock horns Over cuts Andrews fab my. Apr Bush administration and congressional budget negotiators continued their stretch drive search saturday for about $50 billion in tax increases and spending cuts to slash next years Federal deficit but there were no signs of major Progress. See related Story Page 9. The two sides discussed rival offers they had traded on Friday the first Day of the revived budget talks at Andrews fab just outside Washington. Each Side proposed trimming about $50 billion from next years deficit but republicans sought deeper cuts in Domestic programs and democrats wanted to rely More on defense reductions and Revenue increases. One source close to the talks speaking on condition of anonymity said he believed the bargaining a could be on the verge of breaking up because democrats were making excessive demands for new taxes and defense slashes and for increases in some Domestic programs. Other officials however said there were no indications of any problems beyond the usual disagreements Between bar gainers. As the negotiators met about 25 Federal employee Union officials and government workers staged an hour Long demonstration outside the Gates of the air base. They were protesting the furloughs of tens of thousands of Federal workers that could occur should the negotiators fail to Complete a budget Deal by oct. 1. Should the deficit not be reduced by that Day the Gramm Rudman Law will automatically reduce the $1.2 trillion federa budget by about $100 billion. Agencies Are threatening to give Many of their workers up to 22 Days of unpaid leave to make up the shortfall. _ a a Viii in i org up Lac Wilmail broken package in mail holds Wei grenades intr Inci Duia a a , Philadelphia up a workers at a bulk mail processing Center were evacuated for several hours saturday after finding a Box of world War i Era grenades in the mail police said. The devices were found when a parcel being unloaded from a truck at the bulk Mai Center fell off a conveyor Belt and broke open Philadelphia police it. Gene elks said. A there were 19 grenades of first world War Vintage a 40-millimeter Shell and some relics from the first world War a elks said. The items were covered with dirt and were in poor condition police said. A some of them had pins in them and the spoons still attached a elks said of the grenades. Workers were evacuated for about three hours and the devices taken to the police Academy. They were detonated without incident police said. Postal officials said the parcel was mailed from France to Chambersburg a. They were trying saturday to identify the sender and the intended recipient