European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a. The stars and stripes thursday May 30, 1991hopkins, Jones win Kentucky primaries Larry Hopkins gives the thumbs up sign to gop supporters at a Victory Celebration in Lexington. Louisville by. Apr seven term . Rep. Larry Hopkins eked out a 1 percentage Point win in the Republican gubernatorial primary tuesday while democratic it. Gov. Brereton Jones won his party a nomination. In the closest Republican primary since 1967, the last time the republicans captured the governorship Hopkins edged Lexington lawyer Larry Forgy. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting Hopkins had 81,133 votes to 79,764 votes for Forgy a difference of 1,369 votes. Hopkins outspent his opponent nearly 4-rl Forgy chairman of Ronald Reagan a two winning presidential campaigns in the state made it a Point to refuse contributions larger than $300. A a in a not very Good at primaries obviously  i can do very Well in the general election and we expect to a 1 Hopkins said. Three heavyweight democrats had sought their party s nomination to succeed gov. Wallace Wilkinson who is limited by Law to a single four year term. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting Jones had 183,746 votes or 38 percent. Lexington mayor Scotty Baesler had 148,924 votes or 30 percent and for mar state transportation chief Floyd Poore had 131,133 votes or 27 percent. Gatewood Galbraith a Lexington lawyer running to get marijuana legalized had 25,563 votes or 5 percent. Hopkins 57, suffered some blunders in his Campaign including mishandling questions about his   credentials. Forgy 51, raised $429,000, even though he limited contributions to $300 instead of the $4,000 maximum. I Hopkins took in nearly $1.6 million. In the final Days of the Campaign the crucial Issue in the gop primary became which of the two larrys could be elected in november. Hopkins said he appeals to democrats who hold a 2-i registration advantage in the state. He has won easy elections in the 6th District where democrats hold nearly a 4-1 registration margin. Forgy said his conservative policies and promises to Cut taxes most Appeal to democrats. The withdrawal of first lady Martha Wilkinson from the primary on May 10 opened up the democratic race somewhat. Wilkinson a administration now the subject of state and Federal grand jury investigations has alienated Many democrats even though his wife raised $3.5 million before ending her Campaign. Mrs. Wilkinson acknowledged she withdrew because she could not win. The investigations involve the awarding of a $9 million dormitory construction contract for Northern Kentucky University. The contract initially went to a company whose officers had contributed $58,000 to Wilkinson and to his wife a Campaign. After questions were raised the contract was suspended and awarded to another company. Jones 51, who has feuded with Wilkinson moved to Kentucky in 1973 after two terms in the West Virginia House As a Republican. His Campaign for lieutenant governor in 1987 was his first race for office in Kentucky. He based his Campaign on a spirit of working together an implicit demarcation from the Wilkinson administration which has spent fou years on the front . A. I a -�?. Sets conditions for improved Iran ties Washington up a the Bush administration said tuesday that Iran must end its support for International terrorism and hostage taking if it wants to normalize relations with the United states. The comment by state department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler was made following a remark monday by iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi a Sfanjani that Tehran was Quot ready to embark on Mutual cooperation with regional and non regional countries to promote peace. A a it a our View that if Iran wishes to re emerge As a full member of the Community of nations it knows Well what it is expected to do a Tutwiler said. A first and Foremost Iran must take action to end its support for International terrorism and hostage taking.�?�. Tutwiler talking at the departments daily briefing said Iran is being taken seriously when it asserts that it wants to improve ties with the West. Quot but concerning our country there Are two things that must be done before that can take place a she said. A Send of sponsorship of state sponsored terrorism and hostage  there Are 12 Western hostages being held in Lebanon including six americans by Radical groups. Tutwiler would not say whether the administration considers Iran As primarily responsible for the hostages but called on iranians to use a whatever influence they have to obtain or help obtain the immediate unconditional and Safe release of All  Aucoin to seek . Senate seat Forest Grove Ore. A democratic rep. Les Aucoin says he wont run for re election to the 1 Louse next year but will seek his party a nomination for the . Senate seat held by Republican Robert Parkwood. Parkwood was elected to the Senate in 1968 when he upset democratic incumbent Vayne Morse who had served for 24 years. A in the hearts of oregonians this seat still belongs to Wayne Morse. In a taking it Back for the people of Oregon a Aucoin said tuesday. Parkwood said Oregon and Aucoin would both be better off if the nine term congressman retains his House scat. A the can never in the Senate reach the position of Power that he a in in the House now or the even greater position of Power if he stayed there. So How does Oregon w in a Parkwood said. Aucoin said he would make Campaign finance Reform and abortion rights two of. His major Campaign issues. Both he and Parkwood Are pro Choice. High court says people can be excluded from some juries Cox news service Washington the supreme court ruled tuesday that prosecutors May sometimes exclude jurors who speak both Spanish and English from criminal trials in which the defendant is hispanic. In a 6-3 vote the justices upheld a new York appeals court decision that a hispanic Many a constitutional rights Quot were not violated by the exclusion of two potential jurors who were bilingual. The prosecutor said the hispanics a should be barred from the jury because they seemed hesitant to accept the courts official English translations of testimony Given in Spanish. Tulve prosecutor used peremptory strikes a automatic rejections a to keep the bilingual citizens off the  a Brooklyn Case that ended in the conviction of Dioni Sio Hernandez on two counts of attempted murder and two counts of criminal Possession of a weapon. Hernandez appealed charging that the potential jurors had been rejected because of racial discrimination. Writing for the court Justice Anthony Kennedy did not require such a strict Standard for the prosecutor in Hernandez is. New York. Quot the prosecutor Here offered a race. Neutral basis for these peremptory strikes a Kennedy wrote. A was explained by the prosecutor. The challenges rested neither on the intention to exclude latino or bilingual jurors nor on stereotypical assumptions about latinos or  in the ruling the supreme court upheld the trial judges Power to decide whether a prosecutor had intended to discriminate. While Quot the trial judge in this ease chose to believe the prosecutor s race Neutral explanation a Kennedy wrote the supreme court did not Grant prosecutors everywhere the authority to bar Spanish speaking jurors in every Case. Our decision today does not imply that exclusion of Bilinguals from Jur service is Wise or even that it is constitutional in All cases a Kennedy wrote. However in dissent Justice John Pat  said the majority was wrong i focusing on the a subjective state of min of the  he gave three ret sons Why the explanation for the Perez tory strikes was  a first the justification would inevitably result in a disproportionate i Squall cation of Spanish speaking jurors us Vens said. A second the prosecutors concer could easily have been accommodated b less drastic Means a such As instr Etin the jury that the official translation Alan is evidence and ordering bilingual juror to inform the judge of any disagreement they might have with the translation. A third if the prosecutors concern a i valid and substantiated by the record would have supported a Challenge to cause rather than the peremptory strike Stevens said