European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 26, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3 Arizona elects 1st hispanic congressman Boston s mayor Flynn wins 3-Way primary by landslide by the associated press Arizona voters elected their states first hispanic congressman while in Boston mayor Raymond Flynn captured a three Way primary by a landslide. In another mayoral contest tuesday in Knoxville tenn., mayor Victor Ashe avoided a Runoff by capturing More than elections 70 percent of the vote in a three Way primary race. He was elected to a second four year term. In Arizona Democrat de pastor a former Maricopa county supervisor became the states first hispanic congressman defeating Republican Pat Connor. Pastor had 32,252 votes or 56 percent to Connery a 25,730 votes or 44 percent. Pastor succeeds democratic rep. Morris Udall 69, who served the state for 30 years before ill health forced him to retire in May. A the fact is i am hispanic the fact is there is a lot of Pride in the hispanic Community. And i join that enthusiasm a pastor said. A but As an elected official. You represent the entire his heavily democratic District is about one third hispanic. It includes Phoenix and Tucson the states largest cities. In Boston Flynn a Democrat who is also president of the . Conference of mayors won a three Way non partisan primary by a landslide. Flynn who is seeking a third four year term is expected to win the nov. 5 election. According to unofficial results Flynn received 42,718, or 67 percent. Edward Doherty president of the Boston teachers Union placed second with 12,282 votes or 19 percent. A minister and Black Community Leader the Rev. Graylan Ellis Hagler was third with 8,608 votes. Elsewhere in Massachusetts Chelsea voters were allowed to make their Choice for mayor but a state supreme court Justice ruled monday that those ballots wont be counted. The votes will be held until a court hearing next week. Mayor John Brennan announced months ago that he was leaving the beleaguered Post and More recently gov. William Weld appointed James Carlin to the unprecedented Job of receiver for the insolvent City. Three communities rejected proposition 2vi overrides a attempts to raise local taxes to cover mounting expenses. Haverhill voters rejected three override requests totalling nearly $1.7 million. In Hingham voters Defeated a $1 million proposal. In Milford a $650,000 general budget override was rejected by a margin of 3,174 to 1,141. In Knoxville Ashe captured 11,160 votes or 72.5 percent. Attorney Claude Robertson Drew 3,483 votes or 22.6 percent and businessman Scott Evans garnered 755 votes or 4.9 percent. Mayor Raymond Flynn of Boston with his wife Kathy Waves to supporters tuesday. Medical supplies from . Arrive in Albania Vienna Austria apr a plan Load of . Medical goods Worth $1 million arrived in Albania on wednesday to help relieve critical shortages in the impoverished country. The medical supplies a including antibiotics insulin syringes and surgical gloves a will be distributed to 36 Rural and Urban hospitals identified As the most needy in Albania an albanian journalist in Tirana quoted the ministry of health As saying. A Small team of american Relief workers accompanied the medical supplies to oversee their distribution the journalist said speaking on condition of anonymity. Albania Europe a poorest country began moving toward multiparty democracy last year after being dominated by stalinist ruler Enver Hoxha and his communists for its entire postwar history. Hoxha died in 1985 and was succeeded by Ramiz Alia who last december bowed to popular pressure and allowed opposition parties. There Are serious food shortages in the country of 3.2 million and widespread unemployment. In addition Many workers Are Idle because their factories Lack raw materials and other supplies. The country a medical crisis is so acute that doctors have to sterilize and reuse syringes and surgical gloves. About 200 doctors and nurses protested at Tirana a main Hospital two weeks ago saying the shortage of Medicine and equipment was preventing even minimal health care in Many cases. The medical Aid that arrived wednesday was organized by the . Agency for International development and the agriculture department following last june a visit to Albania by . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii the journalist said. The United states also plans to deliver $738,000 Worth of food supplies from its persian Gulf War reserves the journalist quoted albanian health officials As saying. The country a dire economic situation has prompted tens of thousands of albanians to try to seek Refuge in nearby Italy but authorities there have begun cracking Down on the illegal immigrants. In an Effort to Stem the How of albanians Italy last week began a Large scale Relief Effort in the impoverished Balkan nation. Epidemic of racial hostility Racks Berlin apr extremists threw firebombs at refugee Homes during almost simultaneous attacks in four German cities and politicians bickered wednesday Over How to Stop the Rise in hate crimes. Refugees sprang from windows of a burning building during one overnight attack and Neo nazi youths snipped phone lines just before a similar assault on another Home authorities said. At least two people suffered serious injuries. The latest incidents came after eight Days of race riots in the Eastern German town of Hoye Swerda pushing the Issue of racial hostility to the forefront of debate in a country burdened with the legacy of nazi xenophobia. The Issue dominated television talk shows newspaper front pages and wednesdays session of the bundestag the lower House of parliament. Chancellor Helmut Kohls conservative Christian democrats again pressed for a tightening of Germany a Asylum Laws which they said would reduce the huge influx of refugees seeking Asylum and Stem right Wing attacks against them. Germany like other Western european nations has seen a Sharp increase in Eastern european and third world refugees since the collapse of communism made travel abroad much easier. The left leaning social democrats and some moderate politicians blamed Kohls party and its allies for contributing to a climate of hostility toward foreigners by advocating tougher restrictions on Asylum. Social democratic lawmaker Jurgen Schmude accused the conservatives of a fanning the flames with the Asylum Kohls Interior minister Wolfgang sch Diuble said he wanted Germany in a remain a foreigner Friendly land but reiterated the need to tighten Germany a Liberal Asylum Law. Sch Diuble also told lawmakers there have been 63 firebomb attacks on refugee Homes in Germany this year. It was unclear if those included incidents that took place Over a three hour Span late tuesday and Early wednesday. About 20 Young hoodlums Cut Telephone lines at a refugee Home in the Southern Eastern German City of Tam Bach then hurled Molotov cocktails that gutted an unoccupied room authorities said. There were no injuries said Victor Henle spokesman for the Interior ministry from the Thi Ringen state capital of Erfurt. Meanwhile two refugees were seriously Hurt when panicked occupants of a Home in the Western German Cit Germany of Munster jumped from windows to escape a Blaze caused by firebombs Early wednesday City prosecutor Egon Zeilke said. Also about 15 to 20 youths threw firebombs at a refugee Home in the Eastern German City of Dresden but there were no injuries and damage was minimal said police spokesman Uwe Bruchmann. Four Young men were arrested but later released wednesday for Lack of evidence he said. The Home houses about 30 refugees trom Turkey Hungary the soviet Union and several Arab states. Two weeks ago a firebomb was thrown at a car parked in front of the Home Bruchmann said. Also during the night about 10 youths hurled stones at a Home in the Eastern German City of Schwedt Anil then fled police there said
