European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. November 7, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7 election highlights . Senate Pennsylvania democratic sen. Harris Wofford defeats Republican  Thornburgh. . House Pennsylvania Democrat Lucien Blackwell defeats Republican Nadine l. Buiford and two other candidates. Virginia gop state Delegate George Allen defeats Democrat Kay Slaughter. Governor Kentucky democratic it. Gov. Brereton Jones defeats gop . Rep. Larry Hopkins. Mississippi Republican businessman Kirk Fordice defeats incumbent democratic gov. Ray Mabus. Ballot issues Washington state voters reject harsh term limits for politicians and turn Down a proposition that would have made their state the Only place in the world where euthanasia was Legal. Texas voters adopt a $1.1 billion prison Bond proposal and overwhelmingly approve a state lottery. District of Columbia voters pass a measure that can make manufacturers and dealers of assault weapons liable for damages for violence resulting from use of guns. Washington state rejects euthanasia Baltimore democratic incumbent Kurt Schmoke defeats Samuel Culotta a perennial Republican candidate. Boston two term mayor Ray Flynn defeats Edward Doherty president of the Boston teachers association. Houston attorney Bob Lanier and state rep. Sylvester Turner who could be the City s first Black mayor win spots in a Runoff. Indianapolis Republican Stephen Goldsmith a former prosecutor defeats democratic state sen. Louis j. Mahern. Philadelphia Democrat Edward Rendell a former prosecutor defeats Republican Joe Egan. San Francisco former police chief Frank Jordan forces a . 10 Runoff with incumbent Art Agnos. A j a amps Susan Harris Seattle apr Washington voters rejected the nation s first ballot measure legalizing euthanasia for the terminally ill but the co author of a similar proposal in California was optimistic wednesday that the a right to die movement is very much alive. With 98 percent of precincts counted. Initiative 119 failed tuesday with 699,564, or 54 percent opposed and 604,494 people or 46 percent in favor. A foes contended voters correctly perceived that the a death with dignity initiative contained too few safeguards to protect the elderly poor and disabled. Backers asserted that polls show americans favor assisted suicide for the Tenn Nalty ill and that the Washington initiative failed because of last minute a a distortions by opponents. Although the loss in Washington could temporarily set Back fund raising for the budding California Campaign a we will proceed and we will get enough signatures to get our proposal on the ballot a said co author Robert Risley a Pasadena attorney. Risley said the Campaign needs 385,000 voter signatures by March 5. A Leader in Washington a euthanasia Campaign b. Kirk Robinson said he was disappointed but said the measure a brought a National spotlight to Peoples need and desire to control their deaths. I think it is just the first shot and we will get Aid in dying legislation in this country  the initiative which Drew worldwide attention would have legally sanctioned Active euthanasia such As a lethal injection and assisted suicide such As prescribing a deadly dose of pills. Similar proposals arc pending not Only in California but also in Oregon Florida and Washington . Euthanasia is practice in the Netherlands where it is illegal but largely tolerated. The National debate Over euthanasia gained new momentum recently after Jack Kevorkian a retired Michigan pathologist provided suicide machines to two chronically ill women who used them to kill themselves oct. 23. A defeat of 119 is Welcome news a said Albert r. Jonson a medical ethicist at the department of medical history and ethics at the University of Washington. A the citizens of Washington state Are Wise to retain a 10-Ccntury-old Rule of Law against private homicide and a 24-Cen-Tuiy-old ethical tradition that directs physicians to heal but not take life Quot Jonsen declared. A i do not think this Issue is going away at All and the next state to face this Issue is Likely to be much More Alert to the distortions we heard in this campaigns from foes said Margaret p. Battin a University of Utah bioethicist who supported the  initiatives gain Broad support by the associated press advocates of gun control and victims rights won key ballot victories on election Day. But results were mixed for Gay rights. Washington ., voters overwhelmingly backed an initiative making their crime plagued City the first to make Sellers and manufacturers of assault weapons legally responsible for Street violence involving such High powered guns. In another first san Francisco voters made theirs the Only City to legalize marijuana use for medicinal purposes. R eighty four percent of new Jersey voters supported a state constitutional amendment ensuring the rights of crime victims and 78 percent backed a Resolution calling on state lawmakers to urge president Bush and Congress to enact a National health care system. St. Paul minn., a Pioneer in Gay rights set Back an attempt to repeal an ordinance protecting homosexual rights in housing jobs and education. San Francisco a year old a Dom estate partners Quot ordinance conferring a Range of Protection Sand benefits to the live in partners of City employees was weathering a repeal attempt. With 56 percent of the vote counted 58 percent voted in favor of keeping the Law. But a measure repealing a homosexual rights statute in Concord calif., was leading by less than l u votes with 51 of 53 precincts reporting. And 63 percent of voters in Ferndale mich., a suburb of Detroit rejected a measure extending civil rights to homosexuals. In ballot contests that captured worldwide attention Washington slate voters rejected harsh term limits that might have ended the political careers of speaker of the House Thomas s. Foley a Democrat and seven other Washington congressmen. Term limits fared better in Cincinnati where 59 percent of voters agree to limit City Council members to four consecutive two year terms and Houston likewise endorsed limits on City officials. While Plains n.y., residents rejected City Council term limits however. The Washington ., measure on assault weapons is believed to be the first of its Kinta in the United states. A think it placed the Issue of violence particularly As it relates to rapid fire weapons on the moral Agenda a said the Rev. H. Beecher Hicks a major Backer of the referendum which was approved by a wide margin in voting tuesday. A it will highlight the fact that there is great citizen unrest and despair. In our efforts to end the violence in the City and across the nation a Hicks said. Hicks was joined by Many other local ministers on sunday in urging their congregations to go to the polls and pass the legislation. Final unofficial returns showed 40,196, or 77 percent in favor of the measure and 11,692, or 23 percent opposed. Mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon said she had reservations about the measure but �?o1 very much understand the will of the  As of monday 409 homicides most of them by firearms had been reported in Washington this year. A record 483 killings occurred in All of 1990. Elsewhere a Washington initiative 120, which would protect abortion rights even if the . Supreme court watered Down or overturned the 1973 Roe is. Wade decision was trailing narrowly. With 81 percent of precincts reporting the measure was losing with 567,128, or 51 percent against to 549,697 in favor. Sixty percent of Washington residents voted against a proposed property tax Rollback and limitation hat would have benefited Long standing residents. A Missouri voters trounced by a 2-1 margin a record $385 million tax increase aimed at benefiting schools cutting class sizes and attracting better teachers. A texans joined More than 30 other Stales with lotteries and agreed to create an ethics commiss orho keep politicians honest. By 2-1 margins they also approved a $1.1 billion prison Bond and up to $300 million in Bonds to finance College Loans. A a novel a a children a amendment Quot in san Francisco guaranteeing funding Tor a variety of government programs benefiting children was leading with 53 percent of the vote with three Tourlos of districts reporting. A new yorkers approved a constitutional amendment Clearing the Way for tolls on the Erie canal to improve the fabled waterway and boost the upstate Economy. Kimi Booher 3, Peers out from a Booth in Lexington ky., while she and her 18-month-old sister Maddie Wail for their Mother Audrey Booher to vote tuesday