European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                These Abl ripes vol. 50, no. 310 350 wednesday february 19,1992 0 8693 anew Hampshire voters declare their choices Manchester . A new Hampshire voted tuesday in a Lead off primary that served As an Early bellwether of president Bush a strength in Tough economic times and the opening Cut in a tumultuous democratic race. Polling places were Busy on an unseasonably warm Day with election officials predicting turnout of perhaps 60 percent. Many voters found candidates waiting to Greet them hoping one last handshake would translate into one More vote. A a it a always a risk a Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey joked outside a Manchester precinct. A i could always be talking them out of  democratic front runner Paul Tsongas told reporters in Manchester that a Washington is going to watch this tonight and tremble. A Little trembling would be Good for  Bush a Challenge in the state that saved him four years ago was to weather the pugnacious conservative punches of Patrick Buchanan who claimed symbolic Victory before the polls even opened and promised to continue regardless of tuesdays results. Back in Washington Bush was asked if he wished he had spent More than four Days in new Hampshire countering Buchanan. The president simply answered  for the democrats new Hampshire voters were deciding on a lineup that has seen two preseason favourites stumble and a late surge by Tsongas a former Massachusetts senator. New Hampshire s results most Likely will determine whether talk of late democratic entries stops at just talk. With Tsongas and Kerrey on the democratic ballot were Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa and former California gov. Jerry Brown. New York gov. Mario Cuomo was the subject of a write in Effort. For both parties recession slammed new Hampshire was a testing ground of economic themes sure to dominate the 1992 Campaign. As the states voters cast ballots tuesday they had the Economy in mind. A a he a doing As Good a Job As he possibly can a retired postal worker Harold Worthen said after voting for Bush. But hotel Security guard John Stewart said he had switched his party affiliation from Republican so he could vote for Democrat Clinton. A i feel its time for a change a Stewart said. A the president should be the president of the United states not president of the  polls were open from 6 . To 8 . In Advance of the vote about half the states electorate was expected to participate 140,000 or so in the Republican primary 125,000 on the democratic Side. In Manchester and Nashua the states largest cities and democratic strongholds election officials predicted turnout of 60 percent higher in some precincts. Quot in a extremely confident a Buchanan said outside a see voters on Page 2 libertarian presidential candidate Andre Marrou gives a thumbs up As votes arc counted in Nixville notch ., on tuesday. When the final tally was reached Marrou wound up with it of the towns primary  who Nixville notch picks libertarian candidate Nixville notch . A libertarian candidate Andre Marrou virtually ignored during the Campaign won 11 votes tuesday As this Hamlet cast the nations first votes in new Hampshire Sladoff presidential primary. Among the Republican candidates president Bush beat challenger Pat Buchanan 9 to 3, while consumer advocate Ralph Nader received three write in votes from republicans. Among the democratic candidates Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton had three votes and former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas got two votes a one from a Democrat and one from a Republican who wrote him in on the gop ballot. Marrou received the towns nine Independent votes plus those of two republicans. It was the first time the libertarian party appeared on the state ballot. As they have since 1964, the 31 voters Here gathered to cast the first votes in new Hampshire a Lead off presidential primary tuesday. Capitalizing on a quirk in state election Taw they opened the polls at 12 01 . Est tuesday and closed them five minutes later. State Law requires that polls open from 11 . To 7 . A unless All registered voters vote earlier. Results from Nixville notch Are in the tuesday morning newspapers and on radio and television before the rest of the state gets to the polls making the support of Nixville s 18 republicans four democrats and nine independents prize. Marrou the Only candidate to attend the voting was elated. A this was much better than we expected Quot mar see Andre on Page 2 beginning today ., Cis nuclear subs collide in Arctic Moscow a a  Nuclear submarine and a nuclear sub of the Commonwealth of Independent states collided in the Arctic last week officials said tuesday. The Cis submarine was damaged but no injuries were reported aboard it or the  Vessel. Both subs reportedly Are nuclear powered and capable of carrying nuclear weapons but there was no report of nuclear contamination in the area of the crash in the Barents sea on feb. 11. No damage was reported to the  Submarine the Baton Rouge according to the Pentagon. The two countries disagreed about who was to blame. Washington said it had withheld information on the crash from the Public until Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii could discuss it with russian president Boris n. Yeltsin in Moscow this week. The  Navy said the Cis sub hit the american vessel in International Waters. A the  Submarine  Baton Rouge was at Periscope depth when it was hit by a surfacing Cis submarine on feb. 11,�?� the Navy said in Washington. But the chief russian investigator characterized the incident As an intrusion. A the fact that a foreign submarine secretly operated in our territorial Waters arouses legitimate concern in the russian leadership a the inter fax news Agency quoted . Van Kapi Tants As saying in see subs on Page 2