European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hes he yes Ink   try it a toe vol. 50, no. 339 350 thursday March 19,1992 d 8693 a Midwest rallies to Clinton Bush Paul Tsongas looks Ruef til As he congratulates Bill Clinton on his wins in Illinois and Michigan. Chicago apr Bill Clinton and George Bush in a probable fall Campaign preview offered promises of change following their Midwest primary sweeps. The Arkansas governor took command of the democratic race and the president All but snuffed out Patrick Buchanan a right Wing revolt. With nearly All the votes counted in Illinois Clinton had 52 percent former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas won 26 percent and former California gov. Jerry Brown took 15 percent. In Michigan Clinton had 49 percent Brown 27 percent and Tsongas 18 percent. In the Michigan Republican primary where Buchanan had made his stand Bush had 67 percent Buchanan 25 percent. In Illinois Bush had 76 percent and Buchanan 22 percent. The conservative to commentator has never been Able to match the 37 percent new Hampshire voters gave him in the seasons first primary. The Buchanan vote is considered More a protest vote against Bush rather than actual support for Buchanan a nomination. Clinton got 178 of the Delegate votes at stake tuesday Tsongas 68 and Brown 49. That left Clinton with 944 delegates of the 2,145 needed for the nomination. Tsongas trailed with 432, Brown had 130, and 499 delegates were uncommitted or pledged to other candidates. Clinton faces two stubborn democratic rivals next tuesday in Connecticut and the new York primary three weeks away. But he focused instead on the fall after big victories in Illinois and Michigan. A this is a Victory for the forces of change for the people who believe we can do better a because we can a Clinton said tuesday night in proclaiming his wins were a mandate for a new democratic party a and a new president. But Bush vowed to stay put and looked beyond by see rallies on Page 2 primary results Illinois hero Are returns to the presidential primary in Illinois on tuesday. Rypl Buican George Bush 76% Pei trick Buchanan 22% Maurice Horton 1% Democrat Bill Clinton 52% Paul Tsongas 26% Jerry Brown 15% uncommitted 4% Tom Harkin 2% Bob Kerry 1% Lyndon Larouche 0% Larry Agran 0% Michigan Here Are returns in the presidential primary in Michigan on tuesday. Rep Bucan. George Bush 67% uncommitted 5% Patrick Buchanan 25% David Duke 3% a Democrat Bill Clinton 49% Tom Harkin 1% Jerry Brown 27% Bob Kerry 1% Paul Tsongas 18% Lyndon Larouche 0% uncommitted 5% 0 less than 1%  curve tossed at fast Laners Karlsruhe Germany apr a High court has issued a ruling that could slam the brakes on autobahn Speed demons. On tuesday the Federal court of Justice ruled that people driving faster than the a a recommended 80-Mph limit can be held liable for an Accident even if they done to cause the crash. The ruling will give new ammunition to the growing chorus of people arguing for autobahn Speed limits for reasons of safety and fuel Economy. The government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl has rejected the pressure describing its philosophy As a free driving for free citizens. A the ruling by the court Germany a highest for criminal and civil matters overturned a lower court judgment. That court let off the Driver of a porsche who was said to have been rocketing along at 112 Mph when a slower car moved into the porsche a Lane. The porsche Driver braked hard and skidded into a car pulling a see fast on Page 2 vote by South african Whites lets de Klerk close Book on apartheid Johannesburg South Africa apr president . De Klerk has scored an overwhelming Victory in a Whites Only referendum on ending apartheid and sharing Power with the Black majority for the first time. Based on results issued wednesday from All 15 election districts de Klerk had 68.7 percent of tuesdays vote. De Klerk won All but one of the reporting districts including four traditionally pro apartheid districts. Voter turnout was 85.7 percent much higher than expected. A today we have closed the Book on apartheid a the president told cheering supporters in Cape town. De Klerks margin of Victory exceeded most predictions and cleared the Way for him to continue reforms on scrapping apartheid and giving Blacks the vote. It was an unprecedented declaration for peace and Compromise by Whites in a nation branded for decades As an intractable stronghold of racism. De Klerk had staked his political future on the vote which followed a passionately contested three week political Battle. The president who has abolished major apartheid Laws needed the Victory to push ahead with his last and most important Reform a a new Constitution extending full political rights to the 30 million member Black majority. Any attempt to reimpose apartheid would have been resisted by the Black majority plunging the country into political chaos. A White voters have faced up to Reali see vote on Page 2 Bush stops joking about bad checks Washington a president Bush no longer joking about the House rubber Check scandal is standing by three Cabinet members caught up in the affair but says its up to the american people to sort out the wrongdoers from innocent victims. The Back to Back confessions tuesday by Bush a defense agriculture and labor secretaries let some air out of the political balloon for House republicans who have relished watching democrats squirm As the major abusers of privilege at the shoddily run in House Bank. A dour defense Secretary Dick Cheney was the first Bush appointee to confess tuesday a he had bounced As Many As 25 checks. Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan owned up to 49 overdrawn checks including one for $8,618, and labor Secretary Lynn Martin found 16 in her closet. Cheney served in the House from Wyoming Madigan and Martin represented Illinois districts. Bush who cracked a joke about the scandal on the Campaign Trail in Milwaukee on monday took a More sober approach in a Rose Garden appearance. Tuesday. He expressed a total Confidence in Cheney a integrity a and added a i just Haven to heard anything about any of the  Judy Smith a White House spokeswoman said later a a in a sure he would say the same about All the Cabinet members that its a situation they did no to have any knowledge  a a let a get the facts out and then i think the american people Are very see Bush on Page 2