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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 7, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3brown says Clinton condones racism new York apr Jerry Brown said monday that democratic presidential front runner Bill Clinton promoted racism by playing Golf at an All White club drawing an angry retort in a morning min debate that at times collapsed into unwieldy Finger pointing. A Jerry Brown knows in a not racist a Clinton said. A i have demonstrated in a Southern climate All my life a deep commitment to civil rights and equal Opportunity. As governor and throughout my life i have fought for equal Opportunity for  the two candidates faced off on no cd a today show and were meeting again for another hour Long debate on the eve of critical primaries in new York Wisconsin and Kansas. On sunday Clinton trounced Brown in puerto Rico a primary taking All is delegates and reaching the Halfway Point in the Delegate race. With 1,751 of 1,779 precincts reporting the Arkansas governor garnered 60,611 votes or 95.6 percent of the democratic vote. Former California gov. Jerry Brown managed Only 1,012 or 1.2 percent. President Bush steamrolled through the Republican Side of the Island primaries helped by a pro statehood drive that resulted in a record gop turnout. Bush got 99.1 percent of the vote. During the today show monday the first question ironically was about a Man who left the race but is talking about getting Back in a former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas. Clinton said he believes Tsongas is still running and renewed his criticism of Tsongas proposed capital gains tax Cut. A i think he a sort of getting the Best of both worlds right now a Clinton said implying Tsongas was making his appeals for votes without full scrutiny because he is not actively campaigning. On that Point Brown agreed with Clinton predicting Tsongas would fare moderately Well tuesday. A when you stand on the sidelines you increasingly look better a the former California governor said. A the has a certain Kansas profile Topeka # 1988 presidential election statistics 554,049 voted Republican 422,636 voted Democrat 993,044 total votes in 1988 7 electoral votes state politics governor Joan Finney d senators Nancy l. Kassel turn r Dick Williams d congressmen 5 2 democrats 3 republicans state statistics 1991 est. Population 2,477,574 land area 81,823 Square Miles number of counties 105 Black population 5.8% hispanic population 3.8% loading industries manufacturing finance. Insurance real estate services 1988 presidential election statistics 3,081,871 voted Republican 3,347,882 voted Democrat 6,466,095 total votes in 1988 36 electoral votes state politics governor Mario m. Cuomo d senators Alfonse do Amato r Daniel p. Moythan d congressmen 34 21 democrats 13 republicans state statistics 1991 est population 17,990,455 land area 47,224 Square Miles number of counties 62 Black population 15.9% hispanic population 12.3% leading industries manufacturing finance communications tourism transportation services source the world almanac and Book of facts 1992 Wisconsin 1988 presidential election statistics 1,470,499 voted Republican 1,126,794 voted Democrat 2,182,506 total votes in 1988 11 electoral votes state politics governor Tommy g. Tompson r senators Robert w. Kasten or. R Herbert h. Kohl d congressmen 9 4 democrats 5 republicans state statistics 1991 Ost. Population 4,891,769 land area 54,31 4 Square Miles number of counties 72 Black population 5% hispanic population 1 9% leading industries manufacturing Trade services government transportation communications agriculture tourism base of support and i expect him to get a certain vote Here in new  trying to pull the candidates into new ground Moderator Bryant Gumbel asked Brown and Clinton to address their perceived weaknesses a or at least those areas of their records that have come under attack. For Clinton that meant explaining his visit to an All White country club in Little Rock Ark. Brown interjected that by playing Golf there Clinton a validates institutional  an angry Clinton said Brown was deliberately distorting his civil rights record. As if to prove he could have done the same thing to Brown Clinton recalled a 1975 remark in which Brown said one Way to Sis Deal with racism was to get Black and White children together and a a have the White kids teach the Black kids How to read and the Black kids teach the White kids How to  both candidates began talking at once during this bitter Exchange with Brown turning to Clinton and waving a pointed Finger and Clinton waving  protest vote turns into an earthquake Rome apr in an unprecedented protest voters rebuffed the two parties that have dominated italian politics since world War ii but gave no single party a mandate projections from National elections showed monday. The projections based on Early returns snowed the Christian democrats finishing first As they have in every National poll since 1946. But it appeared they would be unable to form a Strong coalition unless they turn to their former communist adversaries. A these elections have turned into an earthquake a said pie Ferdinando Casini spokesman for the Christian democrats. Italy a no. 2 party once the West a largest communist party suffered a major setback despite re fashioning itself into a social democratic movement after the cold War the projections showed. It is now called the democratic party of the left. The vote coincided with surges in anti government feeling in elections in France and Germany and indications that the opposition labor party will score big in British elections this week. It also occurred As european Community officials have been warning Italy to reduce its ballooning Public debt or risk being left out of the european monetary and economic Union. Such a move would further Hurt the stumbling Economy. The projections were from elections for the lower House of parliament the chamber of deputies. A similar trend emerged from projections and Early results from the Senate. If the trend holds As expected voters will deny a parliamentary majority to the governing four party coalition giving it about 48 percent of the vote. The projections broadcast by state run Rai to showed the Christian democrats receiving a record Low 29.1 percent. That is Down 5 percentage Points from the last elections in 1987, a dramatic drop compared with the usual glacial changes in italian elections. The democratic party of the left followed with 16.4 arts percent Down 10 Points. It was challenged for the former communist party a vote by a hard line group communist re foundation which took 5.4 percent. The socialists traditionally Junior partner in governing coalitions nearly held firm at 13.1 percent the projections showed. Two other tiny parties in the governing coalition the liberals and social democrats received 3 percent and 2.9 percent respectively. The main beneficiary of the protest vote was an upstart party seeking autonomy for Italy a wealthy Industrial North. The party the Northern league took 9.3 percent of the vote according to the projections by the Doxa polling  court throws out Farmer s pornography conviction Washington a the supreme court on monday threw out the child pornography conviction of a Nebraska Farmer who said the government entrapped him by mailing him solicitations for a kiddie  by a 5-4 vote the justices placed new limits on the Federal governments Power to conduct such a a sting operations. Investigators May not target someone if they Lack reasonable suspicion that the individual committed or is Likely to commit a crime the court ruled in a major defeat for Law enforcement officials. Mondays Luling was a Surprise Given the Stern approach to Law enforcement the increasingly conservative court has demonstrated recently. Justice Byron r. White writing for the court said a Law enforcement officials go too far when they implant in the mind of an innocent person the disposition to commit the alleged offence and induce its commission in order so that they May  he was joined by justices Harry a. Blackmun John Paul Stevens David h. Souter and Clarence Thomas. The Case stems from the investigation of Keith Jacobson 61, of Newman Grove neb. Police found Jacobson a name on a san Diego calif., pornography bookstores mailing list in 1984. He had ordered two nudist magazines from the store that were Legal to Purchase. For nearly 2>/t years postal inspectors repeatedly solicited Jacobson through the mail to buy illegal pornography. Investigators said he voluntarily responded to mailed questionnaires asking him about his interests in sexually explicit material. He was convicted of receiving in 1987 a copy of a Magazine called boys who love boys. It was described in a Catalon As showing How �?o11-year-old and 14-year-old boys get it on in every Way  the Catalon and Magazine were mailed to him by postal inspectors posing As pornography distributors. Jacobson was sentenced to two years probation and 250 hours of Community service. He lost his Job As a school bus Driver the morning after he was charged and he said he was a humiliated and depressed for months. Jacobson said the government leaned on him to commit a crime and said he never would have purchased anything illegal if investigators had left him alone  
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