European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 21, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3 Perot finds write in support in primaries for both parties Portland Ore. Apr Independent candidate Ross Perot has barged in on the presidential primaries gaining write in votes among both democrats and republicans As Bill Clinton and president Bush both won easily in Oregon and Washington. The size of Perot a write in vote Wasny to Clear but the message was the third Man in the race is Likely to be a problem for both major party candidates. And with eight primaries to go including the grand finale in California and five other states on june 2, the write in idea could spread into a new sort of protest vote next tuesday Are in a a in Clinton a Arkansas Home. Idaho holds a Republican primary and a democratic preference vote that does not allocate delegates. In Oregon with 94 percent of the precincts reporting Clinton had 50 percent of the vote to 35 percent for Jerry Brown his Only campaigning rival. In Washington with nearly All precincts reporting Clinton had 51 percent to Browne a 29 percent. But that primary was just for show it did not bind the 71 Washington delegates who Are being apportioned in caucuses and conventions. Clinton was winning 29 delegates in Oregon. That pushed his count to 1,855.5 of the 2,145 he needs for nomination with nobody close. Brown was winning 18 delegates but he a too far behind to have a Chance any the primaries Kentucky and More. His count puts him fourth behind uncommitted democrats and those favouring dropout Paul Tsongas who ran third in the tuesday primaries. In the Republican primaries Bush was rolling up 76 percent of the Oregon vote with 94 percent of the precincts reporting. Conservative Patrick Buchanan had 22 percent. Washington republicans voted 83 percent for Bush and 13 percent Buchanan with nearly All the precincts counted. Bush was adding at least 53 delegates to the majority he a already won his new count would be 1,350. Buchanan was winning five delegates to go with the 69 head won earlier. Were the write in votes tabulated those percentages could change. Oregon does not require that write in votes be tabulated in primaries except in special circumstances and in Washington they done to have to be tallied for a week. So there was no count of Perot a share wednesday. But a Survey of voters leaving polling places put the Perot vote at roughly 11 percent in each party primary in Oregon can reported. In sparsely populated san Juan county wash., Perot led both party a primaries on the strength of his write in votes. The primary returns that counted were for Bush already guaranteed renomination and Clinton. Perot is poised to declare his candidacy As an Independent to tackle them both. With Bush and Clinton in full command the primaries had fallen into a weekly pattern and their easy victories were foregone conclusions. The Perot write in was not. There had been no Campaign for it in Oregon and Only talk of it in Washington. Ted Thomas Perot a Oregon coordinator said he had told supporters not to bother with protest votes in the primary but to concentrate on the drive for petitions to put his name on the general election ballot. A i guess they did no to listen to us a a Thomas said chuckling. A what can you do. People just want to vote for this  along with the write in report the can exit poll showed substantial support for Perot in the general election from Oregon voters in both major parties. More democratic primary voters said they a support him than Clinton 45 percent to 41 percent. Among Republican primary voters 49 percent said they favor Bush for re election but 40 percent said they preferred Perot. In Austin Texas Clinton said he understood the phenomenon. He said people a a done to believe anybody associated with a political party can make a  but Clinton also said Perot is still in the honeymoon phase with the voters. A they Haven to heard anything negative about him a he said. Vice president Dan Quayle made much the same Point As he campaigned in California on monday. Quayle said he assumes that when Perot announces his candidacy a my friends in the Media will give him the same treatment that they gave to me in 1988, and Well see How he primary results Here Are returns in the pre Siemiet primaries on tuesday, Bush 83% 1 Patrick Buchanan 13% David Duke 1%dkmocr a Bill Clinton 51% Jerry Brown 29% Paul Tsongas 16% Tucux in m George Bush 76% i Patrick Buchanan 22% David Duke 3%dkmook.vibill Clinton 50% Jerry Brown 35% Paul Tsongas 11% Sis likes  in Oregon four term Republican sen. Bob Packwood was renominated Over Token opposition. Harry Lonsdale a businessman from Bend was in a close contest with democratic rep. Les Aucoin for the democratic nomination to oppose him. Aucoin is plagued by 83 overdrafts on the old House  form reveals Perot As wary investor Washington apr Texas business tycoon Ross Perot in the he Tiest disclosure form Ever filed by a presidential contender reveals himself As a cautious investor spreading much of his billions among Bonds real estate and a variety of relatively risk free investments. The report indicates a Range of income for Perot from an absolute Low of $26.6 million a year to More than $131 million. Even the higher figure Falls Well below private estimates that Perot earns $3 million a week or More. It was not possible to determine from the report Perot a actual income because he checked boxes showing income ranges the highest of which was a Over $1 million a which he Perot checked seven times. Perot also hid his precise wealth by declining to list exact values of holdings checking Only the a Over $1 million category on the Federal  checked that category in 174 separate listings. Occupying a commanding position in Perot a bulging portfolio Are hundreds of millions of dollars in tax free state and municipal Bonds. Perot filed the 123-Page form with the Federal election commission last Friday and the Agency made it Public tuesday. Perot a wealth previously has been estimated at Between $2.5 billion and $3.5 billion. He has not disputed these estimates and his Fec filings Are consistent with them. The financial picture that emerged showed Perot to be a generally careful investor. Many of his holdings Are in Long term Bonds Many of them tax free and in Treasury Bills and other government securities. . Policeman facing retrial says he s sad denies racism los Angeles apr the White police officer who will be retried in the beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King denied in a newspaper column wednesday that he is racist. Officer Laurence m. Powell said in the los Angeles times column that his Girlfriend is hispanic Ana his family has cared for Black and hispanic Foster children. He also expressed sorrow for the riots that erupted when he and three other White defendants were cleared of assault charges in the police beating. Powell a remarks were included in a videotape he made after the verdicts a to let you know How sad i feel about this horrible  they were transcribed for the times by a Man who helped Powell make the tape. A jury acquitted three of the men completely on using excessive Force on which it deadlocked touched off a april 29 and cleared Powell of All charges except one of a mocked. The riots by the verdicts killed 51 people injured thousands and caused More than $750 million in damage. Last week a judge ordered Powell to stand trial again on the deadlocked charge. In other developments tuesday the Rev. Jesse Jackson called for a Domestic Marshall plan to Rescue americans inner cities. A we did no to see the Marshall plan As a write off. We saw it As a Chance to promote self determination and a future Market for our own growth a Jackson said of the Post world War ii recovery plan for Europe. A Urban America likewise must be developed because its morally right necessary and economically feasible a said Jackson who was in los Angeles to discuss riot recovery plans. In the times article Powell 29, asserted that he Wasny to racist and said his Girlfriend is a hispanic police officer. A i would also like you to know that my mom and dad and my Sis Powell tors and i have cared for and nurtured Many Foster children while 1 was growing up and the majority of them were african american or hispanic a Powell said. A my affection for them has helped Mold my life. Currently we Are caring for a 3-Ycar-okl Black girl and we have two hispanic children living with us As  a hearing is scheduled Friday on whether Powell a retrial should be moved. The first trial was held in the largely White conservative suburb of Simi Valley. Black attorneys urged authorities tuesday to hold the retrial in the More ethnically diverse los Angeles a Monty. An appeals court ordered the first trial moved from los Angeles count because of political fallout from the beating. 65 arrested in March to Honor Malcolm x new York apr a nine hour March to Honor slain civil rights Leader Malcolm xes 67th birthday broke up Early wednesday after 65 people were arrested. Two finer 5 sistine Man people were charged with assaulting a police of-4 with disorderly conduct and nine with both re ing arrest and disorderly conduct police spoke Swo a sgt. Tina Mohrmann said. As Many As eight Mohrmann said. Officers suffered minor injuries most of the arrests were made after demonstrators blocked traffic near the United nations said officer Andrew Mclnnis another police spokesman. He estimated the crowd at 600. The marchers also protested racism and the Rodney g. King verdict. Mclnnis said the marchers chanted a no Justice in l.a., no peace in new York a referring to violence in los Angeles following the acquittal last month of four Whites in the police beating of King. Malcolm x was gunned Down in Harlem in 1965