European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes Friday june 12, 1992final write in count favors Perot Bismarck . Apr final results showed Texas billionaire Ross Perot As the write in Winner of tuesdays Quot Beauty contest democratic primary in North Dakota. No major candidates were on the ballot. The undeclared Independent presidential candidate gathered 8,951 write in votes or 28 percent to finish ahead of three minor candidates whose names were on the ballot. In addition to winning the democratic primary Perot also received 3,452 write in votes or 7 percent in the Republican primary which president Bush won with 39,854 votes or 84 percent. Bush received All 17 delegates at stake on the Republican Side. Comedian Pat Paulsen the Only name on the gop ballot besides Bush got 4,107 votes or 9 percent. Bush had already clinched the Republican nomination. All 804 precincts were not counted until wednesday because voters flooded election officials with write in ballots. Last weeks primaries in six other states had been widely called the effective finish to the presidential primary season and the Lack of real Competition in the North Dakota made the Perot write in count the Only Factor to attract much attention Here. Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton who has sewn up the democratic nomination was not on the ballot but received 3,969 write in votes or 13 percent to finish last on the democratic Side. Democrats were holding an advisory primary because they already had allocated their convention delegates in party caucuses. Among the candidates listed on the democratic ballot perennial candidate Lyndon h. Larouche jr., currently serving a 15-year sentence for tax fraud had 7,083 votes or 22 percent comedian Tom Shickman had 4,890, or 16 percent and Nevada millionaire Charles Woods had 6,669, or 21 percent. Jim Kissee manager of the Perot Campaign in North Dakota said the write in votes for Perot meant Little to him. Quot we done to hold much Stock in this primary a Kissee said. Quot the real race a the important one a will be in Kissee said the number of people Quot who bothered to write in is a a it a Nice to see but its a Long Way to Home base a he added. Poll says Many like Perot s views even though he s outlined few Washington a nearly one in four voters in a nationwide poll released thursday said they support Ross Perot a presidential Campaign because they like his views even though the Texas tycoon has spelled out few specific proposals. Perot leads a three Way matchup As he has in several National polls in the Survey by democratic pollster Celinda Lake and Republican pollster Edward Goeas. Perot had 36 percent support to president bush�?Ts.32 percent and Democrat Bill Clinton a 24 percent. The numbers looked dim for Clinton whose ballot strength did not exceed 26 percent in any Region and was in third place across the country. Although Bush a Job approval rating in the Lake Goeas poll 40 percent is higher than other recent polls 64 per cent of those surveyed believe it is time for a a new person in the White House while Only 29 percent believe Bush deserves re election. The poll of 1,000 registered voters was conducted june 2 to 4 and has a 3.1 percentage Point margin of error. Twenty four percent of those questioned said they would vote for Perot an undeclared Independent candidate because they liked his stands on the issues 22 percent said they believe he will Quot change the political system 5 percent said their vote for Perot would be a protest against the current system and 11 percent said it was out of dislike for Bush or Clinton. Perot after criticism that he had no specific Campaign proposals had said he would take time to develop them then said people were More interested in principles than item by item prom . News service faces its final deadline Washington apr United press International left in limbo after Pat Robertson dropped his $6 million bid to buy the 85-year-old news service May shut Down by the weekend unless new Money is found. Quot someone has to come in by Friday a said Cary Sam Owitz a lawyer for creditors. A and Friday is going to be cutting it after examining the company s books Robertson on wednesday made a substitute offer of $500,000 for uple a name and two Small parts. But the company rejected the offer by the religious broadcaster. . Bankruptcy court judge Francis Conrad had approved the Sale of the entire news organization to Robertson a month ago but gave him 30 Days to lower his Price or Back out of the Deal. Robertson said the economics of continuing to operate up As a full service news operation Quot just done to seem to make a great Deal of he said his attorneys told him it would Cost $31 million Over 18 months to attempt to make up viable and Robertson Quot they guarantee a turnaround at that a declining customer base was a major problem. Robertson said 32 percent of upits remaining customers had decided to drop the service and even his own broadcasting company recently cancelled up in favor of the associated press competing service. After a hearing before the bankruptcy judge in new York attorneys said the company was negotiating with several other potential buyers. But a shutdown could occur As Early As this weekend if no buyer is found for the Cash Short company. Quot if additional funds for operations Are not found up will terminate operations on Friday june 12, at Midnight a the company said in a statement. Up founded As United press by . Scripps in 1907, provides newspaper stories photographs and broadcasting services. It has won nine pulitzer prizes for reporting and photography. It became United press International in 1958 when it merged with William Randolph Hearst a International news service. Robertson said in Washington that instead of buying All of up he was instructing his attorneys to try to negotiate the Purchase of a one or two of the assets of this organization including its after that offer was turned Down Robertson a lawyers asked the bankruptcy judge to order up to accept it. Conrad refused but said they could file a written request for such an order. Businessman gets prison term in Money laundering fraud Philadelphia a a businessman who masterminded a huge financial fraud and smuggled $50 million Worth of weapons to South Africa was sentenced wednesday to 15 years in prison. James h. Guerin 61, who faced a possible sentence of 30 years to life had pleaded for mercy from . District judge Louis Bechtle. Guerin apologized for his a misdirected Bechtle followed the prosecutions recommendation in sentencing Guerin who pleaded guilty in december to helping South Africa evade a United nations ban on weapons imports laundering $958 million through Swiss Banks in 1983-89 and falsely inflating the Price of his company. The 15-year sentence was imposed on the laundering charge. Munitions and weapons components Worth More than $50 million were illegally sent to South Africa prosecutors said. Some of the weapons ended up in Iraq and were used against . Forces in the persian Gulf War prosecutors said. Guerin has denied knowing the weapons would end up in Iraq. Quot pm very sorry for what has happened and for what i have done Quot Guerin told the judge. A i never really appreciated the magnitude of what i did until the investigation began. I got carried away and Felt our Mission was above the Law. It was misdirected dentist with aids infected 2 to make Point Friend thinks b-2 bomber makes first night flight los Angeles up the air Force said wednesday that Northrop b-2 stealth bomber had successfully made its first night flight last week at Edwards fab in the Mojave desert. The 4/ hour test on june 4 included 11 takeoffs and landings five in Twilight and six in darkness the air Force said die Crew took the bomber to an Altitude of 10,000 feet and evaluated Interior cockpit lighting As darkness fell. It said that a second night test flight is scheduled for later this summer. The b-2, the most expensive plane Ever built first flew in july 1989 and has flown 137 flights for a total of 607 hours. West Palm Beach Fla. A an aids stricken or. David acer thought mainstream America was ignoring the disease and he May have infected Kimberly Bergalis and another patient to make a Point says a Friend of the dentist. Edward Parsons was quoted wednesday in the Palm Beach Post As saying he based his a uncomfortable conclusion on conversations he had with acer in 1988. A racer said a when it starts affecting grandmothers and younger people then you la see something done a a said Parsons a 35-year-old unemployed nurse from Miami Beach. Acer a bisexual who died in 1990, is the Only health care worker known to have infected patients with the aids virus. The centers for disease control in Atlanta concluded that he infected five patients but the Agency was unable to determine precisely How. State and Legal investigations also were unable to pinpoint a cause. Cd spokesman Don Berreth was travelling and unavailable for comment late wednesday on Parsons comments. Most attention has focused on the possibility that the aids virus was transmitted via acers contaminated dental equipment. Some experts speculated that acer infected patients out of bitterness during bouts of aids related dementia or As Parsons suggested to draw More attention to the disease which in the United states mainly afflicts homosexuals and drug addicts. Bergalis who became infected in 1987 while having a tooth pulled died in december at 23. She had become a National crusader for mandatory aids testing of healthcare workers. Bergalis father George Bergalis of fort Pierce said he did not believe Parsons Story. But Barbara Webb the other patient who was infected considered Parsons theory plausible. A in a weird Way it makes some kind of sense a said Webb 66. A if indeed he did choose he Choe rather Well. Quot who better than Kim to wrap the whole country up who More than Barbara Webb an English teacher who does no to mind speaking out a
