European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 4, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 Ohio race for Senate considered key by the. Associated press Ohio Indiana and North Carolina held primary elections tuesday including contests in both parties for a Chance to succeed Ohio a retiring democratic sen. Howard Metzenbaum who has served three terms. In Indiana anti abortion candidate Michael Bailey is going after a congressional seat for the second time and three of 12 House seats in North Carolina Are up for grabs because the incumbents Are retiring. \ a a / Quot a the democratic primary in Ohio pits Joel Hyatt Metzenbaum a son in Law and handpicked successor against Cuya hoga county commissioner Mary Boyle in a race too close to Call. Also running is Ralph Applegate a Columbus businessman. Hyatt is a founder of the National Chain of Hyatt Low Cost Legal clinics. Boyle a Mother of four argued in to commercials that the Senate needs a More moms Quot than a a millionaire Boyless strategy is reminiscent of the Campaign of sen. Patty Murray d-wash., who won her seat in 1992 by portraying he Relf As a a mom in Tennis shoes a the Ohio Senate race is being closely watched in Washington As one of a handful that could endanger the democrats majority this fall. The democrats hold a 56-44 Edge in the Senate but Are defending 22 of the 35 seats up for election. The Early primaries offer a glimpse at voter attitudes particularly the depth of anti incumbent sentiment. Nineteen incumbents lost House primaries in 1992. Seeking the gop Senate nomination in Ohio Are it. Gov. Mike Dewine or. Ber Nadine Healy state sen. Gene Watts and aviation consultant George Rhodes. Polls put Dewine who lost a 1992 Senate race to John Glenn ahead by More than 25 percentage Point Healy is former director of the National institutes of health. In Indiana three term sen. Richard Lugar is running unopposed for the gop nomination aha is considered the overwhelming favorite in the fall. On the democratic Side former rep. James Jontz faces Token opposition from Lyndon la Rouche Follower John w. Taylor. In Southern Indiana a congressional race Bailey faces state sen. Jean Leising and truck Driver Cecil Copley for the gop nomination to Challenge democratic rep. Lee Hamilton. Bailey a Campaign includes a series of graphic anti abortion to ads showing aborted fetuses. He ran the ads in 1992 in an unsuccessful bid for the same seat. North Carolinas races Are being held despite a lawsuit challenging a 1992 redistricting plan that created two districts where Blacks have a majority. Testimony concluded last month in that lawsuit. Any decision is certain to be appealed to the . Supreme court which could leave the 1994 elections intact but require new districts for 1996. Other races in Ohio a first term gov George Voinovich is running unopposed in the gop primary. His Likely opponent is state sen. Rob Burch who faces Larouche supporter Peter Schuller. A democratic rep. David Mann faces state sen. William Bowen for the nomination for his House seat representing Cincinnati. Republican Steve Chabot is unopposed. Mann edged out Bowen in an eight Way primary in 1992, but Union Lead ers turned against him this time for voting in favor of the North american free Trade agreement. They endorsed Bowen. A former Cleveland mayor Dennis Kucinich is trying for the fifth time for a political comeback. He faces Irene Gran Dis and Dale Miller in the democratic primary for a state Senate seat. Kucinich. Was mayor when Cleveland went into default in 1978. Getting a Bell Ful sol. Victor Smith lets Bubba and Prissy pig out on treats at the Harrison county sheriffs department in Gulfport miss. The Swine arc two of the departments three drug sniffing vietnamese potbellied pigs. The porkers Are known for their accurate sense of smell and arc considered very with 3 drinking arrests held in tragedy new York a Abraham Meyers and his car some said were a Drunken driving tragedy waiting to happen. Meyers 55, with three arrests for driving while intoxicated and numerous suspensions had lost his License. But sunday police said he drank himself into a stupor and got behind the wheel again. By the time his journey ended the bodies of almost an entire family leaving an anniversary party were strewn in the Middle of the Street. A Mother and her two daughters were dead. The family a father was Hurt. Meyers sat in his car oblivious to the horror police said. A a it appeared he did no to know what was going on a officer Maureen Murray said. A the did no to even know i was a Cathy Vaccarello 47, and Maria 18, a Brooklyn College student died on the Street. Concetta 17, died soon after at a Hospital. The father Giovanni Vaccarello 51, remained hospitalized in critical condition tuesday with head Back and leg injuries. A a a a a Quot a a a a a a a a Only a son 12, who stayed behind at the party escaped unhurt. Meyers a Hospital janitor was charged with murder manslaughter Drunken driving and driving without a License. If convicted he faces life in prison said Richard Brown Queens county District attorney. He was arraigned monday and held without bail. According to police Meyers was arrested on Drunken driving charges in 1964, 1971 and 1978, but convicted Only in the 1964 Case. His License has been suspended 22 times mainly for failing to respond to summonses. A a you wonder Why these things happen a said Mary Bologna a neighbor. A what kind of an animal was driving that car a the Vaccarelloj were a respected part of a close knit italian american neighbourhood in the City a Borough of Brooklyn. A a. / a neighbors described the children As cheerful and polite. Maria worked Par time at a pharmacy and wanted to be a a a doctor. A a a a a _ a they just were hard working people who never Hurt anybody. It was really an idea family a said Gloria Settecase a neighbor. A Why Wasny the in jail now you put him in jail. Why Wasny the there before a a sister in Law of Giovanni Vaccarelloj a Joann Vaccarello was quoted As saying in tuesdays new York new Day. On sunday night the family joined relatives at a catering Hall to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of Giovanni Vaccarello s brother and sister in Law. The party broke up shortly before Midnight. A a a / / As a Small crowd milled in front of the Hall the family began to walk Cross the Street. Suddenly a 1982 Lincoln Continental a with its headlights off and travelling an estimated 70 Mph in a 40 Mph zone a ran a red Light and slowed through the group police said. The Driver later to d investigators he had had a few Beers while watching a basketball game on television. Police said his blood alcohol level was 0.23 percent More than double the Legal limit for cancer not waning Washington apr there Are Between 900,000 and 1.2 million new cases of no Melanoma skin cancer a year in the United states reports the journal of the american Academy of dermatology. That is More than All other types of cancer combined said the study by or. Martin a. Weinstock of Brown University in Providence . A we see no evidence that the skin cancer epidemic has peaked a Weinstock said. Clinton slices supreme court list again Washington a president Clinton narrowed the list of potential supreme court candidates again monday and could make his selection this week Clinton who met in the Oval office with a Small search team for about 50 minutes late monday afternoon is considering three or four prospects Down from Abou six aides said. The list of candidates to replace retiring Justice Harry Blackmun is thought to include . District judge Jose Cabranes of Connecticut and circuit court judges Richard Arnold of Little Rock ark., and Amalya Kearse of new York. Observers inside and outside the White House have speculated that Cabranes is a Good bet because his nomination would be Welcome in the vote Rich hispanic Community. Arnold an old Clinton Friend with a solid reputation in judicial circles has been the subject of a Campaign to counter talk that an arkansans cannot be picked. Kearse has been on Clinton a list before and would be attractive to female and Black constituents. Other names mentioned by observers include judges Stephen Breyer of Boston Judith Kaye of new York Patricia Wald of Washington . Gilbert Merritt of Nashville and Stephanie Seymour of Tulsa okla
