Winchester Star (Newspaper) - February 23, 1983, Winchester, Virginia The Winchester Star 86th Year No. 196 36 SECTIONS VIRGINIA 22601, FEBRUARY 23, 1983 667-3200 15 CENTS Washington Wins Upset In Chicago CHICAGO - With overwhelming black U.S. Rep. Harold Washington upset well-financed Jane Byrne in the Democratic primary to move a step away from becoming the first black mayor of America's The 60-year-old congressman overcame a paltry campaign war a 1974 conviction for failing to file U.S. income taxes and subtle appeals to racism Tuesday to beat Mrs. Byrne by a slim margin of about 32,250 votes out of a record 1.14 million counted by Mrs. Byrne split the white vote with Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. according to an Associated while only 6 percent of white respondents said they had voted for Daley pledging to support Washington against Republican Bernard Epton in the April 12 general Mrs. Byrne told her supporters early today that the vote was close to and went home to today's the Democratic Party has been returned to the the beaming Washington told chanting Widespread charges of vote fraud marred the and U.S. marshals were ordered to impound the ballots as they were counted - for safekeeping and as possible evidence in criminal With 2,878 of 2,914 precincts the results 415,050 or 36.3 Mrs. 382,798 or 33.5 and 340,702, or 29.8 The other votes were split among minor According to an Associated TV Washington captured more than 80 percent of votes cast by whose power was enhanced by an aggressive registration drive last Washington's showing in the black community - with an estimated 600,000 to 650,000 voters - deprived Mrs. Byrne of votes that were instrumental in her own upset victory four years The GOP hasn't won the mayoralty in 50 but Washington has said he is not taking the general election for Epton ran unopposed for the Republican U.S. Rep. Harold Washington heads for the podium early today to thank supporters after his upset win in the Chicago Democratic mayoral primary He is flanked by his Mary Smith and the Rev Jesse Washington won with 36.3o of the U.S. to Buy Town Mo. - Residents of Times Beach responded with but some to the government's million plan for buying out the riverside hamlet that has become a ghost About 150 residents of the St. Louis suburb met here where Environmental Protection Agency administrator Anne M. Burford announced the federal plan to buy out the entire of Times Beach and help relocate its 2,400 was one of the most obstinate opponents of a buyout from the said acting Mayor Sid Hammer after the spontaneous I'm 43 years I wish I didn't have to go anywhere But if I have to start all over again I'll do absolutely said Charles F. who owns two Times Beach trailer parks he said were valued at He said he would take his portion of the government settlement and go where it's high and dry and warm Mrs. Burford said the EPA will pay for the immediate relocation of the town's residents and with the state of Missouri paying 10 percent of the The dioxin was mixed with waste oil and sprayed on the town's unpaved roads and other towns to control dust a decade The a byproduct of herbicide causes spleen and liver ailments in laboratory Its effect on humans is The offer to relocate Times Beach residents is the first federal buyout of a contaminated although the federal government and New York state spent about million each to buy 660 homes in a 10-block area around the former Love Canal chemical dump in Niagara Mrs. Burford said the money for the Times Beach cleanup would come from the EPA collected from a special tax on hazardous waste companies and earmarked to clean up contaminated Residents can accept the offer - based on values before the contamination was found - or continue living in the she not It's just said Penny who moved out of the town two weeks ago after living there for the past 14 husband Joe and I decided to get an The Capsticks fear they won't be compensated for they invested in their home after December floods submerged the never leave if it weren't for our little Mrs. Capstick Askew 4th to Seek Demo Nod 6 OPEC Nations Lower Price on Oil ASKEW WASHINGTON - Former Florida Gov. Reubin O. Askew is announcing his darkhorse candidacy for the 1984 Democratic presidential hoping to repeat fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter's climb from obscurity to the White The 54-year-old native generates no more than a blip in national public opinion polls as he makes his presidential hopes official with a speech at the National Press In the past Askew has run a low-key turning down invitations to speak at the party's midterm convention in Philadelphia and at the California state convention in But he did visit every state trying to recruit Democratic activists - the same method Carter used in winning the nomination and the presidency in 1976. With his formal announcement Askew becomes the fourth candidate to officially join the Former Vice President Walter Mondale announced on while Gary Hart of Colorado and Alan Cranston of California made their hopes official earlier this John Glenn of Ohio and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina are expected to jump into the contest later this Askew was returning to Florida following his announcement A fund-raiser tonight in Miami kicks off a series of eight such events in the next 10 designed to help him qualify for federal matching where he served as governor from 1970 through 1979, is the key to nomination A victory in his home state primary in early March 1984 - plus good showings in Georgia and Alabama the same day - will be central to making Askew a viable a teetotaling and Presbyterian church elder who was nicknamed during his terms as will accept no money from political action as have Mondale and Saudi Arabia Arabia's oil minister said today six OPEC nations have agreed on a lower price but declined to reveal the saying they were still huddling over strategy to deal with price Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani said the six nations were Saudi the United Arab Iraq and He said Indonesian Oil Minister Subroto assured him in a telephone call that Indonesia was complete with the viewpoint of the five Persian Gulf members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting The oil ministers met in emergency session in response to a per barrel cut by fellow OPEC member Nigeria to and a reduction by members Britain and Norway to Those cuts have threatened a worldwide price war for the world's shrinking oil Subroto was expected to arrive in Riyadh along with some other OPEC ministers including Libya's Kamel Hassan and Venezuela's Humberto Calderon Yamani A second session for the oil ministers was scheduled for this Yamani refused to say what the new price level When today's meeting the basic price per barrel to contract purchases of Arab OPEC oil was country will take no more after today and will adopt the measures required to protect its Yamani said in a statement to Bahrain's Gulf News Officials in Algiers said an extraordinary meeting of OPEC requested by Algeria might take place whose country is the largest confirmed Tuesday that Saudi Arabia's daily production of crude fell to below 4 million Industry sources say the Saudis have a daily production capacity of 11 million A global recession and consumer conservation have led to a glut of marketable oil and a lowering of crude oil export The price reductions would mean consumers eventually pay less to fill their automobile tanks - each drop in price per barrel translates to a 2V2 saving at the But developing countries among the oil such as Nigeria and might risk default on foreign loans if their oil sales bring in less The meeting of Persian Gulf OPEC members comes after the world's oil strongly hinted that it was readying to slash its oil export U.S. Charges Libya Behind Death Plots UNITED NATIONS - U.S. Ambassador Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick accused Libya of plotting to kill American diplomats in the Middle East and at least one European as well as the prime minister of a neighboring African She refused to elaborate on the allegations Tuesday in her address to the 15-nation Security The meeting was requested by the Libyan which charged that the use of American AWACS radar planes in Egypt and the dispatch of U.S. warships to Mediterranean waters near Libya were part of an Mrs. Kirkpatrick said that the U.S. military maneuvers apparently had deterred a Libyan attack on Libya has denied Sudan's allegations that it planned to overthrow the government in last but then postponed the coup order for month or The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the U.S. aircraft carrier and accompanying ships had returned to their cruising location off FmI 667-0145. 161 Hostages Free Malta - Three hijackers released their 161 hostages from a hijacked Libyan jetliner today and surrendered after a three-day Maltese officials said the air pirates were free to go wherever they Hundreds of bystanders watching the drama through the chain link fence surrounding the airport applauded and whistled as the passengers and crew of the Libyan Arab Airways plane All three hijackers came out unarmed and were taken to the control Prime Minister Dom Mintoff greeted the released hostages and met with them at the It was not immediately clear how long the passengers would remain in All were Libyan except for an Italian There was no immediate word where the hijackers would who personally conducted the assured the hijackers he would not send them back to Libya and told them they would not be prosecuted and could go to whatever country they The three hijackers thanked Mintoff for his and effort throughout the long Sick people and children were taken to five which took them to a makeshift sick bay set up in the airport The rest of the passengers and crew members boarded three Air Malta buses and were escorted to the They'll Rebuild It Members of the Church of God are already making plans to rebuild after the church was leveled Tuesday by a The Rev. Herman Elliott said his congregation will rebuild the 10-year-old church within 12 officials in Georgia are still assessing damage caused by Inside Area Crossword Frederick 10 National People In Spectator TV Virginia
