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,1 'V 1 Free on bond Businessman indicted in medical fraud, 1B. Fordice Etnife Governor's budget strong on bureaucracy cutbacks, 3B 1 3m ill Doing theTjavegmftr Houseboat owners love their life on the rippling waters, 1Dw I reft warn Metro edition Jackson, Mississippi Wednesday a March 1 1, 1992 DUD Primary 9 Arkansan wins all Mississippi delegates By Jay Eubank Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer fax Bush in Texas, Super Tuesday's other big prize, as well as Mississippi, Tennessee and Oklahoma. President Bush swept all eight GOP primaries, but even as he rolled toward renomination, upstart Pat Buchanan continued to attract one-third of the vote a season-long, anti-Bush pattern. And voters leaving the polls again expressed anxiety about the economy, worries about their own financial condition and unhappiness with Bush's leadership. At stake in Tuesday's voting in 11 states was the richest harvest of the primary season: 783 Democratic delegates and 421 Republican ones.

See PRIMARY, 11A sippi," said Clarke Reed of Greenville, a veteran GOP activist and the chairman of Bush's state campaign. "We know the man most able to lead the free world is George Bush." Former Gov. William Winter, co-chairman of Clinton's state campaign, said Clinton is on track for the Democratic nomination. "This gives Gov. Clinton the springboard he's looking for going into the big midwestern states," Winter said.

State Super Tuesday voters selected 39 delegates to the Democratic convention in New York City and 33 delegates to the Republican convention in Houston. See MISSISSIPPl.llA State Super Tuesday voters helped President Bush and Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton clearly establish themselves as front-runners in the 1992 presidential race. Bush, continuing his lock on state voters, collected 107,837 votes in the Republican primary, about 72 percent. That's six percentage points better than his 1988 showing.

Clinton, a favorite son of sorts for Southerners, captured 138,627 votes, or 73 percent, in the Democratic primary as his bi-racial coalition pushing tax and education reform delivered. "We're mainstream conservatives here in Missis The president scores an 8-state shutout over Pat Buchanan. From Wire Service Report WASHINGTON Propelled by an impressive showing in his native South, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton became the odds-on favorite Tuesday to win the Democratic presidential nomination and face a weakened George Bush in the fall. Clinton, assembling a coalition of elderly, middle-income and black voters, beat former Massachusetts senator Paul Tsongas in the day's most hotly contested race: the Florida primary.

And he was running ahead of Tsongas Tornado Clinton slams Lauderdale County; 3 die, 58 hurt iimm.il i nun i.iiiiimi IV 'giAi 1 IN niMimw If y.r'.mrr'r 'kwr mm 'Jcff- fit i I lii imi ii Hai i fcr i kmmi I A Washington County community was also hit by a twister. By Grace Simmons Clarion-Ledger Staff Wrltf MERIDIAN A predawn tor-nado blasted through rural Lauderdale County on Tuesday, killing three people.injuring 58 and destroying or damaging at least 204 homes. Board of Supervisors President Jimmie Smith described the damage as devastating. "The com munity is lucky as far as lives are concerned," he said. The tornado touched down at 1:10 a.m.

south of Meridian and cut a swath through the Zero, Causey-ville and Vimville communities. Officials identified the dead as: Patricia Litchfield, about 38, director of nursing at Queens City Nursing Home in Meridian. Anita Ruth Davidson, 32. Brenda Louise Mclnnis, 27. Nine of those injured were taken to Rush Foundation Hospital, 19 to Riley Memorial Hospital and 30 to Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center, all in Meridian.

One of the injured, Ray Richardson, 37, was transported to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, where he was in critical but stable condition late Tuesday. Tanner Moody, 3 months old, was recovering from surgery at St. DominicJackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson. Sixteen people remained hospitalized Tuesday night. Also Tuesday, Washington County residents escaped serious injury when a tornado struck the Murphy community, destroying a mobile home, three houses and farm sheds and heavily damaging four homes.

See STORM, 11 A President Republicans 2,052 ot 2,210 precincts reporting George Bush 107,837 72 Pat Buchanan 25,119 17 David Duke 15,979 11 Others 598 0 Democrats 2,082 of 2,2 10 precincts reporting Bill Clinton 138,627 73 Jerry Brown 1 8, 1 93 10 PaulTsongas 15,085 8 Other 5,588 3 Uncommitted 11,637 6 County breakdowns, 10A Precinct results, U.S. House Republicans, 5th District 36 1 of 389 precincts reporting Paul Harvey 16,617 36 Billy Hewes 13,282 29 WillBramlett 8,575 19 Chris Roosa 7,595 16 Democrats, 1st District 5 1 7 of 54 1 precincts reporting Jamie Whitten 36,352 82 Rex Weathers 8,120 18 Democrats. 3rd District 429 of 478 precincts reporting Sonny Montgomery 24,039 85 Henry Clanton 4,310 15 Details, 10A. Supreme Court Republican, Dist. 1, Place 3 58 1 of 629 precincts reporting Jim Smith 22,074 41 ChetDillard 18,048 33 James D.Bell 13,876 26 Democrat, Dist.

1, Place 3 57 1 of 629 precincts reporting Frank Barber 34,658 73 Laurel Weir 12,882 27 Democrat, Dist. 3, Place 1 750 of 795 precincts reporting J. Roberts Jr. 37,826 56 J. Robertson 29,245 44 Details, 8A.

The Issues Gulf Coast Gambling 66 of 66 precincts reporting For 24,282 57 Against 18,018 43 Details, 9A Hinds County Liquor 18 of 18 precincts reporting For 1,088 46 Against 1,258 54 4 Details, 9A Super Tuesday Republican Mississippi: Bush wins. Florida: Bush wins Louisiana: Bush wins. Massachusetts: Bush wins. Oklahoma: Bush wins. Rhode Island: Bush wins.

Tennessee: Bush wins. Texas: Bush wins. Democratic Mississippi: Clinton wins Delaware: Tsongas wins Florida: Clinton wins Hawaii: Clinton leading Louisiana: Clinton wins Massachusetts: Tsongas wins Missouri: Clinton wins Oklahoma: Clinton wins Rhode Island: Tsongas wins Tennessee: Clinton wins Texas: Clinton wins Details, 7A. Totals are rounded and may not equal 100 percent. Ma Greg JensonThe Clarion-Ledger Debra Diamond of Quitman searches for valuables Tuesday after a Alsobrooks, on Jeffery Acres Road in southern Lauderdale County.

Ju-tornado destroyed the mobile home of her in-laws, James and Julia lia Alsobrooks was in serious condition, Diamond said. 3-month-old hangs by a nightgown, survives By Toni Lepeska Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer "Children have a resiliency that is absolutely amazing. You've got to think something's in store for this boy," he said. Moody, 32, was bruised in the storm. Also injured: His wife, Laura, 26, who sustained six cracked ribs.

She was recovering at a friend's home Tuesday "night. Laura had gone to get Tanner from his crib when the tornado struck. His stepdaughter, Shelley Fanning, 6, whose knee was sliced open. She had to stay overnight Tuesday at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian for observation. The family had searched for Tanner for several minutes through the splintered wood and twisted aluminum remnants of the mobile home.

They finally gave up. Moody then heard the cry and climbed on downed limbs to get to his son. Thomas Moody found his 3-month-old son hanging upside down in a pine tree after a tornado destroyed their mobile home in the Zero community near Meridian early Tuesday. The sound of crying led the father, blinded by pre-" dawn blackness and sheets of rain, to his infant son, Tanner, whose nightgown had caught on a limb 8 feet from the ground. "I'd made up my mind that I'd lost him," Moody said.

"Then I heard him whining." The baby suffered a broken rib, bruises and torn tendons, said Dr. Phil Blevins, a plastic surgeon who treated the infant at St. DominicJackson Memorial Hospital. "It's miraculous he survived without major injuries," Blevins said. gets stringent welfare-reform TJ7 Rick GuyThe Clarion-Ledger Thomas Moody's son Tanner, tossed by a tornado, will be fine.

bill failing to provide cost figures. "I think there's more debate here on whose figures are right than anything else," said Sen. Dick Hall of Jackson, chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Human Services and legislative staffers have told senators the bill could cost the state anywhere from $830,000 to $25 million. The full Senate has until March 19 to take up the bill or it dies.

Welfare reform has quickly emerged as a key issue before the 1992 Legislature. Not everyone agrees with the sweeping reforms that target the 176,000 Mississippians who receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children. That's the nation's basic welfare program. "They don't seem to give a damn if it saves money, if it costs money or does anything," said activist Rims Barber of Jackson. "It's a buzzword they're passing, not a bill." INDEX Ann Landers 3D Bridge 3D Business 4B Classified 6C Comics 6D Crosswords 3D Cryptoquip 3D Deaths 2B Horoscope 3D Jack Sunn 2B Jumble 3D Movies 2D Opinion 12.13A People 2A Southern Style 1D Sports 1C State Metro 1B Stocks TV schedules TV Tonight 8D WEATHER Mostly sunny, lower 50s.

Details, 14A. Volume 155 No. 23 4 sections 40 pages "Copyright 1992 Full Senate A committee retained the controversial points of the legislation. By Jay Eubank Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer Mississippi's 52-member Senate will consider welfare reforms that demand mothers seek work in return for aid and their children maintain averages. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the controversial welfare reform proposal on a voice vote, even though no one could pinpoint what it would cost the cash-hungry state.

"I think the state is crying for welfare reform, both blacks and whites, rich and poor," said Sen. Mike Gunn of Jackson, who wrote the bill with Sen. Richard White of Terry. "You save money and you help bring families together," Gunn said of the bill approved on a voice vote lUH 1 1 A 1 AM ft mothers who have more than one child. The average family payment in fiscal 1991 was $122.

Efforts to overhaul most of the legislation's controversial elements were unsuccessful. The measure will go to the full Senate in the same form it emerged from subcommittee. If approved, the bill would take effect July 1,1993. Some residents believe the state should carefully study some of the reforms. "If people really need help from the government, then they should be able to get it," said Charles Mims, 36, of Greenwood, who is self-employed.

"I think there should be limits. But requiring a average that's putting pressure on the kids for mom," Mims said. But no one could tell the Appropriations Committee how much the reforms would cost or save Mississippi. And senators attacked the Department of Human Services for Inside Senate bill bypasses initiative and referendum, 3B. Bill would require anonymous editorial writers to register as lobbyists, 3B.

Status of bills, 3B. last week by the Public Health and Welfare Committee. The bill would: Require recipient children to maintain a average. Stop assistance for those refusing work or state job referrals. Pay women $1,000 to marry and thus forfeit eligibility.

Require random drug testing for welfare recipients. Ban increased aid to single 1 111,3 till W.l JU; 5.