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T)smsr A MountU 7, 51 37 ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA Ml easy winners in Senate race PRICE 25 FRANK BROWN RALEIGH (AP) Republican Jim Broyhill and Democrat Terry Sanford left the opposition far behind to win their parties' nominations for U.S. Senate and set the stage for a clash between the two politicians in November's general election. "This is the beginning of the campaign to put a different voice in Washington," Sanford, a former governor who hasn't held elective office in 21 years, told supporters after he swept past nine opponents in Tuesday's primary to capture the Democratic nomination without a runoff. Broyhill, meanwhile, told his Cheering throng of supporters he had won "a landslide victory" over David Funderburk, former U.S. ambassador to Romania.

Brown winner over Hawkins Six Edgecombe incumbents are Evening VOL 75 NO. 208 32 PAGES Broyhill said the general election campaign to succeed Republican Sen. John East, who is not seeking re-election because of illness, would be "a referendum on Ronald Reagan" and the president's program. Charts giving a breakdown of local voting are on page 17. Chart totals include absentee and transfer votes.

With 2,375 or 99 percent of the state's 2,383 precincts counted in unofficial returns, Sanford had 405,513 votes or 60 percent easily surpassing the 50 percent plus one vote needed to avoid a second primary. Former Insurance Commissioner John Ingram finished a distant second, with 110,568 votes or 16 per PHIL ELLIS 81 there. Incumbent Allen Barbee received no votes in that precinct. Jeanne Fenner was victorious in 17 Edgecombe County precincts within the 6th N.C. Senate District, overcoming her strongest opponent, incumbent Bob Martin.

Martin received 2,648 Edgecombe County votes compared to Fenner's 3,861. Candidate Mort Hurst fell far behind both Martin and Fenner with 262 votes. "Monk" Harrington and Frank Ballance received about the same number of votes in two Edgecombe precincts, 3-1 and 4-1, within the 2nd N.C. Senate District. Ballance came out on top in Edgecombe with 119 votes.

Harrington received 103 votes. In the Democratic U.S. Senate Race, Terry Sanford pulled way ahead of his nine opponents in nnnr-nrr 0 i 1 PUB. ISSN NO. 0738 cent.

T.L. "Fountain" Odom, a' Mecklenburg County commissioner, received 50,750 votes or 8 percent. Charlotte businessman William Belk got 34,088 votes or 5 percent, while black real estate agent Ted Kinney of Fayetteville had 27,739 votes or 4 percent. Five other candidates split the remaining 7 percent. Broyhill, meanwhile, had 137,978 votes or 67 percent to Funderburk's 62,946 votes or 30 percent.

White supremacist F. Glenn Miller, who ran as a Republican but was denied party support because of his racist views, had 6,526 votes or 3 percent. Republican leaders immediately called for unity in a party that was sharply divided over Funderburk's hard-hitting criticisms of Broyhill's record. County winners R.L. MARTIN Edgecombe County, getting 4,402 votes.

The next highest vote-getter in that race was John Ingram with 1,091. In the Republican U.S. Senate race, Edgecombe County voters gave Jim Broyhill five more votes than David Funderburk, with Broyhill getting 245 arid Funderburk 240. Republican candidate Glenn Miller pulled in 32 Edgecombe County votes. Sarah Parker overcame Joseph John in a bid for Judge of Court of Appeals in Edgecombe County.

Parker received 3,801 votes to John's 2,019. Edgecombe voters voted down the Constitutional amendment providing for election of state and coun-See EDGECOMBE Page 2 any responsible scientific study." The U.S. Department of Energy, which is studying the two North Carolina sites among 12 in the eastern United States, said the referendum would have no bearing on its decision. Officials had predicted the vote against the dump would be overwhelming. There was more debate on the proposal to amend the state constitution to move statewide and Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, chance of thunderstorms.

Details, page 3. ROY "COOP" COOPER Since Batchelor's lead over Jackson totaled more than 1,000 votes, there will not be a run-off election in June, according to Board of Elections Supervisor Roseanna Murphy. State Elections Eleven-term incumbent Rep. Allen Barbee failed in his re-election bid for the 72nd House district to newcomer Roy "Coop" Cooper in the biggest state primary upset. Cooper received 76 percent of the vote, -and Barbee claimed 24 percent.

In Nash County, voters overwhelmingly chose Cooper, with 5,966 votes recorded to Barbee's 884. The incumbent carried one precinct in the primary, Mannings No. 1 with 395 votes to Cooper's 324. See NASH Page 2 Focus Save dollars USING coupons and rebates saves budget dollars. Today's edition of The Telegram offers values worth approximately $175 in coupons and rebates.

Plea issued EDGECOMBE COUNTY adopted a resolution asking residents to donate funds for a community center in Dunbar. Details on page 7. Corner lot IT TOOK a while, but the Rocky Mount Board of Adjustment has deemed a controvert sial lot as a comer lot. More about the meeting on page 7. Discussions NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) -Singers Eddie Rabbitt, Louise Gary Morris and Richard Sterbin will participate in discussions sponsored by the Country Music Association. Close win SOUTHERN NASH edges by pesky Bertie County. Page 25. Celtics advance BOSTON ELIMINATES Atlanta from NBA Page 26. Reading index Classified 30-32 Life 9-11 Comics 28 Local 17 Crossword 28 Obituaries 2 Editorial 4 Sports 25-27 Horoscope 28 TV, Bridge 29 Legals 32 Weather 3 The Telegram service desk is open 6 to 7 p.m.

daily; 8 to 10 a.m. Sundays. Please let us know if you don't get your paper by then. East, an arch-conservative protege of Sen. Jesse Helms, issued a statement congratulating Broyhill and pledging his "unqualified support.

East had endorsed Funderburk. Helms has said he will support the GOP nominee. Gov. Jim Martin, a longtime friend of Broyhill's who joined Helms in professing neutrality during the primary campaign, said it was "time to pull all of our folks together and get out in the fall." The results indicated that Funderburk and the National Congressional Club, Helms' political organization which ran Funderburk's campaign, failed to convince Republican voters that Broyhill was too ideologically impure to succeed East. Funderburk, 42, conceded late Tuesday night.

"I want to congratulate Jim Broyhill," he told subdued followers. "We had a very hard-fought -campaign. I will keep my commitment to support the (GOP) ticket in the fall." Funderburk said he did not think his decision to downplay his assets and focus instead on Broyhill's perceived shortcomings led to his defeat. But Merle Black, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill political science professor, said Funderburk's loss was a serious setback for the Congressional Club and its trademark, hard ball campaign style. "The Congressional Club guys really have to rethink their strategy," Black said.

'This is a -defeat for the religious right and certainly for the club." Broyhill, 58, who called himself the "conservative choice" and campaigned on economic issues while mostly ignoring Funderburk's attacks, showed strength in all regions of the state. He took 75 percent of the GOP vote in the mountains, 62 percent in the Piedmont and over 50 percent in the East. The latter area was considered the best hope for Funderburk, a professor at Campbell University in Buies Creek. Broyhill led in 89 of the state's 100 counties. He did especially well in urban counties such as Buncombe (where he outpolled Funderburk 4,024 votes to Mecklenburg (11,328 to Wake (6,984 to 4,321) and New Hanover (1,965 to Broyhill dominated the mountains, where Funderburk had hoped to make inroads by blaming his opponent for a federal study of a site near Asheville as a possible high-level nuclear waste respository.

Funderburk didn't carry a single mountain county, losing overwhelmingly in such counties as Ashe, Clay, Henderson, Jackson and Watauga. Broyhill "just turned back the challenge of Funderburk in all parts of North Carolina," Black said. Sanford was equally dominant, winning 64 percent of the Democratic mountain vote, 60 percent in the Piedmont and 67 percent in the East. He lost only two counties Caswell, which Ingram won by 1,243 votes to Sanford's 1,186, and Mecklenburg, Odom's home county, where Sanford received 11,388 votes to 12,537 for Odom. local elections to odd-numbered years.

Merle Black, a professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the election proposal failed partly because its backers did not promote it effectively. "It was an effort-by the Democratic Party leadership to separate state and local elections from the presidential contest, and it 1984 and as a Superior Court judge since 1984. But Ms. Parker, 43, said her work as a lawyer prior to being appointed to the Appeals Court by former Gov. Jim Hunt in December 1984 gave her an equal amount of civil law experience.

"Varied intricacies in the law crop up in your civil cases," she said in an interview prior to the primary. "I do not find not having experience in criminal law a handicap. As an incumbent, Mrs. Parker was also able to get endorsements from Hunt and former judges who had seen her work in Raleigh. By ELAINE CONGER Staff Writer NASHVILLE A 34 percent voter turnout marked Tuesday's Democratic primary in Nash Coun- ty, an election with few local surprises.

Of 34,366 registered voters, 11,653 turned out at the polls Tuesday. Ninety-five absentee ballots and 46 transfer ballots were cast. In unofficial election results, incumbent Sheriff Frank Brown was elected to retain his position, at least until the November general election Challenger David Hawkins Jr. a detective with the Rocky Mount Police Department, put up a good fight for the sheriff's post, but Brown held off his challenger with 5,483 votes, compared with Hawkins' 3,847 votes from Nash County's 23 precincts. Hawkins carried Coopers, Griffins, North Whitakers No.

1, Oak Level, Rocky Mount No. 5 and Stony Creek No. 1 in his election bid. Brown will face Republican Robert Ivey in the November election. If successful in November, Brown will begin his fourth term.

Nash County will see no changes in the Board of Education in the coming year, as incumbent board members Ronnie Batchelor and Janice Cone held off their three challengers to retain their seats for another term. There is no Republican opposition for Batchelor and Cone in the general election. Cone was the leading vote-getter with 3,743 and Batchelor followed with 3,388. Otis Jackson was the third top vole-getter with 2,308 vote3, Ron Pinner was fourth with 1,533, and Charles Meyer received 912 votes. Batchelor carried Red Oak, Rocky Mount precincts No.

1, No. 2, No. 6, No. and Stony Creek No. 1.

Cone received the most votes in Bailey, Coopers, Dry Wells, Ferrells, Jacksons, Mannings No. 1 and No. 2, Nashville, Oak Level, and Rocky Mount No. 3, No. 4, and No.

5. Jackson, one plaintiff in a suit challenging Nash County's election method for county commissioners, carried Griffins, North Whitakers No. 1 and No. 2, Battleboro and Castalia. change was never promoted or explained in a way that was satisfactory to the voter," Black said.

"Lacking a campaign to support it, it's not surprising it went down to defeat." State Sen. William Martin, D-Guilford, who sponsored the proposal he said would make statewide candidates run on their own merits, agreed that a different approach was needed. Ms. Parker, who filled the unexpired term of Maurice Braswell, will face Republican Thomas P. McNamara of Raleigh in the general election in November.

McNamara was unopposed in the GOP primary. Ms. Parker outspent John 3-to-l during the primary campaign. As of April 19, campaign finance reports show, Ms. Parker had spent $10,353, while John had spent $3,426.

Ms. Parker, 43, received her law degree in 1969 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and practiced law in Charlotte until her appointment to the appeals court. By KATHY HARRELSON Staff Writer TARBORO Six incumbents in the primary for local boards and sheriff were victorious in Edgecombe County Tuesday. Voter turnout was low at 30.5 percent, falling about 10 percent below the turnout anticipated by the county board of elections. Out of a possible 28,650 registered voters in Edgecombe County, only 8,745 went to the polls.

Sheriff Phil Ellis overwhelmed his two opponents, Hubert "Dick" Hopkins and Livingston Earl Hyman, getting 6,171 votes. Hopkins brought in 639 votes, and Hyman fell behind with 280 votes. Ellis will face Republican Jesse James Mullins in the November general election. It was a close race between incumbent Johnnie Naylor and Carson Sutton for one of two positions on the Edgecombe County Board of Education. Sutton was leading the way up until the last four precinct totals came in.

Conetoe, Macclesfield and Leg-get tallies gave Naylor the edge. Naylor pulled in 1,416 votes to Sut- ton's 1,359. Incumbent Joe Dickens surpassed his three opponents for a school board seat, staying out front from the beginning of the returns and bringing in 1,862 votes. The school board election is final. Edgecombe County incumbent commissioners Tom Bardin, J.O.

Thome and Thomas Walker were successful over Richard Flint, although Flint did bring in 2,271 votes. Thome was the top vote-getter in the commissioners' race, getting 5,371 Walker, not far behind, got 5,084 votes, and Bardin, just trailing got 4,957 votes. The three incumbents will face two Republican challengers, former Tarboro Mayor Bobby Pigg and Sallie Pittman, in November for three seats on the board of commissioners! Roy "Coop" Cooper had a small victory in one Edgecombe County precinct, 14-1, which is the only precinct in the 72nd N.C. House District in the county. Cooper received two votes out of a possible 30 people hurt in train crash BOSTON (AP) A commuter train collided with a freight train today, and initial reports indicated at least 30 people were injured, police said.

Police spokeswoman Jane Sheehan said the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter train collided with the freight train in Boston's Brighton section shortly before 9 a.m. She said reports from the scene indicated at least 30 people were in-' jured. She did not know the nature of the injuries. The commuter train was traveling from Framingham to Boston, she said. Radio station WEEI reported the commuter train crashed into the rear of a standing freight train that was loaded with truck trailers.

The station said the injuries to many of the passengers appeared to be cuts and bruises. Voters reject waste site, election Judge Parker retains court seat RALEIGH (AP) Referendum votes show that North Carolinians definitely don't want either a high-level nuclear waste repository in the state or a transfer of state and county elections to odd-numbered years. Some 93 percent or 753,143 of the voters marked "no" on the nuclear dump question Tuesday, according to unofficial returns with 99 percent of the precincts reporting, while 56,850 said they favored the nuclear repository. Seventy percent or 545,494 voted against the election proposal and 30 percent or 232,442 voted for it with 99 percent of the vote counted. Gov.

Jim Martii? who urged people to vote against both questions, said citizens' opposition to putting the federal nuclear dump in federally-proposed locations near Raleigh or Asheville was "unmistakable." "They have spoken in a resounding vote against putting a nuclear repository in any rock formation that is fractured, soaked with ground water and close to more than 150,000 of our citizens," Martin said. "Those factors describe both sites in North Carolina, and for those technical reasons, I am confident that both sites will be disqualified bv RALEIGH (AP) Possession of the only contested state Court of Appeals seat proved to be nine-tenths of the law as incumbent Sarah Parker defeated Superior Court Judge Joseph John by a nearly 2-to-l margin in the Democratic primary. With 97 percent of the vote reported in unofficial returns Tuesday night, Ms. Parker led John 64 percent to 36 percent, compiling 325,623 votes to John's 181,746. John, 46, of Greensboro, had campaigned on his 15 years' experience and the good reviews he got from at- torneys who appeared before him as a District Court judge from 1980 to.