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83 Member of Associated Press MOUNTAIN HOME. ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY. MAY 30. 1984 Light turnout as Baxter County Suppoirts Clinton, Fireaman, Knight, Smith, Crane people's clerk, and the people have chosen me again. I will continue to run the office in a courteous and efficient way, as I have promised." Knight, who was first elected in 1970, has no opposition in this fall's general election, so he essentially has been re-elected.

Knight carried all but two of the 33 boxes and garnered 2,060 votes, while Mrs. Tilley received 1,078. She won the boxes at Independence and AdvanceLone Rock. Cowart also has no opposition in November, so for him Tuesday's vote basically puts him back on the quorum court. Cowart won two of the three boxes in his district and captured the sole absentee vote cast in the race.

In all, Cowart received 98 votes while Spivey, a former restaurant owner, got 73. While the campaigns are finished for Knight and Cowart, the three winners of Tuesday's primary at Norfork still face possible opposition in the fall, since inde- By THOMAS GARRETT Associate Editor Amidst some of the lightest voter turnout here in recent years, Bill Clinton outdistanced his three rivals for the Democratic nomination for governor in Baxter County's primary election Tuesday as he did across the state. He will meet Republican contender Woody Freeman in the No-vember general election. Freeman, who had only one opponent for the GOP nomination, also carried Baxter County in his party's primary. In local contests, incumbent CountyCircuit Clerk Arnold Knight easily defeated rival Willa Mae Tilley with about 66 percent of the vote while incumbent Dist.

2 quorum court member Roscoe Co-wart retained his seat by a 25-vote margin over challenger Milas "Shorty" Spivey. The only surprise in Tuesday's elections came at Norfork, where incumbent city council member R.J. Torrance was defeated by James A. Reynolds by a four-vote margin. It was the race for clerk which drew many of the 3,141 Democrats to the polls Tuesday, and a weary Knight expressed his appreciation to them after the last box was tallied.

"I'm very grateful to the voters of Baxter County, who have again placed their confidence in me as county and circuit clerk," said Knight. "As I have stated, I am the pendent candidates for municipal offices have until late this summer to file. Torrance lost the nomination for the Pos. 3 seat to Reynolds by a vote of 61-57. Sid Skidmore won the race for Pos.

1 over Bennie Goforth by a vote of 72 to 47, while incumbent Dave E. Killian beat out challenger James Sisk 66 votes to 51. Clinton wins big Clinton's race with three challengers was the number two drawing card for Baxter County Democrats Tuesday. A total of 3,095 Democrats cast ballots in the governor's contest, and Clinton walked away with 1,994 of them. His closest challenger was Lonnie C.

Turner, who received 765 votes. Kermit C. Moss, a late-comer to the race, drew 205 votes, while per-ennial candidate Monroe A. Schwarzlose got only 131 votes. On the Republican side, Freeman, a Jonesboro contractor, won nine of the 12 boxes in the local GOP primary.

He defeated lawyer and one-time Mountain Home resident Erwin Davis 420-365. Shortly after 11 p.m., the Associated Press declared Freeman the winner of the statewide Republican primary with 66 percent of the vote to Davis' 34 percent. Clinton appeared safe from any run-off election with 65 percent of the vote statewide. Run-offs on tap In the three-way contest for secretary of Baxter County went against the grain of the rest of Arkansas. Here, Shirley Smith was the top vote-getter with 1,086 votes.

William J. "Bill" McCuen, the soon-to-be former land commissioner, received 1,018 votes here and Jimmie "Red" Jones, former state auditor and adjutant general of the Arkansas National, took 833. Across the state, however, McCuen was leading at press time with 41 percent of the vote, while Jones was second with 31 percent, and both appeared headed for a June run-off. Baxter County Democrats also veered from their fellow party voters in the six-way free-for-all for land commissioner. Larry Crane was the leader in Baxter County with 951 votes while Randy Jones trailed with 595 votes.

Statewide, Charlie Daniels was the leader with 28 percent of the vote and appeared headed for a run-off with Jones, who was in second place with 27 percent of the vote. In Baxter County, Daniels placed third with 475 votes. Bert Dickey was next here with 329 votes, while Madison "Matt" Wilson came in fifth with 212 votes, (Continued on next page) -V. )', 4 i' V-A I I I W) c-i il lite; i- pidly by ballot judges, such as Harry Sommers and Hiram Byrd, with the help of such clerks as Marion Paara and Gertie Byrd (lower left). many as would listen, including these few in Cotter Saturday.

Woody Freeman (top right) will be the governor's opponent in November. It was a light turnout Tuesday, and counting was concluded ra Arnold Knight (upper left) seemed a little concerned as ballots first began to be counted. Gov. Bill Clinton (top center) took no chances, as he weathered the elements to take his campaign to as Clinton to face Freeman Fired board members defy MHS, hold meeting By BILL SIMMONS Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK (AP) Bill Clinton, trying to become Arkansas' first three-term governor since Orval E. Faubus, captured the Democratic nomination according to unofficial results Tuesday night from the Democratic primary for governor.

He will face Jonesboro contractor Woody Freeman in the general election Nov. 6. With incomplete results from 62 counties, the unofficial tally showed Clinton with 65 percent of the vote, followed by former prosecutor Lonnie Turner with 24 percent, accountant and teacher Kermit Moss with 6 percent and retired turkey farmer Monroe Schwarzlose with 5 percent. As usual for him, Clinton did an aggressive campaign, by staking out my issues positively and defending myself from attack, 1 11 be all right." At press time, unofficial returns showed Freeman with 67 percent, and Davis with 33 percent. Freeman led Davis 2-1 almost from the outset.

Both were new faces in state political campaigning. Freeman, 37, of Jonesboro, is a contractor, a member of the Jonesboro School Board and a member of the state Board of Higher Education. Davis, 39, of Fayetteville, is a lawyer, a landlord and a University of Arkansas part-time instructor in business law. Freeman had the longer involvement in the GOP. He also had the backing of one of Arkansas' best-known GOP figures, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, son of the late Gov.

Winthrop Rockefeller Arkansas" first Republican chief executive since Reconstruction. Freeman stressed what he called the Republican ideals of freedom, individuality and less government intrusion. "It's time we take government out of the hands of the professional politicians and return it to the people," said a Freeman advertisement. The following candidates vere unopposed in Tuesday's primary (Continued on next page) well in black areas. In the Reed Town precinct in Desha County, for example, Clinton racked up 83 votes, Turner 3, Moss 3 and Schwarzlose 2.

In the 1980 census Reed Town had 393 blacks and two whites. Clinton said Tuesday night that he is ready for a vigorous general election campaign and repeated his statement that the election is a referendum on his education package. "I think that the people are saying they support the program," Clinton said. "I said a vote for me is a vote for the sales tax increase, for the teacher testing law and most important of all, for the school standards. It's really heartening to me.

I'm very grateful." Asked whether he would rather face Davis or Freeman, Clinton said, "I think that's up to the Republicans to decide and I wouldn't presume to tell them what to do." Asked if he expected a negative campaign, Clinton said, "Both of them have attacked me pretty hard so far, and of course they're running from a perspective of never having been in a position to anything in public life so they don't have a record and think they have a free shot. "I think as the campaign goes along the issues will crystallize. I feel comfortable that, by running pointments. Originally, local board members sought to have MHS give the county judge approval of the appointments of local board members. As approved, the resolution would amend the lease agreement between MHS and Baxter County to allow a majority of the local board members to nominate three persons as successors when their terms expire.

The three names would be submitted to MHS and the corporation then would have 31 days in which to choose a board member. If MHS does not act within 31 days, then a majority of the board members entitled to vote on the nominees will choose the successor. It does not apply to the appointment of the medical chief of staff who serves on the board. Bodenhamer explained the resolution had been amended from its original form because of the possible loss of Medicare funds. He said since the county receives a lease payment from the hospital, the approval of board ap- The four contend they were removed without cause, which would violate the board's bylaws.

Absent from the board session were its chairman, the Rev. Robert Howerton, who also is an MHS senior vice-president; Neil Burnside, the board secretary and chief financial officer for MHS; Logan Cothran of Searcy; and Robert Holt of Jonesboro. According to MHS, only those individuals, along with Rhoades and Dr. Douglas, constitute the hospital board until replacements can be named for the four dismissed members. MHS can take no steps in replacing Bodenhamer, Honey, McGuire and Mrs.

Sanders until a temporary restraining order issued last month is lifted. Bodenhamer, Honey, Mrs. Sanders and rr Douglas conducted a news conference after Monday's meeting to explain the actions taken by the board. Appointment changes Changes were made in the resolution dealing with board ap By THOMAS GARRETT Associate Editor It was business as usual for the Baxter County Regional Hospital board of directors Monday, although four members were absent and four of the six in attendance have been removed from the board by Methodist Health Systems, Inc. In the three-hour meeting, the board unanimously approved two resolutions which, in part, prompted MHS's action against the four Friday one amending the means of appointing local board members and one prohibiting the removal of any funds other than reasonable management fees from BCRH.

Monday's meeting was attended by Hal Bodenhamer, the board's vice-chairman; Jerry Honey; Dorothy Sanders; Lynn McGuire; Dr. Steve Douglas; and Sam Rhoades. MHS removed Bodenhamer, Honey, Mrs. Sanders and McGuire from the board Friday morning, claiming the four's actions have not been in the best interest of the hospital. Inside Am Landers 12-A Business Newt 14-A Classified 6-7-8-B Cornice 12-A Editorials 4-A Horoscope 12-A Legel Notices 6-B Obituaries 8-A Sports 10-11-A Weether 2-A.