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paire 8 rK'tg Wednesday May 2-1990 "UMHU J1' 'ii I rf "fr gambling feud turns deadly By Tom Kirkland Erwin Bureau The Associated Press ST REGIS INDIAN RESERVATION IJY Gunfire killed two Mohawk Indians on Tuesday and police later closed off the reservation tom by a 9-mortthold dispute over casino gambling Troopers escorted investigators oF the Quebec Provincial Force through the New York section of the reservation Tuesday night to reach the scene of the shootings which occurred early Tuesday State police said they were enter-ing the reservation as a peacekeeping forcer- The first victim Matthew Pyke 22 ws shot while he was walking in the St Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation in Snye -Quebec' during gun battle between rival factions A second body was discovered Tuesday afternoon by Joe Gray regional editor for the Daily Courier-Observer in Massena sheriffs seat gathering 2880 votes in his bid for re-election His closest contender county Child Abuse Investigator Peter DeStefano polled 1540 votes Other candidates for the sheriffs position placed distantly behind the front runners Former- Unicoi County Deputy Mike Hensley-received 342 voes ahead of Nuclear Fuels Serviced Incv armed guard Gary Edwards who received 329 votes in his bid for sheriff and Henry McLaugh- fin who received 56 ballots for the position -Whitson will face four independent candidates in the August electibn Voters returned Unicoi County Road Superintendent Doug Edmonds to his position He polled 2824 and narrowly defeated Toney Higgins a construction supervisor with Fluor Daniels by 750 votes Across the county 5255 people voted out of 9191 registered for the primary including absentees Ms Ileniuoir (widWorkerrir rh ci 4-e aid-thc yEad turnout during the day Ms Herndon said the absentee vote ERWIN It was a bad day incumbents in the Unicoi County Republican Primary with the county clerk ses-nfbns judge and register of deeds all unseated by their opponents -David Shults a local attorney with the law firm of Shults and Shults carried every precinct in his bid for the Unicoi County Sessions Court judge seat Shults who received a total vote of 3360k beat incumbent Sessions Court Judge RO Smith Jr hy 1701 votes Shults was a last-minute opponent of Smith and took out papers to run in Tuesdays election on the last day for qualifying Unicoi County Clerk Nancy Hilemon also lost her bid for re-election Ms Hilemon did not carry a single precinct and her opponent Ruby Hicks McLaughlin carried the race by 1104 votes Ms Hilemon received 1969 YoU'gr and Ms McLaughlin re-cctvcd--C073 votes Truman Clark Bill Crumley Crumley takes win David Shults mended on a very fine race he said Peters said he feels good about ELIZABETHTON Carter th1 race despite losing He said County Sheriff Bill Crumley nar- he believes his educational back-rowly escaped an upset in the Re- ground helped him win as many Gray said he saw a man lying publican primary here Tuesday votes as he did "I think my edu-Tjcc-ui7 5 sltoi-f distance" bKr riidlwigrr by- calroir was-the-Iriggest factor in justhojKT-iny didate OE "Mick" Bergendahl in the August election' Unicoi County Circuit Court Clerk Gregg Masters handily defeated opponent Dwight PL Hardin in his bid foi office carrying every ak i a l- he position JE "Baldy Bennett a 20-year 3337 votes to carry on in his job incumbent sheriff his strongest opposition to date with tion in criminal investigation and solve all these murders in Carter wide margin Masters received was higher than in 1986 but the overall number of voters Tuesday was only slightly more than in that election County Peters said he ran an honest and straightforward race with the people "Iv appreciate all the people who supported me he said fI want to congratulate Bill Crumley and urge the people to two-term an unofficial vote of 3830 to Crumleys 3909 Former sheriff George Papantoniou fell out of the running early with a total of 2040 votes Tuesdays race was the second time Crumley faced challenges by Peters and Papantoniou In the -1986 primary Peters got 1808 aind Papantoniou had 2757 while Crumley ran away with the race with 5774 votes In Tuesdays voting Crumley led in 12 of 23 precincts and Pe- saw a guy laying next to his house He didnt respond Gray said "WhenjI walked back he hadnt moved I yelled to him several times and he didnt move The man was later identified by the Malone Evening Telegram as JR Edwards a member of the Warrior Society a faction that has appointed itself the protector of Mohawk sovereignty Pierre Lemarbre a constable with the Quebec police said he was a Mohawk in his30s Gov: Mario Cuomo' ordered state police to assist Quebec au- Hardin polled 1552 votes for the position Thomas "Tom Hensley also fared well in his bid for re-election taking every precinct and defeating opponent Alan "Rocky Mclnturff by 1515 votes Hensley polled 3237 votes Tuesday while Mclnturff pulled in 1722 Sheriff Bob Whitson led the pack of five candidates attempt ting to secure the Republican nomination for the Unicoi County veteran of the register of deeds office lost his bid for re-electioii by 41 votes Bennett lost to Debbie Mclnturff Tittle who alter- nated precincts with Bennett until a count in the final precincts carried her over the top The absentee vote brought the totals closer together but still did not spell victofy for Bennett The register of deeds race was the closest one in Tuesdays- election several times exhibiting a difference of only 12 votes or so between the candidates as totals support their Republican candidate in August he said In August Crumley will face four independents Johnny "JC Wilson Kim Birchfreld Chester "Red Hand and Ronald Meredith thnrities in theiiivestigationJelUedJrniCi iRobgrlJElliswaaDominatocLby 30HNSON CITYS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (pisi ras 6 30 (: $200) 7:30 in six precincts Tuesday "I think a lot of people took a lot for granted Crumley said "Maybe we didnt work as hard as' we should and Im going to try to make amends for that Im going to talk to the people and find out what their dissatisfaction is and work toward overcoming that Its my job to serve the people and I intend to do that Crumley said he expected a close race but he expected a much wider margin than 79 votes "I think Paul Peters is to be com- State Police Supt Thomas Constantine recommended that no forces other than state police be sent onto the reservation Troopers sealed off the reservation at approximately 8:30 pm Tuesday Roadblocks were set up on all roads leading onto Indian land and even residents were not being allowed to pass "The troopers told us we couldnt get insaid Tisha Jacobs She and her family were waiting at a service station outside the reservation- FlRSIfOWER(R) fas 6-00 (a $2 00) 515 JOHNSON CiTY DISNEY 5:157:259:30 PRETTY WOMAN (R) fas 5:30 fa $2 00) 61W came in Ms Tittle won with a total of 2547 votes Bennett polled 2506 votes in the contest Registrar at Large Margo Hemdpn said the count was close enough to be contested if Bennett wished to call the 'results into- question Paul Monk carried the day in his effort to secure the county executive nomination beating opponent Murrel Hampton by 2098 votes Monk received 3375 votes and Hampton took in 1277 votes Monk a veteran of several political campaigns has served 1 many years on the Unicoi County Board of Education The race for the position became- more open when Qounty Executive Fred Congdon announced in March he would not seek re-election because he had taken another job Monk will face Democratic can- GUARDIAN (R) fas 6 DO (a $2 001 1S MODERN LOVE (R) 8-00 ERNEST GOES TO JAIL -PG- Republicans Tuesday for his seventh term as trustee He' got 4375 votes He was opposed in the primary by Troy Mclnturff who got 2231 votes and ence Hodge with 2191 Ellis will run unopposed in the August general election Johnny Holder will also be unopposed in August having retained his position at register of deeds with 6013 votes Holder beat Michael Nave who had 2651 votes County Executive Truman Clark received the Republican nomination with 5751 votes Clark will be opposed in August by Democrat Blaine Birchfield Birchfield got 234 votes in Tuesdays Democratic primary Goldie Pierce will face Democrat Mitchell "Buddy Bowers in August Mrs Pierce received the Republican bid with 7327 votes Bowers got 247 votes Tuesday Sessions Judge Jerry Weaver plied 4177 votes without opposition in the Republican primary Two independents Ivan Lilly and Richard Gray will contest that race in August Whim CRAZY PEOPLE (R) fas 600 $200) HAUNTING OF MORELLA -R- DRIVING MISS DAISY (Pfi) (as 545 $200) 7:45 INSTANT KARMA" 9:30 ONLY -R- EContinuedfrom Page UH THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (PG)- TLS 6:30 $200) -600 CRY BABY -r ENDS THURSI "constructed and completed as fast as it cam be built He said there was "every indication North Carolina is prepared to speed up its own construction schedule for the project NUNS ON THE RUN(PG13) (TLS 5:45 $200) ALL SEATS $250 TIL 6 PM Were 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