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I tf -v l' Serving Fresno Tulare Kings Madera Merced and Mariposa counties irmn 1 I 'I Wednesday Novembers 1989 35C 1989 The Fresno Bee F2 MetroValley B1 F2 Obituaries Dll F2 People A3 B6 Puzzles F2 INDEX Crossword Daybreak Agribusiness E4 Dear Abby Bridge F2 Editorials TEMPOF1 Trial tips for small claims court El F5 Setencich Metro A2 Food G1 Sports Cl D1 Horoscope F2 Television F6 Close to home B2 McCarthy Cl Tempo FI Comics F7 Letters to editor B7 World A4 high 68 low 41 SPORTSC1 Lakers whip CALIFORNIAA2 Stalker gets both physically and emotionally The 58 existing West German reception camps most set up in September to accommodate thousands of East Germans who fled by taking refuge at the West German Embassy in Prague or by going to Hungary and then crossing the border into Austria are overflowing West German officials said they were scrambling for new sites "Through radio broadcasts we have advised the refugees from East ovem many Bee news services BONN West Germany The German government resigned Tuesday but the tide of East Germans flooding through Czechoslo- vakia into West Germany continued to rise and it showed no sign of ebbing i The outgoing government asked its parliament to elect a new Cabinet that could win the confidence of Moment of triumph Wilder take Virginia vot tive note in a statement that urged all East Germans to continue working to maintain public order and not to flee the country The government appeals to all citizens who are considering leaving our republic to rethink their step once more Our socialist fatherland needs each and every Amid the turmoil in East Germany the new influx is straining West capacity to receive them Tuesday night a disaffected population as the latest wave of East Germans swelled to more than 30000 by Tuesday night police officials said A spokesman for the West German Border Police at the border crossing in Schimding in Bavaria said 200 East Germans were cross- ing from Czechoslovakia into West Germany every hour New arrivals 'said the line or cars waiting to cross at the border was at least a mile and a half long the spokesman said Douglas Wilder claims victory in Suns death Germany to go to alternative crossing the border official said just keep coming I have no idea when it will stop From what the arriving emigrants tell us it will only stop if East Germany closes the border to The new exodus began Saturday when East Berlin and Prague agreed to let East Germans in Czechoslovakia to cross into West See Exodus back page margin ELECTION INSIDE New home for Giants trails in SF In early returns San Francisco voters were narrowly rejecting a downtown stadium for the Giants Details in SportsCI results Pages B2 B3 atethe grandson of a slave trailed the projections One pollster Brad Coker said it was clear that white voters leaving the polls in Virginia had misled surveyors Democratic National Committee Chairman Ron Brown expecting Wilder and Dinkins would prevail said it was great day for Democrats but even a better day for In the only other gubernatorial race Tuesday New Jersey Democrat Jim Flono who blew a 20-point lead and lost the governorship by See Election back page in FUSD Gadebusch said she believes the district is on the right trade for a breakthrough on problems such as the high student dropout rate hope to continue to try to improve me system the same things that been striving for all she said Of his re-election McMenamin said "I'm looking forward to more of the same kind of progress that made in the past four years: fairness for employees honesty in the district accountability and looking forward to the challenges that we face together" Topping the list of challengers See FUSD back page Associated I Sunny high 70 low 40 Details on Page A3 Outgoing Prime Minister Willi Stoph and his entire 44-membjr cabinet stepped down in the face of massive almost nightly demonstrations throughout East Germany for fundamental democratic change The resignations did not affect the position of Communist Party chief and head of state Egon Krenz who almost certainly approved of the action and may well have instigated it political analysts here said The government struck a plain the gubernatorial election or 56 percent for approval versus 7496 no votes or 439 percent Proponents say the measure will give a voice to areas of the district that have not been represented on the board Currently three of the five members live in the Bullard area Keith Chun a former FUSD trustee who actively supported Measure A said Tuesday night that the change would provide better representation in the long term all parts of our diverse Downplaying claims that Measure A would polarize the school board and cause- factionalism Chun said the new system would do two things A trustee for a particular area would ensure those residents have accessibility to the board At the same time at-large voting would ensure accountability to the best interests of the district the check and Chun said The areas See Measure A back page tiny By PETER A BROWN Scripps Howard News Service Democrat Doug Wilder of Virginia seeking to become the first black elected governor claimed a razor-thin victory late Tuesday in an election that was destined for a recount that could take weeks He held a 7700-vote margin over Republican Marshall Coleman with 'all 1967 precincts reporting" In New York Democrat David Dinkins became that first black mayor in a narrow victory over Republican Rudolph Giuliani But there too vote was below exit poll predictions Wilder in claiming victory did so tentatively am here to claim to be the next governor of Virginia The people of Virginia have he said late Tuesday night Coleman told cheering supporters This race is not yet over He scheduled a meeting Wednesday with his lawyers to discuss a recount Although Wilder appeared to have won University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato said know too many people who will say that (Wilder wins until everyone Virginia election law provides fin recounts when the difference between the votes is 1 percent or less The Wilder-Coleman contest falls in that range Knowledgeable Virginia political observers said such a recount may take weeks Exit polls predicted Wilder would win But in Virginia where whites comprise 85 percent of the elector- min will be in their second terms having been first elected in 1985 With 184 of 226 precincts reporting unofficial results showed that Curry Gadebusch and McMenamin were running first second and third respectively in the voting Curry received 12133 votes or 251 percent Gadebusch garnered 10815 or 224 percent McMenamin received 9167 or 19 percent just look forward to continue working with the school district and of course keeping the children the focal point of everything that we Curry said just pleased that I have so much support out there and there were a kit of good people that Incumbents leading -Virginia Democratic candidate Cranston Accused of deal Voters passing Measure A By FELICIA COUSART Bee staff writer Fresno Unified School District Board President Mary Curry and trustees Ruth Gadebusch and Gerald McMenamin were headed to- ward easy re-election Tuesday In incomplete results the three incumbents outdistanced a group of seven challengers in a mostly low-key campaign that has been overshadowed at times by district issues such as file status of new Superintendent ET Lon Luty For Gadebusch re-election means she would begin a fourth term in office Curry and McMena By FELICIA COUSART Bee staff writer Voters in the Fresno Unified School District apparently want major changes in the election process according to unofficial and incomplete results from election With 184 of 226 precincts reporting voters were giving their approval to the two-part Measure A which calls for expanding the governing board from five to seven members and requiring trustees to live in the areas they represent though voting would remain at-large Both parts have to pass by simple majority for either to take effect Returns showed that the question of expanding the board received 9070 votes or 533 percent for approval versus 7928 votes or 466 percent in opposition The question of requiring trustees to live in areas of representation received 9576 votes By LAURA MECOY Bee Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Former federal regulator Ed Gray testifying under oath about his meeting with four senators said Tuesday that Sen Alan Cranston was jn his accounts of that meeting and claimed the lawmakers sought favors for a large campaign contributor Gray said Sen Dennis DeConrini D-Ariz opened the meeting by asking Gray to help out at the now-defunct Lincoln Savings and Loan by withdrawing a rule that curtailed the Irvine thrifts risky investments In exchange Gray said DeCond-ni offered to their friend to make more home loans DeConcini Cranston and Sera Glenn D-Ohio McCain R-Ariz have denied that 4 any deal was offered in their April 2 1987 meeting with Gray They have also disputed Grays descnp-jtion of the meeting Cranston (subsequently said regulation See Cranston back page Strom surges past CUSD veteran By JOE ROSATO Bee staff writer to 2295 fra- Strom or 638 percent In the Area 6 contest incumbent Sandoval received 2060 votes 569 percent to the 1444 votes 412 percent received by restaurant manager John Williams Strom said her expected victory was a of the community They are looking at an unbiased 'supporter of their Unlike other candidates Strom See Clovis back page re-election to the Clovis board Jan Biggs and Elizabeth Sandoval appeared headed toward easy victory and were leading their opponents by substantial margins Results from 39 of 86 precincts showed incumbent Biggs received 2045 votes 568 percent to 1552 votes 431 percent for Myron Shapiro a deputy district attorney in the Area 1 race In Area 3 incumbent Ricchiuti received 1299 votes or 361 percent A Clovis Unified School District Trustee Pat Ricchiuti Jr who has served on the board for 12 years appeared to be on the losing end of tne campaign to political newcomer Naomi Strom based on incomplete returns in election Two other incumbents seeking 4 Ji.