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Redskins win, tie up NFC East- Vol. 311, No. 129 0 1984. Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. Tuesday, November 6, 1984 25 CENTS Mm 95 million expected at pols today That would leave the Republicans in control of the Senate but might create a majority of moderates from both parties that might vote against the more conservative element of the Reagan agenda, particularly on social issues.

Experts predicted that voter turnout, which has declined steadily since 1960, would increase from a level of 52.6 percent of those eligible in 1980 to about 55 percent this year. All four national candidates Reagan, Mondale, Vice President (See PRESIDENT on 4-A) 23 Ifl il fill 1 ill! A day for decisions in Penna. The Philadelphia Inquirar Reading Terminal, in a view from 12th and Arch Streets believed to date from shortly after the turn of the century A fond adieu to Reading Terminal Tonight, last trains leave a storied old landmark By Larry Eichel Inquirer Washington Bureau WASHINGTON About 95 million Americans are expected to go to the polls today to elect a new House of Representatives, 33 senators, 13 governors and, of course, a president of the United States. Unless the pollsters and politicians have been deluding both the public and themselves, Ronald Reagan, who climaxed his final day as a candidate for public office yesterday with a nostalgic swing through his home state of California, was headed for a lopsided win over former Vice President Walter F. Mondale.

Several late polls showed Reagan's national margin over his Democratic rival narrowing slightly, but none of them showed the gap falling below a comfortable range of 10 to 14 percentage points. The question the pollsters could not answer one that would have to await the actual vote count was whether the election of 1984 would produce merely a Reagan victory or an across-the-board Republican victory with profound, long-term implications for the course of the nation. In fact, Reagan and Mondale, whose battle dominated the political landscape this fall, promised to be rather minor figures in the drama of the vote-count as it unfolds tonight. Unless a shocking upset is in the works, the television networks are certain to call the presidential race early in the evening, giving themselves hours to focus on the length of Reagan's coattails and the shape of the new Congress. As the campaign season closed, Republicans appeared certain of regaining at least some of the 26 seats in the House they lost two years ago.

But even a repeat of the 1980 Reagan landslide, in which Republicans picked up 33 seats, would not be enough to enable the GOP to capture control of the House, which has been under Democratic leadership since 1955. But there was a chance that the election might restore to Congress the "ideological majority" of Republicans and conservative Democrats who enacted the tax and budget cuts in 1981 that have been the domestic core of the Reagan presidency. Such a majority in 1985 might give the President the power to win passage of his as-yet unannounced tax-reform and deficit-reduction packages. In the Senate, the Republicans seeking re-election generally appear more vulnerable than the incumbent Democrats, giving the Democrats hope of gaining two to four seats. They could accomplish that by taking the GOP-held seat being vacated by Majority Leader Howard H.

Baker Jr. of Tennessee and winning one or more of the hotly contested races in North Carolina, Illinois and Iowa. Such gains for the Democrats could be offset if Republicans capture Democratic seats in Massachusetts, West Virginia or Kentucky. By Thomas Ferrick Jr. Inquirer Staff Writer The only official poll of the long campaign season will be held today as millions of Pennsylvanians retreat to the privacy of the voting booth to choose their candidates for public offices, including president of the United States.

The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. There are 6.2 million people registered to vote, a record high for the state. Polling hours also are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

in New Jersey and Delaware. In New Jersey, voters will decide the U.S. Senate race between Bill Bradley, the Democratic incumbent, and Republican Mary V. Mochary, former mayor of Montclair. In Delaware, balloting includes the election of a governor, a U.S.

senator and the state's only U.S. House member. Incumbent Democrat Joseph R. Biden faces Republican John M. Burns in the Senate contest.

In the House race, Democratic Rep. Thomas Carper faces Republican Elise du Pont, the wife of the outgoing governor. The governor's race pits Lt. Gov. Michael N.

Castle, a Republican, against Democrat William T. Quillen, 1 a former state Supreme Court justice. As of late last week, Pennsylvania was listed as one of the few states where the race between President Reagan and Democrat Walter F. Mondale was considered too close to call. In most of the nation, the President was perceived as holding a wide lead over the Mondale-Ferraro ticket.

With its 25 electoral votes, Pennsylvania has been listed as a "must-win" state by Mondale and his running mate, U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro. Reagan and Vice President George Bush also would like to win in Pennsylvania today as a sign of their strength in the traditionally Democratic Northeast.

Reagan won the state in 1980 by (See VOTERS on 6-A) By Edgar Williams Inquirer Stuff Writer In local railroad circles there is an oft-told tale, possibly apocryphal, about the dowager type aboard a train bound for Reading Terminal who keeps consulting her timetable, and finally, with considerable hauteur, addresses the conductor. "My good man," she asks, "does this train stop at the Reading Terminal?" To which the conductor replies: "If it don't, ma'am, there's gonna be one awful mess on Market Street." This anecdote is resurrected now out of neither derision nor disrespect but to make the point that, after tonight, we aren't going to have Reading Terminal to kick around any more. For Reading Terminal, after the 7:40 p.m. departure of a SEPTA commuter train to West Trenton and the 7:50 p.m. departure of a special train to Lansdale for railway buffs, sponsored by the Philadelphia chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, will close forever as a passenger station.

According to schedule, it is to be replaced Saturday by the Market Street East Station in the new Center City Commuter Tunnel. ifti. LJyJi 'The PhitaMpriia Inquire JAMES McGARRITY Trainmen take a break during one of their last days working at the old terminal shed An appreciation with trains on the Reading Division. But let us not allow the grand old landmark of 12th and Market Streets to go unapplauded. This, then, is in fond farewell to Reading Terminal, a place that has played a part in many of our lives almost daily.

Over the years, there have been times when we have thought unkind thoughts about the station for various shortcomings, but now that this imposing pile of masonry with train shed attached is about to be retired, we have concluded that there are (See TERMINAL on 8-A) In the meantime, SEPTA will convey riders in buses to and from Center City to connect at North Broad Street Station and Logan 1 pv. Routine life returning to India Guilty plea entered by ex-officer v-nwwwiu in MAYA Y1NG LIN, the architect of Anocwted Press Nicaraguan election workers use calculators to count ballots; results were expected tomorrow Sandinistas hold strong lead in vote the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, says the memorial "scares me because it has such an effect on people." Page I E. Weather Index PARTLY SUNNY today with the high in the low 50s. Clear tonight, low around 30. Sunny tomorrow, high in the lower 50s.

Full weather report, Page 10-E. THE SUPREME COURT rejected a Na tional Football League challenge of the Raiders' move from Oakland to Los Angeles, thus stripping the NFL of the power to block franchise moves. Sports, Page 1-D. By Mark Fineman Inquirer Staff Writer NEW DELHI, India The dusty lanes of Trilokpuri bustled yesterday with fruit sellers, rice carts and rickshaws. An old woman sweeper worked her way through the litter in the colony's Block 32 hardly taking note of the singed hair, the burned flesh and the stray dog feeding on a human leg bone in her path.j In the heart of New Delhi's down4 town, trains rolled again and millions of commuters made their way through streets pockmarked by burned-out shops, taxis and trucks.

Signs of routine life were coming back to India for the first time since Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated Wednesday by two Sikh bodyguards, setting off anti-Sikh violence that left more than 1,000 dead. As the violence subsided there was only one major incident yesterday 10 trains departed bearing copper and brass urns filled with Gandhi's ashes bound for each of India's 22 states, and the five-day-old government of Rajiv Gandhi, the slain leader's son, took several official steps to restore peace. The new prime minister ordered that seven infantry brigade divisions remain on patrol in New Delhi; (See INDIA on 10-A) By Tim Weiner Inquirer staff Writer One of seven former Philadelphia police officers facing trial on racketeering and extortion charges pleaded guilty yesterday, and a second was granted a separate trial. Raymond Stern, 32, who had been a vice officer in the Northeast Police Division, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Daniel H.

Huyett 3d minutes before jury selection began at the trial. He was the 17th Philadelphia police officer to be convicted or admit guilt in the federal investigation into police corruption in the city. Stern has agreed to cooperate with the continuing investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Howard B.

Klein, a prosecutor in the case, said yesterday that he did not know if Stern would testify against his fellow-of fleers at the trial, which is scheduled to begin after jury selection is completed tomorrow or Thursday. Huyett yesterday granted a motion for a separate trial for former Lt. Edward Quinn, 42, who had been a vice lieutenant in the West Police Division. Klein and Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter F.

Schenck agreed not to op-(See POLICE on 10-A) ple had voted than the 82 percent reported by the government. Returns from Sunday's voting showed Ortega's ruling party with about two-thirds of the total vote, with about a third of the ballots counted. The Reagan administration, however, called the elections a farce. The United States has supported rebels fighting the Sandinistas. "The Sandinista electoral farce, without any meaningful political opposition, leaves the situation essen tially unchanged," said State Department spokesman John Hughes.

As the ballot-counting proceeded in Nicaragua, the Supreme Electoral Council said Sandinista junta members Ortega and Sergio Ramirez were leading with about 68 percent of the vote for president and vice president. Final results were to be announced tomorrow. In the voting for 90 members of the Constituent Assembly, which is to draft a constitution, Sandinista candidates made a nearly identical (See NICARAGUA on 11-A) Kni M-MoVfcr Nel Service MANAGUA, Nicaragua Sandinis-ta presidential candidate Daniel Ortega took a commanding lead yesterday in election results and proclaimed his party the "great winner," but early returns showed his vote total was short of the 80 percent predicted before the election. But charges of irregularities threatened to mar the victory that the leftist government hopes to use to legitimize its five-year-old revolution. Several opposition figures and journalists suggested that fewer peo Action Line 2-E Horoscope 11-E The Arts 4-E Obituaries 11-C Business 1-C People 1-E Classified 8-D Puzzles 11-E Comics 9-E Sports 1-D Editorials 12-A Television 8-E.

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