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lumma. Li Li MORE THAN 3 PAGES OF VEeiilONT RESULTS INSIDE HBP ADDISON Democrat Bill Wise II defeats Republican incumbent Elizabeth Hise, who was appointed to fill her late husband's seat in 1989 SOUTHERN VT. 1 ft.ff& I WASHINGTON Democrats Youngbaer, Christiansen beat challengers Incumbents Booth and Smith win House seats ORANGE Kenyon wins 7th House term LAMOILLE Farmer leads in Senate race FRANKLIN Democrats Howrigan, Finn leads In Senate race Richford Republican Hull wins Democrat Graves leads ORLEANS Blais, Shettra lead in House District 3 CHITTENDEN Incumbents Racine, Conrad lead Senate race CALEDONIA McClaughry, Sherman hold onto Senate seats Cillo retains House seat GRAND ISLE Potvin ahead for House seat Roundup from Bennington, Rutland, Windham, Windsor rdT m. mUUL MLMUtAMA. rraa ran S1 and Joe Lockhart check out voters.

Chf Turlington Jfrtt Prrss osn Addi 1 XM 1 I By Kattvyn Van Sant Free Press Staff Writer With 13 towns reporting, Republican newcomer Tom Bahre and incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Ready were leading in the bitter race to represent the Addison Senate district The two-seat district takes in all of Addison County and the Rutland County town of Brandon. Republican Douglas Baker created a vacancy when he decided not to seek a fifth term. Ready had received 2,712 votes; Bahre, 2,066. Republican John Adams followed with 1,890 votes, and Democrat William Ma-this trailed with 1,873. If Bahre wins, he is expected to be a far more conservative senator than the man he replaces something Democrats statewide pointed out throughout the volatile race.

For example, even though the two Democrats are pro-choice, Bahre talks of "protecting the rights of the unborn." He and Adams advocate environmental cuts and would vote to repeal Act 200. Democrats at the state level said the state GOP supported the two despite their right-wing ideas, in hopes of providing gubernatorial candidate Richard Snelling with a Republican Legislature. A partisan split on the abortion issue developed into a polarization of the four candidates. When the Republicans declined to appear at a televised public meeting sponsored by the Otter Creek chapter of the National Organization for Women, some county residents said the two were ducking the issues. Bahre raised $15,000, the most money of the four and was criticized for not sticking to a $10,000 fund-raising cap Ma this suggested.

Ready, 37, of Lincoln is Addison County Community Trust's director. She served on the Finance and Agriculture committees and received a 100 percent rating from the Vermont Public Interest Group for her voting. Ma this, 46, of Goshen is the Rutland Northeast superintendent The former deputy assistant commissioner of New Jersey's Education Department, he heads the Vermont Superintendents Association and the Vermont Education Coalition. Bahre beat Ma this in Turn to READY, 7B ELIZABETH IX READY DEMOCRAT, 37 LINCOLN PROFESSION: EDUCATOR TERMS-1 TGM BAfHIE REPUBLICAN, 46 ADDISON PROFESSION: RETIRED FORESTER TERMS0 A i i RESULTS AS OF MIDNIGHT WITH 19 TOWNS REPORTING 'II Gov1 Waterfront plan wins voters' OK tPJashington: Incumbents lead race for Washington Senate .4 DOYLE REPUBLICAN, 64 MONTPEUER PROFESSION: JOHNSON STATE PROFESSOR TERMS 11 SXCTJER DEMOCRAT, 44 MIDDLESEX PROFESSION: LAWYER TERMS6 By Robert Getz Free Press Features Editor With a handful of towns reporting, Washington County voters appeared Tuesday night to be favoring three incumbents to represent them in the state Senate. Democrats George "Jeb" Spaulding and Mary Just Skinner and Republican William "Bill" Doyle were leading over three other candidates.

Other contenders in the six-person race for three seats were Democrat Paul N. Poirier and Republicans "Charlie" K. Butler and Lin Christian of Northfield. In Montpelier, Barre Town, Waitsfield, Marshfield, Fayston and Roxbury, Spaulding pulled 5,507 votes, Doyle 5,351 and Skinner 4,257. The nearest candidate to those front-runners was Poirier, who pulled 4,048 votes in the same towns, followed by Christian's 2,075 and Butler's 1,968.

"You have three strong incumbents," Spaulding said shortly after 11 p.m. "I dont think there's any message here other than that" The returns also indicated that Vermonters vote for the candidate, not the party, he said. The campaign was marked by disagreement over how to spend Vermont's tight budget Increasing the amount of state education aid was among the favorite spending choices of candidates, but not without some cautioa Doyle said it was needed "to take some pressure off the local property tax." Butler, of Marshfield, agreed. "We should have more money for education," he said. JEB SPIULD1G DEMOCRAT, 37 MONTPEUER PROFESSION: RAISES BLACK ANGUS CATTLE TERMS3 By Ann E.

Donlan Free Press Staff Writer Burlington voters approved by a 2-to-l margin a conceptual plan that allows the city to use the state urban renewal law to revitalize the waterfront. The early, unofficial results showed the question passing on a vote. Mayor Peter Clavelle said the outcome shows that Burlington residents want the city to move ahead with plans to redevelop the waterfront. The plan includes open space, commercial development east of Lake Street, and marinas. It calls for the preservation of the land north of Moran.

"There's never been a stronger statement on the waterfront," Cla-' velle said. "It's a clear mandate, and I think it's a victory for all Vermonters. I think it's a grand step forward to realizing a water-: front we can all use and enjoy." City voters will decide next year whether the city should buy .43.5 acres north of the former Moran power plant. "The next vote will be to put the money on the table, and the next question is how much," Clavelle said. The city would have the authority to use the state urban renewal law to acquire the land, to hold it and to develop it for public uses, Clavelle said.

Police addition A $5.3 million bond to pay for an addition to the city's police station at 82 S. Winooski Ave. was "failing to capture the required support from the voters. Unofficial results showed the question falling short of the two-thirds requirement on a 4,366 vote. Police Chief Kevin Scully said he thought the two-thirds requirement was appropriate for a pro- ject of this expense.

"I guess that our times are expensive enough so there's a strong uncertainty as to whether -'it's in our interest to go ahead with this right now. For all of us at the police headquarters, we understand, and we still have a mission to get out there and do." Scully said it was premature to speculate on whether the bond will be brought before voters a second time in March. Trash fee Burlington was one of 15 Chittenden County communities that Tvoted on a user fee that could bring in $500,000 for recycling programs in the Chittenden Regional Solid Waste Management Unofficial results showed the question passing on a At 11 p.m., results were in from Burlington, Hinesburg, Richmond, St. George and Williston. The other towns that voted on issue were: Charlotte, Colches-'ter, Essex, Huntington, Jericho, Turn to WATERFRONT, SB RESULTS AS Of MIDNIGHT WITH 10 OF 20 TOWNS REPORTING.

While supporting education and other programs, Spaulding said, he needed to see what the state's financial situation would be in the winter. Almost all of the candidates Turn to WASHINGTON, 6B JYM WILSON, Ftm Ptm Former Vermont Gov. Deane Davis turns 90 today. Women voters president works to get out the vote Former governor still riding high Deane Davis celebrates 90th birthday today By Beth Holtzman The Times Argus MONTPELIER Winona Smith has worked tirelessly to influence election results, but she's not a candidate or even a campaign staff aide. In fact, Smith hasn't endorsed a single candidate and doesn't take sides in partisan battles.

Winona Smith is president of the Central Vermont League of Women Voters. Her cause is the democratic process. Her goal is greater voter participation, and her method is to provide non-partisan information to the public. "We deplore this apathy that is so prevalent across the nation," Smith said this week. "I feel very strongly that if only a few people govern, then we're not going to have a democracy.

We're heading for trouble unless we can get a better turnout" Toward that end, the Central Vermont League of Women Voters has been registering voters throughout the fall In the past six weeks, the organization has co-sponsored debates for Vermont's congressional and gubernatorial candidates; nized a forum for Washington District state Senate candidates; co-sponsored two televised meetings about a bond issue for a Montpelier water filtration plant; and provided information about Mont-pelier's proposed school addition. "We are regarded as a group that is non-partisan, and because of that we are able to promote debate and organize forums where voters can get information to make good decisions," Phyllis Rowell, a league member and former president, said. Smith, who declines to reveal her age other than to say she's a senior citizen, has been a member of the League of Women voters since 1967. She was president in 1974 and assumed that post again about two yean ago, she said. cial won it for him, but Davis thinks the impact was exaggerated.

Born in East Barre into a family with nine children, Davis grew up with a strong work ethic. He shined shoes to pay his way at Boston University Law School, graduating in 1922. As a young lawyer, he earned $1 for a title search and $15 for a divorce. In 1940, he was hired as general counsel at National Life and served as president 1950 to 1968. At the age of 68, Davis ran for governor.

"Everybody said I was too old," he recalls. To prove he wasn't, Davis campaigned astride one of his Morgans. Photographs to prove it will be published in his memoirs in the spring, Davis said. "When I get where I cant ride," he said, "111 just die." By Molly Walsh Free Press Staff Writer MONTPELIER Deane C. Davis turns 90 today, and he's still buying green bananas.

The Republican who was governor of Vermont from 1969 to 1973 is confident hell hit an even riper age. "I have a wild theory that the brain is the most important part of you." The rest, he says, is plumbing. Both his brain and his plumbing are running OK. He drives a car with plates that say Gov." He rides, indulging a lifelong passion for Morgan horses. He also votes Republican.

Davis, who supported Richard Snelling for governor and Peter Smith for Congress, is dismayed by the decline of the two-party system. With candi dates running in so many parties, he fears winners will not have a deep constituency that represents most Vermonters. As governor, the environmentally inclined Davis pushed through Act 250, the growth control law. It brought Davis support he was viewed as the villain who introduced the sales tax in Vermont "If they can get something they can be for you for," Davis said, "why, they forget all the things they didn't like about yon before." To this day, Davis is recognized for a television ad that aired during his re-election campaign in 1970. The governor, dressed in old clothes, was shown bailing water from a worn-out boat named Vermont When Davis was re-elected, political pundits said the commer.