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Sharp Defeats Mackenzie to Win 6th Term in- both handicaps, plus an opponent many observers considered his toughest yet MacKenzie had plenty of GOP support and money more than 1300,000, compared to Sharp's $282,000 to put on the match. MacKenzie still came up short "I'm pleased, obviously," Sharp, 42, said at his campaign headquarters. "Delaware County was good to us. Everywhere around here Randolph, Henry and Wayne they all came Those counties were in the old 10th District that Sharp ruled in 1974, 76, 78 and "80. Delaware County handed Sharp nearly 27,700 votes, or 68 percent of the total MacKenzie saw slightly more than 13,100 persons vote for him in his home county, a 32-percent return.

In Henry County, Sharp polled more than 21,300 votes to less than 10,100 for MacKenzie. Indianapolis. Burton rolled up nearly 75 percent of the vote. Burton drew 3,982 votes in Delaware County to 1,443 for Campbell, and 2,069 to 811 in Henry County. The 6th District reportedly sports a 65-percent Republican concentration.

So does the 4th District where Republican incumbent Dan Coats won his third term. Coats, 41, a Fort Wayne attorney, received more than 60 percent of the vote in his race with Democrat Mike Barnard, 39, a former newscaster from Fort Wayne. It looked like Indiana Republicans would gain one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, giving them a 6-4 edge. Hoosier voters were making these choices: 1st District Democrat Peter Visclosky, Merrillville, beat Republican Joe Grenchick, who is mayor of Whiting.

Visclosky last spring (See SHARP on Page 12) Randolph County gave Sharp 7,004 votes, MacKenzie 4,721. The 2nd District stretches from Muncie south to Columbus, crossing parts of 11 counties. "But if you look at the newer part of the district, we did very well there, too," Sharp said. "We had Decatur and Shelby counties. We only slightly lost Johnson and Bartholomew, which I count as a victory." Sharp also ran behind in southern Marion County.

In a prepared statement, MacKenzie said the district liked President Reagan's policies and Rep. Sharp's constituent services. "Phil Sharp is a very popular man," MacKenzie said. "We knew that when we began the race. Phil's moderate style hides his liberal voting record.

"But one battle is not yet over. I still have much to say, much to By BRIAN FRANCISCO SUr Sua Reporter If Republicans ever hope to elect a congressman again in Indiana's 2nd District, they'd better run Ronald Reagan himself. Democratic incumbent Phil Sharp of Muncie on Tuesday won his sixth straight election. With 87 percent of the tally. Sharp led Republican challenger Ken MacKenzie, also of Muncie, 111,492 votes to 93,908.

Sharp had 54 percent of the vote to 46 percent for his opponent Libertarian Party candidate Cecil Bohanon of Muncie picked up 596 votes, less than 1 percent of the total. Four years ago, Sharp survived a President Reagan-led, nationwide Republican landslide. Two years 'ago, he overcame new district boundaries that favored the GOP. On Tuesday, Sharp overcame VOL. 108 NO.

222 The Muncie Star "Where the Spirit of the Lord Is, There Is Liberty" II Cor. 3:17 MUNCIE. INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Reagan Wins in Landslide i DJJ la ZT A. IC I y- eim I ii 1. 1 speak out on," said MacKenzie, 42, who is on leave from his job as public affairs director at Ball Corp.

"I continue to believe the people who support Ronald Reagan and his policies deserve a congressman who will do so as well "I will continue to speak over the next 2 years on matters before Congress and issues of importance," he said. Asked if the statement meant MacKenzie was planning a comeback, an aide said: "We'll let you decide." To nobody's surprise, the Republican incumbent trounced his opponent Tuesday in the election for Indiana's 6th congressional seat. Voters returned Republican Dan Burton to Capitol Hill for his second term. Burton, 46, an Indianapolis insurance agent, handily defeated Democrat Howard O. Campbell, 67, 7.

1984 1984, The votes. O'Rourke said he would not give up until the last vote was counted. Over at Democrat Headquarters, Walsh, too, was counting the votes. "They say close only counts in horseshoes, and that's not true," Walsh said. "This is a wild one.

Another election like this will make an old man out of me." Stephenson was not ready to concede even though Quakenbush had 53 percent of the vote with 72 percent of the precincts reporting. "When you get hit with a sweep, you get hit with a sweep," Stephenson said. "Ron's run better than I thought he would." Stephenson and Quakenbush live in the same precinct Precinct 71 in Yorktown. Quakenbush won it by about 200 votes, carrying 567 votes to Stephenson's 363. O'Rourke also carried that precinct with 64 percent of the vote.

Quakenbush left Republican Headquarters early, saying he would check the newspaper for vote totals in the morning. "It bothers me to think that the Republican Party can't win a majority in this county except when the Democrats want them to," Quakenbush said. He said earlier that O'Rourke's race would be the close one, and O'Rourke predicted he would go "right down the wire with Sparky." The district 2 race was close all night and as precincts came in, either Walsh or O'Rourke would take a slight lead. v. I iV (Photo bjr Gary Burnry) BILL ROURKE COUNTS VOTES Commissioner Loses Re-election Final Tally for Delaware County President Walter Mondale (D) 19,791 Ronald Reagan (R) 30,092 Delmar Dennis (A) 126 David Bergland (L) 162 Governor Wayne Townsend (D) 24,375 Robert D.

Orr (R) 24,789 Rockland R. Snyder (A) 153 James A. Ridenour (L) 114 Attorney General GregHahn (D) 22,032 Linley E. Pearson (R) 24,341 Supt. of Public Instruction RayH.Scheele(D) 23,463 Harold H.

Negley(R) 21,985 Linda K. Patterson (A) 2,134 Stephen I. Dasbach (I) 525 2nd District Congress Phil Sharp (D) 27,691 Ken MacKenzie (R) 13,111 Cecil Bohanon (L) 184 6th District Congress Howard O. Campbell (D) 2,598 Dan Burton (R) 6,495 Linda Dilk (L) 125 House District 32 Jeffrey Espich (R) 2,566 House District 34 Hurley Goodall (D) 13,267 Mark Anthony (R) 6,862 House District 35 Alva Cox (D) 8,435 J. Roberts Dailey (R) 12,209 House District 36 Patrick Kiely(R) 3,394 Judge of Superior Court 1 Robert L.

Barnet Jr. (D) 33,681 Judge of Superior Court 3 Joseph Rankin (D) 22,438 Betty Shelton Cole (R) 26,606 Judge of Superior Court 4 Mary Louise Baker (D) 22,474 Robert Robinson (R) 25,869 Treasurer Garland G. Miller (D) 25,355 Robert E. Evans (R) 22,940 Surveyor JamesA.Petry(D) 26,097 Samuel R. Morrison (R) 22,267 1st District Commissioner George E.

Stephenson (D) 22,417 Ronald B. Quakenbush (R) 26,001 2nd District Commissioner Lawrence R. Walsh (D) 24,438 Bill O'Rourke (R) 24,149 Councilman At Large (Elect 3) Don D. Bonnet (D) 23,001 Robert C. Donati (D) 25,558 Jack Peckinpaugh (D) 25,280 Bradley Razor (R) 24,230 Danny D.

Taylor (R) 21,111 James H. Townsend (R) 21,700 Constitutional Amendments Issue 1 24,444 No 8,363 Issue 2 Yes 23,650 No 7,711 Elsewhere 0 Blackford County elected three Democrats Tuesday, but Jay County went Republican. Page 2. Indiana Republicans maintained control of the Indiana House and Senate. Page 3.

Hoosier voters agreed to two changes in the Indiana Constitution, and decided to retain the chief justice and appellate court judges on Tuesday ballot. Page 3. Index A Muncie child was the victim of an apartment fire Tuesday morning. See Page 7. Willie Hernandez of the Detroit Tigers has been named American League Most Valuable Player.

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ill amendment to the Constitution and the right to veto individual sections of spending bills, two measures he wants to help reduce federal spending. He also renewed his call for a defense system in space designed to shoot down, missiles. With votes counted in 48 percent of the precincts, Reagan was polling 58 percent to 41 for Mondale. The largest popular vote in history belonged to Lyndon Johnson, elected with 61.05 percent of the vote in 1964. Ironically, Reagan emerged as a conservative spokesman for Republican Barry Goldwa-ter during that campaign.

Reagan's strength was signalled in advance in the public opinion polls, and the returns validated those forecasts from the time the first ballots were tallied in the east. The story was somewhat different in Congress. Democrats counted one Senate gain, in Tennessee, where Rep. Albert Gore captured the seat vacated by retiring Republican leader Howard Baker. That was expected.

Reagan's coattails were evident in Kentucky, where Republican Mitch McConnell upset two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Walter Huddleston. GOP Sen. Jesse Helms led in a bitter race in North Carolina, another state where Reagan held a lopsided margin. ABC said Helms had won.

Ferraro ended her historic candidacy, calling it "a credible campaign showing that women can run for national office." "There is absolutely nothing not to be proud of," she said as the returns were counted. "No one should shed any tears." ABC interviews showed Reagan was the favorite among Protestant and Catholic voters, while Mondale was favored by Jews. The Democrat also was ahead among unemployed voters and those earning less than $10,000 a year. The president was running ahead among voters of all other income brackets. In the Senate, Democrats fought to narrow a 55-45 GOP majority.

In addition to the Kentucky race, GOP challenger Jake Lousma was running a strong race against Democratic Sen. Carl Levin in Michigan, and Chuck Cozzens was posing a tough challenge to Democratic Sen. Max Baucus in Montana. But Democrats countered their loss in Kentucky with a victory in Iowa, where Rep. Tom Harkin defeated Republican Sen.

Roger Jepsen. Rep. Paul Simon led incumbent GOp Sen. Charles Percy in Illinois, as well. In two other states Democrats kept open Senate seats in their party's column, Lt.

Gov. John Kerry winning in Massachusetts and Gov. John Rockefeller doing (See REAGAN on Page 12) Muncie Star 25 CENTS Orr Wins; Townsend Stays Close By JAN CARROLL Associated Press Writer INDIANAPOLIS Republican Gov. Robert D. Orr claimed victory Tuesday night in a surprisingly close contest with Democratic rival Wayne Townsend, who insisted, "we are still in this race." Orr waited until just before 11 p.m.

to appear before an increasingly nervous crowd at the GOP's election night headquarters, where supporters feared an upset victory by Townsend. Greeted by chants of "Four More Years," Orr declared, "there's every possible indication that we have won." Key precincts were still out in Lake, Porter, Vanderburgh and Elkhart counties and vote counting was halted in Vigo County by a computer problem, prompting Republican state chairman Gordon K. Durnil to complain that something had to be done about punch-card voting. Even with the lagging returns, "We think we have a nice statewide win. Things are looking good," said Durnil, who had predicted a victory margin for Orr.

At Democratic headquarters, Townsend refused to concede. "I well remember 36 years ago when the Chicago Tribune had a morning headline that said 'Dewey Defeats I hope the Indianapolis Star has not made that mistake this morning," he said. "We are still in this race," Townsend said. "We are still counting. And until the last vote is counted and we know exactly where we are, we are going to wait and watch and see." With 75 percent of the 4,752 precincts reporting, Orr and Lt.

Gov. John M. Mutz had an lead over Townsend and running mate Ann DeLaney. The margin was 53-to-47 percent. Libertarian James Ridenour had less than 1 percent of the vote.

This was not the first time O'Rourke, 58, and Walsh, 67, had met in an election. Walsh was elected treasurer in 1968, but lost a re-election bid to O'Rourke in 1972. Walsh got back into the treasurer's office in 1976 by defeating O'Rourke in a rematch. Walsh was re-elected treasurer in 1980, but was prohibited by the state constitution from seeking a third consecutive term. O'Rourke, 1305 N.

Duane Road, owns Your Travel Service. Walsh lives at 3317 N. Tillotson Ave. Quakenbush, 46, and Stephenson, 62, both live in Yorktown. Stephenson was a state representative 20 years ago, and was on the Mount Pleasant School Board and Mount Pleasant Township Advisory Board.

He is a Warner Gear employee. Quakenbush owns Ron-Dell Construction and Land Development Co. Quakenbush, and O'Rourke, 58, both sought their second terms as commissioner. The two have controlled the board of commissioners since 1981. Quakenbush was president of the board this year.

The Republicans ran on their record of accomplishments in road and bridge repair, and said that joining with the city to build the citycounty jail complex would save taxpayers money in the By DAVID ESPO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON President Reagan swept to runaway reelection over Walter F. Mondale Tuesday night but Republicans struggled to translate his landslide into significant gains in Congress. Mondale conceded defeat, telephoned his congratulations to Reagan and told cheering supporters in St. reagan Paul, "He has won. We are all Americans; he is our president and we honor him tonight." The GOP renewed its control of the Senate, even if by a reduced margin, and were gaining in the House.

But Democrats successfully battled against the Reagan tide in district after district to protect their large majority. The president's victory was convincing; he and Vice President George Bush came close to the 50-state sweep they sought. Mondale won the District of Columbia and claimed victory in his home state of Minnesota. Reagan won 37 states with 381 electoral votes, led in 7 more with 89. In The Associated Press count, the electoral votes of South Dakota pushed his total past the 270 majority mark.

Mondale's running mate, Geral-dine Ferraro, hailed Mondale in a concession from New York City, saying he won another battle "That battle for equal opportunity he opened a door that will never be closed again" by naming her first woman on a national ticket. Sen. Paul Laxalt, Reagan's campaign chairman, said, "We've got at least a reasonable chance to have the most historic landslide in all American history." No matter what the margin, Mondale told his supporters, "I'm at peace with the knowlege that I gave it everything I've got." "This fight didn't end tonight It begins tonight," he said. Mondale praised Ferraro and said, "We didn't win, but we made history and that fight has just begun." The president got news of his victory in Los Angeles, where he and his wife watched the returns in a Century Plaza Hotel suite equipped with four television sets. He told reporters he hoped to participate in a summit with the Soviet Union during a second term in office.

The president insisted all day he was superstituously avoiding predictions, but felt confident enough to outline his goals for a second term in an interview with the Washington Post. He said he would push again for congressional approval of a balanced budget BSU's Grid Coach Won't Be Back Ball State Athletic Director Don Purvis announced Tuesday the contract of BSU football coach Dwight Wallace would not be renewed. Wallace's record at Ball State in 7 years as head coach is 40-36 before Saturday's season finale at Central Michigan. Wallace's team has won three of 10 games this year. Wallace was MAC Coach of the Year in 1978 when his team was 10-1 and MAC champion.

Story on Page 13. ill Long Day, Good Day Congressman Phil Sharp divides his time Tuesday night between checking results in his 2nd district race and caring for a sleepy son, 3-year-old Justin, at his campaign headquarters in Muncie. Sharp, aided by strong support from Delaware County, defeated Republican Ken MacKenzie and won a sixth term in Congress. (Star Photo by Jeff Mastin) 2-1 Balance Swings to Democrats Parties Split in Commissioner Races By VICKI HERMANSEN Star SUfl Reporter Democrats won control of the Delaware County Board of Commissioners with a victory in a close district 2 race Tuesday. Incumbent Republican Ron Quakenbush defeated Democratic challenger George Stephenson in the district 1 race, but Democrat Lawrence R.

(Sparky) Walsh won a close race in district 2 to defeat incumbent Republican Bill O'Rourke. When all of the numbers had been added, Walsh had 18,159 votes to O'Rourke's 17,651. Quakenbush had 19,006 compared to Stephenson's 16,670. Walsh will join fellow Democrat Doyle Bell on the board of commissioners and Quakenbush will be the lone Republican. Quakenbush was elected president of the Republican-controlled board for 1984 and Bell has 2 years left on his term.

Walsh won the district 2 race by 289 votes and got 50.3 percent of the total votes cast O'Rourke had 49.70 percent of the vote. Quakenbush had 53.27 percent of the vote to Stephenson's 46.73 percent O'Rourke sat at Republican Headquarters with Quakenbush, and both counted their votes as they were tallied on the chart that bung behind them. Quakenbush, with a lead, said, "That's close but not close enough." He predicted O'Rourke would lose by about 500.