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-r1 1" Vol. 51 No. 264 LAFAYETTE-WEST LAFAYETTE, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1970 76 Pages 10 Cents mm. Complete and Official Vote Tippecanoe County (74 of 74 Precincts Reporting) REPUBLICAN DEMOCRATIC FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR Richard L. Roudebush 17,384 R.

Vance Hartke 14,921 FOR SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN Earl F. Landgrebe 14,374 Philip A. Sprague 18,108 FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY David J. Crouse 18,668 No Candidate FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 1 Robert F. Munro 18,954 No Candidate FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT 2 Jack A.

King 19,068 No Candidate FOR STATE SENATOR, TIPPECANOE COUNTY Jess C. Andrew, Jr 17,734 Katherine Butts Robinson ....14,659 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, TIPPECANOE COUNTY (Two To Be Elected) Landgrebe' 's Margin Climbs to 1,434 Votes Harold E. Mennen 13,954 E. Kent Moore 13,793 Richard A. Boehning 18,594 Frances Gaylord 18,257 Amy L.

Erwin FOR COUNTY 17,803 CLERK Dorothy Engler Decker 14,470 Hartke Takes Lead By 751; Wells Loses INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Democrat Sen. Vance Hartke and Republican Rep. Richard Roudebush went down to the wire today in a cliffhanger race for the Indiana Senate seat rated high on President Nixon's target list. With the unofficial tabulation showing only three of the state's 4,440 precincts still uncounted, Hartke led by 751 votes 881,953 to 881,202. But the finish wasn't that near at hand.

A recount seemed certain. The News Election Service, Conducting the tabulation for news services and broadcast networks, said it was beginning a re-check of all counties, and said it was finding errors. "There will be a lot of adjustments," said an NES official. NES said absentee votes were coming to light uncounted in counties previously reported as complete in the unofficial tally. In addition, NES said errors were being found in some county's early tabulations.

"The counting could go on for days," the NES official said. Both candidates called off news conferences they had scheduled for this morning and went into seclusion. A Roudebush spokesman said flatly that he expected a recount. A Hartke spokesman said the Democrats hadn't discussed a recount and, for the present, were "just hoping." Keith Bulen, Republican national committeeman, told the Associated Press: "I'm sure there will be a recount." Aside from the hairbreadth closeness of the unofficial tabulation and prospects of a recount, two other factors clouded the picture: The possibility remained that some counties did not include their absentee ballots in their original unofficial tabulation, although county clerks said prior to the election that they would have the absentee ballots tallied early. The prospect of an official tabulation taking days for completion, even if there is no recount.

Under Indiana law, county clerks must certify official return to the secretary of state by Friday. The secretary of state has up to 10 days after that to mark the final state totals official. There Landgrebe got 16,611 votes to Sprague's 13,455. The comparatively lightly-populated "rural" counties in the middle of the district stayed with Landgrebe all the way. Benton County went for Landgrebe 2,685 to White 5,034 to Jasper 4,095 to Newton 2,595 to 1,686: Pulaski 2,785 to and Starke 3,711 to 3,474.

Landgrebe, who received 55.1 per cent of the 2nd District vote in winning his first term in 1968, received about 50.5 per cent this time. His margin was the smallest for a Republican since six-term Lafayette Mayor George R. Durgan, a Democrat, won the district in 1932. FEWER APPEARANCES Landgrebe, who relied heavily on press releases and advertising and a minimum of public appearances, furthermore overcame editorial opposition from three major newspapers serving the district. Sprague, president of a manufacturing firm, defeated six foes in the 1970 primary (one in a recount) and ran a well-organized, well-financed campaign.

He and Landgrebe voiced vastly differing views on such subjects as construction of the Wildcat Reservoir near Lafayette, and a jet airport somewhere in the northern end of the district. Sprague assailed Landgrebe See CONGRESS, Page 6 FOR COUNTY AUDITOR John C. McCord 18,714 Colette L. Shankland 13,512 FOR COUNTY RECORDER Jack R. LeFevre 18,514 Anne Carrick 13,787 FOR COUNTY SHERIFF John A.

Rusk 19,474 Franklin Dale Littleton 12,911 FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR Clyde C. Lewis .18,003 William L. Combs 14,202 FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, FIRST DISTRICT Edward J. Shaw 17,447 Richard W. Harlow, Jr 14,754 FOR COUNTY COUNCILMAN, FIRST DISTRICT Richard L.

Smith 8,324 Meredith E. Brewer, Sr 6,554 FOR COUNTY COUNCILMAN, SECOND DISTRICT Fern L. Knochel 1,925 No Candidate FOR COUNTY COUNCILMAN, THIRD DISTRICT Keith McMillin 2,439 James O. Young 1,575 FOR COUNTY COUNCILMAN, FOURTH DISTRICT Martin L. Galema 5,766 Barbara Young 4,318 FOR COUNTY COUNCI LM AN-AT-LARGE (Three To Be Elected) Georee Delone 18,297 Joann E.

Brettnacher 13,825 By ROBERT C. KRIEBEL Congressman Earl F. Landgrebe of Valparaiso won reelection to his second two-year term Tuesday but WHEW! He lost in the two largest counties of the 10-county 2nd District in the face of a tough challenge from Democrat Philip A. Sprague, of Michigan City, and had to scramble elsewhere for -his 79,313 to 77,879 victory a margin of 1,434. So close was the finish that by noon Wednesday Sprague said he wanted another day to decide whether to pursue a recount, and Landgrebe was saying nothing.

"I'm inclined to feel it's so close we ought to take another day to decide," Sprague said. "I'm really puzzled over the outcome in White County, which I thought I would win; and I need to be sure that the Wednesday morning totals include all absentee ballots. "In the meantime, it's obvious that he is the apparent winner and he has my congratulations." Sprague said he was "proud of what we did," but, when asked about prospects of trying for a seat in Congress in 1972, he replied: "I don't know about that. It sort of implies that I will just stand around for two years, and that's not my style." DEMO PLURALITY Tippecanoe County, giving a plurality to a Democratic congressional nominee for the first time since 1935, accorded 18,108 votes to Sprague and 14,374 for Republican Landgrebe. And in Sprague's home county, LaPorte County, he polled 17,448 to 13,534 for Landgrebe.

But in Landgrebe's home area, Porter County, the congressman won 13,889 to 12,851, and piled up his biggest margin in the southern portion of Lake County attached to the district. Ernest O. Goodwin 18,056 Edward A. Reser 18,455 NONPARTISAN BALLOTING ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS lAllow the legislature to determine the length and frequency of its sessions: Yes 14,485 No 9,385 2 Remove from partisan politics the election of judges for the Indiana Supreme and Appellate Courts: Yes 14,493 No 8,621 3 Extend from two to four years the terms of the secretary of Treasurer of State and Auditor of State: Yes 16,160 No 7,141 Registered Voters, Voters Balloting, Pet. 61.7 Sprague First Demo In 35 Years To Win County I congressional races.

Democrats picked up a seat in the 4th District where former Congressman J. Edward Roush of Huntington overrode the impact of the Nixon trip Oct. 20 and defeated 10-term incumbent Republican E. Ross Adair. All four incumbent Democrats were easily re-elected in the 1st, 3rd, 9th and 11th districts.

Incumbent Republicans won in the 6th, 7th and 8th districts. Republican Elwood H. Hillis of Kokomo defeated Democrat Kathleen Z. Williams of Walton for Roudebush's old 5th District seat. The 10th District turned into the expected cliffhanger be-t freshman Republican Rep.

David W. Dennis and his Revised Legislature 2 Other Amendments Approved SEN. R. VANCE HARTKE REP. EARL F.

LANDGREBE old story as Republicans kept firm control of the Courthouse and prevented any Democrats from gaining office. The GOP once again took all seven seats on the County Council and maintained unanimity on the board of county commissioners when Edward J. Shaw topped Democrat Richard W. Harlow Jr. by nearly 2,700 votes.

Shaw thus takes the seat of a veteran on the commissioners, Floyd Gingrich, whom he defeated in the Republican prima- WHERE TO LOOK THIS EDITION: 4 Sections, 48 Pages and a 28-Page Advertising Tabloid. Amusements 10 Classified Contract Bridge 15 Comics 41 Crossword Puzzle 33 Deaths 6 Editorials, Columns 4 Frankfort 18 Markets 42 Radio 10 Sports 38-40 TV Page 41 Weather 2 West Lafayette, Women's Pages 8-9 To the east, millionaire Democrat Milton J. Shapp won his second bid for Pennsylvania's governorship by defeating Lt. Gov. Raymond Broderick.

The gubernatorial victories gave the Democrats at least 26 state houses, a solid base for the 1972 presidential drive just as GOP successes in 1966 helped Nixon's successful effort two years ago. HANDFUL OF FRUIT Nixon and Agnew's strenuous campaign efforts the President campaigned in 23 states, the vice president in 32 bore fruit in only a handful of Senate races. In Tennessee, veteran Democratic Sen. Albert Gore, an opponent of the Vietnam war and labeled by Republicans as their aJL Hold ry. The other two commissioners were not up for election.

Shaw's victory in the primary caused some apprehension even in his own party, because Gingrich as president of the commissioners was one of the key figures in the Courthouse. Now the board is left without a leader of any extensive experience. Shaw is a member of the Lafayette City Council and will give up that post when he takes office in January. ONE NEW FACE Only one new face appears on the County Council after Tuesday's results, and that only because a Republican incumbent, Paul Schuh, stepped down after serving one term. Schuh's successor in the 3rd District will be Republican Keith McMillin, who topped Democrat James O.

Young by nearly 900 votes. The other men elected to the council are all incumbents. In the 1st District Richard L. Smith topped Meredith E. Brewer Sr.

by almost 1,800 votes. Fern L. Knochel ran unopposed in the. 2nd District, while Martin L. Galema knocked off Barbara Young in the 4th District by more than 1,400 votes.

For the three at-large seats George E. DeLong, Ernest O. Goodwin and Edward A. Reser defeated their Democratic challengers Joann. E.

Brettna- See ELECTION, Page 6 By LARRY SCHUMPERT Republicans swept the election contests in Tippecanoe County Tuesday but failed for the first time in 35 years to carry the county for a Republican congressional candidate. While the GOP was taking every county office up for elec-tion Democrat Philip A. Sprague startled almost everyone by taking a 3,734 vote edge out of Tippecanoe County. Sprague, of Michigan City, was the first Democratic congressional candidate to carry this county since George R. Durgan did it in 1935.

Sprague's vote in the county was 18,108, while incumbent Earl F. Landgrebe polled only 14,374 as many Republicans obviously split their tickets to vote for the Democrat. Landgrebe ran more than 5,000 votes behind the leading Republican vote getter in the county, Sheriff John A. Rusk. The county wasn't so good to another Democrat, U.S.

Sen. Vance Hartke, who trailed Congressman Richard Roudebush here by 2,463 votes. Hartke's total of 14,921 was well behind the 18,892 votes he got in Tippecanoe County in 1964, running against D. Russell Bontrager. Both Hartke and Roudebush campaigned extensively in the county, but Roudebush was expected to win.

In the county races it was an to set the length and frequency of its session by law. 61 WORKING DAYS But since it hasn't had a chance to do so yet, the amendment provides that the session start on the Tuesday after the second Monday in January, meet for 61 working days instead of calendar days, and take a recess of up to 21 days at any time during the session. Under the old rules, the 1971 Legislature would have begun on Jan. 7 and would have ended March 8 or later, depending on the number of "stopped-clock" days. Under the new rules, the 1971 Legislature will begin on Jan.

12. If the legislators take Saturdays and Sundays off, it will See AMENDMENTS, Page 6 Break Coming A break in the clouds is forecast for Thursday afternoon, but it's a dismal time until then. Details on Page 2. Floyd J. Fithian 14,124 Harold N.

Kull 13,854 auditor, making them conform with the terms of the governor, lieutenant governor and the attorney general. The tabulations: No. 1, legislative sessions, 3,306 of 4,440 precincts reporting: Yes 393,698, no 313,751. No. 2, judicial revisions, 3,306 of 4,440 precincts reporting: Yes 389,556, no 295,856.

No. 3, terms of certain state officials, 3,306 of 4,440 precincts reporting Yes 446,919, no 254,679. The legislative amendment probably will have the quickest impact on the state, since the legislature convenes in January. Under the old constitutional rules, the Legislature met every two years beginning on the Thursday after the first Monday of January. The session lasted for 61 calendar days, but the legislators usually extended this by "stopping the clock" for a few days to dispense with unfinished business.

The amendment approved Tuesday allows the Legislature Wisconsin and Minnesota, plus enough smaller states to win a majority of state houses for the first time since the 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson landslide. In many Senate and House contests, traditional Democratic economic appeals plus the strength of incumbency proved more powerful than the Republican "law and order" campaign led by Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. But local issues, particularly taxes, dominated many governor F3.C6S NIXON PLEASED At the Western White House in San Clemente, Nixon was reported by press secretary Ronald L.

Ziegler to be very pleased with the results. Republicans, he said, had By The Associated Press Look for a later, longer and more leisurely session of the Indiana Legislature in 1971, and look for another session in 1972. A constitutional amendment approved by voters Tuesday assures a later and longer session, and makes a leisurely session and a 1972 session possible. The other two constitutional amendments on the ballot also won approval. The judicial reform amendment calls for appointment of Indiana Supreme and Appellate Court judges by the governor, who would select each judge from a list of three nominees submitted by a special Judicial Nominating Commission.

After serving two years, each judge would be subject to a yes-or-no vote on the ballot. If the majority of the voters said yes, the judge would serve another 10 years before he faced another yes-or-no ballot test. FOUR-YEAR OFFICES The third amendment would lengthen to four years the two-year terms of the secretary of state, state treasurer and state WASHINGTON (AP) -Democrats laid the basis for a strong 1972 presidential challenge with startling successes in governorship contests while repelling President Nixon's drive to capture control of the Senate. For the ninth straight election, Democrats won control of both houses of Congress. They added a handful of seats to their House margin and dropped a couple in the Senate as Republicans succeeded in sharply reducing the normal Senate and House midterm losses for the party in the White House.

But the Democrats more than made up for the congressional standoff by regaining the governorships of Pennsylvania, Ohio, See INDIANA, Page 6 ELECTION 70 AT GLANCE By The Associated Press Senate: Elected 11 Republicans, 21 Democrats; Leading, 1 Republicans; holdovers, 33 Republicans, 32 Democrats; needed for majority 51. House: Elected 177 Republicans, 253 Democrats; 5 undecided; needed for majority 218. Governors: Elected, 12 Republicans, 20 Democrats; Leading, 1 Republican, 2 Democrats; holdovers, 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats. Today's Chuckle Marriage is like a violin. After the beautiful music is over, the strings are still attached.

And in Ohio, Rep. Robert Taft son of the man known as "Mr. Republican," led for the Senate seat he barely lost six years ago. In New York, Conservative party nominee James L. Buckley, running with tacit administration support as the Nixon loyalist in another three-way race, defeated Democratic Rep.

Richard Ottinger and Republican Sen. Charles E. Goodell, while Democratic Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr.

won a new term in Virginia as an independent. Byrd became the first independent to win election to the Senate since the late George W. Norris of Nebraska in 1936. But these administration See DEMOS GAIN, Page 6 Govern Demos ongress am ors, No. 1 target, lost his seat to GOP conservative Rep.

William E. Brock III. In Indiana, in a race Republicans had considered one of their top hopes, Democratic Sen. Vance Hartke was engaged in a neck-and-neck tabulation contest with Rep. Richard Roudebush.

In Agnew's home state of Maryland, liberal Democratic Sen. Joseph D. Tydings was upset by Republican Rep. J. Glenn Beall a Nixon supporter and the son of the man Tydings unseated six years ago.

Rep. Lowell P. Weicker a moderate Republican, won in Connecticut's three-cornered Senate race in which the Demo-c a i incumbent, Thomas Dodd, lost as an independent. and Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York, were easily re-elected in the nation's two largest states.

TWO BIG LOSSES But elsewhere, the GOP lost heavily in the races for state-houses. Two big names among Southern Republicans Govs. Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas and Claude R. Kirk Jr. of Florida were unseated by "new look" Democrats Dale Bumpers and Reubin Askew.

In Wisconsin, Democrat Patrick Lucey ended six years of Republican domination by defeating Lt. Gov. Jack Olson for governor. In Ohio, John J. Gilligan trounced Republican Roger Cloud in the wake of a loan scandal that split GOP ranks.

"turned the trend of tradition" reducing normal White House losses in midterm congressional elections. Agnew, speaking at Republican headquarters in Washington, said the results gave Nixon "a working majority" in the Senate of pro-administration Republicans and Southern Democrats. He said he wished the GOP had done better, in governorship contests. For the Democrats, national Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien said Nixon and Agnew "would be hard put to call this anything but a defeat.

Tonight we find the Democratic party a majority party in America." The biggest Republican names among the governors, Ronald Reagan of California.