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0. 189 62525 LIBRARY MICROFILM LINDSAY-SCHAUS. NEWSP, Edwardsville DECATUR ILLINOIS Intelligencer 110th Year 106 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1972 EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS 62025 3 Sections 40 Pages Maine Senator Captures 59 Delegates Muskie Wins Big in Illinois Chicago (AP) Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine won big today as the vote was tallied in his contest with.

Sen. George for Illinois delegate support for the Democratic presidential nomination. Muskie was capturing 59 national convention. delegates, toMcGovern's 14, as the last. precincts were counted in that phase of Tuesday's presidential primary.

Ninety-seven per cent of the precincts had been counted. Eighty-seven delegates were chosen to go to the Miami Beach convention uncommitted to any presidential candidate. Muskie's delegate victories capped a showing in which he easily outdistanced Eugene J. McCarthy to win as expected in a presidential preference primary, polling 63 per cent of the vote. The demoted Democratic front-runner from Maine, whose White House campaign got off to a shaky start in the opening primaries, said in victory that he'll keep winning now.

The delegate contest was really 24 contests, with the 160 convention seats apportioned among Congressional districts, and the vote count dragged through the night. Minor changes in the delegate lineup remained a possibility as the last votes were counted, but the outcome meant there were more uncommitted delegates than the rival campaigners could claim between them. And that was about the only thing that went right Tuesday for Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, who will lead the uncommitted bloc when the Democrats convene in Miami Beach July 10. Chicago Democratic organization was jolted when two insurgents beat his chosen to win nominations for governor and state's attorney.

"The people have spoken," said Daley. "It's always a good thing when the people speak." In the presidential preference vote, with 99 per cent of the 10,858 precincts counted, this was the outcome: Muskie 747,622 votes, or 63 per cent. McCarthy 438,782 or 37 per cent. In Madison County, Muskie polled 16,525 votes to McCar- thy's 7,490 votes. "We're going to keep on winning, through all the primaries, through the Democratic National Convention and across the entire nation next November," said Muskie.

"This is the message that the people of Illinois have just sent across the nation." The Maine senator got off to a faltering campaign start, with a 46.4 per cent victory showing in the New Hampshire primary, and a battering in Florida, where he ran fourth and got only 9 per cent of the Muskie said Illinois gave him "a clear cut victory." It came over a former Minnesota senator who is not among the real contenders for the 1972 nomination. Nonetheless, it was a victory, and whether or not it impresses rival politicians, it puts a win on the Muskie record to carry into the pivotal Wisconsin primary on April 4. All the Democratic contenders are entered there, in a 12-way primary race. McCarthy said he was "quite content and satisfied" with his showing. "We take assurance from the fact that between.

37 and 40 per. cent of the voters indicated they want a Democratic party which offers a significant choice on the critical issues which face this country," McCarthy said. Muskie discounted the Florida primary, saying it was inconclusive because the vote was. fragmented and protest ballots: carried Alabama. Gov.

George C. Wallace to victory. In New Hampshire, he said, other people set his standard for a victory so high that he knew he couldn't make it. Sunny Mostly sunny this afternoon with the high 55 to 60. Fair and cool tonight with the low 30 to :35.

Sunny Thursday with the high in the tow 60s. Chance of precipitation: 5 per cent this afternoon, tonight and Thursday. 10 Cento Maine senator said, "I've struck a responsive with the voters. In state races: in Illinois, Daniel J. Walker edged Lt.

Gov. Paul Simon, Daley's candidate, to win the Democratic: nomina-1 tion for governor. He will face. Gov. Richard Br.

Muskie polled 63 per cent in presidential preference primary. (AP Photo) Portell Wins Lucas Gains Recorder Nod Maryville Mayor Ronald P. "Rink" Lucas swept a field of three candidates to win the Democratic nomination for the Madison County Recorder of Deeds post Tuesday. In the only other contested county race, incumbent Circuit Clerk Willard V. Portell beat out his opponent, Wood River Township Assessor Robert Zitt, by more than 14,000 votes.

Lucas. the favorite of the county's regular party organization, polled 11,417 votes, with 193 of 197 precincts reporting. Second in the field in the Recorder's race with 8,156 votes was Von Dee Cruse, a party maverick from Granite City who claimed the support of a number of high-up county Democratic powers, including County Board Chairman Nelson Hagnauer. Blair Watson, an Edwardsville candidate, trailed with 6,034 votes. Ralph Astorian of Granite City, unopposed for Recorder on the Republican ticket, polled 4,038.

All unofficial figures for county races reflect balloting in 193 of 197 precincts. seeking a fourth term in the Circuit Clerk's office, piled up 19,503 votes to Zitt's 5,433. Lloyd G. Bently, the only Republican candidate for the Cir- As Florida Goes Marine School Politics "As Florida goes, SO goes Marine School." At least that's pretty much the way it turned out Tuesday in 'a mock presidential election among fifth through eighth graders at Marine School. George Wallace trounced everybody else: in the mock election, and Hubert Humphrey came in second.Democratic "front runner" Edmund Muskie, ran a poor third.

The results 0: the election, said teacher Mrs. Emma mond Tuesday afternoon, were as follows: Wallace, 42; Humphrey, 29; Muskie, 21; George McGovern, 18; Mrs. Chisholm, Henry Jackson, 0. State's Atty. Edward V.

Hanrahan, dumped by the Daley organization because of his indictment in a police raid on a Black Panther apartment, in which two persons were killed, won re-nomination anyhow. Rep. Roman. Pucinski won the Democratic nomination to run. against Republican Sen.

Charles H. Percy. Massive. Republican crossovers to vote in the Democratic primary apparently were the key to the defeats. dealt the Daley organization.

Muskie's preferential vote ran generally steady. across the state. His share of the big Chicago vote was 63 per cent, identical to his statewide showing. He got just under 60 per; cent of the vote in the Chicago suburbs, but it appeared that statewide, the Republican crossover added to his vote, as it did to Walker's in the gubernatorial contest. Walker partisans, from left, Gary Fears, Pat Quinn and Tom Quinn study early returns showing their candidate Foundations of the Party Organization Rocked Walker er Upsets Simon Chicago (AP) Daniel J.

Walker, whose quixotic campaign took him on a walk across the state to, meet the electorate, has upset Lt. Gov. Paul Simon for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, rocking the foundations. of the party morganization. Challenging the might of Mayor Richard J.

Daley, Chicago, Walker rolled up wide margins in Downstate counties and scored well in heavily Republican Chicago suburbs to dump the Daley -backed Simon. With unofficial returns from 10,734 of the state's 10,858 precincts, a 99. per cent count, Walker had. 723,304 votes, or 52 per cent, and Simon had 677,829 votes, or 48 per cent. "We have won! The people have won!" Walker, 49, declared to a crowd of followers at his campaign headquarters shortly after 2 a.m, A spokesman, for Simon said -the lieutenant governor would not comment -until later today.

In Madison County, Simon's home territory, the lieutenant governor outpolled Walker by more than 7,000 votes. The final unofficial tally in the county was 20,038 for Simon, 12,644 for Walker. Simon's running mate, Neil Hartigan, ran about 3,000 votes ahead of Neal Eckert, Walker's running mate, in Madison Coun- 8 Victory for Walker Workers Campaigners young and oldmostly young- supporting Dan Walker for governor gathered at Walker headquarters on Main Street in Edwardsville Tuesday night to follow the primary election returns. Anxiety ran high as early returns showed with a slight lead. (I Photo) ty.

Hartigan polled 14,771 to Eckert's 11,294. In the two precincts of Jarvis Township--which includes Simon's hometown of Troy-Simon ran well ahead of his opponent. The vote in Jarvis 1 was 391 to 81, in Jarvis 2, 334 to 57. Despite Walker's stunning victory, his running mate, Carbondale Mayor Neal Eckert, to Neil Hartigan by a wide margin. Hartigan was partner.

In the Republican primary, Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie easily sidestepped token opposition from Dr. John Mathis, taking nearly 80 per cent of the vote. The victory, Ogilvie said in a statement, is a "vote of confidence for the policies of this shouts and the singing of victory songs.

One, sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle, goes: "Daniel Walker, he's our man, hero of our nation. He'll be the best governor from here through all creation." (I Photo) administration." Walker's win along with the defeat of Raymond Berg, the party's choice, by Edward V. Hanrahan in the Cook County state's attorney race gave the organization its most serious jolt since Daley took over the reins in 1954. nevertheless, was jovial before newsmen after the Hanrahan verdict was in. "The people have spoken," he said.

"It's always a good thing when the people speak." Although failing to commit himself for Walker, the mayor declared, "You're bound to support the nominee of your party. I don't walk away." Nearly 1.4 million persons voted in the primary and part of Walker's good showing was believed to have been based on the large number of Republicans who were allowed to cross over in primaries for the first time. A recent federal court ruling cleared the way for the crossovers. Throughout the campaign, Walker's supporters said that if 1.5 million voters went to the polls he would win. Walker after the crossover ruling had told newsmen, "Now I am confident of victory." Here is a township-by-township breakdown of the Madison County vote: HELVETIA: Simon 458; Walker, 272.

SALINE: Simon, 147; Walker, 83. LEEF: Simon, 31; Walker, 13. NEW DOUGLAS: Simon, 57; Walker, 11. ST. JACOB: Simon, 159; Walker, 74.

MARINE: Simon, 110; Walker, 68. ALHAMBRA: Simon, 89; Walker, 53. OLIVE: Simon, 263; Walker, 140. JARVIS: Simon, 725; Walker, 138. PIN OAK: Simon, 91; Walker, 81.

HAMEL: Simon, 74; Walker, 21. OMPHGHENT: Simon, 147; Walker, 73. COLLINSVILLE: Simon, 910; Walker, 1,431. EDWARDSVILLE: Simon, 724; Walker, 1,035. FORT RUSSELL: Simon, 332; Walker, 230.

MORO: Simon, 98; Walker, 54. NAMEOKI: Simon, Walker, 1,261. CHOUTEAU: Simon, 657; Walker, 590. WOOD RIVER: Simon, Walker, 1,529. FOSTER: Simon, 131; Walker, 70.

VENICE: Simon, Walker, 694. GRANITE CITY: Simon, 033; Walker, 2,709. ALTON: Simon, Walker, 1,182. GODFREY: Simon, 807; Walker, 532. cuit Clerk post, polled 4,234.

There were no contests in the races for Madison County State's Attorney, Coroner and Auditor. Assistant State's Atty. Nicholas G. Byron, Edwardsville, the Democratic nominee for; state's attorney, had a total of 18,534 votes. The Republican candidate, Thomas Welch of Collinsville, also an assistant state's attorney, polled 4,238.

Incumbent Coroner Robert Thomas, Granite City, unopposed on the Republican ticket, accumulated 4,418 votes in the coroner's race. The Democratic nominee, Thomas Burke got 730 votes. John Kraynak, Democrat and incumbent auditor, polled 203. On the Republican ballot, Don Hubach poled 4,293. The vote in the Recorder's race by townshipsicas, 327; Watson, 102; Cruse, 42.

SALINE: Lucas, 113: Watson, 47; Cruse, 28. NEW DOUGLAS: Lucas 38; Watson, 11; Cruse, 5. MARINE: Lucas, 50; Watson, 73; Cruse, 23. ALHAMBRA: Lucas, 70; Watson, 32. Cruse, 8.

OLIVE: Lucas, 247; Watson, 52; Cruse, 40. JARVIS: Lucas, 158; Watson, 564; Cruse, 43. PIN OAK: Lucas, 22; Watson, 116: Cruse, 9. OMPHGHENT: Lucas, 57; Watson, 32; Cruse, 106.. COLLINSVILLE: Lucas, 526; Watson, 478; Cruse, 227.

EDWARDSVILLE: Lucas, 519; Watson, 976; Cruse, 209. FORT RUSSELL: Lucas. 117; Watson, 97; Cruse, 99. MORO: Lucas, 35; Watson, 37: Cruse, 47. NAMEOKI: Lucas, '522; Watson, 148; Cruse, 723.

CHOUTEAU: Lucas, 424; Watson. 137; Cruse, 554. WOOD RIVER: Lucas, 815; Watson, 517; Cruse, 620. FOSTER: Lucas, 84; Watson, 43; Cruse, 38. VENICE: Lucas, 855; Watson, '59; Cruse, 75.: GRANITE CITY: Lucas, 350; 455; Cruse, 2.707.

ALTON: Lucas, Watson, 611; Cruse, 008. GODFREY: Lucas, 325; Watson, 200; Cruse, 264. Walker Successfully Bucks the 'Machine' By Judy Van Slyke Of the Associated Press Chicago Dan Walker, the corporate attorney turned. politician who pulled the gubernatorial rug out from under the Democratic organization in Tuesday's primary, calls himself "an. idealist without illusion." His association with the Democrats began in the 1950s as an aide to the late Gov.

Adlai E. Stevenson. He said the one thing his years in the party taught him was that "you can't incur the debts and policies of a machine without becoming part of that machine." So Walker, who wears his sandy hair long and dresses modishly, gave up his year job as corporate counsel for Montgomery Ward Co. to run in the primary. He didn't seek the blessings of Mayor Richard J.

Daley and the party bosses and set out on his own to prove he could beat the machine. Walker, 49, was born. and raised in San Diego, end was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and Northwestern University's la school. He authored the Walker Report, a study of the 1968 Democratic National Convention that laid the blame for rioting squarely on the shoulders of Chicago police.

Walker, a trim, handsome man who shakes hands as if he's really glad to be saying hello, said he did a lot of homework before deciding to run for the Democratic nomination for governor. "My candidacy would not have been possible up to now because Chicago and Daley had too much control of the. vote," he said. "The key is that now you can lose Chicago but still win a state election." Walker did lose in the city of Chicago, but he rolled up a big enough margin downstate to defeat Lt. Gov.

Paul Simon, the organization-backed candidate, in the primary. To get out the vote, Walker walked 1,000 miles through Illinois last summer -from tiny Brookport at the southern tip of the state to Chicago. The boots he wore on the trip sit on the desk in his suburban Deerfield home. Walker's family there are seven children between the ages of 9 and 24. -were by his side during much of his campaign, and two of his sons made three-month trek through the state with him.

Walker with a slight lead over Lt. Gov. Paul Simon. The tension turned to jubilation at about 11 p.m., as returns from downstate precincts pushed Walker's lead to 11,000, then 17,000, then 24,000 votes. At that point, Walker fans broke out in joyful serial: 8753585 image serial: 8753585.