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Weary Ford concedes JIMMY CARTER of United StaiM WASHINGTON (UPI) President Ford, his voice almost gone from the rigors ol his losing campaign, today conceded the election to Jimmy Carter and urged all Americans to give "your united support to president-elect Carter." Ford telephoned Carter shortly before noon, lies made a personal appearance in the White House press room shortly after noon. He made a brief statement, then stepped aside while his wife Belly read his congratulatory telegram to Carter. "Dear Jimmy," the telegram said. "It is apparent now that you won a long and intense struggle for the presidency. "I congratulate you on your victory.

As one who has been honored to serve the people oi this great land-both in Congress and as President-! believe that we must now put the divisions of the campaign behind us and unite the country once Ford, accompanied by other members of the First Family, appeared fatigued and did not smile. But he and his family, after the statement, moved among members of the White House staff and press corps shaking hands. "The President urges all Americans to join him in giymg your united support to president-elect Carter," Mrs. Ford said. The President had been taking medication for a hoarse throat resulting from dozens of speeches and thousands of miles of traveling in the list 11 days in his effort to close the gap on his "It's obvious that my voice isn't up to par and I shouldn't be mating very many comments--and I won't," he said.

"I asked Betty to read a statement that I have sent to Governor Carter." Mrs. Ford said her husband wanted to thank the thousands of persons who voted for him. Then she read the telegram, which read in part: "I want to assure you that you have my complete ana wholehearted suupport as you take the oath of office this January. I also pledge to you that I and all members of my administration will do our best to assure that you begin your term as smoothly and effectively as possibly. May Cod you andyourfamily." Carter, utilizing a strong base ia his native South and a breakthrough in the industrial North, won a rarorthin victor)' over Ford to become the nation's first Southern president in 12S The former Georgia governor, who began his campaign 22 months ago and traveled 500.000 miles seeking support from orginally skeptical voters, claimed victory lor himself and running-mate Walter Mondile during an emotional, early morning appearwce at an Atlanta convention center before thousands of supporters.

"I'm not afraid to take on the responsibilities of president of the United States," he said, "because my strength comes from you, the Americanpeople." Carter paid tribute to Ford as the "toughest and most formidable opponent anybody could possibly have." At one point. Carter's eyes filled with tears and he had to turn to his wife Rosalynn before he could continue speaking. Ford became the first incumbent president since Herbert Hoover in 1932 to be turned out of office by the voters. Mary Louise Smith, chairman ol the Republican National Committee, issued a statement saying that Watergate and its aftermath played a "large role" ia Ford's defeat. She also chided the Republican Party to get busy during the next four years and "embark on a relentless effort to broaden its base in this cation." The 8: a.m.

PST national vote for president with 38 per cent (174,598 out 178.159) of the precincts reported. Popular Vote Carter: 39,761,552 Ford: 37,958,156 McCarthy: 646,421 Carter 21 states votes. Ford won 2J states 241 electoral votes. Carter viill be in as the country's 39lh president on the steps of the Capitol Jan. 20.

The 52-year-old drier in 23 states and the District of Columbia representing 297 electoral votes, including the entire south except Virginia He also woa Li Ohio. Pennsylvania. York and Texas He got heavy backing from labor, black, Hispanic andurbanvoters. Ford finished vi ith 241 electoral votes by carry ing 27 states. He posted victories in New Jersey, Illinois, California and his Michigan.

But even a near sweep in the mountain and Pacific Coast states, these were not enough to offset Carter's Southern aodeastern strength. Ford was strongest among white collar and upper income Americans. Carter clinched the election nhen he carried Mississippi and reached 272 electoral votes al 11:57 p.rn PST. He will have a solidly Democratic Congress to work wilh in attempting to redeem his campaign promises of tax reform, government reorganization, and federal intervention on the side of the poor and disadvantaged. Ford made a strong contest of the campaign, which last summer had looked like a walkaway for the Democratic ticket.

After an epic battle for the GOP nomination, he fought Carter to a near dead heat. Stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange plunged in heavy trading in reaction to Carter's victory. The Dow Jones industrial average was off 13.63 points to 952.46 in the first half hour of trading. The negative Wall Street reaction reflected Carter's unknown economic policies, analysts said. Centralia-Chehalis.

Washington Wednesday, November 3,1976 ntcle 44 Pages 88th year, 92nd issue Fuller upsets Kolich Dixy Ray wins governorship flirnfr to Ely, Twin Transit favored by voters ByGOBDONSCHULTZ SEATTLE(UPI)-Dixydidit. In an astonishing victory that confounded the experts. Democrat Dixy Lee Ray ran away with the governor's race while President Ford put the state's nine electoral otes safely in the RepubUcan column. With her remarkably strong showing over Republican King County Executive John Spellman, Miss Ray becomes the first woman to govern a western stale and the state's first new governor in 12 years. She bested Spellman in his home county and surged ahead in two dozen others to win a four-year lease on the governor's mansion for and a similar lease on'tie "governor's dog house for her pet Scottish detrboond.

Id addition, she pulled it off with a campaign treasury that was less than half of the $549.000 raised bv her opponent With 5,869 of Ihe slate's 6.070 precincts reporting, Hiss Ray piled up 724,088 votes or 54 per cent compared with Spellm an's or 45 per cent. The S2-year-old scientist said her victory was a credit to the people of the state rather than the editors and publishers of daUy newspapers, most of which endorsed Spellman. tou Guzzo, her chief spokesman, said she won because the public "sensed her innate honesty." Spellman. obviously disappointed by his loss, told his campaign workers that "we fought a good fight we've run a good race." He said he would remain active in his community and in state affairs. The Ray victory confounded the public DIXY LEE RAY Woman In opinion pollsters who had forecast a tight race lhat would be too close to call.

Ai expected, Democratic Sen. Henry M. Jackson coasted into a fifth term by- defeating Republican George Brown. But only the count of absentee ballots will determine whether Democratic Rep. Lloyd Meeds can weather the strongest challenge of his political career from RepubUcan John Nance Gamer in the Second District.

With 845 of 865 precincts in, Meeds leads Garner, 93,043 to 92.916. Other incumbents in the congressional delegation, Republican Joel Pritchard and Democrats Don Bonker, Mike McCormack, Tom Foley and Brock Adams, won re-election handily. Norm Dicks, the Democralin the Sixth District easily defeated Republican Robert Reynolds to succeed retiring Rep. Floyd Hicks. In statewide partisan elective races, all incumbents except State Insurance Commissioner Karl Herrmann won reelection.

Herrmann was bounced out of office by Richard Marquardt who becomes the first Republican lo hold the job since 1S2J. 'v Gov. Dan Evaas predicts TWlee Hay Is "in fbrqirite a surprise" if she figures her background as chairman of the old Atomic Energy Com ission ha prepared her for Ihe job of governor. But Evans promised Tuesday night to "be ready immediately" lo work with her to insure that the transition from his Republican administration to her Democratic regime "is aa easy one." When Ray, an outspoken "non- politician" who made her victory over John Spellman look easy, takes over in January, it will mark the first time since 1961 that a governor has had both houses of the Legislature controlled by the Chief Executive's own party. But Evans predicted that won't insure smooth sailing for Ray.

"I'm sure therell be a honeymoon period," Evans said. "But if she proves to be a strong executive, I suspect she win find occasions when she'll call them names from time to time, despite her intentions to get along with the legislators." "I don't believe in miracles," Ray told a Tacoma rally of her supporters, after the trend of the returns was established Tuesday evening. She told her cheering supporters she wants to hear from the voters "to get the people you want" into positions in her administration. Ray was less than gracious in what amounted to her victory speech, jabbing at both the outgoing Evans administration and at newspapers around the state, most of which endorsed Spellman. She said "the good, honest citizens of this state deserve better from their government They've waited 12 years." aifoovious reference to the three terms of the Evans administration.

In giving the back of her hand to the state's newspapers, the 62-year-old Ray said: "it's the people that elect your representatives in government, not the editors and publishers of the daily newspapers in the state." During the campaign, Ray pointed to her term as head of the AEC as a qualification for the governor's job--aa approach designed to offset Spellm an's contention that, as (op official of King County, he was better qualified for the governor's chair. "She will be in for quite a surprise if she expects to find the governor's job like the Atomic Energy Commission chairmanship," Evans suggested. "The commission is nowhere near as varied as state government" But Evans said he wished Ray well, saying: "if she does well, the state does well and that's what's important." A larger than anticipated turnout of Lewis County voters favored local Democrats and split on whether to vote themselves more taxes. Democrats Gary Ely and Bob Jacobsen won county commission seats; Gary Odegaard won the 20th state legislator's 20th district seat and Joe Enbody won the 20th legislative position 1 representative seat. Voters nix nuclear, fluoride bans By DAVID LAWSKY SEATTLE (UP!) Joining six other states, Washington voters Tuesday rejected tighter regulations on nuclear power by a two-lo-one margin.

In a hotly contested campaign, the Nuclear Safeguards Act drew more dollars than the gubernatorial race. Voters rejected a ban on fluoridatipa of water by a margin, while extending financial disclosure rules to appointed officials and giving school districts the option of proposing two- year levies. Two other proposals to create a temporary home rule commission and to give all lawmakers pay increases at the same time were defeated by about two-to-ooe. Opponents of the Nuclear Safeguards Act spent $750,000 to drive home their view that Initiative 325 would, in effect, ban nuclear energy in the state. The largest contributions to the campaign came from manufacturers in the nuclear industry and from private utilities, but opponents included a wide variety of scientists, engineers and others.

Proponents called the ban charge ridiculous, but with only $100,000 much of it in-kind time contributions -their voices were not as load. By contrast. Governor-elect Dixy Ray, herself a strong supporter of nuclear energy, spent only $233,000 and Republican candidate John Spellman spent $549.000. Referendum 36. extending the financial disclosure act to appointed Today in the News Train crash kills 25 Chinese purge goes on WARSAW.

Poland (UPI) The Lublin-Wroclaw express rammed into another train standing at Julianka station near Cmtocbowa early today, the Polish news agency PAP said. PAP said 25 persons were killed and 60 others were injured in the accident that occurred in dense fog at 2 a.m. Smith leaves talks GENEVA. Switzerland (UPI) Rbodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith quit Ihe Geneva conference on black majority role for Rhodesia today, saying there had been BO progress at all since talks began Oct 28. Smith said woow retain only when satisfied something to come back for.

ve Ulked and we made no progress. Smitl said after an informal meeting witn four Wick nationalist delegations and Ibe British conference chairman. Ivor Richard. HONG KONG (UPI) The purge of Mao Tse-tung's widow and three other top radical leaden in China is "poly the beginning" of a a a i to "eradicate" their influence, Shanghai Radio said today. "It remains an extremely arduous fighting task to thoroughly expose, criticize and liquidate the towering crirnes of the 'gang of four' antiparty clique and to eradicate their remaining pernicious influence," the radio said, quoting from an article in a Shanghai newspaper long controlled by the radicals.

U.S. works for peace BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) The United States has thrown its diplomatic weight behind the efforts to end Lebanon's 19mooth civil war. U-S. Charge d'Affaires George Lane met Tuesday with leftist leader Kama! Jumblatt for talks aimed at helping to end the fighting that has claimed 50.000 lives. Diplomat gunned down PARIS (UPI) Iranian diplomat Homayoua Keykavocssi, was in grave condition today after being gunned down outside his home by an assailant claiming to belong to a movement opposing the government of ShahMohammid Reza Pahlevi.

Gas price hikes cut WASHINGTON (UPI) Ia a move that could save consumers hundreds of minions of dollars, the Federal Power Commission has shaved some peonies off the sharply higher natural gas rates it had announced in July. The actual rates and their impact will be revealed in detail Friday when IL. commission's order is made effective. The commission agreed in principle Tuesday oo the revised new rates. officials, won two-to-one support Opponents had argued lhat the Pudlic Disclosure Commission was already swamped with reports, while proponents said the referendum would help open government to public view.

Senate Joint Resolution 13 7, which won handily, was part of the legislative answer lo school funding. Sponsors said the Iwo-year levies would help school districts plan ahead, while opponents had argued the levies would simply become larger and more complicated. By a nearly IwoHo-oae vote, voters rejected Senate Joint Resolution 139 to give legislators pay raises at the same time. The state constitution will continue to prohibit legislators from receiving pay raises during the term ia which the pay hike was voted. By nearly three-to-one, voters rejected House Joint Resolution 64.

Critks feared the change would lead to more taxing power for local governments. The measure would have created a new state agency to draft mode! home rule charters. The ban on fluoride in rater. Initiative 322, was opposed by public health officials and would have pnided a $10.000 fce for violations. The only apparent local Republican victory was by Bill Fuller, who leads in the 20th legislative position 2 representative race.

The Centralia-Chehalis transportation ballot issue passed. Voters agreed to place a $1 per household tax on themselves lo have an improved bos system. A lota! of 3,319 voters, or 53.5 per cent, said yes on the ballot measure. A larger majority approved the Morton- public hospital district. Fifty nine per cent, 1,301 voters, agreed to formation of the public hospital district, which may atlempt lo purchase the private Morton hospital.

Voted to the hospital district commissioners jobs were Terry Simonis, district one, and Marguerite E. McKenzie, district three. Simonis was unopposed and McKenzie cornered 62.5 per cent of the vote. The district two post for the hospital commission is still in doubt. John M.

Moorcroft has 958 votes and R. Louise Smith has 941 voles. Absentees will decide the mailer. The voters were not so kind to public schools. Two measures ia the Onalaska School District failed, one gaining a majority of the vote, but less than the necessary 60 per cent, the other failing miserably.

Proposition one. a maintenance and operation levy, received 525 yes voles for 53.2 per cent. Proppsilion two. for special needs, including a band, two school buses and a cash reserve, received just 372 yes votes for 39.2 per cent. At Pe Ell, a maintenance and operation levy got 285 favorable votes, 52.8 per cent, short of the 60 per cent needed.

Absentee voles will not affect any of the local ballot issues, but could make the determination in at least one of the 20th legislative representalive races. Latesl morning tallies bad Centralia businessman Fuller leading the incumbent Hugh Kalich 13,800 to 13,526. Lewis County voters gave Fuller a 10,850 to 7,466 vote. The trend toward Kalich outside Lewis County coald send the veteranlegislatorbacktoOlympia when the absentee ballots are counted. But, in an morning telephone call to Tic Daily Chronicle, Kalich conceded the victory to Fuller.

"I want to congratulate Bill on a real good campaign." Kalich said. "I've got no excuses. The majority of the people got out and voted and the majority of the people spoke. I'm satisfied with that. "It didn't really surprise me that much after locking al the primary re suits," he said.

Lewis County issued 2,960 absentees, of which 701 ballots were counted Tuesday night Approximately 10 per cent are never returned, so about 1,900 voters are yet to be heard from. Enbody was the apparent winner in the race for the second seat in the 20th district He collected 15,011 votes to 11.827 for J. Vander Sleep. Lewis County- voters favored nbody 9,1 "A lo 9,042. The 20th legislative district senate seal was retained by Odegaard with vows to' 1 tor challenger Warren Smith.

Ely defeated incumbent district one county commissioner Hamlet Hflpert Ely garnered 66.5per cent of the total. In the other county commission contest. Jacobsen oulpolled Mike O'Connor 9,577 to 7,474. the incumbent gainin per cent of the electora te. Lewis County voters followed tie statewide trend in most races.

The county voters did, however, ex- prens some dissatisfaction with Ihe major party choices for many positions. The whimsical OWL Party, which stood for nothing except an alternative, garnered from 2.2 to 2.8 per cent of the vote ia state race except governor, where party leader Red Kelley polled just .6 per cent. For presided. Lewis County voters chose Gerald Ford by 5U per cent Jimmy Carter had 42.9 per cent: Eugene McCarthy had 2.7 per cent; Lester Maddox had 1.9 per cenl; Thomas Anderson had .4 per cent and Roger MacBride had .3 percent Inilialive 325. lie nuclear safeguards measure, failed in Lewis County with 66.2 per cent opposed.

Initiative 322, which would ban Huoridation, had 65.7 per cent no votes. Lewis County voters approved Referendum 36 with 63.3 per cent and opposed the two senate joint resolutions and tte house joint resolution. Counly voters chose Don Bonker by a much smaller margin than he received in other parts of his district. Boaker was favored for a second term on Capitol Hill by 58.2 per cent of tie Lewis County voters. He had 70 per cent in other third district counties.

SHOWERS nighl and morning fog wfclv chance ol local drizzle, today, with ircreaing clouds ond chance of "'e coin rhurjday. H-ghj will from 55 lo 65. with in the 40v will be light and voroble. At a glance State Senator Propositions Gary Odegaard Representatives Bill Fuller Joseph Enbody County Commission Gary Ely Bob Jacobsen Yes Morion hospital district Twin Cities bus system Congress Don Bonker No Onaloska levies Pe Ell levy Election pages 7, 8, 9.