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WEDNESDAY, April 6, 1988. Leader-Telegram 6C State Chrysler Corp. pullout seen as factor in mayor's defeat John Norquist elected mayor of Milwaukee I v.J il 1 'A jT tff'Jl l' wf It jtt I I 6 Si reason for not seeking another four-year term. While Maier endorsed no candidate, "I talked to him throughout the campaign and he's been very gracious about giving advice," Norquist said. "He's made his advisors available to- provide infor matibn and I expect the transition to go very smoothly.

"I think the people in Milwaukee did want change," Jie said. Throughout the Schreiber, 48, described himself as best suited to stimulate job pro- duction and foster cooperation for economic development. Norquist stressed his ideas for steamlining the city -bureaucracy and contended he could provide the strong leadership the city needs. The two candidates held 57 joint appearances and each accused the other of running campaign advertising that distorted the truth. But any bad feelings seemed to disappear after the outcome of the election became clear.

Schreiber offered best wishes to the -winner. MILWAUKEE (AP) State Sen. John Norquist says grass-roots organization and the city's desire for "real change" gave him his easy win in the race to become Milwaukee! first new mayor since 1960. Norquist, addressing jubilant supporters at his victory party Tuesday night, thanked them for forming what he called "a grassroots volunteer organization like Milwaukee has never "Together we delivered a message of hope and a message of real change. And together we will make this message a reality in Milwaukee." Complete, unofficial returns frorn the non-partisan election had Norquist with 112,902 votes, or 54 percent, and former acting Gov.

Martin Schreiber with 93,738 votes, or 45 percent. Norquist, 38, predicted a smooth transition as he takes over April 19 from the retiring Henry Maier, 70, whose 28-year tenure is the longest of any big city mayor in the nation. Maier cited advancing age as his one year in the communtiy and no political experience would have -been elected," Ciske said. In Wausau, state Rep. John Rob- inson won the race to replace retiring Mayor John Kannenberg, who has held the office for 24 years.

Unofficial results from all districts showed Robinson with 7,284 votes and businessman David Tork-ko with 5,071. In Marshfield, Mayor David Koepke won a second term. Unofficial tallies from all 10 districts" gave Koepke 2,855 votes. Alderman Raymond Bare, had 1,455 and Robert Maland, a Marshfield business consultant, had 836. Marshfield did not hold a mayoral primary and had the state's only three-way race.

In Applcton, two-term incumbent Dorothy Johnson rebounded from a second place finish in the February primary to defeat Alderman Jack C. Voight. In Merrill, incumbent Dick Holt was unseated by challenger Ken Span. Rhinelander Mayor Joseph Bloom won a fourth term, fending off a challenge by Richard Phelan, an Oneida County Board member: for the past 15 years. In Ashland, incumbent Daniel Theno garnered his second term by defeating former Mayor James Monroe for the second time in two years.

n. ax rill AP Laserphoto John Norquist delivers a victory address Tuesday after being elected mayor of Milwaukee. Standing with Norquist Is his Mudd. Norquist defeated former Acting Gov. Martin Schreiber and will replace Henry Maier, who has been mayor Since 1960.

By The Associated Press Alderman Pat Moran was elected. Tuesday as mayor of Kenosha, end: ing incumbent Eugene Dorffs attempt to win his first full term in a city rocked by Chrysler an-: nounced closing of an auto plant. With all 34 precincts reporting, unofficial returns showed Moran with 12,979 votes to 10,566 for Dorff. Moran said Tuesday night he believed Chrysler's pullout played a role in the final campaign days after he finished about 1,300 votes ahead of Dorff in February's primary. "Well I think it had a bearing in the race," Moran said.

"I think a number of people that perhaps would have been complacent and satisified to go with the status quo decided to make a change. "I think people realized we were in dire need of change and my candidacy offered that Three-term incumbent Thorn Cis-ke was unseated by businessman Joseph Laux in Menasha. Final unofficial returns showed Laux with and Ciske with 2,267. Ciske, who had won die primary-by almost 500 he was surprised that Laux could win just one year after moving into the community. "I'm going to look at this positively, but I think 10 years ago there was no way that anyone with fer-i OIL CHANGE CP $14.95 5 quarts of Tropartc 10W30 or 5W30 Motor Oil, Phillips 66 Oil filter and lubrication.

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With 490 of 493 precincts tallied early today, Schulz had 213,555 votes compared to 108,433 for O'Donnell. In Madison, attorney Richard Phelps squeaked to a Judicial races bring Seraphim loss, Fine win ousted and has promised his cooperation in the transition." O'Donnell, who had trailed Schulz in the public opinion polls, said he did not think his decision to fire Schulz weighed in the outcome of Tuesday's election i think that's all water over the dam not worth talking about it. The people have expressed their wishes and we bow to the people's wishes," O'Donnell said. O' Donnell said he believed his loss was caused in part by, the people's wish for a transition to younger politicians, with Mark A. MangersoA coming out on top.

Unofficial returns from all 28 districts gave Mangerson of Rhinelander, former Vilas and Oneida County district attorney, 6,126 votes and Hogan of Hazelcrest, former Oneida County district attorney, had 4,184 votes- Piai ft executive ving as city budget director in Chicago, said his win was the culmination of an exciting seven months which began with his marriage to a county employee. "Most of the greatest things that have ever happened to me have happened in the last seven-and-a-half months. Marrying Joanne was the best thing that ever happened to me. And now, today, the people have elected me executive of Milwaukee County." Schulz thanked O'Donnell for his 40 years of public service and said he "was very gracious in defeat behaving in an unjudicial manner in 27 courtroom incidents and displaying gross personal misconduct with women on six occasions in 1978. and 1979.

In Door County, John D. Koehn of Sturgeon Bay defeated Peter C. Diltz of Sister Bay for the Circuit Court seat being vacated by Judge Edwin C. Stephan. Complete but unofficial tallies gave Koehn 5,313 votes and Diltz 4,021.

With about one-third of the votes 1 in Green County counted, John K. Callahan of Monroe led Robert S. Duxstad in the race to succeed retiring Circuit Judge Franz Brand. Unofficial partial returns showed Callahan with 1,746 votes and Duxstad with 1,073. I In Marathon County', Michael Hoover, 36, of Wausau won the race to succeed retiring Circuit Judge Ronald D.

Keberle in Branch 1. Complete but unofficial returns fro'm the 89 districts showed Hoover with 16,120 votes, winning a-tight race over Dale Miller, 45, of Wausau, who had 15,947 votes. In Oneida County, two former district attorneys battled for the the new Branch 2 circuit judgeship 834-71 1 8 2211 Birch Street, Eau Claire' win over "state Rep. Joseph Wine ke, D-Verona, in the race for Dane County executive. With 148 of 149.

tallied early today, Phelps, Madison, led Wineke 151,400 to 149,277. Schulz, 38, was -fired by-O'Donnell as parks director last September for violating a county rule barring employees from getting involved in politics. Schulz had endorsed state Sen. John Norquist for Milwaukee mayor. Norquist won that office Tuesday.

Schulz, who came to Milwaukee County as budget director after ser ing. With 490 wards counted, Fine had 62 percent or 183,288 votes to Wedemeyer's 112,492 votes or 38 Fine, 47, a former appellate lawyer for the U.S. Justice Department, had claimed Wedemeyer's Jegal opinions were sloppy and in- accurate. Wedemeyer defended his work, saying the Milwaukee-based court has rarely been reversed by the state Supreme Court. In the statelsjther appeals court race, incumbent Judge Richard S.

Browitof Oshkosh ran unopposed for the 2nd District. In his bid for the new Milwaukee County Circuit Court job, Malmstadt, 44, had been endorsed by the Milwaukee Police Association, Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriffs Association and other groups that previously endorsed Seraphim. Seraphim, 69, served as a Circuit Court judge from 1960 to 1986 when he lost re-election. He was suspended by the state Supreme, Court from 1980 to 1983 for accepting a favorable car rental deal, r- '-W J' Complete Car Care Center! HOUR TOWING SERVICE 3 FRONT DISC BRAKE JOB $6995 We'll replace worn disc pads with new non-asbestos or semi-metallic brake pads, Turn and true rotors, inspect calipers, replace fluids and road test. For most American cars and light trucks 15 OFF All Moog and Perfect Circle Suspension Parts Fi srssl1 an Ion' 'MWtfNulrft Clip Time Cards And Ike For Reference specialist sen I I Mj, the enr Ft 9 i 1 8 By The Associated Press Milwaukee County voters overwhelmingly "rejected former Judge Christ Seraphim's bid for a new spot on the Circuit Court bench as voters throughout the state chose circuit and two appeals judges.

With 490 of 493 wards unofficially tabulated, Michael G. Malmstadt, a Milwaukee County deputy district attorney, led Seraphim, who once was suspended for three years for misconduct, 216,773 votes or nearly 70 percent to 93,718." They sought to fill the new Milwaukee County Branch 39 judgeship, one of eight newly created circuit court branch seats for which voters chose judges Tuesday. Voters also elected judges for three other existing circuit branches in Door, Green and Marathon coun ties. In the appellate race, incumbent Judge Ted E. Wedemeyer Jr.

lost his seat on the state's 1st District Court of Appeals to Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Ralph Adam Fine of Bayside, nationally known for his opposition to plea bargain- Voters back track, vater fluoridation By The Associated Press Water fluoridation got a go-ahead at La Crosse, Elkhorn residents backed a racetrack project and Tur-' tie Lake said to high-st-Jces tribal as Wisconsin voters answered a variety of local referendum questions. In La Crosse, complete, unofficial returns from Tuesday's elec-tion showed the vote for fluoridation was to 6.29L The issue first surfaced in La Crosse- 34 years ago, but anti-flu-oridation forces fought off attempts to have the fluoride added to city water. Fluoride helps prevent tooth decay, especially in children. In Elkhorn, voters approved a racetrack development in a binding referendum on the issue, a blow to opponents of the track who had called for the vote. With all three voting districts reporting, there votes against an anti-racing ordinance or for permitting a race track and 817 in favor of the anti-racing ordinance.

A' group-called Citizens Against: Racing in Elkhorn mounted a petition campaign to have the anti-track ordinance placed on Tuesday's ballot. Developers have proposed build-ring a $170 million combination dog and horse track near the city but they said they would drop the plans if city voters opposed it. In another vote, Kenosha County residents favored more spending on prevention of child abuse. Complete, unofficial returns showed 22,237 'yes" votes and 5,619 opposed 2- Si! I I 'mmfSJSi I I -J 1 new wjcj SI a I I 1 V-t It's easy and affordable to have your business card on our "Dial-A-Specialist" psge. ONLY $30.00 You will also receive 4 free lines in our Service Directory for 1 week.

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