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South Bend Tribune, Wednesdoy, November 5, 1 980 Fithian By GARY NIEMIER Tribune Staff Writer Congressman Floyd Fithian once again survived a near-Republican blitz in Indiana and captured an unprecedented fourth consecutive term from Indiana's 2nd District in Tuesday's elections. The popular Lafayette Democrat scored victories in 11 of the 14 counties in the states largest congressional district to defeat his Republican challenger. State Sea Ernest Niemeyer of LowelL In view of the stunning victories scored by Republicans across the state and by Ronald Reagans defeat of President Carter, Fithian late Tuesday was elated over his unofficial victory over Niemey- volunteers had worked on his campaign. Niemeyer telephoned Fithian late Tuesday and conceded the election, and both men promised to work together for the good of the district The race was the closest experienced by Fithian since be first wrestled the seat away from Republicans in 1974, the year he defeated incumbent Rep. Earl Landgrebe by nearly 37,000 votes and was victo', rious in all of the district's 14 counties.

He won 13 of 14 counties in 1976 against Will Erwin during another strong Republican year in the state, ami he captured 13 of 14 counties as well against Phil Oppen-heim in 1978. This time, his GOP challenger was able to carry three counties Kosciusko, Jasper and his native Lake County but the margins were not nearly large enough to unseat Fithian. Fithian campaign officials were especially pleased with the congressmans showing in traditionally Republican Kosciusko County, where he was outpolled by Niemeyer by only 746 votes. Meanwhile, Fithian carried his home county. Tippecanoe, by an unofficial 27.813 to 19,661.

We hoped for 59 percent in Tippecanoe and got about 58.5 percent, said Fithian aide Susan Clark Etter. Fithian won easily in Marshall Starke, Pulaski Porter, Benton, White and Tippecanoe counties, and won by' narrower margins in LaPorte, Newton. Cass and Wabash counties. Unofficial figures showed Fithian captured about 53 percent of the district's votes to 47 percent for Niemeyer. Besides Kosciusko.

Niemeyer carried his home county. Lake, by a count and won narrowly in nearby Jasper County. Referring to his surviving of the GOP sweep in the state, Fithian remarked, It was a very swift stream to be swimming in this year. Fithian predicted several days ago that it. would be year for Democrats, and his prognostication proved accurate.

Besides Reagan's overwhelming victory both in the state and nationwide, Fithian's fellow Democrats Sen. Birch Bayh and 3rd District Congressman John Brademas went down to defeat, and Robert Ore carried several fellow Republicans into State-house offices with him. This was the mdst comprehensive campaign weve ever run, Fithian noted, adding that more-than 3,000 IN-4 ns sweep Jtl Marshall By RICHARD SALOMON Tribune Plymouth Bureau PLYMOUTH Voter turnout was heavy in Marshall County Tuesday as Republicans took all county offices, including two that had been held by Democrats. Democrats were able to salvage only the state representative seat and the 2nd District Congressional post. There were 16,608 persons who voted fora percentage of 81.8, higher than the 70 to 75 percent members of the County Election Board had predicted.

The turnout was 87 percent in Precinct 1 of Bourbon while Precinct 1 of Center Twp. had the lowest percentage of turnout, and it was 75.8 percent. The results were certified at 2:15 a.m. today by the board, although it planned to check on'the returns from Precinct 4 of Center Twp. today with the precinct iaspector, Ruth Hilles.

Board members said numerous additions were found in the returns from the precinct, although they believed all had been caught by the clerks office. Four years ago. the certified results on the 2nd District commissioner race had to be changed when an error was found several days later in Probst, 9,611. The returns for the Democratic council candidates were Frances M. Lemler, Dorothy I.

Lawrence, 5,963, and Bonnie J. Frushour, 5,135. Other county returns, with Republicans listed first, were 2nd District representative, Ernest Niemeyer, 6,562 and Fithian, District 9 state senator, V. Richard Miller, 8,829 and Clifford E. Adams, District 18 state representative, Gregory Mishler, 7,358 and G.

Edward Cot, County Court judge, Otis Bowen, 10,447 and Lloyd C. Wampler, and coroner, G. Dean Byers, 9,829, and Roger D. Smiley, 5,604. ftonald Reagan carried the county with 10,209 votes to 5,149 for Jimmy' Carter.

John Anderson received 836 votes while Edward E. Clark, candidate of the Libertarian Party for president, got 148 votes. The American Party of Indiana got 67 votes for president, the Citizens Party, 28; the Communist Party, seven, and the Socialist Workers, 3. Bob Ore led the state ticket in Marshall County with 10,160 to 5,823 for Hillenbrand. Dan Quayle got 9,766 votes and Bayh, 6,355.

Cletus R. Artist of Rochester, the gubernatorial candidate of Ihe American Party of Indiana Ticket, got 94 votes in Marshall County. Republican candidates for attorney general superintendent of public instruction, and reporter for the Supreme and Court of Appeals easily carried the county. Eugene N. Chipman of Plymouth, judge of the 4th District of the Court of Appeals received 6,815 yes votes in the county on his retention, and 2,368 no votes.

The other judges received about 500 less yes votes for retention and about that many more no votes. NEW' BOWEN Itoberl Otis Bowen talks with his Gov. Otis R. Bowen, is six years younger than his wife, Patty, after having been elected judge of father was when he first won an elective office. Marshall County Court Tuesday.

Bowen, the son of Marshall GOP wants them all Ralston loses bid to retain school job PLYMOUTH Republicans picked up two posts held by Democrats in Marshall County Tuesday, and retained all the offices they have been holding, but John Zentz, Marshall County Republican chairman, was not satisfied. Asked if he was happy about the election results, Zentz said, No. We wanted to win them all. Zentz was referring to the posts of 2nd District U.S. representative and state representative for District 18, where Democratic incumbents were re-elected.

of the 2nd District race, where Floyd Fithian, re-elected, Zentz said he was just trying to keep the total for Fithian down in the county. Fithian, however, carried every precinct. GOP sweeps Fulton County the returns from Precinct 4. The election in Marshall County featured split-ticket voting. Rep.

Floyd Fithian, D-Lafayette, who led tlje Democratic ticket, won every precinct, but Sea Birch Bayh and John Hillenbrand, Democratic candidate for governor, were able to carry only one precinct. Precinct 1 of West Twp. L. Mae Hildebrand, unopposed for re-election to her second term as county treasurer, led the Republican ticket with 11,016 votes. Two other Republicans were also unopposed.

They were Glenn L. Overmyer, candidate for 3rd District commissioner, who received 10,745 votes, and Frank E. Kleinke. candidate for surveyor, who received 10,970 votes. Republicans took the offices of Circuit C6urt judge and 2nd District commissioner from Democrats.

Michael D. Cook beat Richard F. Joyce for judge. 10,707 to 5,048. The incumbent, Tom R.

Huff, did not seek re-election. J. Cyrus Nifong, 2nd District com-, missioner, lost 6,880 to 8,676 to Loren Schultz, who has been a member of the County Council. All three Republicans won the three councilmen-at-large posts. Mil-' an J.

Levett received 10,000 votes, W. Mery Shivers, 9,666, and Ernest G. Mrs. Rowe ill serve a two-year term because she finished in second place with 972 votes. Miller won a four-year term by receiving 751 votes in the District 2 race.

His closest challenger was Cathy J. Fox with 665 votes. Ralston finished in third place in the District 1 race with 880 votes'. The other candidates for the District 1 seats, Larry Beeson and Sandra Pfefferle, received 759 and 569 votes, respectively. Dave Rader, the other incumbent District 1 representative, did not seek re-election.

Miller will replace Gene Per-rot who did not seek re-election. The other District 2 candidates received the following vote Richard Care, 305: Millard Clauss, 275, and Jayne Huppert, 217. In District 3, the candidate coming 4he closest to Mrs. and Berg was Brantley Taylor with 801 votes. Robert Kolbe received 568 votes and Ronald Scott received 191 votes in the District 3 race.

representatives, respectively. Triplet, Cureens and Robertson will take office on Jan. 1. Triplet will be the new town of Culver representative while, Cureens and Robertson will become al-large members. Davis, Cureens and Robertson won by relatively wide margins.

Benedict and Triplet won narrow victories. Davis received 1,234 votes to 749 for Fred Day and 488 for Paul Widman. Benedict received 1,242 votes to 1,092 for his challenger, Herbert Russell Newman Sr. Triplet received 1,257 voted to 1 ,045 for his challenger, Darrell H. Beach.

Cureens received 1,424 votes and Robertson received 1,170 votes. Since he came in first in the at-large race, Cureens was elected to a four-year term while Robertson was elected to a two-year term. Here are the vote counts for the other at-large candidates: 742 votes each for Karl Edward Master Jr. and Paul M. Sellers; 491 votes for Gary E.

Burkett; and 279 votes for Rutherford Byron Walters. Davis will replace Paul (Red) Davidson on the board and Benedict will replace Paul Snyder Jr. Triplet will replace Howard Hildebrand while Cureens and Robertson Will replace Margaret Clark and Phillip Mallory. Large pluralities in Culver and Union Twp. carried all five winners By JEFF KI ROWSKI Tribune Plymouth Bureau BREMEN Nancy Adams and Jerry Berg were re-elected to the Bremen Community School 'Board Tuesday while Calvin Ralston was defeated in his bid for re-election.

In addition to Mrs. Adams and Berg, taking office on July 1 will be Steve Muffley. Patricia Rowe and Richard A. Miller. Muffley and Mrs.

Rowe were elected to the District 1 (unincorporated German Twp.) seats and Miller was elected to the District 2 (at-large) seat. Mrs; Adams and Berg were elected to the District 3 (town of Bremen) seats. Berg finished in first place in the District 3 race so he will serve a four-year term, beginning July 1. ile received 1,386 votes. Mrs.

Adams will serve a two-year term, beginning July 1. She received 1,320 votes. Muffley finished in first place in the District 1 race so he will serve a four-year term. He received 1.125 voles. Questioned about how Fithian might be beaten, Zentz said it was hard to tell just what might happen.

lie noted that in the 3rd District, the Republican winner, John lliler, had been defeated in the previous election in his try for a state repre--sentative seat. lie also said that Marshall County might not remain in the 2nd District. There will be reapportionmenl on the basis of the 1980 census. The principal comment of George Davis, election board chairman, on the election, was. "The two-year purge is no gopil.

Davis said the telephone in the clerk's office rang all day concerning persons ho had not voted since Ihe last presidential election being purged. State law was changed to require a purge every two years. husband. Junior I). Good, who will complete his second term on Dec.

31. On the state level the Fulton County vote for governor was 4.509 for Bob Ore and 3,974 for John Hillenbrand II. Cletus Artist of Rochester, a gubernatorial candidate on the American Party, received 31 votes. Ronald Reagan received 5.458 votes for president, while Jimmy Roorda gains DEM( TTK Walter J. Roorda of DcMotte was elected Tuesday to a seventh term as 19th District representative in the Indiana House of Representatives.

Roorda easily defeated Democrat Alex Hanewieh of Wheat field and Ernest Hughes of Wanatah, an American Party candidate. "Roorda received a total of 16.485 votes to 7,910 for Hanewieh and 382 for Hughes in the district, which includes five counties. In Starke Countv, Roorda received One West Twp. couple who had been purged were allowed to vote for president only. Davis said the couple said they had been out of the country and had never received any purge notice.

The county election board checked ith the state election board and was told that the couple could not vote. Davis said the couple then called Washington, D.C.. and were told that they could vote. Davis said he did not know ho was called in Washington. The county board then asked for an opinion frenn Ihe county attorney, anel followed his recommenelation that the couple be allowed to veile for preside-nt only.

Davis saiel about the only other trouble was with a voting machine at Precincl I of Center where a party lever broke. Carter received 2.788. In the congressional race. Klwood II. Ilillis garnered 5,510 voles in Fulton County to 3.092 for Nels Ackerson.

The Fulton County vole lor U.S senator gave Dan Quavle 5.107 and Birch Bayh 3.399. A total of 8,940 ballots were cast of 10,536 eligible voters for a turnout ol 84.3 percent. seventh term 1.530 votes lo 1,445 for Hanewieh and 62 for Hughes, In I Porte County. Koorda re ceivcxl 1.675 votes to 788 for llano with and 171 for Hughes. Roorda received 4.341 votes Porter County to 1,435 for Hanewieh and 99 for Hughes.

In Pulaski County, Roorda re ceived 2,746 votes to 1,610 for llano-with and 73 for Hughes. In Jasper Count v. Roorda received 6.193 votes to 2.632 for Hanewieh and 77 for Hughes; pler. In 1952, Gov. Bowen won by 3,332 votes, getting 9.3S1 votes to 6,049 for PR.

Irey. Bowen served a term as" coroner, ami then was elected state representative, lost a bid for re-election. and then won successive terms as representative until his election as governor in 1972. Robert Bowen said he was satisfied right now with the legal profession and his election as judge, and said he was now experiencing the feeling of being elected. Asked about any future political plans, he said it was hard to.

say what might happen in the future. Culver school board Elkhart vote leaves only 1 surviving Demo GOSHEN Elkhart County turned out 78.7 percent of its registered voters Tuesday, the largest turnout in both numbers pnd percentages, and it wasn't a bit welcome by-two incumbents. When the smoke cleared at 6 p.m. only one Democrat remained in' county office in Elkhart County, 1st District Councilman Ben Barnes. Councilman-at-large Harry Eby of Bristol will end 10 years as a member of the county council when he steps down Jan.

1. Eby and incumbent County Surveyor Ray Pharis were swept out of office by the Republican tide which swept Elkhart County, the state and most of the country. selected to victory. Davis received 947 votes in Union Twp. compared with 373 for Day and 118 for Widman.

Benedict received 922 votes in Union Twp. to 515 for Newman. In Union Triplet received 871 votes to 579 for Beach. Cureens received 1.199 votes in Union Twp. and Robertson received 906 votes in Union Twp.

Of the at-large candidates. Master received the next highest total in Union 275 votes. Sellers received 218 votes, Burkett received 191 and Walters received 97 votes in Union Twp. Mauzy gets eighth term WARSAW Thames Mauzy of Warsaw was re-elected on Tuesday to his eighth term as 17th District member of the Indiana Douse of Representatives. Mauzy, a Republican, easily defeated Democrat Kenneth Garrison of New Castle Twp, Fulton County, 18,133 votes to 7i234.

The 17th District Includes all of Kosciusko County plus Henry and New Castle towqshipsin Fulton Cepnty. By PAM PARMALEE Tnbum- Correspondent ROCHESTER Fulton County Republicans made a clean sweep in Tuesday's election. In the race for county commissioner from district one (Wayne and Liberty townships) Republican Harris D. Lease, a member of the Wayne Twp. Advisory Board for 20 years, garnered 4.303 votes to unseat incumbent Raymond Rentschler, the only Democrat to come close to re-election.

Rentschler received 4.256 votes for 49.7 percent to Leases 50.2 percent. 1 Republican Everett Smith, a Richland Twp. farmer, won the county commissioner's seat from district three, defeating Democrat Roy Rudd 5,360 to 3,133. Three Repubbcans, one incumbent, one newcomer and one former councilman, easily captured the-three county, council-at-large seats.Incumbent Melvin R. Myers Jr.

received 4,988 votes; Stephen L. Hartzler, and Eldrith W. Cook. 4,600. Cook was an at-large member from 1971-74.

The Democratic contenders for council seats were incumbent George Krom III, receiving 4.222 vottes; Jack Holloway. and Raymond C. Widman, 2,890. Republicans Merrill O. Kendall, Fulton County clerk from 1971-78, defeated Democrat Howard D.

Ruckman for the office of county auditor, 5,803 to 2.743. Republican Joan Bunn, with 5,393 votes, was elected to a second four-year term as county treasurer. Her opponent. Democrat Mary E. received 3,206 votes.

Republican Joyce A. Good, with no opposition for county coroner, received 7,060 votes. She succeeds her Musician-composer to perform at banquet WHEATFIELD Rev. Merrill Dunlop, pianist, organist, and composer of gospel music, will be featured in concert on Nov. 15 at the Christian Haven Homes annual banquet Bowens son proves voters like him, too By JEFF KUROWSKI Tribune Plymouth Bureau CULVER Paul Davis, John A.

Benedict, Alvin Triplet, Joseph L. Cureens and Robert N. Robertson Jr. were elected to the Culver Community School Board on Tuesday. Davis and Benedict will take office on Jan.

1, 1982, as the Aubbeenaubbee arid Union Twp. (Marshall County) Cook successful in fourth-term bid PLYMOUTH State Rep. G. Edward Cook, D-Plymouth, was elected to his fourth term as state representative for District 18 on Tuesday. District 18 includes Marshall County and portions of Starke and La Porte counties.

The total vote was 12J01 for -Cook and 11,561 for Greg Mish-ler, his Republican opponent Cook was one of only two Democrats to win in Marshall County. The other was Rep. Floyd Fithian, D-Lafayette. Cook carried Marshall County with 8,713 votes to 7,158 for Mishler. Cook led in Starke County with 3,188 votes to 2,463.

la LaPorte County, Cook received L828 votes to 88 votes for Mishler. PLYMOUTH Another Bowen won his first election in Marshall County Tuesday, but if he eventually plans to follow in the footsteps of his father. Gov. Otis R. Bowen, he is keeping silent about it.

Elected as judge of Marshall County Court iq his first try for an elective office was Robert Otis Bowen. 28-year-okl son of the governor. That puts the new judge six years ahead of his father. Gov. Bowen was 34 years old in 1952 when he was elected Marshall County coroner.

The younger Bowen also won by a larger margin. Bowen won the race for judge by 5,026 votes, 10,447 to 5,421, over Lloyd Wam 1 1.