Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 1

Kenosha Wis Wednesday September 10 1980 25 a Home delivered $135 Weekly is out in lan Landa Tuesday night blamed his loss on what he called inaccurate media coverage of issues emanating from his office particularly of resignation earlier this year In February Zapf resigned effective April 1 because he said he could no longer tolerate what he called Landa's practice of plea bargaining cases Landa has continued to deny that he has plea bargained cases using a definition slightly different from Zapf's Landa said he asked for Zapf's resignation because the state Supreme Court overturned a 1978 conviction That case prosecuted by Zapf was overturned on the basis that he failed to provide the defense attorney copies of statements an offense known as prosecutorial overreaching The opposition charged that Zapf will be a of law and will prosecute to the detriment of a person's right to a fair trial disagree with that Zapf said "It is an unfair characterization A district attorney has to be responsive to the needs I will have to work closely with law enforcement on a daily basis But the viewpoint of the district attorney is to reflect the philosophy of the people their needs and District Attorney-elect Robert Zapf celebrates How Kenosha voted: Incumbent By BARBARA HENKEL Staff Writer Robert Zapf scored an easy victory over District Attorney John Landa in Democratic primary election in Kenosha County winning in every single district ln the county Zapf 33 beat Landa 32 by 13707 to 5882 votes Zapf faces no challenger in the November election and can expect to take over his new duties Jan 2 for the next two years in the $34000-a-year job Zapf carried each of the 56 districts but it was not the first time it had been done In 1972 Ruth Radatz running for her first term as county treasurer a position she still holds emerged first in a three-way battle in the Democratic primary She eliminated then-incumbent Walter Anderson He had hekl the job for 24 years a longer time than anyone else in Kenosha County history had held an elective county post Radatz won by a nearly two-to-one margin carrying every district The district race has been described as one of the nastiest in some time Both candidates issued charges and countercharges pointing fingers at each Job performances and personalities A total of 19589 votes were cast for Landa and Zapf out of a possible Sheriff race is close By BARBARA HENKEL Staff Writer There could be a rematch In two years of Democratic primary for sheriff Sheriff Gerald Sonqulst emerged the winner with 10666 votes or 553 percent of those cast against challenger Deputy Daniel 8613 votes Piencikowskl 31 said the closeness of the race Indt that the public wants a change He plans to run again in two years he said Sonquist 58 who will win his third consecutive term In November said his supporters Tuesday night were urging him to start his 1982 campaign In the only other contested Courthouse race incumbent Surveyor Robert Smith 52 won his 11th consecutive term He received 10613 votes 624 percent to challenger Robert 6392 votes 376 percent Some 6689 of those going to the polls Tuesday chose not to vote in the race as did some 4400 in the race There is no opposition in November for either office Dolores DeManche 50 a school library assistant received 2565 Republican votes to 13225 Democratic votes for incumbent County Clerk John Collins 34 Republican Elinore Rothman 54 received 2261 votes to 14833 cast for Democrat incumbent Register of Deeds Rose Bloom Three Courthouse officers all Democrats were unopposed In election Vote totals and the percent of the total number of votes available are: Iuth Radatz treasurer 15305 646 percent Thomas Dorff coroner 631 and Janet Meier clerk of Circuit Court 14390 607 percent apf He said he would be a courtroom district attorney With noNovember opposition and' Zapf the primary winner there is an especially long lame duck period for Landa He said Tuesday night that he envision introducing any long-term programs or changes in the district office Zapf said he hadn't expected to carry every district in the county He said his campaign initially heavily in the county That was before Russell Olson threw in his hat (for the Republican nomination for US Senate) thinking that the rural vote might make the With Olson in (Jie race Zapf said his campaign strategy recognized the draw Olson would have on the mostly Republican rural areas in an election in which voters could only vote one party ticket or the other and began concentrating in the city Zapf's was a well-financed campaign Reports filed before the primary showed Zapf outspending Landa nearly two-to-one $23889 to $13525 Zapf received contributions of $19884 compared to $10739 (including $291 left over from a previous campaign) The official certified results from each polling place will be reviewed by the county Canvass Board Thursday with concern effort to communicate" Antaramian said the winning margin can be attributed to Pleasant Prairie He said he did little door-to-door canvassing there but broke even in the city districts During the campaign Antaramian attacked Dorff for being inaccessible to constituents and not taking a more aggressive leadership role in the Assembly "The vote totals came out like I expected but I am surprised by the closeness of the race" Dorff said Wednesday "I think a Republican crossover vote in some wards added to his (Antaramian's) total Dorff a sheet metal worker at AMC and former city alderman was first elected to the Assembly in 1970 and has never before faced primary opposition It was first attempt for political office Guttormsen 59 retired earlier this year from his bowling business This is his first attempt for elective office control of the government reaching new levels of intensity hopes dwindled that Muskie's letter might provide a long-awaited break in the hostage crisis Rajai said "We do not compromise or make in responding Tuesday to a letter from Muskie urging an end" to the holding of the hostages The reply to Muskie came as an explosive feud between Rajai and President Abollhasan Bani-Sadr Aspin Canary face off in fall Kasten wins GOP Senate race page 2 November state races page 3 Landa Zapf react to election page 5 Kenosha County voter turnout chart page 6 Rausch to face Wagner page 7 Local vote charts page 14 Roundup on national primary election page 15 23688 votes cast countywide That means more than 4000 voters about 17 percent chose not to vote for either candidate Tuesday Landa was running for his third term as district attorney He first won the post in 1976 defeating a nonattorney American Party candidate by a 10-to-l margin Landa was unopposed in 1978 Landa's predecessor Bruce Schroeder hired Zapf after his graduation from law school in 1974 Zapf previously had worked in the office as a student intern Schroeder campaigned for Zapf Dorff By DAVE ENGELS Staff Writer In an unexpectedly close finish incumbept 65th District Assemblyman Eugene Dorff edged out challenger John Antaramian in the Democratic primary by 196 votes according to Tuesday night totals Dorff finished with 4289 to 4093 Dorff 50 carried 13 of the 19 wards including two of the three wards in Pleasant Prairie The district encompasses most of the south side and all of the Town of Pleasant Prairie Antaramian 25 an assistant manager for Drug Store carried only one complete district his home 18th Dorff won 512 percent of the 8382 votes cast in the primary and goes on to face Republican nominee Norman Guttormsen in the general election in November Guttormsen who ran unopposed in the GOP primary gathered 1092 votes vote of confidence to the Rajai government "Out of a total of 193 votes there were 169 votes in favor 14 votes against and 10 said the broadcast monitored by the BBC In London Rajai spoke to a crowd in Qom on Tuesday and said there would be no deals on the 52 American hostages who are in their 312th day of captivity today His address drew shouts of tp America!" State Rep Eugene Dorff views returns Republican Party US SENATOR Russell A Olson 1844 Douglass Cofrin 821 Robert Kasten Jr 712 Terry Kohler 838 CONGRESS 1ST DISTRICT Donald Walsh 1414 Kathryn Canary 814 Edward Huck 851 George Knuckles 412 ASSEMBLY 85th DISTRICT Norman Guttormsen 1082 ASSEMBLY 68th DISTRICT John Rausch 728 Elaine Erlich 564 COUNTY CLERK Dolores DeManche 2585 REGISTER OF DEEDS Elinore Rothman 2281 Democratic Party US SENATOR Gaylord A Nelson 15508 CONGRESS 1ST DISTRICT Les Aspin 15740 WIS SENATE 22ND DISTRICT John Maurer 15528 ASSEMBLY 84TH DISTRICT Joseph Andrea 6178 ASSEMBLY 85TH DISTRICT Eugene Dorff 4280 Win iw of roco botod on A LITTLE LEARY THE HORN! Of PLENTY HAS STARTED MAN YA MAN ON A TOOT I A Times Synd margin tight John Antaramian 4083 ASSEMBLY 88TH DISTRICT Mary Wagner 2909 COUNTY CLERK John Collins 13225 COUNTY TREASURER Ruth Radatz 15305 SHERIFF Gerald Sonqulst 10668 Daniel Piencikowskl 8613 COUNTY CORONER Thomas Dorff 14858 CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT Janet Meier 14390 DISTRICT ATTORNEY Robert Zapf 13707 John Landa 5882 REGISTER OF DEEDS Rose Bloom 14833 SURVEYOR Robert Smith 10813 Robert Sternberg 6382 Constitution Party US SENATOR James Wlckstrom 22 Libertarian Party -5 I A US SENATOR Bervin Larson 23 CONGRESS 1ST DISTRICT Arthur Jackson 21 I 4 A itato or difrlct-wldo rotutft Inside story Area News 12 13 Classified 24-28 Comics 20 Deaths 6 Editorials 4 Financial News 22 Local Newst 5-7 14 Sports 17-19 Television movies 23 Voice of the People 16 News 10 11 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by as sailing his opponents from "a tribune in th midst of the bazaar regard it as sin" Rajai told the parliament "I will fight against anyone who is intending to weaken the leader (Khomeini) Parliament Speaker Hasemi Rafsanjam a fundamentalist also lashed out at the president say Bani-Sadr had "reduced himself to the status of an opposition leader" by speaking out against the Cabinet A ward-by-ward breakdown shows the margin of victory was sometimes very close For example: Dorff won the first ward of the 12th District 101-100 Dorff won the second ward of the 16th District 414-412 Antaramian won the first ward of the 15th District 208-200 In the 16 city wards Dorff won 11 but finished only a shade ahead of Antaramian with 3364 votes to the 3305 a difference of 59 Dorff's margin of victory wasn't much better in Pleasant Prairie where he won 925 votes to Antaramian's 788 A confident Antaramian said Tuesday night that he will challenge Dorff in two years and will be monitoring ty-work of the assemblyman assuming Dorff is reelected in November got our point across tnat people are dissatisfied in the 65th District He (Dorff) knows now that he'll have to come back to the people more often and finally make an weather forecast Fair tonight with lows in the mid 70s but cooler close to Lake Mihi-to upper 40s Increasing cloudiness gan Winds mostlv light vest to Thursday with highs in mid to upper southwest tonight IIMIMI BilllBIIWI HIIIIUI IIWIII I III 1 1 llll I HI 1 1 I 4 Iranians spurn hostage appeal from Muskie In other" developments fierce clashes on the Iran-Iraq border continued Tuesday night with Iran claiming to have shot down two Iraqi helicopers in addition to two Iraqi MiG fighters Tehran radio also reported seven executions at dawn today for treason and corruption but Aid not say whether they were connected with the abortive July coup With the pitched struggle between moderates and fundamentalists over who favors quick settlement of the hostage issue threatened to shatter Iran's leadership into openly hostile factions Rajai went before the fundamentalist-dominated Parliament Tuesday and warned if Bani-Sadr continued attacking Rajai's hard-line Cabinet nominees in public "we will never sit at the same table together" The prime minister accused Bani-Sadr of weakening the position of the By United Press International The Iranian Parliament gave an overwhelming vote of confidence today to Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai who publicly spurned an appeal from Secretary of State Edmund Muskie to talk about release of the American hostages Tehran Radio said the Islamic Assembly after debating the gram of government during its open session today gave a si.