Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 1

If' 5 Kenosha Wisconsin Wednesday November 8 1972 15c a Copy Home Delivered 65c Weekly 0 wrr UiDoe M2MJU (sim WASHINGTON (UPI) -Burying George McGovern under an avalanche of votes President Nixon Tuesday won a' historic second term victory But his personal triumph was marred by continued Democratic domination of Congress and the statehouses victory gave him freedom to pursue his cherished foreign policy goals and shattered the national Democratic reform leadership But the bemocrats will be in a position ty block or overhaul his domestic proposals For the Chief Executive the race of his 26-year old political career was his greatest triumph a personal victory of nearly unprecedented dimensions Nixon crushed McGovern the 50-year-old South Dakota senator in every part of the country losing only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia Coattails Not Enough But the strategy that produced the landslide also virtually President Richard Nixon Democrats keep their control of Congress ignored GOP Senate House and gubernatorial candidates And the presidential Coattails were not enough The Republicans failed to gain control of eitherB the Senate or the House which have not been in GOP hands since 1954 Instead of picking up the five Senate seats they needed for control the Republicans lost two leaving the Democrats in control 57 to 43 In the House the Republicans made some gains perhaps as many as a dozen' seats but fell far short of the needed 39 At the statehouse level Republicans lost a seat leaving the party division 31 Democrats and 19 Republicans The Senate Republican leadership waf hardest hit by the election Sen Margaret Chase Smith of Maine chairman of the GOP Conference was defeated by Rep William Hathaway Sen Gordon Allott of Colorado was ousted by Floyd Haskell Other senators who were beaten included Sen Jack Miller R-Iowa defeated by Richard Clark Sen Caleb Boggs R-Del ousted by 29-year-old Joseph Biden and Sen William 'Spong D-Va defeated by Rep William Scott Speaks to the Nation With victory assured early election night Nixon spoke to the nation from his Oval Office in the White House and urged Americans to together to achieve our common i in Latest totals Nixon (Republican) 44824744 61 pet McGovern (Democrat) 27919012 38 pet Schmitz (American) 1 1028425 01 pet Spock 72249 00 pet the seats they needed to take charge With some races not finally settled it appeared the makeup of the 93rd Congress convening Jan 3 will be: 57 Democrats 43 Republicans (Currently 55-45) Galifianakis who beat incumbent Sen Everett Jordan in the Democratic primary lost a close one to conservative Republican broadcaster Jesse A Helms All House leaders of both parties were re-elected including Rep Hale Boggs of Louisiana the Democratic leader who has been missing on an Alaskan campaign plane trip sine? Oct 16 with Alaska Rep Nick Begich Begich also was (UPI) a flood of Republican presidential ballots Democrats early today nailed down continued firm control of Congress President Nixon who hid hoped that voters in handing WASHINGTON Fighting off him a historic endorsement would slap a GOP label on the Senate and possibly also the House instead saw four of his Senate stalwarts turned out and the Democratic ma-jority strengthened In voting Republicans made gains in the House but also took losses with a net pickup of only 25 per cent of In Kentucky and South Dakota where Republican Senators were retiring electors ignored pleas and replaced them with Democrats On the other side of the and here presidential coattails apparently Virginians retired moderate Democratic Sen William Spong and voted in conservative Republican Rep William Scott Senate seats being vacated by Democrats from Oklahoma and New Mexico were filled by Republicans Ex-Gov Dewey Bartlett and Albuquerque lawyer Pete Domenici And in North Carolina Rep Nick iff BenjaminHarbach even year1 veteran of the de- partment Polansky went on to easily despite a -strong win Vice President Spiro Agnew 4 contested county posts to Democrats Hous 243 Democrats 192 Republicans (Currently 256-179) Fickle voters in Colorado Maine Iowa and Delaware while voting overwhelmingly to give Nixon another four years refused to give another six to Republican Sens Gordon Allott Margaret Chase Smith Jack Miller and Caleb Boggs over GOP challengers Schroe- der had the closest race'' win- A (lAW i ning bv a 2387 vote margn over Republican Robert Baker List Atty Schroeder 26 has held bis post since Aug 17 as a result of a gubernatorial ap-poihtjnent He was put' on the Democratic ticket after the primary and went on to wage a strong campaign when an assistant in his office and a well-known local name in the judiciary Baker 41 got on the Republican ticket Unofficial results of the DA race: great goals of peace at home and peace for all nations in the world and for that new progress and are on the eve of what could be the greatest generation of peace that man has ever he added shortly after McGovern had sent a telegram of concession to the White House In Sioux Falls SD a gaunt and furrowed McGovern told his followers that hurts to but added: can be no question that we pushed this country irt the direction of peace-and I think each of us prefers the title of peacemaker to any other title in the Pledges Support Although McGovern pledged his support to Nixon he told his followers do not rally to the support Of policies that -we deplore But we do love this country and we will continue to beckon it to a higher defeat was the worst suffered by a Democratic candidate and the third worst in history Only John Quincy Adams in 1820 and Alf Landon 1936 fared more poorly -The second worst showing by a Democrat was Gen George 21 electoral votes against Abraham Lincoln in 1864 The great Democratic first forged by Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 and a principal key to the successes collapsed in face of the Nixon steamroller McGovern was deserted by the urban dwellers the blue collar workers the aged and the Catholics Only the lowest income voters the blacks and Jews remained true to the coalition The big traditional Democratic failed to deliver At best they gave McGovern only fractional leads not enough to offset Republican votes elsewhere Drawing virtually all of George 1968 vote Nixon marched through the South like Sherman sweeping the 11 states of the Old Confederacy Even Arkansas which had never voted Republican since Reconstruction ended fell into column Nixon takes state others not helped Democrats on the Courthouse level survived the Nixon land- 4m nnwf a fii hUaha maIaimIma slide in perfect shape retaining all four contested posts despite some strong campaigning by three Republicans and an Independent incumbent lost his post County Treasurer Walter Anderson Anderson lost' his Democratic primary race then entered as an Independent but lost Tuesday to the regular Democrat Mrs Ruth Radatz by a large margin Voters returned Democratic Sheriff Edwin Polansky Democratic Register of Deeds Wilbur -R Larsen and Democratic Dist Atty Bruce Schroeder Unified School District voters overwhelmingly approved a $975000 renovation of McKinley Junior High School Tuesday The unofficial vote in favor was 19371 with1 8352 opposed School district officials said architectural plans will be started immediately along with plans to float the bond issue Construction of the addition and the remodeling involved could begin by May of June of 1973 with final com- pletion due about mid-1974 Herbert Lepp president of the school board said today he is that the voters passed the and noted that the updated school would give students there the advantages of better facilities rs enjoyed at the other four junior highs this the whole community benefits and at a cost that Courthouse were unopposed i remarkably and were automatically elected Lepp said He thanked the citi- Harbach campaign Unofficial results: Polansky 26335 Harbach 17360 Mrs Radatz won the biggest margin 11032 on the Courthouse level by beating the incumbent Democratic county treasuier Anderson 52 Mrs Radatz 51 is completing nine years City Council and represents the 14th District She will resign her Council post Anderson is out of office after 24 years the longest tenure of any present county official Unofficial results: Radatz 24090 Anderson 13058 Four incumbents' in the 3 of 4 district races to Dems Schroeder 23013 Baker 20626 The register of deeds race was the next closest but still a decisive win Incumbent Democrat Larsen 59 won his seventh term handily over GOP SAIGON (UPI) challenger Gerard Pfarr Jr Minister Tran Van Lam called 43 who was making his first the re-election of President bid for political office after a Nixon today and career as a newsman said it guaranteed an un- Unofficial results: policy on the changed US re-elected If the two are not found soon special elections will be held to replace them and House Democrats will pick a new leader committee which waged a extensive lobbying and educational campaign to pro-jnote the bond issue The last school bonding to pass was in April 1968 when a 12113' to 10061 vote okayed $81 million for Bullen Junior High and Jeffery Elementary construction in the city of Whitewater (Jefferson County) and the towns of Albany and Spring Grove the village of Albany and the city of Brodhead (Green County) The bulk of the district remains the counties of Kenosha Racine Rock and Walworth Aspin 34 a native of Shore-wood in Milwaukee came to the district 3 years ago while he was an assistant professor in economics at Marquette University His home is an apartment in Racine from which he mounted his successful drive against Schadeberg after' his only previous try in 1968 in the state treasurer Democratic primary Aspin ran a saturation campaign probably the most extensive 'and near the top of the most expensive ever made in the district with a' total cost of well over $50000 Stalbaum 61 who is ending 12 years in the Assembly campaigned much more modestly after winning easily in a fourway Republican primary in September Vietnam war are sure we will have a very good friend in the person of President Lam said Larsen 24342 Pfarr 17321 the Sheriff contest one-term incumbent Democrat The Saigon government made p0iansky 51 had opposition no secret of its support for foin a Republican deputy sher- got 23 732 votes Nixon Officials strongly at- tacked Democratic challenger George McGovern because of his criticism of President Nguyen Van Tbieu and his -pledge to withdraw US support immediately if he won the presidency Aspin wins of votes Dorff was Clerk of Robert Hartman Surveyor Robert only Republican MILWAUKEE (UPI) President Nixon swept to a Wisconsin victory for the eighth successive time Tuesday but his coattails long enough to prevent Democrats from grabbing control of the congressional delegation Nixon who had never lost in his previous appearances on a Wisconsin ballot kept his record unblemished by polling 54 per cent of a record vote and easily turning back the challenge of Sen George McGovern of South Dakota Democrats led by Rep David Obey took control of the congressional delegation however for the first time in history smashing victory over Republican Alvin the 68-year-old dean of the congressional delegation gave Democrats five of the nine seats Democrats also gained ground failed to take of the state Senate ami retained control of the Assembly More than 1 8 million persons voted in the state of the 2 8 million eligible despite rain drizzle cold and even snow tong lines formed at many polling places and in Madison McGovern forces unsuccessful went to court in an effort to keep the polls open Despite Jthe heavy turnout Nixon fell short of the 1 05 million votes taken by Lyndon Johnson in the presidential landslide of 1964 His total of 976790 in fact was just the third best in recent state history trailing the 979700 recorded by Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 only losing candidate in state history to poll more than 802099 was John Kennedy when he lost the state to Nixon in 1960 895175 to 830-305 McGovern who used the Wisconsin presidential primary as to Nixon Tuesday County Clerk Edward Wavro got the highest number 32302 Corner Thomas second with 32-253 Circuit Courts got 31607 and Smith the in the group I Congressman Les Aspin Two years ago when Aspin won his first term he set a record by getting almost 61per cent of the vote over four-term Republican Congressman Henry Schadeberg First District boundaries were shifted only slightly this year Added are the 6th Ward second term in Congress his springboard to the Democratic nomination won only seven of the 72 counties He won Ashland Dane Douglas Jackson Milwaukee Portage and Rusk ard piled up heavy margins in the inner city of Milwaukee outpolling Nixon 47217 to 35327 on the south side and 15337 to 5549 in the portions of the north side where the black population is concentrated O'Konski was the only incumbent congressman to lose in Wisconsin and one former Assembly Speaker Harold succeeded another the retiring John in the closest congressional race in the state Froehlich beat the Rev Robert Cornell a Roman Catholic priest by just 4000 votes of almost 200000 cast in the 8th District Incumbent Democrats Clement Zablocki Henry Reuss Les Aspin and Robert Kas-tenmeier and Republicans Vernon Thompson William A Steiger and Glenn Davis all won re-election by fairly easy margins Thomson fought off the most serious challenge that of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire sociology Professor Walter Tho-resen iji the 3rd District He trailed through most of the early counting and then came back strongly on the returns from rural areas to pile up 55 per cent of the vote to 45 per cent for Thoresen Obey scored a surprisingly (Continued on Pkc Three) The Inside Story i Page Amusements Television 17 Area News 5 Classified 131 Dear Abby 12 Dr Joyce Brothers 12 Editorials 4 Family Page J6 Financial News 30 Obituaries 8 21 22 23 24 34 1 Spirts Tbi Lyons Den Activities 13 14 Today's editorial: i A new beginning trict seat Democrat Douglas LaFollette beat down a deter-mined bid by Republican George Anderson to win by a 4441 vote marg 25516 to 21075 LaFollette ended with 54 per cent of the 'vote to 446 per cent A third candidate Chet Hensley on the American Party ticket drew 598 votes Here is the senate unofficial 'cte total Countv LaFollette Anderson Hensley Kenosha 22782 18241 543 Racine 2202 2002 44 Walworth 532 832 11 TOTALS: 25516 21075 598 The 22nd Senate District consists of all of Kenosha County three townships in Racine County (Raymond Yorkville and Dover) and one township in Walworth County (Bloomfield) The 22nd post is held by Democrat Joseph Lourigan 71 who is retiring With the field wide open trad'tional voting patterns held and another Democrat won LaFollette 32 almost won the First District Congressional (Continued on Pin Two) Democrats swept to clear-cut victories in three of the four state Legislative posts and the fourth went handily to a Republican in what has always been a GOP district short there were few real surprises in Legislature races The incumbents past and present won Assembly posts 22nd Senate In the most spirited battle for the 22nd State Senate Dis- Weather Chilly temperatures are expected to prevail in the Kenosha area tonight with things warming up a bit on Thursday Tonight will be partly cloudy and continued cool with a low in the lower Thursday will be mostly cloudy and warmer with a high in the mid to CLOUDY upper Precipitation probabilities areO pef cent tonight and 20 per cent Thursday Temperatures around the city this noon ranged from 41 at Water Pollution Control to 46 downtown American Motors had a 42 degree reading The 60th St fire station reported 43 degrees temperature extremes were 53 and 39 Precipitation measured 18 inch sun will rise at 6:35 am and set at 4:35 pm Bess Truman casts her ballot alone INDEPENDENCE (UPI) -Former First Lady Mrs Bess Truman 87 voted alone Tuesday accompanied to the polls only by Secret Service men and her companion and chauffeur Mike Westwood Former President Harry Truman who remained at home cast an absentee ballot for the first time in a general election Today's quote Friendship is the nearest thing we know to religion God is love and to make religion akin to friendship is simply to give it the highest expression conceivable by man John Ruskin English author Today's chuckle A good executive is judged by the company he keeps solvent Congressman Les Aspin was swept to an unprecedented second term for a Democrat in First Congressional District Tuesday With all of the 223 wards in the District reporting Aspin got 645 per cent of the vote for the biggest margin piled up in modern history He is the first Democrat ever to win a second term in the District Republican challenger Merrill Stalbaum a lame duck Assemblyman from Waterford got 288 per cent of the vote and the third candidate Charles Fortner 37 on the American Party ticket got less than 7 per cent 1 Here is' how the voting went according to complete but unofficial totals: i- County Aspin Stalbaum Fortnler Kenosha 31668 11035 345 Racine 443J3 3433 Rock 34339 12 oS n4 1 12840 66184 1307 Totals: County Kenosha area voters were kinder to the McGovern presidential campaign than many other portions of the country President Nixon carried the county by 4603 votes with an unofficial total of 24044 compared with 19441 for the Democratic challenger McGovern carried 22 of the city's 39 wards but none in the rural area Other presidential totals in the county are John Schmitz American Party 920 Louis Fisher Socialist Labor Party 29 Gus Hall Communist Party 20 Evelyn Reed Socialist Workers Party 14 and Benjamin Spock Peoples Party 61 4 ''V.