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WEATHER Cool through Thursday with intermittent rain today becoming mixed with Thursday. Low tonight In THE SALEM NEWS for 79 Yoon A Dopondable Institution Home Edition Sorting Columbiana County And Southorn Mahoning VOL. 276 PHONE 332-4601 SALEM, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, IMS 28 Paget Two Sections 10c cor 4oC City Tax Increase Upheld; Perry Police Levy Loses NIXON DECLARED VICTOR IN PHOTO FINISH School Levy Renewal OK'd Over 2 to 1 LightMunicipalVote Recorded; Township Ballots Set Mark Salem city voters, visiting the polls in surprisingly light numbers Tuesday during a presidential election, upheld the one half per cent income tax increase by a narrow margin of 42 votes and, in conjunction with Perry Township residents, overwhelmingly approved the 2.5-mill school renewal levy. Despite predictions of a record turnout, only 6,289 Salem voters cast ballots. The total is 244 fewer than the 6,533 who voted in the last presidential election in 1964 and 871 under the 7,160 who cast ballots in the record 1960 election.

Perry Township residents, attracted by a 1.5-mill levy for police protection, established a voter record by turning out 1.628 strong to defeat the tax by the slim margin of 11 votes. The township vote surpassed the previous mark of 1.504 set in 1964 by 124 votes and the 1960 count of 1.452 by 176. The city income tax issue was undecided until the final few precincts of the 24 municipal polling places reported. The issue was worded on the ballot so that a vote would have repealed the increase voted by City Council and in effect since July 1. The tabulation was: Last-Minute Win In Illinois Decides Race GOP Candidate Awaits Concession From Humphrey BULLETIN WASHINGTON (APi Republican Richard M.

Nixon was elected 37th President of the United States today, bursting by Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey with narrow windup victories in California, Illinois and Ohio. NIXON HAILS PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY MMMMMMMMNMMMNI mm Yes No 2 in 3,916 Beats Allen By 1,182 Votes Wetzel Gets 10th Term In Columbus The township levy, which would have provided an additional $16,000 yearly to augment police protection, was defeated by the last of the five precincts to report. The count was: For Against 786 797 City and township voters left no doubt about their feelings on the school levy renewal. The tabulation was: State Rep.

Clarence L. (Dutch) Wetzel of Lisbon was returned to his 10th term as Columbiana state representative, receiving an vote margin over his Democratic opponent, Roy Allen of Columbiana. The complete but unofficial returns from the 170 precincts in Tuesday's balloting showed: For Against 5,459 2,231 Wetzel Allen 21,077 19,895 six of nine other sections in the county, including a 335-vote lead in his opponent's hometown. Allen, a printer at the East Liverpool Review and a former newsman, received a 633-vote lead in 49 East Liverpool area precincts, receiving 4,771 votes to 4.038 for Wetzel. In 29 Salem area poUing places, however.

Wetzel had a margin of 617 with 4.082 votes to 3.465 for Allen. In the vote in other areas, Wetzel received 1,952 votes to WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Richard M. Nixon appeared today to have won the White House on the crest of 11th hour victories in California. Illinois and Ohio. Unofficial returns from Illinois at 11:01 a.m.

EST gave the former vice president a victory margin of 111,268 votes in the to push his electoral vote total past the 270 required for victory. California and Ohio were safely in Nixon's column as he built a winning lead over Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey in the sizzling race to become 37th President of the United States. In New York. Nixon stopped short of claiming victory.

He apparently was awaiting a statement of concession from Humphrey. Nixon was reversing his razor-thin loss to John F. Kennedy in 1960 by outscrambling Humphrey. In popular votes Nixon and Humphrey were in a virtual tie. But as the morning wore on.

electoral vote count surged comfortably ahead of Lyndon B. vice president. only it was diminishing to deny Nixon an Electoral College victory and have the House decide the presidency. To accomplish this, Humphrey had to keep i il beneath 270. Nixon, meanwhile, could end it all by taking Illinois or by beating out Humphrey in any one of three other undecid- The township and school levies and the initiative petition to repeal the city income tax increase all needed bare majori- Turn to TAX, Page 8 With the Salem and East Liverpool areas almost cancelling each other out, the veteran Republican legislator, who has served 18 years in House of Representatives, captured Turn to WETZEL.

Page 8 Hay Scores Easily Over Dr. ut her I and Rep. Wayne L. Hays of Flushing, Democrat, will go back to the House of Representativese in 1969 to begin his 11th term from the 18th Congressional District. The veteran legislator scored an easy 33,933 vote victory in general election over his Republican challenger, Dr.

James F. Sutherland, Martins Ferry physician. Complete, unofficial returns from the 644 precincts in the six-county district showed: congressman since 1949. Sutherland, 40. has been engaged in the general practice of medicine for 16 years.

Hays carried every county in the district in overwhelming his Turn to HAYS, Page 8 Columbiana Sewer Bonds Are Defeated COLUMBIANA Voters in Columbiana Tuesday rejected a proposed $500,000 sewer bond issue but approved renewal of a 5.7-mill school levy. The vote on the sewer bonds was: Against For 1309 977 Tabulation on the school levy showed: For Against 1,935 919 Clarence Wetzel Unofficially, this gave the Turn to COLUMBIANA, Page 8 Hays Sutherland 96.727 63,894 Hays, 56, has served as the Wayne L. Alliance Voters Split on Pair Of School Issues Alliance voters approved by an easy margin a $6.6 million bond issue to purchase land, construct and equip a new senior high school building, but said no to a $1.9 million bond issue for construction of a middle school in the Marlington District. The 21-year high school levy calls for an average of 4.9 mills and was approved by 6,485 voters, with 4,665 against. The proposed site of the new school is on Glamorgan formerly owned by the Elks Lodge.

The other area school issue, calling for construction of a building for grades six, seven and eieght on school owned property, was defeated by a total of 2,157 votes for and 2,293 against. That issue, for 20 years, called for an average of 3.6 mills. Longsworth Is Unseated State Senate Contest Is Won by Applegate State Rep. Douglas Applegate of Steubenville. Democrat, was named state senator from tne 30th District in general election, winning by a margin of nearly 5,000 votes over the Republican incumbent, John Longsworth of Salem, who was seeking a second term.

Complete but unofficial returns from the 460 precincts in the five counties showed: Applegate Longsworth 58,221 50,757 Longsworth carried his home county with 22,740 votes to the 17,288 given Applegate, a 40- year-old Steubenville real estate broker who now is serving his mmmm R. MAX GARD CHARLES GAUSE County Commissioners Are Returned BERT A. DAWSON, Jr. New County Engineer Ursu Beaten, 9 Others At Courthouse Are Re elected Nine of 10 incumbents five Democrats and four Republicans were returned to Courthouse posts by Columbiana County voters in the general election Tuesday. County Engineer John Ursu of Jennings Salem, a Democrat asking a second term, was the only incumbent who did not win, according to complete but unofficial returns from the 170 precincts.

Bert A. (Hush) Dawson Jr. of East Liverpool, an engineer at the H. K. Porter and the Republican nominee, was credited with a 111 vote victory over Ursu that may prompt a request for a recount if it stands up in the official canvass.

The returns showed: Sheriff Russell J. VanFossan of East Palestine, Republican, won by a margin of 15.799 over his Democratic opponent, Forrest Young of Salineville RD 2, a constable in Franklin and Wayne Townships and Summitville village marshal. The tabulation showed: ly 10,000 over Mrs. Velma Cope of E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon, Republican, who is a reporter for Lisbon Journal and secretary of the County Fair Board.

The figures showed: Wargo Cope 25,388 15.405 VanFossan Young 28.394 12-595 County Recorder John Wargo of E. Chestnut Lisbon, a Democrat bidding for a second term, won by a margin of near- And County Treasurer Vincent C. Judge of 261 W. Lincoln Way, Lisbon, Democrat, was elected to his seventh term with a resounding victory over Mrs. Vir- Turn to URSU, Page Dawson Ursu 20.691 20.580 The two incumbent county commissioners were returned lor four-year terms.

R. Max Gard of near Lisbon. Democrat, an area historian and antique dealer, and Charles J. Cause of near Guilford Lake. Republican, defeated Galen Greenisen of Depot near Salem, a farmer and former three-term commissioner, Republican.

and Lew Sowards of Lisbon RD 2. a farmer and steelworker who was the other Democratic nominee Gard was named to a third term and Cause was elected to a second term. The holdover commissioner is James Boyd of near East Liverpool, also a Republican. The complete, unofficial returns showed: Voters Approve Consolidation Greenford N. Lima Schools Will Merge Gard Cause Greenisen Sowards 18.861 19,799 18.500 17,053 Clerk of Courts Carl L.

Stacey of Columbiana, Democrat, rolled up a margin of 15,847 in winning a third full term over his GOP opponent. Robert J. Dutcher of Salem RD 3, a machine shop foreman at the E. W. Bliss Co.

in Salem. The complete, unofficial returns showed: Stacey Dutcher 28,199 12,352 Leetonia's Two Levies Are Approved LEETONIA Village voters approved a new 2-mill levy to meet operating expenses and joined with other residents of the exempted village school district in overwhelmingly renewing an 8-mill operating levy. The vote on the village levy was: The proposed South Range Local School District will become a reality as soon as the Mahoning County Board of Education takes official action. Voters in Green Local and North Lima Local school districts approved the consolidation of the two neighboring districts Tuesday, with a total of 1.561 votes cast. Only a major itv was needed for approval.

The total unofficial vote was; For the consolidation 1,016 Against the consolidation 545 Breakdown for the two districts is: Green Local For 391 Against 302 North Lima Local For 625 Against 243 County Levy For Retarded Big Winner Easily the most popular issue on ballot was a two- tentbs of a mill levy for maintenance and operation of the mentally retarded school and workshop near Lisbon, which voters approved by more than 16,000 votes. The vote was: For Against 29,117 12,713 For Against 519 445 The renewal will be in effect for 10 years, beginning with the 1970 tax year. The levy originally was passed by voters in May, 1962, and renewed for five years in 1965. It amounts to two cents on each $100 of valuation. Based on the current valuation, the levy yields about in Precincts and provided the margin of victory Turn to RETARDED.

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by Locust Grove Baptist Church-ad Consolidation would have become effective last July after the Mahoning County Board voted June 27 to merge the two districts, but two days before the 30-day waiting period was up. petitions containing signatures of 755 residents were presented to the board, requesting that the issue be put to the voters. Previously the Green Local Board had voted against the merger, 3-2, while it was given unanimous approval by the North Lima Board. When the county board officially adopts the merger, five members from the two present boards will be selected for the new South Range Local Board of Education. The Winners President Richard M.

Nixon (R) U. S. SENATOR William B. Saxbe (R) CONGRESS (Ohio 18th District) Wayne L. Hays (D) (Ohio 16th District) Frank Bow (R) STATE SENATOR Douglas Applegate (D) STATE REPRESENT.

Clarence L. Wetzel (R) COUNTY ENGINEER Bert A. Dawson, Jr. (R) COMMISSIONERS Charles J. Gause (R) R.

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