FIRST EDITION See Editorial Page YI rL ita A& 4kr :43, a t I FIRST EDITION High-0 Low-30 See Today for Details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVIf, No. 48 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, November 3, 1976 Ten Cents Ten Pages Ten Cents Ten Pa nes., 4 Dems hild majority From Wire Service Reports Democrats - easily kept control of the Senate and appeared to be increasing their current 62-38 margin by several seats as returns were tallied for 33 Senate races last night.' The party was also holding on to its two-to-one majority in the U. S. House. Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrested a seat from Republican Conservative James Buckley in a tight Senate race in New York. BUT AT LEAST four other Senate incumbents-Joseph Mon- toya (D-N.M.); Vance Hartke (D-Ind.); J. Glenn Beall (R-ld.) and Bill Brock (R-Tenn.) - were defeated in their bids for re-election. Meanwhile, millionaires John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Pierre duPont (R-Del.) won their races for 'state governors. In Illinois, Republican James "Big Jim" Thompson wasj leading in an important race against Michael Howlett, the Democrat hand-picked for the statehouse by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. MOYNIHAN, who presented a traditional, liberal Demo- cratic case against Buckley's strongly conservative views, piled See DEMS, Page 2 Big states hold key From Wire Service Reports Jimmy Carter held only a paper-thin lead over Ger- ald Ford in popular votes early this morning, but the electoral vote picture made it look like the Georgian was on the verge of realizing his long, tiring quest for the presidency. With 67 per cent of the nation's precincts report- ing, Carter was winning with a 51 per-cent margin and over' 28.2 million votes. Ford, with nearly 26.5 million votes, had 48 per cent and Eugene McCarthy, whq the Democrats feared would spoil the race in some states, had one per cent. CARTER HAD won 18 states, giving him 211 of'the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. He was leading in seven others, which, if carried, would give him 327 electoral votes-and the White Houe. Ford had captured 16 states, with 108 electoral votes, and was leading several others for a tentative to- . _ tal of at least 211 electoral votes. It was a close race throughout the evening and early morning hours, as the pollsters had predicted. AP Photo Reports of heavy voter turnout all across the nation- rally in traditionally good news for Democrats-turned sour later in the day as it was clear Carter had not swept to an early, inevitable victory. FORD CAPTURED the 21 electoral-votes of his home state, Michigan, despite the earliest returns which showed a whopping lead for his challenger. At 1:02 a.m., Ford had 949,349 Michigan votes (50 per cent) and Car- ter had 969,830 (49 per cent). McCarthy was getting the other one per cent, with over 26,000 votes. New York, with its 41 important electoral votes, was shaping up as Carter country, but the White House asked state officials to impound the ballots and voting . machines in the state. Presidential Press Secretary Ron campaign he level of Nessen said a Republican campaign worker in the state ective and informed a senior presidential aide that he had reason to believe it was important to take steps "to ensure the eached its See FORD, Page 3 he Detroit . etailed ac- rital affair an unpaid gle imme- newspaper Page,2 JIMMY CARTER AND GERALD FORD both arrived home yesterday;' Carter waves to neighbors and friends at a Plains, Ga., while Ford and his wife, Betty, greet supporters at the White House. TO REPLACE HART: Riegle trounces From staff reports Doily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS AN EXUBERANT Senator-elect Donald Riegle announces vic- tory ,ver Republican contender Marvin Esch last night at his Cobo Hall.election headquarters. Bullardre-elected Regents uncertain From Wire and Staff Reports Democratic Rep. Perry Bullard handily won re-election last night over Republican challenger John Dietrich. But as of press time, outcomes of other key state races, including those for State Supreme Court and two seats on the University Board of Re- gents, remained very much in doubt. With about a fifth of the vote counted, Bullard leads Dietrich by a margin of 5891 to 3366. BULLARD'S weak opposition allowed him to focus his cam- paign on controversial issues avoided by many other candidates. This was most evident in his avid support of proposal A, which would ban throwaway bottles in Michigan. Dietrich attributed his loss to a late start and a lack of funds. "We didn't really have the money to buy media coverage," said Dietrich, who owns a printing company in Ann Arbor. He had been basing his hopes for election on the premise that the Democrat Donald Riegle eas- ily defeated his Republican op- ponent, Marvin Esch, for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by retiring Sen. Philip Hart, despite a last-minute campaign aimed at destroying his character. With 47 per cent of the votes counted, Riegle -had gained 56 per cent of the vote as against Esch's 44 per cent. AT 11:33 last night, Esch con- ceded defeat, saying: "I'd rath- er lose in a cause that is right than lose in a cause that is wrong." He sent a telegram of congratulations to Riegle. Addressing a crowd of some 500 elated supporters at the Cobo Hall in Detroit, Riegle spoke of "the tremendous re- sponsibility of trying to follow a man like Phil Hart" and promis- ed to be "a fighter in the Sen- ate." Riegle, 38H is a ten-year vet- eran of the House of Represen- tatives. The first seven years he spent as a Republican. The son of a former Republican mayor of Flint,rhe won his seat in Con- gress from a well-entrenched Democratic incumbent at the age of 28. BUT RIEGLE left the GOP in 1973, after dramatically repud- iating the policies of then Presi- dent Richard Nixon and support-. ing the 1972 candidacy of George McGovern. A vehement critic of the Vietnam war, alienated both from the party he left and the one he embraced, he has spent the last three years as a political loner. E-ch, who has also been in the House for 10 years, was de-' scribed by Ralph Nader as "his own man." The 52-year-old Ann Arborite is a moderate Republi- can who has been a plodding but effective legislator. Unlike his flamnboyant opponent, Esch has quietly steered an impressive number of bills through the House. / A University graduate, -Esch also received his doctorate in speech here before moving to' Wayne State University to mach. He served two years as a state Senator before being elected to Congress in 1966. THE RIEGLE-ESCH contest offered Michigan voters a dis- tinct choice between a middle- of-the-road Republican and an aggressively liberal Democrat, and the two candidates found ample opportunity to clash on a ouse race tied ESC wide range of issues. Nevertheless, the quickly decayed to t vicious personal inv wanton innuendo. The mudslinging r lowest point when t News published a d count of an extrama Riegle once had with staff member. Rieg diately blasted the See RIEGLE, P From staff reports Both Republican candidate Carl Pursell and Democrat Ed Pierce sweated it out early this morning as the race for the Second Congressional District seat remained in a dead heat, With 53 per cent of the vote tallied, Pierce just hedged Pur-, sell, exceeding the Republican's 51,575 totalby a mere 400 votes. PURSELL had been leading almost all night as Wayne' County precincts - predomi- nantlv Pursell territory - re- ported in and it was not until the Washtenaw County votes were tallied that the margin eroded. Still, the state senator assumed the countenance of a winner: "I think Ed was just a little too far to the left but he had a better start in the campaign,"' he said. "However,aI did well in the debates and people thought I'd be the most effec- tive." Although optimistic, Pierce- the liberal medical doctor with no legislative experience-ap- peared somewhat uneasy after the early Wayne County re-! turns. "I'M NOT doing tod good," he admitted. "I was expecting' 39 per cent in Wayne County. It looks like I'm only getting 35 per cent." The photo finish for this con- test is a fitting climax for a campaign which was nip - and- tuck to the very end due to the heterogeneous nature of the bat- tle ground. It consisted of ur-. ban and rural districts, blue and white collar constituents and the most densely student- populated sector iry the state. Pursell campaigned on the standard Republican platform, espousing the need for a bal- anced budget and a strong de - fense while Pierce played up his medical background in strong- ly advocating the need for na- tional ' health insurance, and proposed substantial cuts in the See PIERCE, Page 3 ottI( other from Wire Service Reports Proposal.A - the cQntrover- sial ballot issue that would ban throwaway beverage bottles and cans in the state - appeared to have passed by a margin of nearly 2-1 last night, with a vote of 142,866 to 82,082 as of 2 o'clock this morning. Additionally, the other three state-wide ballot propositions were losing overwhelmingly. THE THROWAWAY ban, en- dorsed by Gov. William Milliken Daily Photo by CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL hopeful Ed Pierce man- ages a smile last night even though his race with Republican Carl Pursell was deadlocked most of the night. ban passes; political mood of the student electorate had changed. "Obviously it hasn't," he con- cluded. SAVORING his . victory last night, Bullard called his effort "the best I've done so far." He pointed to his legislative record as the reason for his good showing. Bullard's four years in 'Lan- sing have" been marked by his supnort of the legalization of marijuana and his oonosition to the state nolice's "red sogad." His liberal voting recordq hmve brought one hundred ner cent ratirns from the Puhlic Tnter- est Pes nrch Gr-in i' Mi-m i- gan (PTRGTMv). Arn-,ira"' f-~, inicl easily ousts iC a bent Pos till proposals fail De'morati2 Sheriff Frederick 11-still failed in his bid for re- letine yesterday as Republi- ^ali TomN Minick - a 16-year "eter n of the Ann Arbor po- lice f,)r-e - coasted to a re- 5vvdi' vitory. \Vla lWh 1?, a Repiubli'an was tmii' for the county prosecu- tor post. with 73 of 181 local 'i',e -t 1- renorting. Democrat Sheriff-elect Minick, who sup- l)Orts rejoining the controver- sial Washtenaw Area Narcot- ics Team (WANT), said last nig'ht, "I just feel we've come across in a more honest man- ner to the public (than Postill): "I'm not a politician, I'm the salt-of-the-earth kind of guy." PISTI I., WHO HAD traded then attacked Milliken, and Ain reference to the 1978 Guberna- torial race, threatened to defeat him because he supported Pro- posal A. "I don't think the battle is over," Marshall commented. The state labor group actively opposed the measure. The second proposal, one that would have lowered the age for state legislators from 21 to 18, lost by a surprising 3-1 mar- gin, 50,745 to 161,410. President, and we can get rid of a lying Governor." Proposal D also lost by an overwhelming margin. The measure would have imple- mented a graduated income tax structure in the state, a move supporters said would have made the taxing system more equitable by taxing resi- dents strictly according to their personal income. As of early this morning the measure was losing by a vote of 59.999 to 147,798.