I CARTER'S VICTORY See Editorial Page Y 5k I!JUU Di PRESIDENTIAL VOTE TOTALS See Page Seven Latest Deadline in the State l Vol. LXXXVII, No. 49 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, November 4, 1976 Ten Cents Ten Pages I I * - irrouSEE NEwSAMCALL DALY Get the picture? To all fraternities, sororities, clubs, dorm houses, student governments, and the like: To include your organization in the,1977 Michiganen- sian, you must contact Gordon Weider at 764-0561 before Nov. 19. You can include whatever you want on your page, including group picture, can- did shots, and a story. The Ensian will take your group picture for you. Happenings . begin at noon at the Pendleton Room of the Union, where Residential College Prof. Mari- lyn Young discusses "Oral History" ... There is a Hopwood Tea from 3-5 in 1006 Angell Hall . The International Center presents "Working in Ann Arbor: A Program for Foreign Women, at the Madelyn Pound House, 1024 Hill, from 3:30-5 ..Prof. John Peradotto, of the State University of New York at Buffalo, speaks on "Myth and Other Languages, or What the Jabberwocky Did," Angell Hall Aud. A at 4 ... You can attend an all-campus hearing on Athletic Department ticket sales policies at 7 in the MSA chambers, 3909 Michigan Union ... Ken Feit, an "itinerant fool," performs tonight at 8 in the Pendleton Room of the Union. The turnout The political pundits washed out on at least one count yesterday - Americans went to the polls in greater numbers than had been expect- ed. But the turnout was far from a record. As of early yesterday 77,831,251 votes had been cast for President Ford, Jimmy Carter, American In- dependent Lester Maddox and independent Eugene McCarthy. That represented just under 52 per cent of the voting age population. Figures were incomplete in more than half the ,50 states, so the percentage is certain to grow. But compared to other years, the turnout will be paltry. In fact, percentages have declined every election years since 1960. That year, 62.8 per cent of the elig- ible popultion voted. By 1972, the figure had declined to 55.4 per cent. Happy ending Congress' first husband and wife team, Reps. Martha Keys (D-Kan.) and Andrew Jacobs (D- Ind.) were not separated by voters yesterday. Both were returned to Washington in a surprise victory for Keys and an endorsement of sorts for women's rights. Keys drew heat from consti- tuents for divorcing her husband and marrying Jacobs earlier this year. Her opponent, Republi- can Ross Freeman, questioned whether she could give her full loyalty to Kansas with a husband from Indiana. But Jacobs' opponent made no is- sue of the marriage, prompting many women's rights advocates to complain of a double stand- ard. Not so happy ending Congressman Allan Howe (D-Utah), convicted last summer of soliciting sex from decoy pros- titutes, was defeated in his re-election bid yes- terday. Howe, who claims his arrest and convic- tion was the result of a frame-up, had refused repeated party calls for his withdrawal from the campaign. He was beaten by a Republican ,can- didate, who had never sought office before, by 58 to 36 per cent. A Municipal Court jury con- victed Howe last July of soliciting sex from two policewomen posing as prostitutes. Howe insist- ed he had gone to the area to attend a politi- cal rally. And they don't bite A werewolf is an accident of birth, the product of a struggle between God and the devil in cre- ating the earth. A vampire, on the other hand, is an accident of death - a deceased human being whose spirit isn-t at rest because of im- proper burial rites. That's what most of the resi- dents of Transylvania believe today about the legends Hollywood has turned into hairy monsters and blood-sucking sexual marauders. Dr. Harry Senn, who sampled the folklore in Romania re- cently, says Transylvanians regard werewolves and vampires as a fact of life, but that their movie image is "immature." Nevertheless, Senn says he talked to four older persons who told him people they knew had been compelled to run into the forest, strip and turn into wolves befoge" the very eyes of their families. On the inside ... k ..Editorial Page features the Health Service Handbook ... On Arts Page, Andrew Zerman of- fers his perceptions of Musket's newest produc- 1'nnj-w 'ammant AnA Snrts Pae ge rae dwith L tion Pur virt for T and sent trie with the late Pierce or By GEORGE LOBSENZ Long after the last election night celebra- has fizzled out, congressional hopefuls Carl sell and Ed Pierce are still locked in a ial dead heat that may not be resolved two weeks. The combination of an unusually close race errors and delays in the tabulation process t both camps into a tizzy yesterday as they d to piece together reliable figures. TALLIES FLUCTUATED almost by the hour, h both sides giving Pierce the edge early in day, only to give Pursell an uncertain nod r on. Throughout the day, Pursell and Pierce ilans t Pursell? statisticians traded counts, all the while trying to match up with Wayne, Monroe and Washte- naw county clerk totals. As of 5 p.m. yesterday, according to a Daily tally of the unofficial Wayne, Washtenaw and Monroe county clerk office totals, Pierce had 95,359 votes to Pursell's 95,388, a scant mar- gin of 29 votes. However, neither side voiced much confidence in these totals last night as confusion centered on the Wayne and Washtenaw votes. "WE'RE JUST VERY CONFUSED," said Pierce. "We just doi't know anything." "Honest to God, it's just too close to call," See PIERCE, Page 2 'ansi1ton; Pierce Pu rsell Carter vowsW Plainls: Tears, Irngs and : By SAUL PETT AP Special Correspondent PLAINS, Ga.-The last hours were the sweetest. At 3:28 Wednesday morning Mississippi fell into his electoral col'un. The candidate leaped to his feet in his Atlanta hotel spite, clapped his hands and} shouted, "All right!" THE IMPOSSIBLE dream was now a reality. And it was a y Southern state that helped make Jimmy Carter the first presi- dent from the old Confederacy since Reconstruction.: .*.* .. The room erupted Campaign' manager Hamilton Jordan let out a Georgia war whoop and Jimmy Carter hugged and was, hugged, all the while keeping one eye on the television set for the latest returns. Carter had not planned to President-elect Jim See SCENE, Page 7 of a congratulator STATE, COUNTY WRAP-UP: Ford hol e -hearte Is ort First Lady relates concession telegram From Wire Service!Reports President-elect Jimmy 'Carter yesterday accepted hoarse conzratulations from the man he edged out of office Tuesday, and said their staffs are already mak- ing arrangements for the tansition to a Carter White House on January.-'20. The Georgian, his 22-month campaign finally over, said President Ford 'called with congratulations at 11:05 a.m. - more than' an hour before he publicly con- ceded the race. IT WAS IN A "Dear Jimmy" telegram read to a national television audience that Ford promised his "complete and whole- hearted support" to .Carter, the candidate who kept Ford a AP Photo nmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, tell a group of boosters in Plains, Ga. y phone call Carter received from President Ford yesterday. De liiey, Regents triumph half-term, unelected President. By White House accounts, For-d went to bed early yester- day morning without knowing he had been voted out of of- fice. But at an emnptional news con- ference with his family that left Carter sublporters feeling sorrow for the defeated candidate, Ford, still too hoarse to talk, had his wife, Betty, read the concession telegram he sent to the president-elect: "IT IS APPARENT now that. you have won our long and in- tense struggle for the presiden- cy," Ford wrote. 'I congratu- late you on your victory ... "Although' there will continue to be disagreements over the best means to use in pursuing our goals. I want to assure you that you will have my complete and whole-hearted support as you take the oathof office this January," lie wrote. Ms. Ford told reporters that "it has been the greatest honor of my h'irsband's life to have served his fellow Americans during two of the most difficult years in our history." CARTER'S FINAL victory margin was narrow, although the results from two states were still in doubt. With vote totals from nearly all the nation's precincts tallied, it stood like this : Carter, 40,209,092 votes, or 51 per cent. See CARTER, Page 3 o ems *f their. big majorit~y WASHINGTON (M - With nearly complete results being tallied yesterday for U. S. Con- gress and gubernatorial races, the Democratic Party had maintained its majority of 62 senators, made a net gain of one governorship, and was on the verge of increasing their 290-145 margin in the House by two. The nation's voters elected 17 new senators-eight Democrats and nine Republicansb - in Tuesday's election but left President-elect Jimmy Carter's Democrats in overwhelming command. THE NEW Senate will retain its previous political balance, a division that probably will re- sult in eliminating the fierce, running battles between Con- gress and the executive branch 1 that highlighted the Nixon and Ford administrations. See DEMS, Page 3 From staff and wire reports Incumbent Republican Prosecutor William Delhey escapl a strong challenge from Democrat George Steeh in Tuesday's elec- tion, and late returns yesterday confirmed Republican Thomas Minick's overwhelming win over Washtenaw County Sheriff Fred- erick Postill. Meanwhile, returns from across the state ensured re-election for University Regents Gerald Dunn and Robert Nederlander, both Democrats. The Regents defeated Republican hopefuls Earl Gabriel and former state legislator David Upton. STATE SUPREME COURT Chief Justice Thomas Kavanagh, overcoming a snub from the party he still claims allegiance to, was assured election to a second eight-year term on the Michigan Supreme Court. A Second incumbent, Justice 'James Ryan, convincingly de- feated Democratic nominee Charles Kaufman for a two-year term. But Justice Lawrence Lindemer, a former University Regent appointed to the high court last year and nominated to stand for election by the Republican party, was in danger of losing his seat to Democratic nominee Blair Moody in a tight race for the six-year term. Third party candidate Zolton Ferency was a distant third. Democrats were successful in the races for the State Board of Education, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, and the Wayne state University Board of Governors. Newly-elected members of the State Board of Education are Gumecindo Salas, director of minority programs at MSU, and John Watanen, a North6rn Michigan University English professor. That makes a 4-4 Democrat-Republican split on the State Board. Board chairman Blance Martin and Lansing law student Michael Smyrda were elected to the MSU executive body. See 2, Page 2 'President' Carter: U' reacts In praise of old age By LORI GENDELMAN IJniversity students were gen- erally pleased about Jimmy Carter's victory yesterday, and their reasons most often fo- cused on a need for change in government - the Georgian's campaign theme - rather than 'People talked like they really wanted a change in the White House, but I thought they would be too Scredl to vote for it.' maybe now we'll see some posi- tive results." "I'm pleased about the re- suilt," said David Gordon, a sophomore. "I'm against both of them, but Ford got his chance, and he didn't do any- thing with it." Senior Larry Lipsitz said, "I'm very happy because this will change the atmosphere of the executive branch. It's about time we got rid of the rest of the Nixon- people." "PEOPLE TALKED like they See STUDENTS, Page 2 Arb murder suspect in c.i us tod-atg n By JAY LEVIN Ricky Wayne Wilson, prime suspect in the murder last month of University freshwoman Jeannine Boukai. was arraigned yester- By BARBARA ZAHS World - renowned anthropolo- gist Margaret Mead told a pack- ed Hill Auditorium last night that "we have a young popu- lation who can't bear the thought of growing old," and that Americans must change that perception of aging. Mead said children are often unable or unwilling toaccept responsibility for caring for an aged parent. Instead, they sim- ply "stack them (elderly par- ents) up in nursing homes and let them steadily deteriorate." MEAD'S VISIT was sponsor- ed by the Institute of Teaching- Learning Communities (T-LC), UUfh~~U5Ni- ~ -