2:30 a.m. edition P MyesEitr Ninety-three Years of Editorial Freedom 4v 2:30 a.m. edition Vol. XCIII. No. 48 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigon-Wednesday, November 3, 1982 Ten Cents Eight Pages IT'S BL CH RD FOR GO' ER OR AS DE. OCR TS SWEEP ST, TE Late results Democrats surge ahead ~ As predicted, Democrats solidified their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives by picking up as many as 31 new seats. In the U.S. Senate, Republicans held their majority, but lost 2 seats to the Democrats. It's governor Blanchard. Despite early returns which showed Republican Richard Headlee leading, Democrat James Blanchard easily won the Michigan governor race. See story, Page 1. Senator Riegle re-elected Democratic Don Riegle was sent back to the Senate for a second term by defeating Republican challenger Phil Ruppe. See story, Page 1. Pursell holds Congressional seat Incumbent Republican Carl Pursell defeated Democrat George Sallade for Michigan's 2nd District seat in Congress. See story, Page 1. State executive offices Democrats maintained control of the state executive of- fices. Democrat Richard Austin defeated Republican Elizabeth Andrus for secretary of state, and Republican L. Brooks Patterson lost his bid to unseat Frank Kelley for Michigan attorney general. Roach, Power hold Regents posts. The tight race for two spots on the Board of Regents ap- pears to have been won by the incumbents.:See story, page 6. Michigan approves freeze proposal Michigan voters joined voters in several states in passing a 'nuclear freeze proposal. See story, page 7. Bullard back to state House Democrat Perry Bullard won his race against Libertarian Jeffery Quick by a wide margin. Pollack takes state Senate seat Democrat Lana Pollack breezed to victory over Republican Roy Smith for the 18th District state Senate race. See story, Page 7. State gets first Dem. in 20 years By BETH ALLEN, NEIL CHASE and GEORGE ADAMS Special to the Daily SOUTHFIELD-Democrat James Blanchard, beating out a late dip in the polls, thoroughly defeated his Republican opposition for governor in yesterday's election, making him the first Democrat to take over the state's top office in 20 years. Although Republican Headlee did not concede defeat until the early morning hours, network projections had Blan- chard winning the race as polls closed at 8 p.m. yesterday. At press time this morning, a CBS poll projected Blanchard winning 55 percent to Headlee's 45 percent. Blanchard's win led the state in a Democratic sweep of both the guber- natorial and senatorial races, and a very strong showing in all the other state races. STEPPING TO the podium in South field's Sheraton Hotel with his wife and family by his side, Blanchard played the winner, thanking his co-workers and supporters. "The final results are not in," Blan- chard said as a nearby band played "Happy Days are Here Again." But it does appear to be a strong statewide victory." The crowd at the hotel cheered wildly as Blanchard's running mate, Lt. Gov. Martha Griffiths and Secretary of State Richard Austin took the stage beside the state's next governor. But they cheered even more when Blanchard spoke. "Our job is to turn a campaign into an effort to revitalize our state's economy and put the people back to work," Blan- shard said. "I am grateful for this op- opportunity to serve." See FIRST, Page 7 Dailv Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS The winning team for governor and it. governor, James Blanchard and Martha Griffiths, grin over election news during a victory party in Southfield. Democrats reap big WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate incumben- ts won re-election in 17 states last night and led in eight more as America's voters elec- ted the new Congress that will decide whether to stay President Reagan's course- or stay his hand - for the next two years. As the votes were counted in off-year elections dominated by the debate over the economy, 11 Democrats and four Republicans won new Senate terms. The GOP picked up a seat in Virginia, but the Democrats knocked off a Republican in- cumbent, Harrison Schmitt, in New Mexico. REPUBLICANS were leading for more than enough Senate seats to renew their con- trol of that chamber in the 98th Congress. Early returns in closely-contested House elections, pointed to a sizable Democratic gain. CBS News projected a Democratic gain of 31 seats, NBC 25, and House Speaker Thomas O'Neill said the voters were sen- ding a message to Reagan: "Set a fair course." But at the White House, Reagan aide James Baker III said "the president is not groaning." O'Neill and other Democratic party chieftains said the results clearly showed the American people were worried about unemployment and Social Security and that they want a change in Reagan's economic policies. AT THE WHITE House, Baker III told reporters that Reagan's "mood is upbeat. He's encouraged by some of the results we've seen so far," particularly in Senate races. "The president is not groaning," Baker said. He reported that Reagan expected Republicans to retain control of the Senate, with a loss of no more than two of the 54 gains seats they took into the balloting. He predic- ted the Republicans would lose 17 to 27 House seats. "THE BOTTOM line is that there's no question but what the president will con- tinue to be able to lead this country effec- tively over the next two years. . . "Baker said. "He may have to compromise some more, but f think we'll still be able to pull this coalition together." At a somber party at GOP headquarters, Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, (R-Mich.) the chair- See DEMS, Page 5 Voters send Riegle back to Senate By SHARON SILBAR and BILL SPINDLE Special to the Daily DETROIT- In what some campaign workers called a referendum on Reaganomics, Michigan voters sent in- cumbent Senator Donald Riegle back to Washington for another six-year term. With 23 percent of the precincts reporting late last night, Riegle, a Democrat, had more than 406,000 votes, or 54 percent, to about 343,000 or 46 percent for Republican challenger Phillip Ruppe. IN HIS concession speech at just after 10 p.m., Ruppe said "just remember that tomorrow is another day. We're going to be back in '84. We're going to be strong, we're going to be tough, and we're going to be winners.' The victory celebration started early for the nearly 450 Riegle campaigners gathered in the Mackinac Ballroom of the West Inn at the Renaissance Center in Detroit. Major exit polls and virtually all the local stations and the major networks had projected Riegle as the winner early in the voting. The crowd of Riegle supporters, which had been quietly See RIEGLE, Page 6 Purse i defeats Sallade or ourt term By JERRY ALIOTTA and PINA SBROCCA Special to the Daily JACKSON - Republican Carl Pursell won a fourth term representing the Ann Arbor area in the U.S. Congress, defeating soundly contender George Sallade and causing some Democrats to worry that the Republicans cannot be defeated in the newly-drawn district. Even as early results were showing the two candidates running neck-and- neck, some Sallade campaign workers were already conceding defeat, poin- ting to redistricting last summer that solidified the Republican's hold n Michigan's second congressional district. See PURSELL, Page 7 Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK Senator Don Riegle and his wife celebrate Riegle's re-election to the U.S. Senate in their Detroit hotel room. ODAY Food for thought-literally T'S FOOD for thought: A Scranton, Iowa grocer is offering customers a 1-percentage-point discount on any item for every "A" their children bring home on report cards. If a customer has three children and all get straight "A's" in five subjects, the customer would get a one-time 15 nrennt discount on groceries. Mark Stimson. been disappointing, although he added he doesn't think the children of Scranton are neglecting their school work. "This will take time to catch on," said Stimson. "And I know a lot of kids haven't gotten their report cards yet." LQ Opossum people F BASIL CLARK runs what he calls the world's ,largest opossum ranch, and says the world would be better off if people were more like his critters-stupid and the spring and turn 'em loose, then round 'em up in the fall. People (who own the land) don't even know they've raised 'em for me," Clark said. He claims that with help, he could round up enough opossums-which raise their young in a pouch-from his "ranch" to produce about 750,000 pounds of meat. bD The Daily almanac Ball would be held in the League for the second year in a row. It had previously been held in the Intramural Building. " 1966-University President Harlan Hatcher called for more cooperation between the United States and Canada in solvipg problems of urban affairs, pollution, and traffic which affect both sides of the border. He made this address before the Canadian-American Seminar in Windsor, which was sponsored by the University of Windsor. l a" I