3:30 a.m. EDITION C I be LiE 43 ii ai1 3:30 a.m. EDITION Vol. XCV, No. 54 Copyright 1984, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, November 7, 1984 Fifteen Cents Ten Pages v I SCORES LOUSMI LA DSLIDE ICToRY; COUNT LE I AIT fl I I Voter's Choice fails As returns continued to roll in this morning, it appeared that voters had defeated the Voter's Choice proposal, which would have rolled taxes back to 1981 levels and forced tax increases to be approved by the voters. With 30 percent of the precincts statewide reporting, the tally was 589,700 against the proposal and 387,329 in favor. See page 9. Pursell retains seat Rep. Carl Pursell won re-election to his Second Congressional District seat, garnering 22,353 votes in Washtenaw County to 15,351 for challenger Mike McCauley with 40 percent of the precincts reporting. See page 6. Bullard defeats Jensen State Rep. Perry Bullard easily won re-election, defeating perennial can- didate Paul Jensen by a 2-1 margin. With nearly all of the precincts in his 53rd district reporting, Bullard had 16,394 votes to Jensen's 7,587. Jensen said last night he'll run for mayor in April. See page 6. Regent hopefuls await tally Early this morning candidates for University regent were awaiting statewide totals in their race. In Washtenaw County, with 40 percent of the precincts reporting, Democrats Robert Nederlander and Majorie Lansing led with 20,767 and 19,662 votes respectively. Close behind were Republicans Veronica Latta Smith, with 17,133, and Neal Nielsen, with 16,284. See page 7. Prosecutor race runs close Democrat George Sallade and incumbent Republican County Prosecutor William Delhey were too close to call last night, althought it was expected that rural county votes would help Delhey with 40 percent of the precincts reporting. Delhey led with 21,828 to Sallade's 17,490. See page 6. Sheriff yet unknown Incumbent Sheriff Ronald Schebil held the lead last night with 21,639 votes over SalinePolice Chief Jim Douglas' 17,490. Forty percent of the votes had been counted. See page 6. Probate goes to Wood Based on forty percent of the votes, Judith James Wood had captured the probate court judgeship with 19,717 votes to Richard Conlin's 12,112. Supreme Court races Dorothy Comstock Riley and James Brickley held command in leads this morning in their races for the Michigan Supreme Court, while former Sen. Robert Griffin held a slim lead over Patricia Boyle with 25 percent of the vote counted. County offices With forty percent of the precincts counted Democrat James Murray held 19,975 votes in the race for his seat as drain commissioner while Republican challenger Dan Bicknell had 17,228. County treasurer candidate Michael Stimson held 19.565 votes to Kenneth Latta's 17,370. County clerk candidates Susan Greenburg and Robert Harrison were nearly tied with 18,858 votes for Greenburg and 18,707 for Harrison. Helms wins, Ill. unsure North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms retained his controversial place in the Senate, defeating Gov. Jim Hunt in the nation's most expensive Senate cam- paign. In Illinois, Sen. Charles Percy was in a dead heat with challenger Paul Simon. See page 6. Levin gains fast on Lousma advantage By THOMAS HRACH, SEAN JACKSON, and KERY MURAKAMI Republican Jack Lousma held a slim and rapidly shrinking lead last night at press time as late returns from incum- bent Sen. Carl Levin's Detroit strongholds were counted. At 2:11 a.m., Lousma led by 11,164 votes out of more than 2.2 million coun- ted. But most of the precincts in Detroit where Levin is heavily favored, had not been counted. DETROIT'S television stations projected Levin as the winner based on exit polls, but Lousma left for the night without conceding defeat and Levin never claimed victory though his staff was confident. WDIV, WXYZ-TV and WJBK-TV based the projection on a survey of voters leaving the polls during the day. Levin, a 50-year-old Detroit Democrat, had been named as the favorite in pre-election polls. His campaign enjoyed substantially better funding than his opponent's. Both candidates scheduled press con- ferences this morning to officially end the race. With 40 percent of Washtenaw county precincts counted, Levin led Lousma 25,890 votes to 17,713 votes. See LEVIN, Page 6 Mondale, Ferraro concede defeat From AP and UPI President Reagan scored a landslide victory over Walter Mondale last night, taking command in more than enough states to assure his re-election. Mondale conceded defeat, telephoned his congratulations to Reagan and told cheering supporters in St. Paul, Minn., "He has won. We are all Americans; he is our president and we honor him tonight." "TONIGHT WE rejoice in our democracy, we rejoice the freedom of a wonderful people, and we accept their verdict," he said to an audience at the St. Paul Civic Center. "I thank the people of America for hearing my case." The president's victory was convin- cing; he and Vice President George: Bush came close to the 50-state sweep he sought. Mondale and Geraldine: Ferraro won easily in the District of Columbia, and the state of Minnesota. The president got news of his victory. in Los Angeles, where he and his wife watched the returns in a Century Plaza Hotel suite equipped with four television sets. HE TOLD reporters he hoped to par-' ticipate in a summit with the Soviet Union during a second term in office. See REAGAN, Page 9 Daily Photo by MATT PETRIE U.S. Sen. Carl Levin awaits election results while surrounded by optimistic reporters at Cobo Hall in Detroit last night. City defeats free zone proposal By GEORGEA KOVANIS City voters last night rejected a proposal to make Ann Arbor "nuclear free" by a 2-1 margin, according to preliminary results. With about 70 percent of the city's precincts reporting in early this mor- ning, there were about 20,596 'no' votes and 10,958 'yes' votes. IF PASSED the proposal would have prohibited "the design; research; development; testing or production of nuclear weapons; delivery systems for such weapons; command, control, and communication systems for such weapons" within the city limits. Local firms and the University would have been included in the restrictions. "Personally, I'm pleased the faculty won't be subjected to this act if it were implemented," said Alan Price, University assistant vice president for research. "I'm pleased the public has recognized the importance of freedom of inquiry and research," Price said. However, he added, "I don't take any pleasure in seeing these peace activists defeated." "THE ONLY thing we did is to take our message to the voters," said Rick Claussen, the North Hollywood publicist who was hired by Citizens Against Research Bans (CARB) to defeat the proposal. "We said 'read (the proposal) and see for yourself.' And based on these numbers, I'd say they did read it," he said last night at CARB's celebration in the Campus Inn. "That's all campaigns are. There's no magic," he said. "Supporters. of the proposal weren't as happy last night at their headquar- ters on 410 W. Washington. "WE WERE certainly hoping to win but we knew the odds against us were tremendous," said Janis Michael, Campaign for a Nuclear Free Ann Ar- See FREE, Page 9 'U' students vote for Mondale By SUE BARTO President Reagan may have swept the country, but he didn't sweep the University. Of the predominantly student- dominated precincts, 63 percent voted for the Mon- dale/Ferraro team and 37 percent voted for Reagan/Bush. Despite lines of up to two-hours long, the student voter turn-out was "up slightly" from 1980. IN WARD 5, Precinct 1, at the YMCA which attracted mostly students, the Democratic ticket took 79 percent of the vote, and at East Quad and Yost Ice Arena, Mondale took 74 percent. The disappointment of Mondale/Ferraro fans at East Quad became increasingly evident throughout the evening. Chanting "Four more years sucks" and "They're turning the White House into a ranch house," East Quad residents raided candy machines and wore glum faces as they listened to the projections in the main lounge. "OVERALL IT seemed like everybody liked Mondale," said a surprised Dave Reno, an LSA freshman. "But when it came down to one-on-one they liked Reagan better." Long lines at the polls, which caused waits of up to two See 'U', Page 7 ... ........ ..:S..~,.. .......\..............................1. ............................................."" PSN angry with postponed court dates By CHARLES SEWELL The trial of the 11 members of the Progressive Student Network (PSN), arrested last March for blockading a University laboratory, has been post- poned until December. The trial was scheduled to begin tomorrow in 15th District court with Judge S.J. Elden presiding. Last Friday Elden changed the date for the trial because he was ill, according to his secretary. She said he will hear the case in December. DEFENDENT NANCY Aronoff said the 11 protestors were angry. "We really don't have any control of the trial date," she said. This is the second time the trial has been postponed by the court. Shortly before the original date in August Elden postponed the trial because he expected the defense to appeal a court ruling against the defendants' claim that their actions were justified under the inter- national law because they were acting to prevent a crime. Donald Koster, council for the defense, never appealed the ruling but the trial was postponed anyway. Aronoff said the new date, Dec. 20,, was "one of the worst times we could possibly have it." Dec. 20 is one of the last days of the University's fall term final exams. She said the defendants may request a postponement, but ad- ded that they are not hopeful that their request will be granted. See STUDENTS, Page 2 ... J.:...L: L ;; ." ..r .......... " r1...A1"". .""J " "...." .." . . J: .L ..V..rr..... " ..r .."...."........"....".. "...... "" ..."...." ................ ".":::: ... """""" " -. 4""lr. ""JJ "J.. ti ' f'. i i ""1 SV ... J . ...................."..........:.. ". y ...r ......... . .... .' .{... "' ' ..... . . .... { .................. .....". . f ........ . ..................... J ..............................:: J::: ". A...................... ..... :".V :". , 1. / ":Y:ti; .: : "'"'"ti"' ".: "'rS" :" ":::titir '":; "::.' y' -, J ..r 4.. ... r. "} :. J". ""."V.. ". . 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Do students really spend four years here in mad pursuit of upper-middle class- lifestyle and the right to raise 2.3 children and own a Ford Escort? In short, what motivates students these days and why? MSA president Scott Page and Daily Editor-in-Chief Bill Spindle answer these questions and more at Campus Meet the Press today at 4 p.m. Oh yes, it's in the Kuenzel room of the Union. doors. The neighbors, John and Gloria Raith, said the smoke caused them emotional strain, upset stomachs, in- digestion, heartburn, and nausea. Judge William Selbie ruled the smoke was a private nusiance and ordered Coles to cease "emitting and discharging noxious substances ... specifically cigar smoke and odor." to make certain everyone knew that in our household it was only me that was for Mondale," said Patton, a lawyer. When Patton came home the next day, a red, white, and blue tribute to the incumbent chief executive stood in con- trast to this Democratic promotion. Unfazed, he put the hiss- and-hers notices on them. Political differences are nothing new for the Pattons. Since their marriage, Mrs. Patton has always supported Republicans in national races; her husband has remained a Democrat. Those divergences I I I ,l