The Michigan Daily Vol. XCII, No. 60-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, August 12, 1982 Ten Cents Twelve Pages STATE FACES CLASSIC BUSINESS - LABOR CONFRONTATION Headlee, Blanchard contest set From staff and wire reports State voters will face a classic partisan political confrontation this November in the Michigan guber- natorial race. Richard Headlee, surprise winner of Tuesday's Republican primary, is well-known and well-liked in The final results of the 18th District state Senate primary as well as a recap of Tuesday's events at the gubernatorial candidates' election headquarters is featured on Page 3. the Michigan business community, while Democratic winner James Blanchard has from the early stages of the campaign enjoyed the unified support of organized labor. HEADLEE'Svictory was a defeat for the retiring Gov. William Milliken, who has consistently run and won as a GOP moderate. About 25 percent of Michigan's 5.5 million registered voters went to the polls. The governor made no secret of his misgivings dpring an impromptu Capitol news conference, while Headlee admitted he and the governor are not exac- tly blood brothers. While Blanchard has been typed as the union can- didate, it was apparent the four-term congressman will try to avoid being pigeonholed. His first scheduled campaign event was a noon meeting with a blue chip business advisory council. BLANCHARD'S primary victory was decisive and impressive. With 99 percent of all precincts reporting, he had 405,758 votes or 50 percent in a crowded, seven man field. His closest rival, 1978 Democraticnominee William Fitzgerald, was a distant second with 137,491 or 17 percent. Fitzgerald's strategy was to attack Blan- chard from the right as the creation of union "kingmakers." WASHTENAW County voters differed considerably from the rest of the state, giving Ann Arbor state Sen. Edward Pierce a county-wide victory by more than 1,500 votes over Blanchard. Pierce gathered 39 per- cent of the county vote, while Blanchard garnered 30 percent, in an election that only saw 20 percent of the county's registered voters turning out. Headlee's victory was narrow compared to Blan- chard's margin. He garnered 219,737 votes or 34 percent, compared with 194,172 or 30 percent for Brickley. Oakland Coun- ty Prosecutor L. Brooks Patterson was' third and See HEADLEE, Page 3 REPUBLICAN RICHARD Headlee exults yesterday after his narrow gubernatorial primary victory. Ann Arbor I detectives to question suspect in Houston By GEORGE ADAMS Hoping to finally close the files on the 1980 "Sunday morning slasher" mur- ders of three Ann Arbor women, Ann Arbor Police have sent two detectives and the Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney to Houston, Texas to in- terrogate a suspect there. Coral Eugene Watts, a 28-year-old ex- Detroiter who confessed to the slayings of nine Houston women, has offered to help authorities solve as many as 33 un- solved killings stretching from Canada to Texas. According to Maj. Walter Hawkins of the Ann Arbor Police Department, 'Detectives Lt. Dale Heath, Staff Sgt. Paul Bunton, and Washtenaw County Prosecutor William Delhey are in Houston, possibly to offer immunity to all charges stemming from the Ann Ar- bor killings in exchange for information about the deaths. WATTS implicated himself in as many as 22 murders, and had offered to help authorities solve the crimes in ex- change for a plea-bargained 60-year sentence on a burglary charge. Texas State District Judge Doug Shaver yesterday accepted the plea- See LOCAL, Page 2 Doily Photo by MARK GINDIN BABY Lucille, a 65-pound basset hound, is the unofficial mascot of ABC's Wide World of Sports and is widely recognized from her appearances on Olympic game telecasts. Doggone! Baby Lucille's a star By FANNIE WEINSTEIN World of Sports" show. when a friend told him of a sign he "SHE HAS 900 aunts and uncles on seen in a Lake George, New Yoi Recognized by her long, flappy ears ABC alone," he said. supermarket, offeringa basset houn and fine coat of hair, she is anything Although she spends most of the According to Miller, an admitt but a typical female celebrity. But time guarding the network's trucks, basset hound lover from Lake Placi then again, Baby Lucille is a 65-pound Lucille has also appeared in front of the Lucille had already been throug basset hound. camera, he said. several owners. According to her owner Jim Miller, "She's a super dog in the studio," "I took her from rags ... I made he a freelance television production Miller said. "She's very good on famous," he explained. worker, Lucille has become the unof- camera." ficial mascot of the network's "Wide MILLER TEAMED un with Lucille See BABY, Page5 -'d irk d. ed id, lh per 1 11LLiJ14 1 Lt11 l iJY {it/ R i{r[l LY4wlliV