Shari - 9 , SchWipiker re-elected
PHILADELPHIA AP Democratic Gov. Milton Jerrold
Shapp, riding strong voter support in the big'cities and cutting
deeply intOV)e Republican suburbs and farm counties, was re
elected last night to become the first Pennsylvania governorin
99 years to succeed himself
Shapp's easy,triumph over Republican Drew Lewis, a near
repeat of his 1970 landslide, also appeared to have helped
Democrats in the 25 races for Congress and in the contests for
25 seats in the state senate and 203 in the state house.
Republican U S Sen Richard S. Schweiker survived the
Democratic rout on a massive wave of ballot splitting
defeating the strong challenge of Peter F. Flaherty, the
Democrat is mayor of Pittsburgh.
Flaherty, conceding, congratulated Schweiker "on a very
fine victory" and said it t,k as "a large and deserving one."
Meanwhile Lewis, conceding the victory to Shapp, said
Shapp ran a "tough, hard-hitting campaign" and had "no
regrets
"I may be somewhat disappointed tonight at not being your
governor tomorrow," said Lewis. "But I'm not disappointed in
he political system We still have a job ahead to do. We have a
mayor rebuilding job in the Republican parry. and I'd like to be
a part of that." Lewis said.
With 58 per cent of the 9,618 precincts reported, Shapp had
1.151,517 to 902,231 fortew•is Schw•eiker led Flaherty 1,124,193
to 945,358
Shapp. a tit-year-old millionaire electronics engineer who
made his fortune in cable TV. piled up huge margins in
Philadelphia. Allegheny. Lucerne, Lehigh, Northampton and
Rep. Albert Johnson
Ammerman easy Senate victor
tt JIM KUIINHENN
Collegian Staff Writer
BELLEFONTE—Incumbent Joseph Ammerman,
Democrat from Curwensville, retained, his 34th
District State Senate seat by defeating State College
realtor Alvin Hawbaker by a three-two margin.
The vote should have surprised both candidates. Am
merman could not have anticipated the support he
received in Centre County, Hawbaker's backyard.
Likewise. Hawbaker was disappointed with the over
whelming defeat.
Hawbaker. who felt he was recognized mostly by
State College voters, achieved mediocre results in that
borough. But the final tally in Centre County hurt him
further and he was left to the mercy of the outlying
counties.
Although the margins in State College were close.
Ammerman won 13 of 15 precincts, with one precinct
still unreported at 3:30 a.m. today
At 1 a.m. Ammerman had . amassed about 32,500
votes in the district to about 21,000 for Hawbaker. At
3 . 30 a.m., with 76 of 77 Centre County precincts re-
Dreibelbis
R) LE:111 ROZEN
Collegian Staff Writer
. BELLEFONTE Democratic in
cumbent Galen Dreibelbis won an
easy victory over his Republican op
ponent. John Curtin lll,in his bid for a
third term as representative from the
77th district this morning.
Dreibelbis won by an almost two-to
one margin, pulling votes strongly in
both the district's rural and more ur
ban areas. With returns in from 29 of
30 district precincts, Dreibelbis led in
the unofficial vote 8,4884,697. The of
ficial vote total won't be known for
several weeks. Z>
Dreibelbis said his win showed the
public agreed with his refusal to make
full disclosure of his holdihgs and
the ol
dadylegian
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assets.
Throughout the campaign,
'.Dreibelbis refused to make
disclosure, claiming it was not
required by la and that there must
be a separatioi between 'public and
private life. Cu tin made a full public
disclosure an repeatedly urged
Dreibelbis todo the same.
"Demeaning of . one's character
doesn't carry much weight any
more," Dreibel is said of hig victory,
referring to c arges Curtin made
against him in k connection with his
refusal to make disclosure, including
ads Curtin ran which" read, "Mr.
Dreibelbis: What do you have to
hide'?" 1
Dreibelbis att, ,
tory margin and
Berks and cut sharply into the normally Republican subUrbs
of Delaware, Bucks and Montgomery and in the farming coun
ties like-Lancaster, Cumberland and York.
The governor actually appeared to be heading to victory in
Delaware County, -where a Democratic stal.ewide candidate
has never won in this century, and he also carried with him the
party's congressional candidate to score another:major upset.
Shapp also claimed Democrats had knocked off two other
Republican Congressmen, ance had regained control of, the
state House which they had lost two years in President Nixon's
statewide triumph.
But a Democratic congressman, Frank Clark of western
Pennsylvania's 25th District, was trailing in a close contest in
which he had sought Republican help by endorsing ScMvei
ker's bid for a second six-year term.
Corruption and good government, centering on the lessons of
Watergate, were major political arguments in the sometimes
bitter gubernatorial race, with , Shapp crying "witchhunt!' in
defending his administration against the Lewis attacks.
In the U.S. Senate contest inflation and the cost of cam
paigning Flaherty charged Schweiker outspent him 10 to 1
were the prime issues. -
Helping Schweiker's cause was his endorsement by the
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, and labor worked hard for the sena
tor.
Not since 1875, when Republican John F. Hartranft was elec
ted to a second term, has any governor succeeded himself.
Shapp became the first allowed to try after a 1968 con
stitutional amendment changed the old law.
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ported, Ammerman had 14,656 county votes - to acknowledged Ammerman's re-election, claimed
Hawbaker's 10,454. Watergate was also a factor in his defeat.
Ammerman led in every county and was never in
danger of losing that lead. Hawbaker's chances of But he admitted he had entered the race reluctantly
closing out his opponent backfired,,in light of the sup- and that although surprised at the margin of defeat he
port, or lack of support, he received from. Mifflin and was not surprised at the defeat itself.
Clearfield counties
"I believe we have accomplished much in this cam-
Hawbaker needed that area's votes in order to gain a Paign despite defeat," he said.
fro' thold in all outlying counties. HoViever, he failed to "We strove and succeeded in running the campaign
make i show of strength and subsequently, Am- solely on issues."
Merman established a decisive margin over his op-
lionent. Hawbaker said he will not seek any other public
fice but added he will remain active with the
of-
During their campaigns, both candidates dealt Republican' Party.
similarly with the issues at hand. The results of the
ejection probably had a great deal toZ-do with the Ammerman joined :Dreibelbis, Republican
recognition factor. CongressiOnal winner Albert Johnson, U.S. Senate
Ammerman, a native of Clearfield County, received returnee Richard Schweiker, and Governor Milto n Shapp as &victorious incumbent.
strong support from that county. He also has worked
closely with Galen Dreibelbis, State representative for After his, election was decided, Ammerman was not
the 77th district. A breakdown of the- vote return available for comment.
showed similar support for Dreibelbis and Ammerman I
in that area . .-: Ammerman's re-election places him in his second
!Hawbaker. in a statement made after '
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defeats Curtin 2-1
sbuted his large vic
his strong showing to
Johnson returns to 'House
By STEVE AUERWECK
Collegian Staff Writer
Fighting back the national stigma of
Watergate, Albert Johnson yesterday
won his bid for a sixth tent as U,S.
Congressman from the 23rd District.
The Republican attorney defeated
State College Democrat Yates Mast
58,177 to 50,806 (by an incomplete 1 a.in.
count), taking about 53 per cent of the
vote. This is Johnson's slimmest margin
yet.
Interviewed at 'his home office in
Smethport, Johnson termed the victory
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"wonderful" in light of the nationwide
Democratic landslide, but said he had
been confident he would win.
"I had misgivings, but as I went
through the district, to shopping cent*rs,
street corners and rallies, I. realizid
there was no remonstrance against me;"
he said.
Johnson also. announced that his new
term will include the opeining of a
district office in State College. The issue
of district representation had been a
major angle, of Mast's attack against
Johnson, who currlitly has only the
Smethport office, 110 miles away. .
what he called his "refusal to tell results was Dreibelbis' consistently
political stories. - He said he was higher vote tallies than those of
respected "for telling what I believe." Democratic incumbent Joseph Am-
Curtin said he was "very surprised merman, victor for his second term in
and disappointed" at his loss, the race for the 34th Senatolial
especially by the large margin. He District. For example, in Patton
added that it showed "the way the South One, Dreibelbis received 366
national trend is going." votes to Ammerman's 242 aad in State
"I accept defeat graciously," he College Northeast, Dreibelbis pulled
said. "I am not bitter. I ran the best ; 313 votes in comparison to Am
race I posgibly could and if I had to do I merman's 228.
it all over, I'd do it the same way." The two are closely associated
Did he think that last week's con- ideologically and politically.
troversy over whether or not he owed ' Dreibelbis ,said his campaign
back taxes had hurt him? "Not at organization was able to.reach more
all," Curtin said. "I don't owe any . people than Ammerman's because
back taxes." I the area he represents is smaller. He
"I'll be back," Curtin said when ' said he felt like "the captain of a very
asked about future political plans. well-organized campaign of
One notable figure from the election 1 workers."
Only two governors since Hartranft ever served twice as
chief executive, though not consecutively Democrat Robert
E. Pattison in 1883-87'and 1891-95 and Republican Gifford Pin
chot in 1923-27 and 1931-35.
Shapp is the fourth Democrat to hold the governorship in this
century: Before him were George H. Earle-in 1935-39, George
M. Leader in 1955-59 and David L. Lawrence in 1959-63.
In Philadelphia, the state's biggest city where Democrats
have a 2-to-1 edge, Shapp was headilig.to the biggest majority
ever recorded there over 220,000 Schweiker had held
Flaherty's margin there to under 5,000.
Flaherty's strength was in western,Pennsylvania, where he
was well known, but he failed to get his message across east of
the Alleghenies although he spent nearly two-thirds of his
$150,000 campaign chest there.
In Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, which went heavily
for Shapp, Schweiker beat Flaherty easily apparently
because the folks in the Agnes flood and those who had worked
in the coal mines remembered that the Republican senator
had helped them in their need.
It was a gloomy election day, with scattered rain in most
sections of the state, but it wasn't as. glooniy a turnout as ex
pected. •
Voters came out in respectable numbers, better than 60 per
cent, which was far ahead of the miserable 49 per cent
ominously forecast by the U.S. Census Bureau.
It appeared the electorate, although admittedly turned off
by Watergate snd inflation, may have been galvanized by the
publicity of their alleged disinterest and headed the appeals to
"In view of the clamor for this I'm
going to open another office," Johnson
said. "It's going to cost the taxpayers
about $25,000 a year. I hope it serves a
useful purpose."
Johnson mourned the loss of almost 50
Republican seats in the House, placing
the blame squarely on Watergate.
"It can be traced solely to the so-called
Committee to Re-elect the President anti
the foolish things they did. None of us had
anything to do with it," he said.
He added that without Watergate for
mer ?reSident Nixon's success at
openirh relations with China and
achievig detente with Russia would
have a lowed the GOP to carry the
House.
Johnson said the Democratic sweep
would have bad effects on the country,
but he felt it could have good reper
cussions on his_ own strength in the
House.
"The next Congress will be very
liberal, and the country will regret it," he
warned. "This is not a socialistic coun
try, and it is no good for free enterprise
and national defense."
But, he noted, "I will be almost able
to pick and choose my spots now, with so
many veteran congressmen being
defeated."
Mast won the race in Centre County,
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but was defeated in some of the other
counties which had been considered his
strongest.
In Centre County, with 67 of 76 pre
cincts reporting, Mast led in unofficial
vote totals 11,151 to 10,407. But in Elk and
Clearfield counties, where heavy con
centrations of Democrats and blue-collar
workers indicated Mast strength, John
son was ahead by more than six per cent
of the reported votes.
There was evidence of heavy ticket
splitting in the area, with Democrats
Milton Shapp, Joseph Ammerman and
Galen Dreibelbis taking strong leads
hand-hvhand with Republicans Richard
Schweiker and Johnson. •
Johnson's home county, McKean, gave
him about 55 per cent of the vote.
Mast spent yesterday in last-minute
campaigning in Oil City and could not be
reached for comment last night.
However, his wife, Betty, said he in
tends to return to his post as Penn State's
legal adviser on Monday. Mast has held
that position for the last two 'and one half
years.
The Congressional campaign had been
marked by sharp contrasts, in ideology
and in style.
Johnson is an avowed conservative
who favors a low federal budget and
holding down spending on social
Sen. Joseph Ammerman
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vote led by President Ford.
Shapp, from the beginning, never believed the majority of
the voters wwld desert their ballot box obligations. and he
forecast a 62 tfili6s per cent turnout which may be right on the
button.
The governor said he was able to overcome the apathy "by
pointing out our record" and urging the voters to endorse it
with their votes.
Schweiker. waiting until Flaherty conceded. thanked the
thousaAds of voters across the's - tate for making "political
historklqy giving us this amazing victory."
Flaherty, who has three more years to go in his second term
as mayor, said he plaps to "roll up my sleeves and get back to
work in City Hall" this morning.
- Lewis, though admittedly discouraged after campaigning
for 16 months for Shapp's job, said he planned to stay in
politics and help rebuild the Republican Party. _
"We just didn't get enough votes," Lewis said, summing it
all up.
Pennsylvania is known for its ticket-splitting. '
In 1962, while Republican William W. Scranton was winning
the governorship, voters elected Democrat Joseph S. Clark to
the U.S. Senate in an upset over incumbent James H. Duff.
In 1964 President Johnson won Pennsylvania in a landslide
but Republican U.S. Sen. Hugh Scott survived. And Scott sur
vived in 1970 again when Shapp won for the first time
Clark was upset by Schweiker in 1968 while Hubert Hurd
phrey, the Democratic presidential nominee was defeating
Republican Richard Nixon in the state
programs while maintaining a strong
military.
He holds a powerful position on the
House Banking and Currency Com
mittee, and his campaign received large
contributions from banking interests and
busin&s-executives.
Mast, on the other hand, has pressed
for sharp restrictions on tax exemptions
for the wealthy while raising spending on
social programs to keep money in the
hands of "theJittle guy."
His strongest backing came from
labor, which gave him $6,700 of the ap
proximately $8,500 he took in for the
general election.
Johnson, however, managed to over
come the triple whammy of Watergate,
his persistent support for Nixon and a
drop in GOP registration one of few
such Republicans to survive.
He did it with the help of his experience
and seniority in Congress and large con
tributions from the Republican national
campaign committee, which, along with
other large gifts, gave him a lag-minute
media bliti which included a taped en
dorsement from President Ford and full
page newspaper ads.
And now, safe for another term, John
son is optimistic:
"We went down in '64 and came back,
and I think we can do it again in 1976."
Rep. Galen Dreibelbis
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