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e w ; 'l'. Williams, newly-elected Undergraduate day morning. The Williams-Ilickton ticket swept
Student Government president, dodges champagne all voting areas except fraternities in, eletions last
moments after results were announced early Fri- week.
Williams
By MIKE MENTREK
and MARTY SMITH
• Collegian Staff Writers ,
'•• fia . v - eHiCkto will'
be sworn in as 'president and vice
piesident of the Undergraduate Student
Government at tonight's USG Senate
meeting.
Williams polled 2,932 votes in ,last
week's election, while his closest) op
ponents, Rick Glazier and Al! •Liard,
received '1,986 votes. The 1,000-votes
margin was the largest in three years.
Finishing third in the race was Joe
Augustine and Ron Kelley with 385 votes
and finishing fourth were write-in
candidates Sharon Kelly and Audrey
Weinberg with 174 votes.
Williams and Hickton swept all areas
except the fraternities, which they lost
90-83„ mostly, because of the en
dorsement Glazier and Leard received
from the Interfraternity Council.
Their biggest margin of victory came
in the town area, as expected, where
they won by 350 votes.
The announcement came from
Elections Commissioner Randy,
Oppenheimer at 3:30 a.m. Friday to the
crowd that gathered in the HUB
awaiting the outcome.
Emotions ran high with - the an
nouncement of senatorial victories, and
tear-streaked faces were common even
before the final announcement was
made.
With the announcement of the second
place . finishers, Williams' supporters
erupted into celebration, lifting W. T.
onto their shoulders and soaking him
with champagne.
As the announcement was made,
firecrackers exploded, chairs were
thrown and ceiling tiles were torn down.
One Williams supporter shouted, "We
smashed 'em! We smashed 'em!" as the
total vote count was announced.
"This is the happiest moment of my
life," Williams said in his short victory
speech. "The elections are over and we
Syrian troops seize
key Lebanese sites
BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) Leftist
leader Kamal Jumblatt charged
yesterday Syrian army troops have
secretly. infiltrated Lebanon and seized
an oil refinery and several other key
facilities in an effort to cut off supplies to
the leftists and force them to accept a
settlement.
The nation's 27th truce failed to take
hold in the countryside where fighting
claimed 20 dead in the past 24 hours. In
Beirpt, another 28 bodies were found,
including three Christians burned alive
when they tried to smuggle fuel across
Moslem lines to an uptown Christian
,district i witnessess said.
Nearly 200 persons have died in
Lebanon since a 10-day truce supposedly
went into effect Friday, adding to an 11-
month toll of 16,000 dead and more than
33,000 wounded.
Jumblatt charged that many of the
pro-Syrian Saiqa guerrillas in Lebanon
COllo4gian
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won it, but we have a lot of fences to -
mend and it's time to get to work."
- Williams also expressed the hope that
' tlid - other 'candidates Would continue to
work with USG in the 'coming year and
would help him support the students.
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Also on the ballot was a referendum on
faculty unionization, which showed
student reaction was running about 3 to 1
against unionization. Three thousand
nine-hundred and three students voted
against the unionization of the faculty,
while only 1,294 voted in favor of it.
Rick Glazier said that he misjudged
the strength and depth of the' Williams
organization.
"They were better prepared than I
thought they would be," he said. "Their
issues had a lot more student appeal. We
talked over the students' heads," he
said, while Williams and Hickton "ad
dresed themselves to issues students
are familiar with."
Glazier said that he was expecting no
more than a 300-vote margin either way,
and that he was expecting a 50-vote win.
The victory margin was unexpected by
all the candidates, he said.
"The people in my campaign were
fantastic. I'll never be able to repay
them enough," he said. "The experience
was great, but the people made it all
worthwhile."
Joe Augustine said he achieved his
goals.
"People that I didn't talk to personally
got a chance to hear what I had to say. I
hope the president will just take the time
and consider my approaches to the
different problems," he said.
Sharon Kelly was pleased with her
support in the election:
"I think we ran well considering we
were write-in candidates. I'm glad we
ran, because it was good experience and
were actually Syrian army troops in
disguise. They included Saiqa elements
who seized the Zahrani oil refinery at
Sidon 30 miles south of Beirut yesterday,
cutting off the leftists parties' main
source of fuel, Jumblatt said.
"Some sections of the Syrian army
have entered Lebanon as Saiqa forces
without the permission of the Lebanese
government," Jumblatt told reporters
following a meeting with Palestinian
guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat.
"Today we received the news that the
Syrian army has seized some sea ter
minals. Why? Is it to prevent the arrival
of weapons, foodstuffs and fuel?"
Jumblatt said.
Indiscriminate shootings in the capital
threatened parliament's attempts to
convene and meet the leftists' key
demand for extending the truce the
election of a successor to Christian
President Suleiman Frani ieh.
we had a lot of fun doing it," she said.
She also said she wants to continue
working . with USG and the new • ad
ministration ih the coming year.
In the senatorial races, the outcome
was: - •
—Town: Judy Johnson, Scott
McCaffrey, Dave Manly, Susan
Borowsky, Dennis Rupert, Martha
Shostak, Donna' Kabay, William
Finerfrock, James Hoffman, Ronald
Tarquino, Stephen Kochanski, William
Walker, Joe Aloia, Jim Scarantino,
Erwin Moritz, and Michael Tingue.
—East II: Nancy Kent, Linda Williams
—East II: Pam Mayer, Jeff Goldsmith
—East I: Colleen Decourcy, Michael
Bahry
—Centre: Pam Strosser, Daniel Weber
—North: Anthony Floyd, Karen Shano:
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—Fraternities: William T. Heidig,
Jeff Tempest
—Pollock: John McGuigan, Lisa Kino,
Gretchen Ernest
—West: Bernie Campbell, Steve Van
Eck
—South: Thomas Heitzenrater, John
Final voter turnout was 5,984 this year,
as compared to 6,670 last year.
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Truckers strike ends
By United Press International
Thousands of truck drivers put their
rigs back in gear yesterday, ending the
first nationwide Teamsters strike in
history and calming worries about its
economic impact.
"It would seem the majority of the
drivers are back on the road," a
spokesman for Trucking Employers,
Inc. said in Arlington Heights, 111. "But
there are pockets that are still out."
More than half of the 400,000 striking
truckers and dock workers settled
Friday, the second day of the strike, for
a tentative three-year contract calling
for a 30 per cent pay increase and
unlimited cost of living raises.
TEI, the largest employers group,
held out until Saturday before reaching
tentative accord with the final 175,000
Teamsters.
The settlements, mediated in
marathon bargaining by Labor
Secretary W.J. Usery, enabled
President Ford to avoid invoking the
Taft-Hartley Act. Ile law would have
ordered the truckers back to for an 80-
day cooling off period because of the
strike's severe impact on the economy.
During the strike, U.S. automakers
announced plans to lay off nearly 20,000
workers because of parts shortages 'on
assembly lines. Had the strike stretched
Senate race East vs. West
Heinz, S
By the Associated Press
The battle for the Republican
nomination for the U.S. Senate in
Pennsylvania is shaping up as a match
between the East and West. ,
The name of Pittsburgh's H. John
Heinz 111 still has a strong tie to pickles
and ketchup in , the Philadelphia area
despite his 4 1 / 2 years in Congress, and
when Arlen Specter signs in at motels
west of the Susquehanna River it seldom
raises eyebrows.
Specter was district attorney of
Philadelphia for eight years.
They're the front-runners in the race,
According to a recent Republican poll.
Victiii'y or defeat will depend on their
ability to bring out the vote in their home
camps where about half the state's
Republicans are locatql, and in at
tracting support in what appears to be a
political no-mans land between the two
cities.
At last count there were 800,000
registered Republicans in the five
county Philadelphia area, constituting
35 per cent of the 2.3 million Republicans
statewide.
Specter has the endorsement of the
Republican City Committee in
Philadelphia and his exposure as district
attorney gives him good visibility in the
bedroom counties of Bucks,Mont
gomery, Chester and Delaware.
Heinz, heir to the Pittsburgh food
processing fortune that bears his name,
was endorsed by the Republican
machine in Allegheny County. Pitts
burgh is the county seat.
He also has been endorsed by the
neighboring counties of Beaver and
Washington, and is expected to carry the
two other adjoining counties Butler
and Westmoreland.
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late into this week, the auto industry
faced a near total shutdown with some
500,000 workers idled.
Even with the settlement, industry
spokesmen said yesterday that the
strike could have a ripple effect for at
least another week. Some 5,600 workers
will be laid off at least through today at
General Motors' truck and coach plant
in Pontiac, Mich., but other planned
plant closings were canceled with the
settlement.
The Dubuque Packing Co. in Dubuque,
lowa, Sunday called off plans to lay off
2,000 workers this morning. Pickets at
the warehouse that supplies the packing
plant 'had prevented transport of
materials needed for operation.
In eastern lowa, 550 upholsterers who
had refused to cross Teamster picket
lines at Flexsteel Industries, Inc.,
agreed to return to work.
Some over-the-road truckers began
returning to work on Saturday and most
were on the job Sunday, pending a
nationwide ratification vote on the
agreements, Vern Milton, director of the
freight division for the' Western Con
ference Teamsters, said. He said local
drivers would report to work today.
In St. Louis, some of the 6,200 drivers
and dock workers belonging to Team
sters•, Local 600 returned to work
pecter head race
Some 380,000, or 16 per cent, of Penn
sylvania's Republicans, live in the five
county area. Heinz also has the support
of the Republican committees in Fayette
and Union counties, also both in western
Pennsylvania.
In third spot, according to the poll, is
George Packard, former executive
editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin, who
lives in Montgomery County. Voters
were not polled on three other
Republican candidates seeking the
Senate seat. •
A political unknown when he entered
the race last fall, Packard has conducted
a folksy campaign, hiking around the
state in a lumberjack shirt.
He should pick up support in the
hinterlands where his anti-Washington
stance "I'm going to rattle the cages
when , I get to Washington" appears to
have had an - impact, and in the
Philadelphia area where he grew up and
later worked.
The poll, commissioned by the State
Republican Committee and released to a
newsman on March 15, showed Heinz
was favored by 35 per cent of the ran
domly-selected 481 registered
Republicans telephoned between Feb. 13
and 23.
Twenty-seven per cent favored
Specter, 5 per cent Packard, and 33 per
cent were undecided. The margin of
error listed in the poll was about 4 per
cent either way.
The Senate seat being contested
belongs to Minority Leader Hugh Scott,
who at age 77 has announced his
retirement.
The three other Republican can
didates are Francis Worley, a former
state legislator from Adams County;
Mary Foltz, a real estate broker from
Saturday evening.
"We're starting back immediately,"
said local president Theodore Welch.
Commercial Moton Freight Inc., one
of Ohio's larger freight haulers, said it
was "rounding up drivers and they will
be back on the road right away."
Dissident Teamsters said they would
launch a drive to reject the contract.
Kenneth Paff, head of Teamsters for a
Decent Contract, said in Cleveland that
his members would do everything
possible to get the agreement rejected.
But a spokesman for Teamsters Joint
Council 41, representing locals with
150,000 Ohio Teamsters, predicted the
rank-and-file members would back
Teamsters President Frank Fitz
simmons and ratify the agreement.
Usery refused to call the agreement
inflationary, saying only that a quick
settlement was "in the best interests of
the nation, the Teamsters and the in
dustry."
Two representatives from each
Teamsters local more than 750 in all
are scheduled to meet in Arlington
Heights on Wednesday to formally
approve the actions of the Teamsters
negotiators. Then a mail ratification
vote will be supervised by Usery and his
staff. It is expected to take about two
weeks.
the Gettysburg area; and C. Homer
Brown, a retired chemical engineer
from Lafayette Hill in Montgomery
County.
Pnlitical observers consider them
underdogs due to a shortage of money
and fledgling campaign organizations.
Worley, for instance, phoned The
Associated Press on March 24 to talk
about his campaign. Asked how much
money he had raised he replied: "I just
haven't had time to bother with that."
When pressed, he replied: "Around
$l,OOO. And that's the real problem
getting the money to get my message
across." - ' .
In comparison, the ,coffers of
Packard, Specter and Heinz are nearing
the $lOO,OOO mark each. One or more
may have topped that already.
Candidates for federal office must file
campaign expense reports by April 17,
ten days before the primary election and
a final report 30 days after the election.
The sagging economy, unemployment
in particular, is an overriding issue in
the race. The candidates agree jobless
Americans must be put back to work,
and offer plans to do so. They also agree
there's a credibility gap in Washington
that has to be shored up.
Specter is running as a law-and-order
candidate. He claims Washington is
riddled with corruption and predicts
two-bit crooks will be wearing white
collars if the courts don't crack down on
dishonest politicians and businessmen.
Weather
Clearing skies today,•but cool. High 50.
Tonight mostly clear and cool. Low 33.
Tomorrow skies will be partly sunny with
milder temperatures. High 58.
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