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Bulletin Jimmy Carter of Georgia
wrestled the presidency away from
President Ford Wednesday morning
when Mississippi gave him its seven
electoral votes and pushed him over the
necessary : 27o votes.
, WASHINGTON (UPI) Georgia's
Jimmy Carter built a lead over
President Ford in their race for the
~..White House early today but the Out-
Tome hinged on cliffhangers in
California and the industrial Midwest. -
r l Carter swept most of the southern and
'border states and won in the big states of
New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.
But- the' California vote was far froth
counted and the races in the industrial
midwesL— Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin were neck and neck. •
Althotigh , Carter, the 52-year-old
. kirmer Georgia governor, held only a
narrow lead in the': popular vote he
— , moved within 20 electoral votes of
winning the 1976 bicentennial election
and ending eight years' of Republican,
rule. ' ti
. Republican candidate Gerald Ford
kid a Substantial lead over Democrat
:urainy Carter in , the race for the
,''presidency 'in Centre County, despite 10
key State College precincts
. not report
ing, as of 2 a.m. today. • •
With Ia of 80 precincts, having
reported, a breakdown of the count
shows Ford carrying 45 precincts to
'Unofficial
21.
77 Unofficial voter count in the county
• .has 12,384 votes for Carter and 15,278 for
Ford.
Near midnight, James Baker, Ford's
-Heinz
,'.. PHILADELPHIA (AP) Republican '
John Heinz, rode a massive vote cpunt
from. his Democratic ' 'home - base
•'s4.li3terday into the U.S. Senate seat
vacated by a man he once worked for,
Hugh Scott.
The man he beat, 'William Green of
_Philadelphia, complained to the end that
he was beaten by money; not the man.
"Itwas a little like taking on a bazooka
',.with a baseball bat,!' Green said.
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WASHINGTON (UPI) Democrats swept
, %
.t. ontrol of the House and Senate yesterday,
extending their 24-year domhiation of Congress.
Leading the Democratic parade was Daniel P
Moynihan, the former U.N. ambassador, who
defeated Sen. James L. Buckley in New York;
Rep. Paul Sarbanes, who ousted Sen. J. Glenn
Beall in Maryland, and former state Democratic
7.'chairman James Sassei., who'beat Sen. William
Brock, R-Tenn.
Democrati also, won the traditiOnallY
Republican seat in Nebraska, where the in-
cumbent was not running. ' „
But the big Democratic bulge came from the
re-election of a troop of warhorses names like
Edward, Kennedy of Massachusetts; Edmund
Muskie of Maine, Hubert Humphrey of Min
nesota, John Stennis of Mississippi and Henry
Jackson of Washington.
Republicans also scored four gains ousting
Decisions, decisions
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campaign ' manager, gave a • grim
assessment 6f Ford's chances but held
out hope that, theyresident could stage a
comeback. 1
The failure to crack through Carter's
native South with the exception of
Virginia increased the pressure of
Ford to win in the industri4l north,
Baker said.- , -
The 1:09 a.m. EST national vote for
President with 68 per cent' 121,057 out of
178,159 of the precincts reported.
Popular Vote; Pet: ,
Carter: 28,444,159; 51 per cent
Ford: 26,754,707; 48 per cent
McCarthy: 429,732; 1 per cent
Maddox: 114,135; 0 per cent .
Carter had won 20 states with 250
`electoral votes, and was leading in 3
states with 43 electoral votes. '
Ford ' had, won 15 states with 105
electoral votes; and was leading in, 13
states with 140 electoral votes.
• Carter's victories in New York,
Pennsylvania and Texas narrowed
FOrd's , hopes of staging the most
remarkable 'eomeback in presidential
politics ""since Haril Truman beat
Thomas E. Dewey in 1948. ".
• After trailing all night, the Georgian '
finally moved ahead in the Empire State
by a' slim margin. .. .
New York state GOP •chairman
Richard Rosenbahm late last night
asked for it court order to impound all
voting machines in New York, saying he
had received allegations of tampering in
some districts.) .
State Attorney General Louis
Lefkowitz asked city Police Com-
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In Centre County: Republicans won
the major plate races. With 60 Out of 80
precincts reported, ' Republican John
Ileinz had 13;396 votes in the U.S. Senate
race to, Democratic challenger William
Green's 11.102; Republican Pat Gleason
, hud',112,908 votes to Al- Bengdict's . lo.7lo
'for the' office of state audi t or general;
and in the race for state .Creasurer,
Patricia Crawford had 12,083 'votes to
•RobertE. Casey's 11,840.,„ :
Sens. Vance Hartke in : Indiana and Joseph W.Va., who are batting for majority leader faced
Montoya in New 'Mexico, and picking up almOst no opposition. Rep. Thomas P. O'Neill,
previously Democratic Senate seats in Rhode D-Mass., likely to be the new speaker, won by a
Island and Missouri where incumbents were not landslide, as did Judiciary Committee chairman
running. Peter Rodiiii), D-N.J., and John Anderson, R-111.,
..
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While there were eight turnovers in the Senate third-ranking Republican in the House.
—'and the promise of more as the returns rolled The big 92-member freshman class from 1974
in the picture in the House of Representatives showed no casulties in early . returns, and
remained static. In the first 200 House races likewise black and women members were
called, just three seats changed hands = all winning re-election.
Deinocrati losing to Republicans.
, .
'Democrats will hold a majority in the House of
the 95th Congress much like their present 290-145
edge. •
Among the House winners were the only
husband and wife team' in Congress Rep.
Andrew Jacobs, D-Ind., and Rep. Martha Keys,
D-Kan.
The men who will run the new Congress won
easily. Humphrey, and Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-
control .CorligresS:
The State College area reflected a national trend yesterday with a heavy voter '
turnout. At right. Doug Borie (Ist-science) turns in his ballot at Wagner Building.
At left, other students vote after waiting in long lines in some polling places.
election
missioner Michael Codd to impound all
machines. .
. Waiting at the White House for the
outcome, Ford, the first nonelected
president in U.S. history and seeking.a
full four-year term in his own right, was
described as confident of pulling 'off a
modern political miracle.
' White House press secretary , Ron
Nessen said "The mood is good, con
fident" and added the election was going
as planned. He said, "We haven't lost
any states we expected to win."
, Carter, surrounded by his family at his
Atlanta headquarters, also was waiting
for the outcome of his 22-month, 500,000-
mile quest for the presidency which
brought him from near political ob
scurity. ' .
Jody Powell, Carter's preis'secretary,,
said the election was going "pretty much
as . we expected. We feel cautiously
optimistic at this point."
Democratic vice presidential can
didate Walter Mondale, the liberal
Minnesota senator, stayed at his home in
Afton. • '
National , Chairman Robert Strauss
reigned over jubilation at party ,
headquarters in Washington. He told
merrymakers "Get ready for a hell of a
celebration. ,
"There have been no surprises so far,"
Strauss said.
"We , haven't lost a single state we
expected to carry and are doing better in
some than we thought we wobld."
Carter cast the 11th ballot of the day
Green had made Heinz'i)t ; • s key win. Maybe we'll wake up in the morning
. nding a " '
campaign issue, saying that •pumping . and find that will be the case," he told
millions of his own. money into the race supporters at a Philadelphia hotel.
meant Heinz was trying to buy his seat. "I told him I didn't think that that
Heinz spent some $2.5 million in the - 10- would be the case."
month race. Green spent less than Heinz told jubilant supporters in
$900,000. ' .; Pittsburgh: "I , just think the effort we
By midnight, Green was beginning to put together was magnificent. We can
realize the loss.show , the people of Pennsylvania we can
,
"My son (11-year-old) Billy .said . do a good job for everyone."
Truman wen t to bed thinking he,didn't Green didn't have the draw of the
Intervals of clouds and sunshine with just a
slight chance of a' brief light shower. High 49.
Partly cloudy, windy, and turning colder tonight
and tomorrow. Low tonight 30 and high
tomorrow 39.
yesterday in Plains, Ga., his home town,
and said he was confident of taking oiler
the White House.
Carter planned a relaxed day at home
with a brief, late afternoon speech to
supporters at the abandoned white
frame railroad depot which served as his
campaign headquarters.
The Democratic nominee returned to
Plains in the pre-dawn hours yesterday
after a hectic final day campaigning in
California and in Ford's own state of
Michigan, the latter a minute drive
to snap up the state's 21 electoral votes.
Ford voted in his home town of Grand
Rapids, Mich., yesterday, kissed an 61d ,
friend,' wept at the dedication of a mural
depicting his life and flew back to
Washington to await the verdict in one of
America's most closely run presidential
elections:
Ford's tears flowed openly at the Kent
County Airport in Grand Rapids where a
goodbye crowd :of 200 watched the
dedication of a wall of murals, showing
high ,points of his career from Eagle
Scout to commander-in-chief. ,
His voice breaking, his efforts failing
to control his deep• emotion, the
President said: "I just can't adequately
express my gratitude for bringing my
'Held this wonderful airport for so many
people to see.
"It expresses our life and our personal
relationship." ' ,
Tears coursed- down his cheeks. His
wife, Betty, joined• him on the podium
and they held hands through the rest of
the ceremony:
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Vol. 77, Number 72 16 pages University Park, Pennsylvania
Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University
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cards that Democratic presidential
hopeful Jimmy Carter pulled: ..
Carter swept through normally
Democratic counties, riding his party's
registration edge to maintain an early
lead over President Ford.
The winner would pick up 27 electoral
votes, one-tenth the number needed to
win nationwide.
There were not state issues, between
Carter and Ford, and those between
Ammerman easy victor
In the wake of
_heavy voter turnout,
Democrat Joseph S. Ammerman soundly
defeated incumbent Albert W. Johnson for
the 23rd Congressional District seat.
With more than 80 per cent of the district's
voting population appearing at the polls,
Ammerman carried a projected 7 of the 11
counties, piling up a more than 14,000-vote
lead after iocomplete tabulations early this
morning.
Ammerman was well ahead of Johnson in
Centre CoUnty with 58 out of the 80 precincts
counted, receiving 14,046 votes to Johnson's
8,202. ,
The victor, a state senator from Cur
wensville, ended seven consecutive terms of
representation by Johnson in Congress.
Johnson was appointed to fill a vacant seat in
the district in 1963.
Wise probable winner
in race with Williams
Collegian Staff Writer
• With 37 precincts in the 77th State .
-Legislative District having reported at 1
a.m. today, Democrat Helen Wise is the
apparent victor in the race for the State
House of Representatives over her
Republican opponent Albert F.
Williams.
The unofficial voter count at 1 a.m.
today had Wise leadingwith 4,088 votes
compared to 3,369 for Williams.
Wise won 12 of 16 precincts that
reported by 1 a.m. She won all four State
College precincts that reported, with 12
remaining to report.
She' is expected to do well in the
remaining State College precincts,
which include all of the campus
precincts.
The other - precincts that reported by 1
a.m. were rural areas, Wise lost four of
these rural precincts by close margins.
They are Union Township, Unionville
Borough, and a precinct each in
Ferguson and Benner Townships.
"I have held my own in rural areas
where my opponent was expected to do
well," Wise told The Daily Collegian in a
telephone interview early this morning.
"I have lost a few precincts, but not by a
lot."
Photos by Jett Pfister
W 202 PAT.TEE
AP Laserphoto
Democrat Jimmy Carter, victor in the campaign to be the 39th holder of the high
est governmental office in the United States, voted yesterday in his home in Plains,
Georgia.
Senate bid
By JEFF HAWKES
She also said she was confident that
Green and Heinz rested more on the men
themselves th - an on the issues.
l'o counter Green's charge of buying
the election, . Heinz said the
Philadelphian was a product of the
Democratic machine, particularly Gov.
Shapp and Philadelphia Mayor Frank
Rizzo.
Green denied that, pointing out that he
unsuccessfully ran against Rizzo in the
1971 mayoralty race.
Johnson won in his home county, McKean,
with 8,334 votes to Ammerman's 8,052. On the
other hand, Ammerman gathered in the
majority of the popular vote in his home
county of Clearfield by a margin of 16,053, to
11,343.
In addition to Johnson's Democratic op
ponent in this Congressional race, the Smeth
port Republican felt pressure from several
political and environmental groups, the most
notable being Environmental Action's Dirty
Dozen Campaign Committee. The non
partisan organization evaluates all members
of Congress , every two years, and chooses 12
congressmen who consistently oppose en
vironmental legislation. Johnson was one of
the 12 chosen because of his supposedly
negative stand toward environmental
legislation.
she will carry the remaining State
College precincts.
She said 'the four precincts she lost
"are areas that tend to be more con
servative" and she speculated that
voters in those precincts may have
preferred voting f6r a man rather than a
woman.
Williams told the Collegian this
morning he had no idea how the State
College precincts, particularly the
student precincts, would go.
"I'm not too sure what we have yet,"
he cited as his reason for not conceding
the race yet. "It's still too early to tell,"
he said.
However, he suggested that the state
going Democratic in the presidential
contest may be a factor that could
determine his chances.
Wise is expected to carry the campus
precincts because of the endorsement
she received from Undergraduate
Student Government President W.T.
Williams and also because she is a
member of the University Board of
Trustees. .
Wise campaigned on a broad platform
appealing to students and faculty in
terests. She called for a state law
requiring minimum standards for
municipal land-use planning.
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