Reagan by From our wire services ‘ | Republican Ronald Reagan wrested the White House from Carter last night in a startling landslide of electoral ■votes that changed the face of American government, a ■'conservative tide giving the GOP its first chance of controlling ;the Senate in 26 years. ; ■: Campaigning on a promise to “Make America great again,” 'the former California governor and movie actor put together a coalition that devastated Democratic strongholds the Northeast, Midwest and Carter’s own South. In the Deep South, Carter won only his native state of ■Georgia as Dixie went Republican from the Virginia to Florida land South Carolina to Texas. With only Alaska, Hawaii and Minnesota still, out, the nation west of the Mississippi River /was Reagan’s.. h At 2:45 a.m. EST, Reagan had won 465 electoral votes to 35 ,Tor Carter. Only 270 were needed for victory. C “l am not frightened by what lies ahead,” Reagan said, ■“and I don’t believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead. Together, we’re going to do what has to be done.. . . We’re going to put America back to work again.” Carter, the first elected incumbent to lose a re-election bid since Herbert Hoover in 1932, conceded the crushing blow .which confounded pollsters predicting a close race only four 'hours after the first polls began to close at 6 p.m. EST. “He graciously offered his cooperation on the transition and I accepted it,” said president-elect Reagan, the conservative Republican who went from Hollywood to two terms as governor of California, and who had sought the presidency twice before. !•: Reagan, 69, will be inaugurated Jan. 20 as the 40th president ,of the United States, and as the oldest man ever to win a first term for president. 1 : As of 2:45 this morning, the national vote for president with 81 percent (144,590 of 178,591) of the precincts reported was: Reagan: 34,962,904 popular votes 51 percent; 465 electoral votes Carter: 28,938,850 popular votes 42 percent; 35 electoral votes. Anderson: 4,376,295 popular voles 6 percent: 0 electoral votes Brother of ceremony ' By I)AVII) MEDZERIAN Daily Collegian Staff Writer About 2,000 people gathered on Old Main lawn yesterday afternoon for a ceremony commemmorating the one year anniversary of-the taking of the American hostages in Iran. ( Guest speaker at the program was ' the Rev. Richard Schaefer, whose brother, Capt. Thomas Schaefer, is 1 among the 52 American captives. ‘ “It’s been a changed life since that day,” Schaefer said. “Many feelings go through your system. “I remember feeling angry with the whole world,” he said. “How could this happen, and why did this happen to my brother? Schaefer said the first letter his family received from his brother • came in April.” ‘Trust God,’ he said, I ‘l’ll beall right.’ ” Since the hostages were taken, Schaefer said the constant pressure .of the situation have caused his . emotions to “yo-yo.” "Hopes dashed into frustration, frustration back to hope,” he said. . Schaefer said the hostages and their families are constantly receiving the moral support of the • American people. “I’ve never encountered it in my life before," he said. “This is the thing I’m so full of pride.about the ordinary John Doe, I the unnamed multitude cares so much,” he said. “What a remarkable . people we have in America today. What pride I have in being able to say I am a part of them and they are a part of me." Although Schaefer said he hopes the hostages will be released soon, he * fears he may be unnecessarily op timistic. “There seems to be light at the end of the tunnel,” he said. Schaefer voiced concern for the Iranian captors and the hostages. '9 “I'm also, concerned about the Iranians don’t ever forget that they . are human beings just like we are,” he said.’.’lt is my constant prayer that peace will come to a very troubled nation, and that peace will come to all of us. “Our prayers and our support can actively assist in bringing out a peaceful solution to a very difficult situation,” he said. After Schaefer’s remarks, the Interservice ROTC Cadets stood at attention while the Old Main flag was taken down and , presented to Schaefer. 0 .Among the students at the ceremony was Andy Feild (7th community development) who said the ceremony was “a show of support for the hostages." But Anne Weidner (lOth-health planning and administration) saw BINDERY yj 202 PATtEE ' hostage speaks at on Old iVlain lawn The Rev. Richard Schaefer, brother of one of the American hostages in Iran, addresses yesterday’s ceremony commemorating the one-year anniversary of Tehran embassy takeover. About 2,000 people attended the ceremony, held on the Old Main lawn. deeper meaning in the ceremony. “I’m here to pay tribute to the Americans in Iran,” she said. “It really is very moving, when you think of people whose lives have been af fected for a year." 4 COPIES Reagan has won 41 states with 465 electoral votes. Carter has won four states and the District of Columbia with 35 electoral votes. Four Democratic senators fell with Carter as Republicans mounted an unexpectedly strong push to take control of the Senate. Democrats limped toward renewed control of the House, but Republicans stood to gain more than 20 seats there. As his electoral vote total soared, Reagan said he certainly had not looked for such a landslide. “Listen, I was happy to get 270,” he said. “That’s what it took to win.” Then, in the hotel ballroom, before his partisans and the television cameras, Reagan said: “There has never been a more humbling moment in my life . . . Even if it had been the cliffhanger we were all expecting, it would have been the same. I consider the trust you have placed in me sacred, and I will do my utmost to justify your faith.” A cliffhanger it was not. Reagan’s margin rivaled history’s great landslides, those of former presidents Richard M. Nixon in 1972, Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. But however extraordinary the magnitude of Reagan’s victory, it was matched by sweeping changes in the Senate. All told, Republicans won or led for eight Senate seats held by Democrats, six of them incumbents. Only one Republican incumbent, Sen. Barry Goidwater, was in a close race, trading leads with Democrat Bill Schulz. GOP challengers ousted Democratic Sens. George McGovern of South Dakota, the party’s 1972 nominee; Birch Bayh of Indiana; Warren G. Magnuson of Washington, the senior member of the Senate; and John Culver of lowa. Sen. Frank Church of Idaho, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, was far behind in his re-election bid. A nine-seat gain would mean Republican control, since Vice President-elect George Bush would have the decisive vote in a 50-50 Senate tie. Republicans also were piling up gains in the House, although not enough to reverse the current 59-seat Democratic margin of control. Rep. John Brademas of Indiana, third in command in the Democratic leadership, lost his seat to Republican John P. Hiler. the! daily v" *' * * Invocations were delivered by the Rev. Quentin Sehaut, the Rev. Carl Derk and Rabbi Jeffrey Eisenstat. The Chapel Choir and the Penn State Blue Band also participated in the ceremony. Continued on Page 20, II a a landsl UPI wirepholo' President Carter conceded the presidency to Itonald Reagan early last night following preliminary returns in a landslide defeat that would see him with only 35 electoral college votes to Reagan’s 4<>2 at 2 a.m. EST. With Carter are his wife, Rosalynn, daughter, Amy, and grandson Jason. Specter beats Flaherty Zimmerman, O'Pake in dose battle From our wire services PHILADELPHIA A long battle for the U.S. Senate concluded with a long election night yesterday as Republican Arlen Specter waited to be sure he had won over Democrat Pete Flaherty before declaring victory. “It’s been a long, tough struggle, but worth every step of the way,” SpOcter told a group of diehard supporters who stayed until 1- this morning before he finally made his victory speech. Flaherty conceded defeat to Specter early this morning, acknowledging his third consecutive loss in a statewide race. Just before addressing about 150 supporters at the Hyatt House hotel in Pittsburgh, Flaherty said he telephoned Specter to congratulate him. “The tide was going the other way tonight. I picked the wrong year, I suppose,” said the Democratic loser in a race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Schweiker. “I wish him every success," said Flaherty, who has not won an election since his second term as Pittsburgh mayor in 1973. In the race that will determine the state’s first elected attorney general, Republican Leßoy Zimmerman edged ahead of Democrat Michael O’Pake last night in a neck-and-neck race. With 82 percent of the vote in, Zim merman held a slim 20,000-vote lead, with 1,078,010 voles or 50 percent com pared to 1,657,977 or 49 percent for O’Pake. State College area turnout high By BETSY LONG Daily Collegian Staff Writer Election officials at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte said long lines of voters were still waiting to vote in State College at 8 last night when the polls were scheduled to close. At 3:30 this morning, only three of eight student-dominated precincts in State College had reported results to the courthouse. “We are a little concerned about it,” Centre County Commissioner John Glatz said. "They have no particular problems up there (State College). I hope they all didn’t go to sleep. Correction It was incorrectly reported in yesterday’s Daily Collegian that the State College Municipal Council voted against making improvements at the intersection of Park Avenue and North Atherton Street. The council voted in favor of turning lanes by a 4-3 vote. Also, Carl B. Fairbanks was in correctly identified in a photo caption as a member of the State College Municipal Council. Fairbanks is the municipal manager. ' O’Pake had built-in advantages of a 700,000 Democratic voter registration edge and name recognition from 12 years in the Legislature. He was also running simultaneously for re-election to the Senate from Berks County, a race he handily won. Zimmerman received support from Gov. Dick Thornburgh, Lt. Gov. William Scranton 111 and former Gov. William Scranton, as well as several key newspaper endorsements. Five days before the election, he released a poll showing him 6 percentage points ahead of his Democratic opponent. Pennsylvania voters decided two years ago that the attorney general the head of the state Justice Department should be elected instead of appointed by the governor. Auditor General Ai Benedict easily won re-election yesterday, leading with 1,714,686 votes, or 50 percent, to state Rep. James Knepper’s 1,6*15,692 or 48 percent,with 85 percent of the vote in. Benedict said voters apparently “discounted all of the nasty and distorted allegations made against me.” referring to charges of corruption that surfaced during the campaign. “They accused me of everything but child molesting,” Benedict said. “The Republican organization really keyed on me.” Benedict, a former Erie broadcaster and the highest-ranking Democrat in statewide elective office, showed his strength in the April primary with an “At 8 o’clock they’re supposed to close the doors . . . they should get the lines inside somehow.” Some State College residents reported hour-long waits for the polling booth, but there was no report of voters being turned away. Voting in Centre County is done by paper ballot in all precincts except in Philipsburg, where machines are used. Turnout in the three student dominated precincts was considerably lower than the 81 percent reported countywide. At 3:30 a.m., 75 of 84 county precincts had reported. Precinct East Central 2, between East Beaver Avenue and East Nittaney Avenue, reported 58 percent of 894 registered voters turning out. East Central 3, between East Nittanv Avenue and East Hamilton Avenue, reported 67 percent of 885 voters turning out. In precinct East 2, east of the in tersection of University Drive and East College Avenue, 62 percent of 1,118 voters turned out. Voters in the three reporting student dominated precincts favored President Carter over Ronald Reagan. In East Central 2, Carter received 207 votes, Wednesday Nov. 5, 1980 Vol. 81, N 0.73 20 pages University Park, Pa. 16802 Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University overwhelming victory over slate. Sen. Franklin Kury. Knepper contended throughout the campaign that Benedict's oil ice was corrupt and should be investigated by the statewide grand jury. He also said Benedict received large campaign contributions from workers in his oil ice and people named in the state Crime Commission report. Knepper told the media he turned damaging information over to the grand jury, but refused several times to back up his allegations with specifics. Democratic State Treasurer Robert E. Casey held the lead last night over state Sen. Budd Dwyer, his Republican challenger. Casey was leading Dwyer by 4 per centage points and 96,646 votes with 72 percent of the vole reported. Casey hud 1,482,5:16 votes, 51 percent, to 1.885,890 votes, or 47 percent, for Dwyer. During the campaign, Dwyer con tended that Casey rode to victory in 1976 because voters thought he was Robert P. Casey, a popular former auditor general. The Republican challenger said voters felt "used and indignant” when they realized they had voted for a different man four years ago. The third-term Meadville senator also accused Casey of being “caretaker” treasurer, more interested in attending conventions than in investing state money wisely. while Reagan had 174 and independent John B. Anderson received 128. In East Central 8, Carter received 244 votes as opposed to Reagan's 198. An derson received 145. In East 2, voters again favored Carter. He received 284 votes to Reagan's 214 and Anderson’s 189. Overall in the three reporting precincts. Carter received 785 votes, Reagan 531, and Anderson 457. Voters were divided in the race for U.S. Senate. Combined voting of the three precincts showed 870 votes for Democrat Pete Flaherty and 806 for Republican Arlen Specter. Glatz said the county could not even contact those precincts still counting ballots in State College because many are in places without telephones. Considerable cloudiness, windy and colder today with sprinkles or flurries likely and a high of 44. Mostly cloudy, continued breezy and cold tonight with a low of 27. A'mixture of clouds and sun shine tomorrwo with a chilly high of 45. It should be mostly cloudy on Friday with showers possible by late in the day and a high of 50.' Wind song
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