24—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, April 11, 1984
election results
State bond issue gets voters' okay
Centre County voters last night
resoundingly approved a referen
dum proposal for a $l9O million
state bond issue to fund economic
development programs.
With all 85 precincts reporting, 66
percent of the more than 19,000
area voters approved the proposal.
Statewide, voters approved the
measure by an almost 2-1 margin.
With 41 percent of the state's pre
Herman wins 77th District primary
Incumbent Rep. Lynn Herman,
R-Centre County, last night soundly
defeated Norman Domblisky in the
Republican primary for the 77th
Legislative District seat.
About 44 percent of Centre Coun
ty's registered voters turned out for
the primary. Herman received
90.58 percent of the vote with 3,157
votes. Domblisky garnered 9.41
percent with 328 votes.
Early morning election results
from Clearfield County were not
available.
Witmer wins race for 171st district
Charles Witmer last night defeat
ed Dennis Sciabica in the Republi
can primary race for the 171st
district.
In the only contested race in the
district, Witmer received 58.67 per
cent of the vote with 2,512 votes.
Sciabica received 41.32 percent of
the vote with 1,769 votes.
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cincts reporting, 212,733 voters fa
vored the proposal to 124,346 who
opposed it.
The programs that would be
funded through the sale of the
bonds include a $5O million pro
gram to provide loans .or grants to
local economic development agen
cies. The money would be used for
projects such as access roads or
railroad sidings short railroad
Herman called the margin "very
significant," although he was not
surprised at the victory, he said.
"I'm glad that voters in the dis
trict selected me as their Republi
can candidate for the race," he
said.
Herman said he expects to win
the general election in November.
"I'm fairly confident that I'll be
returned to office," Herman said.
Herman's opponents in the No
vember general election will be
Democrat Ira Smades and Consum-
With 55 precincts ' reporting,
Witmer said he was "very nervous
and very excited.", However, he
was unavailable for comment when
final results were tabulated.
Witmer will face Rep. Ruth
Rudy, D-Centre County, in the No
vember general election. Rudy said
she was not surprised at Witmer's
tracks connected with the main
track, which would accommodate
private businesses opening new fa
cilities.
Also tentatively included are $2O
million for encouragement of small
business programs development
through incubator center programs
and a $l5 million program to pro
vide jobs for unemployed youths.
—By Beverly Ivens
er Party candidate Tom Ortenberg.
Philipsburg Mayor Ira Smades,
running unopposed in the Demo
cratic primary, received 2,438
votes. Tom Ortenberg, running
unopposed in the Consumer party
primary, received 16 votes.
Ortenberg said he is in a good
position now because he will face a
Republican who is "not overly pop
ular," and a Democrat "who has a
real severe credibility problem."
—by Beverly Ivens
victory and said she would run, "a
vigorous campaign" for the house
seat. She is confident she will be re
elected, she said.
About 42 percent of Centre Coun
ty Republican voters turned out for
the primary race. Witmer said he
would have liked a higher turn out.
—by Beverly Ivens
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Tanker cars catch fire in N.C.
Cars loaded,with alcohol spread flames in downtown district
By TOM MINEHART
Associated Press Writer
MARSHVILLE, N.C. Tanker
cars loaded with thousands of gallons
of alcohol caught fire after a train
derailment yesterday, spreading
flames through the downtown busi
ness district and forcing more than 2,-
100 people to evacuate.
No deaths or injuries were reported
and the fires were extinguished by
late evening, but evacuees were kept
away from their homes because the
threat of fire flare-ups remained,
authorities said.
Seven cars caught fire, including
four containing 281,000 gallons of
methanol, said Mark Sullivan, a
spokesman for Seaboard Systems in
Jacksonville, Fla. Another car con
tained plastics and two were loaded
with pulpwood.
The fire blazed in the town square
in the early evening, but by 8:55 p.m.
all of the tank cars fires were out and
the possibility of explosion, which had
forced the evacuations earlier, had
been reduced, said Union County Fire
Marshal Kevin Stewart.
By 10:30 p.m., he said, the fire had
been
. put out "for all practical pur
poses."
"Now it's just a matter of recovery
(moving) the methanol onto tanker
trucks. We're out of the doghouse,"
Stewart said.
Moving the remaining methanol
will begin this morning, he said.
Stewart said he and other firefight
ers would be up all night "baby-sit
ting the railroad."
Emergency officials fought the fire
with special foam, and later with
SUITE 250
Gov. Jim Hunt visited the site and
praised the volunteer workers help
ing the evacuees, saying, "I found out
what North Carolinians are made
of."
Water from three fire trucks flowed
through the streets and into storm
drains, and there was a slight odor of
alcohol. Steam and smoke rose from
behind buildings along the track and
a railroad crossing sign lay on its side
amid the bricks and rubble from the
burned buildings.
"We have lost three businesses and
the bank employees lost some cars
and the bank had some damage on
the front," Griffin said. "But there
have been no reports of injuries or
deaths."
The magnitude of the fire increased
and decreased "like a seesaw all day
long," said Stewart, adding that the
rain which fell all day "has been a
blessing."
Fire officials boarded helicopters
and videotaped the scene from the air
every hour to help them plan their
next move.
Smoke from the fire posed no dan
ger in terms of toxic fumes, said Bill
Hodge, regional manager for the
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cars so they could be righted today.
Railroad officials planned to start
recovering the methanol late yester
day, Stewart said.
Officials said the fire had spread
from the tankers to the town hall and
businesses on the town's main street.
Marshville Mayor Bobby Griffin
said it was "a miracle that there were
no injuries or deaths."
Hunt toured the site with Griffin
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However, Hodge said he would
check for stream contamination on
Wednesday.
Griffin said he saw parts of two
burning tankers in a dry cleaning
store and a repair shop 500 yards
from his downtown business before,
he fled.
All 2,107 residents of Marshville
were evacuated to the nearby town of
Wingate, Stewart said. Emergency
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"I heard a boom, a big roaring, and
then it got quiet and I said it must
have been a truck or something,"
said Anne Edwards, one of those
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As many as 500 evacuees will be,
housed in the Forest Hills High School
and New Salem Elementary School,
said Union County officials, with the
remainder of the displaced staying
with friends and family. About 100
people had arrived at the Forest Hills
school by late afternoon.
"All that was running through my
mind was, 'Are my kids all right?'
said James Tillman, 29, who was at
work when the order came to leave
town. His wife and three children
rejoined hiM at the Forest Hills shel
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Sullivan said railway officials did
not know what caused the derail
ment, but said the train had not
struck an automobile, as was first
reported.
He said the 73-car train was carry
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