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wuv J' 4-r -'T V' 'r tj: I m-Kl 'T'V' j' 7 r-r 7 l- -j- iy v- i i LEWISTON-AUBURN AAAINE WEDNESDAY MORNING' NOVEMBER 8J972- TEN CENTS President Holds: 63 of US Popular Vofe to Defeat McGovern emxsite lEsace NH Senate Governor Races Close By ROBERT MOTTIAM Associated Press Writer MANCHESTER NH (AP) President Nixon carried New Hampshire and its tour electoral votes Tuesday hut he Democratic US Senator Thomas McIntyre won his second hill six-year term through his strength with city voters It was a 2-1 victory Jor the President and as the tplly reached the halfway point McIntyre ran 55 to 45 per cent ahead of the Republican nominee former Gov Wesley Powell The GOP nominee for gover nor Meldrim Thomson built up his lead over his Democratic rival Roger Crowley 44 per cent to 38 per cent with the independent candidate Malcolm McLane scoring 20 per cent of the vote In (the congressional races incumbent Republican Louis Wyman swept to an easy victory over Democrat Chester Mer-row in the 1st District and incumbent James C-Cleveland won by a wide margin in the 2nd District over Democrat Charles Officer McIntyre claimed his victory in a brief talk to supporters and campaign workers here "Somebody- out there thinks I'm doing a good job' he told them McIntyre also congratulated! lis opponent for what he called! restrained campaign" Powell carried the rural SEVERAL GOVERNORSHIPS behind him where voters prac- (AP) Wlraptwt Nixons Display Confidence' President and Mrs Nison arrive Tuesday night Andrews Air Force Base returning from California to Washington to await the results of his bid for re-election at Well-Wishers Greet Hothaway at Headquarters INDIAN PROTESTERS AGREE TO LEAVE GOV'T BUILDING sured narrow Victory ovec Hubert Humphrey four yearg ago and sealsd his trouncing of McGovern was a slate in which the Democratic nominee had concentrated bis campaign Nixon was polling 55 per cent of the vnte there And the pattern was siihilar in other states that topped the McGovern target list: for example Ohio where the President was gaining 60 per cent of tha vote and Pennsylvania where he wai gaining r7 ptr cent In the first race decided Huddleston defeated former Gov Louis Nunn to capture a Kentucky Senate seat -now in GOP' hands even though Nixon easily swept that state's nine electoral votes Repblican Sens ffeward Baker if Tenitessee Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and Clifford Case of New Jersey won re-election as did Democrat Jennings Randolph in West Virginia Republicans were ahead In Senate races for currently Democratic seats in Virginia New Hampshire and Oklahoma but their margins were thin Democratic nominees led-In early returns frogs three itates with Republican seats up for grabs Illinois South Dakota and Delaware Elsewhere Republicans end Democrats were leading for (Senate seats their parties now hold except Louisiana where' an independent was ahead In a race for a Democratic seat In the House it was a standoff neither party had gained seats in the early tabulations and continued Democratic control was a virtual certainty Governors were being elected in 18 states Early returns1 pul slx Democrats and six Republican ahead with no voles tabulated in the other contests Eben is the votes were counted Republicans assembled for their anticipated victory celebration at a' Washington hotel and claimed a sweep of historic proportions Nixon flew back to the White House from California to await the outcome Eighteen governors wera being elected too As always there- were the election day breakdowns Voting machine trouble led to court ordered extension of the polling hours in Butler- County Ohio and Hudson County NJ Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for malfunctions in New Jeersey in heavily Democratic territory The turnout was reported heavy across the nation ln Michigan the polls were kept open an extra two hours to aecomoriate the lines of voters The Nixons voted in San Clemente Calif McGovern wa In Sioux Fails SD after voting a straight Democratic tirke( In his hometown of Mitchell The returns were compiled and distributed by the News Election Service an organization formed eight years ago bv The 1 Associated Press United Press International American Broadcsating Co Columbia Broadcasting System and National Broadrastlng Co i Outside the suotlight of the presidential and congressional rares there were thousands CohertTops Violette for House Seat By DAVE SWEARINGEN Associated Press Writer PORTLAND Maine (AP) William Hathaway a popular four-term Democratic congressman Tuesday pulled a stttnning upset which denied the oniy elected woman senator a fifth term Hathaway 48 was leading 74-year-old Republican Margaret Chase Smith 111945 to 10s 597 with 451 of this largely rural 39 precincts 'reporting The Democrat's surprise victory came as President Nixon swept Maine with a nearly 2-1 Margin over Democratic Sen George McGovern Nixon led 184162 to 79500 also In 481 precincts In the 1st Congressional District Democratic Rep' Peter Kyros easily won a fourth term with a vote of 55912 to 45281 for Robert Porteous Jr with 167 of the district's 249 precincts reporting- Republican William Cohen defeated State Sen Elmer Violette for Hathaway's House sent The vote was 57180 to 52 786 in 294 of 390 precincts Most of- support came Tom the sprawling 2nd District covering some 26000 square miles in central and northern Maine He also found considerable support in usually Republican- rural areas In the 1st District Age and seniority were the key issues as Hathaway waged a vigorous well-financed campaign against the silver-haired Mrs Smith Most voter interest centered on the Smlth-Hathaway race with Mrs Smith conducting her normal low-key frugal campaign pointing to her record and calling for support from Mainers- who know her affectionately as Margaret" She told them her age was no factor pointing to her continued good health But Hathaway is no stranger tp the voters either and he ran an expensive exhausting campaign which took him to every Maine city and town at least twce in a year-long stretch of seeking the Senate seat Violette and Cohen meanwhile stuck to a campaign" with Cohen apparently seeking to ride Nixon's coattails For the Democrats the election was the end of a long- bitter year which saw their native son Sen Edmund Muskie falter when his Democratic presidential hopea Continued on Page I Column 8 In The Sun this morning Amemeate Classified Ads Cemlcs Crossword Editorial Page Obhaaries By WALTER MEARS AP Political Write President Nixon swept to towering re-election Tuesday night burying Democratic challenger George McGovern beneath one of greatest landslides But it was the day of the split ticket and the voters who gave Nixon his "four more years" also guaranteed hq would confront at least twp more yeart of Democratic control in Congress Democrats recaptured control of the Settle And Republican inraods in the House were not apvoaching the massive turnover they needed to take charge there In his hour of triumph Nixon told the nation: "We are on i he eve of what could ''be the greatest generation at true peace-mankind has ever known" And now he said the election over is time to getvon with the great tasks which lik before The greatest landslide in history means nothing unless It is a Victory for all Ameri-rans" the President said in a televised victory statement from the-White House In defeat McGovern urged followers to the role of the loyal opposition" and said there was no question that his campaign had pushed the nation toward peace "I hope that in the next four years you will lead us to a time of peace abroad and justice at home" the Dicmoc-atic challenger who campaigned out at obscurity to nomination and then to crushing defeat wired the President have my foil support in such efforts McGovern acknowledged his loss in Sioux Falls SD and sent his congratulations to Nixon in a 44-word telegram of concession While ticket splitting clearly was massive the nattern was mixed there were ReauMicans who benefited fr im It overwhelming Nixon victory The presidential vote read tnis way with 39 per cent of the nation's precincts counted: Nixon 20551049 or 63 per cent McGovern 11791672 or 26 per cent There were millions of votes to he counted but in that partial tally Nixon surpassed file greatest popular landslide ever recorded the 611 per cent vqte by which former President Lyndon Johnson trounced Republican Barry Goldwater eight years ago Not in -52 years- had Democratic nominee suffered defeat approaching that dealt McGovern "in Senate contests Republicanas had gained two seats in' Virginia and New Mexico Democrats had picked up one in Kentucky Senate (at slaje 33 mifority 51): Republicans won 5 and had 26 holdovers for a total vt 21 Democrats won 2 and had 41 holdovers for a total of 43 Net gain 1 Democrat with 26 race undecided House (435 seats majonly 218)': Republicans- won 65 reals Democrats won 121 seats Net gain 1 Republican with 248 races undecided Governors (50 af ske IS) Republicans Won 1 and had 12 holdovers for a -total -of 13 Democrats won 2 and had 20 holdover for a total of 72 Net gain 0 with 15 races undecided Ironically Illinois whim a -i ticed ticket-splitting to 4 targe degree to endorse Nixon and McIntyre McIntyre a former mayor of Laconia emphasised his independence and downplayed his support of McGovern in his campaign and said a vote for JcPoweU was equal to a vote for conservative 1 newspaper Pub- iisher William Loeh of the Man-chestes Union-Leader McIntyre charged Powell had mortgaged his political future to Loeb to the Loeh sup-' port he feels he must have" Ueob endorsed Powell Powell 57 a former two-term governor who ran unsuccessfully for governor on three other occasions and who has foiled in three previous tries for the Senate said McIntyre had done nothing for the state He said New Hamp-' shire did not need either McGovern or McIntyre whom he linked throughout the campaign Crowley' a former Navy captain said the entry into the race by McLane the mayor of Concord had cut into his vote' getting power Veteran nbsenr-ers in the' state gaid the race Continued on Page Column 5 WASHINGTON (AP) Protesting Indians agreed -Tuesday night to leave the Bureau of Indian Affairs building they held for almost a week after reaching an agreement with government negotiators the White House said The provisions of the agreement were not immediately available but Cheri Phillips of the White House press office Said: "An agreement was -reached and the Indiana should be leaving Wednesday morn' in The meeting with-the Indians had started at around noon Tuesday and went on into the evening hours the White House spokesman said supposed to be negotiating an agreement fpr our departure" from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Building said Hank Adams an Indian lawyer moments before the talks began at noon But Adams cautioned that longstanding Indian grievances as wen as for "provisions for allowing our people to return to our communities" would also he brought up by the Indians The meeting was scheduled after a US District Court or- WASHINGTON (AP) -Democratic governors were reelected in Arkansas and Kansas Tuesday and a new Republican governor in Indiana kept that state in GOP hands Gov Dale Bumpers at Arkansas easily defeated GOP challenger Len Blaylbck and GoV Robert Docking rur-vived President Nixon's sweep of Kansas to win an unprecedented rourth'tarm of the Wd of Republican House Mslority Leader Morris Kay Indiana GOP House Speaker Otis Bowen defeated Democrat Matthew Welsh' a former governor to succeed outgoing 'Republican Gov -Edgar Whitcomb Early returns In other governors' races showed Republicans leading in Delaware Missouri North Dakota and Texas wljere statehouaes were held by Democrats before Tuesdays balloting Democrats were leading in voting toward nossible overturns in Illinois and Vermont Republicans also led in lows New Hampshire and West Virginia where the GOP already held the governorships Demo- Acting on an appeal from the four men the National Labor Relation? Board ordered them reinstated with back pay The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco dis agreed-taying at the time they were fired the workers were not protesting an unfair labor practice but the economic issue of union' organization Federal later laws generally permit an employer to replace workers striking for economic cause but not those who struck in protest of unfair labor practices In overturning the lower court the Supreme-Court said in an opinion written by Justice Potter Stewart that firing a1 crate were leading in North Carolina Rhode Island South Dakota and Utah where their party now holds the ale houses Also electing governors were Montana and Washington Of the 18 governor ships up-for election eight were held by Republicans and 10 by Democrats before Tuesday's balloting Nine of the gubernatorial races were comparatively wide open with the current governors retiring unable to succeed themselves by state law or defeated in the primaries Three of Indiana1 New Hampshire and were held by Republicans The six held hy Democrats were Missouri Montana North Carolina North Dakota Rhode Island and Texas In the nine states where the iincumbents sought reelection five were Republicans and four Democrats The GOP incumbents 'Illinois Iowa Washington and West Virginia The Democrats were in Arkansas Kansas South Dakota and Utah Here is a brief look at each race: Arkansas: Democratic Gov Dale Bumpers eased through his campaign largely ignoring his Republican opponent former state welfare commissioner Len Blaylock Bumpers re tied on his record of building a healthy state financial surplus- Delaware: Both GOP Gov Russell Peterson and Democratic challenger Sherman Tribbitt had their campaign troubles in a close race Peter soii suffered from a fractured state Republican party after defeating Atty Gen David Buckson "in the primary! Tribb itt minority leader of the state House of Representatives and former governor handicapped' by limited finances and an inadequate cam paicn organization Illinois: Republican Gov Richard Ogilvie billed himself a "the governor with guts" foy putting an unpopular state income tax through the legislature Democratic opponent Daniel Walker whn stum HIGH COURT SAYS FIRING OVER A STRIKE ILLEGAL dared the federal government to oust the protesters The ouster was delayed -until 9 pm Wednesday by the US Circuit Court here -The Indians seised control of the building Thursday after coming to Washington to protest government policies Tre Indians coming from all parts of the country described their journey as the Trail of Broken Treaties They strengthened security around the building following the federal court eviction order Windows were taped presumably to prevent shards of glass from flying Iboui If the dows 'were broken and doors were barricaded Unconfirmed rumors also have circulated that the protesters hisve planted explosives or gasoline in the building and plan to destroy it if they are forcibly evicted Asked whetner the rumors were true one Indian replied I know they restricted smoking to the first flow' Scores of furious onlookers Continued on Page 8 Column 2 Vt Elects Democratic Governor MONTPELIER Vt (AP) Thomas' Salmotl a 40-yesr-old lawyer was elected Vermont's second Democratic governor in modern times Tuesday bucking a Republican trend that saw President Nixon and the state's -Republican Congressman win strong victories Salmon who had served in the legislature (or five years but had been out of elective office 'for the past two years beat Luther Hapkett by a margin at about 8 per cent of the vote Incumbent Republican Richard' MaUary the state's only member of the US House easily beat Democrat William Meyer With 82 per cent of the state's vetoing units counted Hackett nad 61187 or 54 per ant to the 50805 for Hackett Nixon had 74450 to 40666 for San George McGovern Mallary led Meyer 74285 to 18664 Neither Nixon tor Sen George'S McGovern made it toi (Continued On Page 9 Col 8) PM to staptn Both Sides Maneuvering in So Viet 1 SAIGON (AP Enemy and allied forces maneuvered- Tuesday with airlifts and ambushes broadcasts battles and bomb strikes while Vietnamese waited for word of peace developments and the US presidential election results Giant military and civilian cargo planes swarmed in and out of Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport continuing what sources said was shaping up as the biggest airlift of the Indochina war The planes delivered more thap 700 tons of parts such as aircraft engines and propellers and support equipment aimed at stocking the South Vietnamese air force for the months after the United States withdraws US B52 bombers and tactical jets struck in all four countries of Indochina in an effort to thwart enemy troop and supply buildup' The Air Force announced the loss of the third 315-million Fill fighter-bomber in less than six weeks The swing-wing Fill went down before dawn Tuesday at an unknown location after starting Its computer-guided low-level run at a target in North Vietnam the US Command said The command also announced that a Navy A7 jet was shot down Monday in the northern- part of North Vietnam's panhandle All three crewmen of the two planes were listed as missing The reports brought the Northern air war toll tq 110 aircraft lost and 129 American fliers killed or captured since the resumption of full-scale raidsUn April The '-Air Force claims -Hie controversial Fill-is the safest plane In its supersonic arsenal Thirteen US jets of other types have been lost over North Vietnam since the Fill started operating from Thailand Sept 28 But fewer than 50 Fill have been flying missions over the North compared to about 600 strike jets at other kinds Hanoi's official news agency complained that US warplanes have been attacking populated areas in the panhandle of North Vietnam Hanoi radio "broadcast its first comment on the presiden- Coatinued on Page 0 Column 1 Chick-AOee- Just Good Food MEAT LOAF TODAY Clira Shrimp CMckw FmhFrMOyitar PrahNaflvtSjuMii Eqloy Our Taka Out- Service NOON LUNCHEONS Cocktails Todays Weather OFFERING Six Point Two Seven Percent 600 AounYi 627 on our 2 to 5 year savings certificate with a $50000 minimum deposit 575 Ysd' 6 on our'1 year savings certificate with a $50000 minl-muiri deposit Continued on Page 8 Column 8 520 WASHINGTON (AP) A unanimous Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that it is an unfair later practice fdr ah employer to lire a worker solely for taking part in a strike Four men dismissed from the International Van Lines outlet in Santa Maria Calif were ordered reinstated with five years' back pay At issue is a' distinction between workers who strike for economic: reasons -and those who walk out in protest of what they believe are unfair labor practices When the Teamsters Union began a widespread organizing effort -in Santa Maria Robert and Manuel Vazquez Richard Dicus and Salvador Casillas all employes of the moving 'company signed up to join -Faced with resistance from some of the moving enmnanies' the union called a strike and picket lines went up Oct 4 1967 The four employes declined to cross the picket lines and three were Of theirdismissaTand replace ment with other workmen The company biter acknowledged that no replacements were hired at the time WNCHEONAT Bralsad Short Ribs of Beef small sated ic choice of potatoes 143 4 OTHER CHOICES the 'State in a l200mile walking tour said Ogilvie was Continued on Page 8 Column COTTON KNIT Pajamas $5 6 Flanders Aub man on strike is cause enough for-his reinstatement "Unconditional reinstatement of the discharged employes was proper for the simple reason that they were the viftims of a plain unfair labor practice by their employers" Stewart wrote The high court's decision did not say whaUtoppens te a worker on strike for reononnfipp Continued on Page 6 Column I ped precipitation 90 per cent Wednesday and 70 per cent Wednesday night FORECASTS New Hampshire Wed-1 nesday rain with highs near 50 Wednesday night occassional rain likely- lows 40 to 45 Thursday cloudy with a chance os- showers highs 45 to 50-? Eastport to Merrimack River Winds variable 515 note becoming south tau southeast- and increasing 15-25 knots Wednesday Weo- nesday night winds becom- Mm Weather an Page 8 Regular Savings Account' Yields 500 MAINE FORECAST (By The Associated Press) BAIN MILD Wednesday rain with highs 45 to 5a Wednesday night rain likely with lows 40 to 45 Thursday cloudy with' showerp likely highs -near 50 Winds Variable 5-15 mph becoming south- to southeast at 15-25 mph on t- Wednesday' Probability of TbOAVS' ALMANAC Suw Slmr' PM siS A JJiiJ PAL Here's an item of SPECIAL INTERESTI Now Federal regulations permit interest computation on a 365 day -basis yte use this method of computing interest daily from day of deposit to day of withdrawal and the interest is paid on the 10th of each month WE CALL IT MINUTE tO MjNUTE EARNINGS ON YOUR' SAVINGS Are ou receiving as much at the bank whore you hav'a your saving? 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