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Battalion Serving the Texas A&M University community Vol. 74 No. 48 18 Pages in 2 Sections Wednesday, November 5, 1980 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Yesterday Today High. 79 High ....78 Low 56 Low ....43 Rain . 0.00 inches Chance of rain . . . ...0% eagan ousts Carterin surprise landslide United Press International Republican Ronald Reagan ousted Jimmy Carter from the pres- fency Tuesday with an electoral vote landslide that also im- jriled a quarter century of Democratic rule in the Senate and ye the GOP new strength in state capitals. Reagan’s stunning victory — more than 10 to 1 in electoral votes, but only a slim majority of the total popular vote — made rter the first elected president to lose a second term bid since Serbert Hoover went down in the midst of the Great Depression. I Reagan, who will be 70 just two weeks after the inauguration, i|l be the oldest president ever sworn in for a first term when he |tes the oath Jan. 20. | He will bring to Washington at least nine new Republican paters, leaving the Democrats, in control since 1954, with no ore than a one-vote margin even if they won all the contests still idoubt. j Jbe Democrats retained control of the House, but their domi- B nee of governorships was cut back by at least two and possibly ur seats. | Veteran Democratic senators who went down included the nate s senior member, President Pro Tempore Warren Magnu- |on of Washington, 1972 presidential candidate George pcGovem of South Dakota, Frank Church of Idaho, Birch Bayh of Indiana, John Culver of Iowa, John Durkin of New Hampshire and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. Reagan, a converted Democrat who served two terms as gov ernor of California after a long career in the movies, turned what pollsters said would be a toss-up election into a walk-away by carrying at least 42 states. Carter had only five and the District of Columbia, with three states still up for grabs. In Los Angeles, Reagan told ecstatic supporters: “I give you my sacred oath I will do my utmost to justify the trust you have placed in me.” He promised to restore prosperity at home and prestige abroad by taking an ax to federal taxes and regulations and by building the nation’s military strength — and he promised Americans to "get the government off your back.” His campaign was an unswerving, slashing attack on Carter’s first term, with emphasis on the bread and butter issues of soaring inflation and unemployment, and warnings the Democratic presi dent had left the United States second best to the Soviet Union. Reagan cut deeply into traditional Democratic working class support, although it appeared Carter kept the black and Hispanic vote. Independent John Anderson got more than 10 percent of the vote in a few states, but it did not appear he had pulled enough liberals away from Carter to ensure Reagan’s election. The Republican victor won by destroying the industrial East and Old South power base Carter forged to return the Democrats to the White House four years ago. With what were slim popular vote victories in some cases, Reagan produced an electoral vote landslide of staggering propor tions. He beat Carter in the populous belt of industrial states stretch ing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, sealing victory before voting had even ended in the Sunbelt and Western states that gave him his biggest margins. Carter’s home state of Georgia was his only victory in the Deep South. The 4:40 am EST Wednesday national vote for president with 91 percent (162,600 of 178,591) of the precincts reported: Popular Vote Pet Electoral Reagan: 39,255,541 51 469 Carter: 31,959,519 41 45 Anderson: 5,021,444 7 00 Reagan had won 42 states with 469 electoral votes. Carter had won five states and the District of Columbia with 45 electoral votes. Reagan had seamless Republican unity that welded its most stalwart conservatives to some of its most liberal mavericks—plus the fervent backing of a new political force, fundamentalist Christ ians and anti-abortion groups. Carter quit early. He conceded before 10 p.m. EST saying, “The people of the United States have made their choice and of course I accept their decision.” The election was a nearly unmitigated disaster for Democrats across the country. The GOP gains made the 1980 election their best showing since Dwight Eisenhower ended two decades of Democratic domi nance of Washington by winning the presidency and carrying in a GOP Congress in 1952. That was the last time Republicans con trolled either house of Congress. Reagan’s victory smashed precedents like dime store crockery. Not only will he be the oldest man ever to take office for a first term in the White House, but he also is the first divorcee, the first actor and the only person in the two-party era of American politics to switch political allegiance and go on to win the presidency. Carter, the political outsider who took the Democrats by sur prise in 1976 and then went on to a narrow victory over Ford, had a trouble-plagued four years in the White House. Although he enjoyed some notable victories in foreign policy— a Nobel Prize nomination for brokering peace between Egypt and Israel and negotiation of a far-reaching but still unratified nuclear arms limitation treaty with the Soviet Union — Carter had little but grief in trying to cope with domestic affairs. OP edges toward Senate control /i , United Press International I WASHINGTON — A tide of conservatism swept the Senate toward Republican control today for the first time 26 years. The House remained solidly in Democratic hands de- ilte the loss of two dozen or more seats, including such names as party whip John Brademas of Indiana, Ways and Means chairman Al Ullman of Oregon and Public Works chairman Harold Johnson of California. Ilf the Senate goes Republican as expected, the new 97th Congress will mark the first since 1916 in which the flouse and Senate are controlled by different parties. It 1 leave the House a Democratic island in a Republican Tt appeared the Democrats would hold onto 245-250 douse seats, well above the 218 needed for control. However, the best the Democrats could hope for in the nate appeared to be a 50-50 tie. A change of party alignment in the Senate results in a issive shakeup of the power structure. Republicans ould not only control the flow and scheduling of legisla- on, but would replace Democrats as chairmen of all jSenate committees. f The Republican Party has not controlled Congress since the 1953-54 session — when Dwight Eisenhower > was president. The Senate currently is under Democratic control 59-41, and the House 273-159 with three vacan- fts. Congress clearly took a giant leap toward conservatism in Tuesday’s elections. Several leading Senate liberals felt the conservative ax, including a former presidential candidate — George McGovern of South Dakota, who fell to GOP Rep. James Abdnor. The other former presidential candidate before the voters this year — conservative Republican Barry Gold- water of Arizona — also was in trouble in a close race. Also among leading Senate Democrats falling before the conservative tide were Appropriations Chairman Warren Magnuson of Washington, and Sens. Birch Bayh of Indiana, John Culver of Iowa, Gaylord Nelson of Wis consin and John Durkin of New Hampshire. Republicans also picked up two open Southern seats — in Florida and Alabama — that were previously held by Democrats. In addition to the defeat of Brademas, the No. 3 man in the House Democratic leadership, the No. 3 man in the GOP leadership also lost. Rep. Sam Devine, R-Ohio, fell to Democrat Bob Shamansky, a former television com mentator who assaulted Devine with a well-run TV ad campaign. Recent scandals affected several races. Abscam losers included the chairman of the House Administration Committee, Frank Thompson of New Jersey, and the chairman of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, John Murphy of New York. Reps. Michael Myers, D-Pa., and John Jenrette, D- S.C., both convicted in the Abscam probe, also lost. But Raymond Lederer, D-Pa., indicted in Abscam, won. So did John Murtha, D-Pa., whose name was mentioned in the scandal, but who was never charged. Rep. Jon Hinson, R-Miss., who admitted frequenting a movie house catering to homosexuals, won. But Rep. Robert Bauman, R-Md., charged with soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy, lost. However, a number of House and Senate members who had been considered in trouble managed to pull themselves out of defeat. Rep. Morris Udall, D-Ariz., chairman of the Interior Committee, won, as did House Democratic leader Jim Wright of Texas and Sens. Gary Hart, D-Colo., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. House Speaker Thomas O’Neill attributed the Demo cratic House losses mainly to Ronald Reagan’s sweep of the presidential race. But Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, chairman of the House Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, which ran a coordinated effort on behalf of hundreds of GOP challengers across the country, said, “It’s the most crushing rejection of a president and his party in Congress since Herbert Hoover.” He said anything over a net of 22 would be the biggest Republican gain in a presidential election year since 30 seats went to the GOP in 1928. The party picked up 22 in the 1952 Eisenhower landslide. Clement’s campaign strategy is success United Press International j DALLAS—Ronald Reagan’s convincing victory over President Carter in Texas pds new prestige, and perhaps additional ilitical clout, to the man who engineered state campaign and aided in its financ- [ing, Gov. Bill Clements. Clements took charge of the Reagan campaign in Texas immediately after the iRepublican convention in Detroit, and pat terned it after the successful 1978 campaign that made him the state’s first GOP chief executive since Reconstruction. Reagan’s strategy was clear from the out set — dominate the big cities as Gerald Ford had done in 1976, but also cut into the traditionally heavy Democratic margins in rural counties. South Texas and among minority voters. The strategy worked perfectly, as Reagan piled up substantial victory mar gins in Dallas and Houston, while running closer than Democrats expected in such traditional Democratic strongholds as Be xar County and the heavily Hispanic Lower Rio Grande Valley. With 86 percent of the state’s precincts reporting, Reagan held a 55 to 42 percent margin over Carter, with independent John Anderson capturing only 2 percent. The vote totals gave Reagan 1,917,280 to Carter’s 1,482,930. Clements had said immediately after his election two years ago one of his primary goals would be to carry the state for the Republicans in 1980, and to get Jimmy Car ter out of the White House. “He’ll be King Kong for a while now,” Democrat John Hill said of Clements’ role in the presidential campaign. But Hill con tended the luster of Clements’ perform ance would dim as voters during the next two years examined his record on state issues. “I can’t explain to you my pleasure at Jimmy Carter going back to Georgia to raise those peanuts,” Clements told a crowd of 300 to 400 celebrating Republi cans at a victory party in Austin Tuesday. “Let’s forget about that guy.” Brazos County has 72% turnout 0 TEXAS A&M llVEBSif 1 i: This is a complete list of election returns for Brazos County, giving totals in each race voted on in the county. For election returns for Texas-wide, congressional and legisla tive races, please see page 5. Brazos County had 41,536 voters eligible for the Tuesday general election. Of those, 30,153, or 72.59 percent, voted. NOTE: A (*) beside a candidate's name indicates him to be the overall winner; these totals are for Brazos County only. President/Vice president jRonald Reagan/George Bush (R) 17,798 (60.27%) Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) 9,856 (33.38%) Ed Clark/David Koch (Lib) 421 ( 1.43%) [ohn Anderson/Milton Eisenhower (I) 1,453 (4.92%) U.S. Representative, District 6 )avid “Buster” Haskins (R) 6,151 (21.99%) Phil Gramm (D) 21,821 (78.01%) Railroad Commissioner Henry C. "Hank” Grover (R) 11,083 (43.10%) * Buddy Temple (D) 14,632 (56.90%) Railroad Commissioner (unexpired term) H.J. “Doc" Blanchard (R) 9,715 (37.74%) 'James E. “Jim” Nugent (D) 14,705 (57.12%) 3avid Hutzelman (Lib) 1,322 ( 5.14%) Associate Justice, Supreme Court, PL 1 |im Brady (R) 12,020(48.15%) fjames P. “Jim” Wallace (D) 12,946 (51.85%) Associate Justice, Supreme Court, Pi. 2 Sears McGee (D) 16,499 (100%) Associate Justice, Supreme Court, PI. 3 Robert M. Campbell (D) 16,358 (100%) Associate Justice, Supreme Court, PI. 4 Will Garwood (R) 13,165 (54.87%) ♦C.L. Ray(D) 10,829(45.13%) Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, PI. 1 Marvin 0. Teague (D) 17,354 (100%) Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Pi. 2 Mike McCormick (D) 16,670 (100%) Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Pi. 3 Tom Davis (D) 16,655 (100%) Chief Justice, Court of Civil Appeals Tom F. Coleman (D) 16,559 (100%) Associate Justice, Court, of Civil Appeals, Dist. 1, PI. 1 Wells Stewart (R) 11,777 (49.72%) Jack Smith (D) 11,912(50.28%) Associate Justice, Court of Civil Appeals, Dist. 1, PL 2 Walter Conway (R) 11,373 (48.84%) Henry E. Doyle (D) 11,911 (51.16%) Associate Justice, Court of Civil Appeals, Dist. 1, PL 3 Sam Bums (R) 10,529 (45.03%) James F. “Bud” Warren (D) 12,854 (54.97%) Associate Justice, Court of Civil Appeals, Dist. 10 Vic Hall (D) 15,428 (100%) Associate Justice, Court of Civil Appeals, Dist. 14, PI. 1 Paul C. Murphy (R) 11,434 (49.90%) John B. Patrick (D) 11,478 (50.10%) Associate Justice, Court of Civil Appeals, Dist. 14, PL 2 George E. Miller (D) 16,473 (100%) Associate Justice, Court of Civil Appeals, Dist. 14, PL 3 Paul Pressler (D) 16,191 (100%) Associate Justice, Court of Civil Appeals, Dist. 14, PL 4 William E. Junell (D) 15,820 (100%) State Senator, District 5 N.A. McNiel (R) 10,752 (38.43%) ♦Kent Caperton (D) 17,229 (61.57%) State Representative Bill Presnal (D) 19,087 (100%) District Judge, District 272 Bradley Smith (D) 18,340 (100%) District Attorney Travis B. Bryan HI (D) 19,238 (100%) Judge, Court-at-Law James A. Amis Jr. (D) 17,364 (100%) County Attorney ♦Jeffrey K. Brown (R) 15,712 (57.66%) John M. Barron Jr. (D) 11,539 (42.34%) Sheriff Bobby H. Yeager (D) 19,453 (100%) Tax Assessor-Collector Gerald F. “Buddy” Winn (D) 19,594 (100%) Commissioner, Precinct 1 Bill J. Cooley (D) 4,390 (100%) Commissioner, Precinct 3 ♦Billy E. Beard (R) 5,402 (73.15%) H.L. “Bud” Cargill (D) 1,983 (26.85%) Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 B.H. Dewery Jr. (D) 10,320 (100%) Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7 Michael B. Calliham (D) 6,031 (100%) Constable, Precinct 1 Raymond H. Day (D) 143 (100%) Constable, Precinct 4 Paul E. Madison (R) 5,143 (40.03%) ♦Richard Fronterhouse (D) 7,706 (59.97%) Constable, Precinct 5 Sam Fachom (D) 608 (100%) Constable, Precinct 7 ♦Winfred E. Pittman (R) 5,038 (54.65%) E.W. Sayers (D) 4,180 (45.35%) Proposition 1 ♦For 19,985 (77.09%) Against. 5,940 (22.91%) Propsition 2 For 12,639(55.10%) ♦Against 10,300 (44.90%) Proposition 3 ♦For 14,632 (65.40%) Against 7,742 (34.60%) Proposition 4 ♦For 18,031 (70.24%) Against 7,641 (29.76%) Propsition 5 For 10,958(46.11%) ♦Against 12,806 (53.89%) Proposition 6 ♦For 19,286 (78.41%) Against 5,310 (21.59%) Proposition 7 ♦For 17,126(73.83%) Against 6,072(26.17%) Proposition 8 ♦For 13,468 (63.71%) Against 7,673 (36.29%) Proposition 9 ♦For 19,232 (79.44%) Against 4,977 (20.56%) Staff photo by George Dolan Punching in the vote Greg MacAnally, a sophomore industrial engineering major from League City, casts his vote in 226 MSC Tuesday. The Precinct 20 ballot box, located in the MSC, provided Texas A&M students registered on campus a place to vote. Texans approve bingo as one of amendments United Press International DALLAS — Texans approved five con stitutional amendments Tuesday, includ ing a plan to legalize local option bingo and another to permit banks to use electronic tellers in scattered locations. Also approved were amendments that would permit small counties to work on private roads and spouses to separate the income from separate property. Of two propositions that would increase the powers of the governor, the voters approved one and seemed to be rejecting the other. Proposition 6, which allows the governor to fire state officals he has appointed, passed. But the voters were apparently unwilling to give the governor control over the spending by state agencies of appropriated funds. Proposition 5 was failing by 438,607 to 321,534. The voters were also favoring an amend ment that will require counties to join sing le appraisal districts, which are now man datory for all other taxing units. The result would be a single appraisal for every piece of property. Amendments to change the court system were failing. One would give criminal juris diction to the courts of civil appeals in an effort to reduce the burden on the over loaded Court of Criminal Appeals. Fifty- four percent of the voters were rejecting that proposition. Fifty-three percent were opposing Proposition 2, which would give the state a limited right to appeal pre-trial decisions in criminal cases. The most controversial of the amend ments, local option bingo, had 62 percent of the votes with 194 counties reporting. The campaign against bingo was led by reli gious denominations, notably the Baptists, who argued that it is gambling, it oppresses the poor and the elderly and it invites orga nized crime into the state. Supporters argued that people love to play the game, are going to play whether it is legal or not, and the proceeds might as well be regulated to be sure they support good works. That viewpoint prevailed Tuesday. Proposition 1, permitting unmanned tel ler machines, benefited from an extensive campaign by the banks, deluging custom ers with literature in their monthly state ments and newspaper ads. United Press International PASADENA, Calif. — So far, 14 moons have been discovered circling Saturn and scientists believe several more moons will be found before Voyager 1 ends its mission, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory says. Voyager will be closest to Saturn — 77,000 miles above its cloud tops — next Wednesday. The spacecraft has traveled over 1.3 billion miles since its launch Sept. 5, 1977. The two satellites discovered by Voyager as it approached the ringed planet in late October bring the total number of Saturn’s known moons to 14. “That place is just loaded and they expect Voyager 1 discovers moons that several more will be detected,” JPL spokesman Don Bane said Tuesday. Naming these newly discovered moons is no simple matter and they will not re ceive official names until an international group of astronomers and other scientists meets in Greece in 1982. For the time being, the satellites will be designated by an “S” and a number. For example, the last two moons will be known as S-13 and S-14, Bane said. Then the moons will be named provi sionally by a task group for the outer solar system of the International Astronomical Union, said Voyager imaging team leader Brad Smith.