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Show ft H I ri m y u n n yj u i Wy7 sa Li rii n r w vv LEE RODERICK Bv Herald I V. - Pre.icr.: a ASHLNuTON u w:n Rei-gi- r. yesterij. IH.S4 ever, but oce ind the Diiiric: 0: "r.e soaring to vic:.;r lit ssl. ' .... "ttw : -.r terra stj'e to.-.T.-b- cit electors Cu..rtr f' presidential u. - ij.-g- .T.j .r.rv :Z histo-r- Amerxa s r.ta cr..e: e .eav-.- g won 525 electoral v :c waiter r.ii r.orr.e state of NLrxesoti ar.i tr.e District of Columbia, for a tutjl ot U votes Reagan, at 73 tr.e nation s oler exc:-t.v- 1 .y Mor.-ial- , fir y f w i x" : president, won about 5? percent ut the popular vote to 41 percent tor I ' Mondale. In Utah. I Reaan d treated Mondjle 75 percent to 25 percent topp.r.t his 1930 Utah tally of 73 percent against former President JuT.rr.v Carter 'Tonight is tee end ot nothing.' Reagan told jubilant supporters m Los Angeles It's the beginning or vs j X-- ' ' V " c ) evervx- tic pr..med tr.at tr.e c'l.-.e--i v.s. r. r.at is I?' " 's&i passion ot the t'.re that decades" t nept :rnng for i.. cjrn. into t;s second four HITH YEAR. NO 85 tj v e n r 'e ashiflttoa Bureau V h s M.n.ia.e, who was never able to o.js.tf tree trom the unpopuLintv or Ji.T.m.v Carter, whom he served as vice president, was gracious in acieat. telephoning Reagan to him and appearing with his fam.lv before a crowd in St Pa-l. NLnn to concede defeat "ve d.dn t win but we made historv" r.otei Mondale. the first presidential candidate of a major party to choose a woman as his running mate. He expressed pride m Geraldme Ferraro and confidence that "' history will judge us " honorably The glitter of Reagan's huge triumph was dulled a bit by the moderate length of his political te coattails Republicans had expected to lose a ,Aij seu.s m tr.e " America' $ best days Le ahead and you am t seen nothing yet," exuded a delighted Reagan last c.r.a:e. to put u: "lout 2 Scats but hi.p-em the House, wnere rats have a advantage There were also 13 govt mora races, and Rep J: la:ans apparently won eight of them, tor a net ga.n night, repeating tat ot two (Related stones. Page IJ Reputl.cans lost tr.e two Sen.a'e seats, leavung them with a narrower maojrify w;:h s,:me H.i'Use races st.li to be decided th.s morning they appeared unlite.v to pick up more than 13 House seats, leaving the GOP short of the "work.ng majority" of Republicans and conservative Democrats thev had sough' Still, by almost every other measure, the triumph of Reagan and Vice President George Bush delivered the mandate they had sought to continue the nation on a conservative-oriented path uf prosperity at borne and strength abroad 33-- 17 PROVO. UTAH. WEDNESDAY. November 7 19H4 Jfi 00 A line used economic policies until every American shares in the nation's growing prosperity. Arms reductions with the Soviets also are at the top of his agenda, said the president means that, Reagan s by 1S88. Republicans will have controlled the White House for 15 of the previous 20 years. - PRICE MONTH a throughout the campaign. The election results vindicate his behef that citizens are tired of government intrusion in their lives. sa,d Reagan "They see now that a d.rterent force works." he said, expla.n.ng that the message he had carried throughout the country was 'hut here in America, the people are m charge " Reagan said he planned to carry on w.tii the programs of the past four years, vowing not to relax his 25 CENTS Jubilant Ronald Reagan at victory celebration. Anderson Takes Commission Win Ufcihns Elect By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN vernr Herald Staff Writer Gary Anderson, incumbent Utah County Commissioner, won an easv victory over his Democratic After By PAUL ROLLY SALT LAKE CITY L PI Total votes in the Anderson-Cree- r amounted to 82.651. race While the Anderson-Cree- r was expected to be close. Ander-so- a tcr an early lead and increased it steadily throughout the Election '84 - Complete coverage of county, state and national elections with capsule roundups of the races can be found on Pages 3, 4, 5, 16, 17 and 19. Nor- h man Bangerter. a homebuilder with an unassuming manner who is known for his quips, will be Utah's 13th governor and the first Republican to hold the job in 20 years. Bangerter. 51. speaker of the Utah House, defeated Democrat Wayne Owens 57 percent to 43 down-to-eart- opponent Ken "Doc" Creer. to gain four more years on the commission. Anderson polled 53.45) votes, or 64.67 percent of the total ballots cast. Creer polled 29.201. or 35.33 percent of the votes. Both men are residents of Springville. The commission will have one new member. J. Oneil Miner, who defeated incumbent Keith J. in the primary but faced no Democratic opponent in the final election. Miner received 64.523 votes. percent to deliver the coveted statehouse to the GOP and complete what appeared to be a Republican sweep in the state. The governor-elec- t was quick to compliment his adversary for a iV Ri-ch- I-'- f '3bf- c- "clean, classy campaign that helped define the issues" and said his first act will be to meet with retiring Democratic Gov. Scott Matheson to hash out next year's budget. " That is the main job of the governor and that is what we will Bangerters election also ele- vated State Auditor Yal Oveson to the job of lieutenant governor. Oveson. 32. ran as Bangerter s runningmate under a new constitutional provision that requires the lieutenant governor to run in tandem with the governor rather than go before the voters as an independent cadidate. Owens. 47. a former one-terUtah congressman who trailed in the polls throughout the gubernato-(Se- e BANGERTER, Page 3) m Fla ll'PIi The shuttle Discov ery's adventurous flight to rescue two satellites stranded in space was postponed today until at least Thursday because of dangerously erratic winds above the launch pad. SALT LAKE CITY tUPD B f GOP-dominat- David Monson and Democrat Frances Farley uncertain as to who will represent the 2nd Con- l25 ZJ see-saw- delaying the blastoff until Kri day on the chance of getting slightly better weather and to give ground crews time to recharge batteries on two satellites aboard Discoverv. Janet Stocks. Payson. Celebrity recipes and holiday food tips will also be featured in the pull-ou- t section that has come to be a collector's piece for area homemakers. at times. Temperatures 15-2- Amusements Arts Business Classified Ads Comics Crosiword 16 24 18 29-3- 5 28 28 - - f - County Commissioner j and it's nice to have it over. " Anderson, in his final campaign, and Miner, in his primary campaign, both emphasized the need to work more closely with mayors and cities on mutual problems. They also stressed the need for more flood control work on the county's streams and rivers, particularly utilization of the Thistle landslide dam as a flood National-Internation- Opinions Sports Today Utah-Region- Weather j Electorate Rejects Cable TV Initiative A , Howard Nielson Crystal Ball' the outcome until absentee ballots had been counted "I suspect Monson will win however.'" said Magleby. Farley was hurt in her bid for the congressional seat by Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale, he said. know Herald Staff Writer Controversy over three different polls, predicting the winner of the 2nd Congressional District race between Republican David Monson and Democrat Francis Farley, created the most exciting election-ev- e drama, said Dr. David B Magleby. an assistant professor of political science at Brigham Young University. " To the credit of our students, our poll was the most accurate." said Magleby Wednesday. Results of the BYU exit poll, conducted by Analysis students across the state in 40 precincts, said Monson and Farley 300 k would run to the finish line. KSL-Tpredicted Monson would win. KUTY said Farley-woulneck-and-nec- win. "BYU's prediction of a 50 50 split between the two candidates became a reality as election officials said Wednesday thev wouldn't Nationwide. Reagan's historic landslide victory over Mondale wasn't the big news, said Magleby. "The big news yesterday control structure. r 143-vo- te Bv NANCY BRINGHURST feili:it J. Oneil Miner back and forth for most of Tuesday night, with Monson grabbing about a lead when the final tally was tabulated. But Hindley said the race was " far from over " because he still had some absentee votes to count. Nielson. a former Utah House Speaker, garnered 74 percent with about 134.800 votes. His Democratic challenger, Bruce Baird. a Salt Lake City attorney, received 25 percent with about 45.145 votes. The congressman said his victory is important for Republicans on the national level as the GOP retains most of its current seats and wins others from Democrats in House. the Democrat-controlle- d Baird. who conceded defeat early Tuesday night, said he knew when he started his campaign he had only a "2 percent" chance of beating Nielson Polls Are Murky fi ilifr fj Gary Anderson Gary Anderson declared last night at his election suite in the Excelsior Hotel, after taking a 64 percent lead. "The margin shows the people of Utah County are pleased with the direction county government is going It was a long, hard race. Jmiijk isn't that Reagan convinced Democrats to vote for him. it's that he wasn't able to get a working coalition in Congress.'' he said. (See KBYU, Page 3) By United Press International The Utah Legislature didn't like the idea and neither did the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates. Now Utah voters have said "no" to a referendum to censor cable television programming. Initiative A. called "The Cable TV Decency Act" by proponents who collected enough signatures to place the referendum on the statewide general election ballot, was voted down Tuesday 61 to 39 percent. The vote was 364.873 against the initiative to 233.082 in favor with 99 13 percent of the ballots counted However, in Utah County, the proposal passed bv a vote of 46.413 54 45 percent) to 38.821 ( (45 55 percent.) "Most Utahns had already formed an opinion on Initiative A long before election day." said Jim Bunnell, president of the Utah Cable Television Association. Bunnell said the issue had been before Utahns for the past four years, referring to two bills passed by the State Legislature. A 1981 law was declared unconstitutional by Federal Judge Bruce Jenkins, and the second passed in 1983 over Gov. Scott Matheson's veto is still being challenged in the federal courts should be in the upper 40s. Tonight's lows should be in the mid-30For more weather information, see Page 14. Here's Where to Find gressional District. Monson led Farley by 143 votes today, but Salt Lake County Clerk Dixon Hindley said about 2.500 absentee ballots postmarked before Nov. 9 must still be counted and the eventual winner may not be known until next Tuesday. The final unofficial tally between the two bitter rivals underscored the heated controversy that has race punctuated the Farley-Monsothroughout the campaign. The election results n sh0! of Re- scored a landslide victory for a second term in one of the most congressional districts in the nation, but one of Utah's closest and most confusing races ever has left Republican it) f - Nielson publican Rep. Howard Unsettled Weather Expected Central Utah's weather Thursday is expected to be unsettled with considerable cloudiness and a 50 percent chance of rainfall anticipated. Winds are expected to gust from 5 mph incumbent Farley-Monso- Daily Herald Food Section Today The Fifth Annual Daily Herald food and recipe section Food Findings comes out today. Included will be recipes from the 30 contest finalists including the Grand Prize dessert recipe years. "We're elated and gratified." Nielson Scores Landslide; n Up in the Air Norm Bangerter Wednesday: CAPE CANAVERAL. The final vote gives Utah County one of the youngest commissions it has had in many ? make our first priority," Bangerter said, it will be Scott Mathesons budget, but the gover- nor has said he will let his successor have input into what goes into the budget and we are looking forward to sitting down and going over the fiscal issues." evening. AAcNally Steel Will Close Doors Soon By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer It All LINDON 2,19 27 5 14 local company F. Randall, president ot McNally Mountain States Steel Co said he is announcing the closure to his 350 employees this after Dennis 9-- n 21-2- 4 A that has been fabricating steel tor over 30 years is closing noon Kandall says his tirm. located at 325 South Highway 114 in Lmdon. isn t making a profit and pointed to a bad steel market as a reason .'or the low profitability. Kandall said the McNally clos ng will not come until spring because it will take that long to fin sh existing steel orders "We will endeavor to make the termination as painless as possible, hence this early warning of closing next spring." Randall said. The president said he is concerned about the possible effects on production because ot his early announcement of closure, but said he wanted McNally employees to have as much time as he could give them to find new employment. "Our people are first-clas- s performers in a variety of occupations and nn aggressive effort will be spent to assist them to find new jobs." Randall said efforts will be made to sell McNally and failing the ground, buildings nd STEEL. Page 3) that, equip-tS- e |
