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Show Atafhesen in n F z nlr By PETER GUiXNS SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) anald IP -R- Reagan carried Utah by the biff est margin of any presidential candidate since 1896 in a sweeping Republican landslide that ousted veteran Democratic Rep, Gum McKay, Sen. Jake Garn, and put the GOP in control of dozens of other state offices. Only Democratic Gov. Scott Matheson and a handful of state legislators survived the conservative onslaught Matheson beat Robert Wright, a former chairman of the Utah Republican 6 Party, by a comfortable percent margin. Reagan received 74 percent of the Utah ballots cast in the presidential election to pick up the state's four electoral votes. It was the biggest victory margin since Utah went 80 percent for h, 54-4- GOV. SCX)TT MATHESON Tide; Hansen William Jennings Bryan the year the state Joined the union. Carbon County was the only one of Utah's 29 counties to give a majority to President Carter. Overall, the president won 21 percent of the vote and John Anderson had 3 percent. Garn buried Democratic challenger Dan Berman, capturing 75 percent of the votes in the Senate race the largest victory margin any Utah candidate has ever received in a statewide race. Republican James Hansen of Farmington, the speaker of the Utah House of Representatives, upset McKay, a five-terDemocrat who held powerful committee assignments where he could oversee legislation affecting the state's defense bass. Hansen was endorsed heavily by Reagan, who appeared in his m treasurer. In addition. Utahns elected a f Republican State Legislature. The GOP needed to win only one Democratic seat in the State Senate to give it a majority, enough to override a veto by the governor. At least three Democrats lost their seats, including Minority Leader Thorpe campaign ads. The tactic worked and the insurance agent beat McKay by IS 000 votes in the First District. McKay carried only five counties. The victory gave Utah representation ia Washington for the first time veto-proo- two-thir- since 1959. Second District Congressman Dan Marriott easily won a third term, beating Democrat uslfs AAdCay v who was Waddingham, ousted by former State Rep. Cary Peterson. Republicans had a 4 margin in the House going into the election and they won at least sis additional seats with several more too close to call. Two citizens initiatives to cut taxes were overwhelmingly rejected by voters. Initiative A, which would have repealed the sta'e 4 percent sales tax on food, Continued on Page t Art Man son, the Salt Lake County treasurer. Republican Lt. Gov. David Monson earned a second term, beating former State Senate President Moroni Jensen. David Wilkinson kept the GOP in control of the attorney general's office, handilv defeating Democrat Jamas McConkie. Republicans Val Oveson and Ed Alter were elected auditor and 1 ft 51-2- ml JAMES HANSEN 1S.". - l. ttalh " A, . .. 1Q8TH KEITH J. RICHAN One Utah County By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer Utah County voters turned out in record numbers to give the Republican party nearly a clean sweep in Tuesday's general election. Local voters gave the nod to only one Democratic candidate incumbent State Senator Eldon A. Money, who piled up 428 more votes than Republican challenger Charles L. Bates Jr. to win from District 17. Utah County Clerk William F. Huish e said the voter turnout set an high, with 90.08 percent of the registered voters going to the polls. In the two Utah County Commission races, the Republican candidates won handily, with more than 72 percent of the vote. Keith J. Richan polled 58,993 to 21 ,846 for Democratic opponent Lowell M. Glenn in their bids for the four-yea- r all-tim- term. Republican Jeril B. Wilson gained 59,076 votes to defeat Democrat Robert Slover, with 22,105 votes, for the two-yeseat. Utah County voters gave 83.38 percent of their vote to Ronald Reagan and George Bush, and only 14.2 percent to President Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. The final count was 71,235 for Reagan and 12,131 for Carter. John Anderson polled only 1.45 percent of the local vote, or 1,239. U.S. Senator Jake Garn won 82.36 percent of the local votes, or 69,242 to pile up an overwhelming lead over Democratic challenger Dan Berman, who got 14,665 votes, or 17.44 percent. In the race for U.S. Representative from District 1, James V. Hansen took 57.52 percent of the local votes, or 48,430 to nose out incumbent Democrat Gunn McKay, who received 42.48 percent, or 35,768 votes. In the governor's race, local voters gave 52 percent to challenger Bob Wright, with 44,248 votes, as opposed to 40,619 votes or 47.79 percent to incumbent Democrat Scott M. Matheson. Matheson won election statewide by a narrow margin. In the other state races, local voters were solidly Republican, voting to return David S. Monson as Secretary of StateLt. Governor with 71.75 percent over Democratic challenger Moroni Jensen. David L. Wilkinson gained 68 the local vote over Eercent of James W. McConkie. Orem Republican W. Val Oveson defeated Democrat Linn C. Baker locally, with 70.12 percent of the county vote as compared with 29.73 percent, in the state auditor's race. Edward T. Alter took 71 percent to defeat Democrat Leonard W. McDonald, who polled 28.91 percent in the Utah treasurer election. Two incumbent Democratic legislators lost their seats in the Republican sweep. Stanley A. Leavitt, Orem, long-tim- e representative from District 35, polled less than 35 percent of the votes to lose to newcomer Carl D. Anderson. Lucille G. Taylor, Spanish Fork, Democratic representative from District 41, lost to W.R. "Bob" Phelps, Republican from Payson. Mrs. Taylor was appointed to the legislative seat by Gov. Scott Matheson to replace Eldon Money, when Money was appointed to the State Senate. Money replaced Robert Bowen, who was appointed to the Utah State Tax Commission. Richard L. Maxf ield, Provo attorney, won a legislative seat in District 39, defeating Democrat Wanda Scott two-to-on- e. Two Republican representatives and one Republican Senator were returned to the legislature unchallenged. They are Senator Karl N. Snow Jr., Provo, from District 17; and Representatives Lee W. Farnsworth, Provo, from District 37, and Willard Hale Gardner, Provo, from District 38. In District 40, Don R. Strong, with 56 Springville, won percent of the votes to 43 percent for Democrat LaMar V. Crandall. Three other legislative districts jut into Utah County in some areas. In District 67, which takes in Wasatch and Duchesne counties primarily, Alarik Myrin, a Republican, took 71 Utah County votes to 27 for Democrat Lorin E. Allred. Allred won. Ray Nielsen, Democrat, ran unopposed in District 69, which takes in part of Utah County and all of Sanpete County. Mitchell V. Myers, Republican, polled 516 votes in south Utah County, to 301 for Democrat Jerry D. Freeman, in District 71, which also includes Juab and Millard counties. Myers won election. Utah County voters followed the state pattern in voting on the special propositions and initiatives on the ballot. Locally, voters approved propositions 1 and 3, and turned down Propositions 2 and 4 and Initiatives A and B. U.S. House Stays Mostly Democratic WASHINGTON Republicans scored -- (UPI) a come-fro- m behind Senate victory in President Carter's home state of Georgia today and took control of the upper house for the first time in 26 years. Although the House remained in Democratic hands, the majority party lost two dozen or more seats, including such big names as party whip John Brademas of Indiana, powerful Ways and Means chairman Al Ullman of Oregon and Public Works chairman Harold Johnson of California. The new 97th Congress therefore will be the first since 1916 in which the House and Senate will be controlled by different parties. It will leave the House a Democratic island in a Continued on Page 2 83 PROVO, UTAH, WEDNESDAY. .eigfen JERIL B. WILSON Democrat1 Eludes Kecord GOP Vote YEAR, NO. By United Press International Ronald Reagan easily defeated Jimmy Carter fof the presidency Tuesday in a Republican landslide that also toppled several liberal Democratic senators, giving control of the Senate to the GOP for.ihe first time in 26 years. Reagan, promising Americans to "get the government off your back," demolished Carter by carrying the big industrial states that were supposed to be tossups, grabbing every state in the president's southern power base except Georgia and running away with the states west of the Mississippi River. The Republican candidate managed a slim majority of the popular vote, but buried the Democratic incumbent by an electoral margin of almost Reagan won at least 43 states with 483 electoral votes and early today was leading slightly in one other Arkansas. Only 270 electoral votes were needed for election. Carter carried just six states Georgia, Hawaii. Maryland, Minnesota, Rhode Island, and West and the District of ColumVirginia bia for a total of 49 electoral votes. The transcontinental Reagan sweep was a surprise, but just as stunning was the Tuesday night massacre of Democratic senators. At least nine n liberals, including veteran Warren Magnuson of Washington and 1972 presidential candidate Geroge McGovern of South Dakota, were ousted by conservative Republicans. And late reports today from Georgia indicated Sen. Herman Talmadge would lose his bid for to Republican challenger Mack Matting-ly- . Talmadge had led in the race most of the night and early today. But with 97 percent of the vote counted, Mattingly lead over the held a nearly 11,000-vot- e incumbent. Thus Reagan, to take office as the 40th president on Jan. 20, will be greeted by a Senate that will have at least 51 Republican members and give NOVEMBER 5, 1980 $5.00 25 CENTS MONTH-PRI- CE Sweep Make w V W . 0 10-to- well-know- epa V ar Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy wave their joy. President-elec- t the GOP the votes to organize Senate for the first time since the the 1952-5- 4 session. The former California governor, an active Democrat until converting to the GOP in 1962, will be the oldest first-terpresident in history. He will be 70 on Feb. 6. He is also the first challenger to oust an elected incumbent since Franklin D. Roosevelt did it to Herbert Hoover in 1932. The 11:30 am EST national vote for president with 98 percent ( 175,897 out of 178,591) of the precincts reported. m Files Suit In Geneva Pact The Environmental Protection Agency has filed suit against U.S. Steel for alleged air standard h and sinter (bonding violations in the mass) plant at Geneva Steel mill. open-heart- The suit was filed, specifying penalties of $25,000 per day for the alleged violations, but an attorney for the EPA Ford Blackwell, explained to the Herald the suit is just a technicality linked with the recently signed consent decree between the federal agency and U.S. Steel. Resolution of the violations is addressed in the consent agreement, Blackwell said. He added that after filing suit, the EPA also filed the consent decree. It is now up the U.S. Justice Department to finally approve the consent decree. The Herald had earlier reported the violations and the resolution of them by the consent decree. d The decree allows the steel mill to apply the dollar penalties to buying pollution conmulti-thousan- trol equipment at the plant. The Utah State Air Conservation Commiteee Monday gave its stamp of approval to the U.S. SteelEPA pact, but it must still be approved by the Utah Water Quality Committee and the State Health Department before going to the Justice Department. Popular Vote Pet Electoral Carter: 34,434.769 41 49 Reagan: 42,798,160 51 483 Anderson: 5,534,011 7 0 Reagan has won 43 states with 483 electoral votes, and is leading in 1 state with 6 electoral votes. Carter has won 6 states and the District of Columbia with 49 electoral votes. Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater in Arizona was involved in a close race, but even if the Democrats beat him and kept Talmadge, they would be unable to muster the 51 votes in Telephoto needed for control. tie in the Senate is decided by the vice president, who will be A 50-5- 0 Republican George Bush. The Democrats lost more than a score of House seats but retained control there. They lost a couple of governorships in the 13 races across the country, but still held an edge in control of statehouses. The presidential election was over early: a subdued but bravely smiling Carter went to a Washington hotel and had called to concede. liedfiescfoy: World Cool to Reagan World reaction to Ronald Reagan's victory appears cool. Peking today warned president-elec- t Reagan against any change in China policy and Iran said there would be no change on the hostage situation. In Iraq, the Iraqis are threatening to annex captured Iranian oil territory. Stories Page 5. Symms Rides GOP Tide Steve Symms, squeaking to victory in a nationwide Republican typhoon, bounced Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Frank Church from office in Idaho's election. 1 Symms defeated Church by per cent of the vote. See story on Page 13. Local Election Reports Election results for Utah County's legislative races appear on page 3 along with details of the Utah County commission races. Alpine and Provo school district results are on page 4 and results of Juab and Wasatch County elections appear on page 34. BYU Sports in Spotlight Sports Illustrated recently sent several staffers to Provo to report on the ascendancy of RYU's athletic program.' Today Marion Dunn takes a look at Si's Bob Ottum, a local boy. Nationally, Steve Carlton won the National 6. League Cy Young award. 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