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Show Aa National Wednesday November 77 The Daily tieraki, Provo, Utah iJC730 XTZ WA3NGTON fAP) J. Bcaett plant to rates ci'ti a week as President Bocf C--J. ttattnant in the war on dro. bsSeviitt the strategy he darisaed is working, as administratioo odtrcc jtfi jj "He act oat to do task, fat's done it, and he's seeing the fruition of it," the Moree said Tuesday. "Now he'i coin on to fee next phase of bis life. The source sakt Bennett also has been su&jeet to focrecstef threats to his safeSy rs2y. The admitisrration pUns a cer-r, foutuf before Friday, to Beaten s oepsnure, is after betas amUrmtA in C peat, said the scarce, who demanded anoovmitv. Th Wxh. fagtofi Post was first to report the resignation, in today's editions. Bennett, 43, deigned the nag tion's strategy, which focuses heavily on drag utert as the fuel that keep international gangster organizations in business. His plans devoted about 78 percent of the money to law en- ce anti-dru- By The Assodated Press Tax rebels and the environmental movement were snubbed by the nation's voters, but so were ballot measures calling for higher taxes. Gun control forces won a victory in Florida, and supporters of limiting - Here are (AP) some highlights of Tuesday's election : GOVEBSmS' KJXES Three Republican incumbent fcst ss voters in X tMm elected politicians' : ' - , In Tuesday's most f fat l"l I AP Latent Democrat Abb Rkfaards, fa her Aostta betdelers, eddbrstes her victory over Clayton Wdams Id the race for Texas governor. WASHUKJTON Utd Weicker hnrtm Chflw SENATE RACES Democrats retained control of the Senate as incumbents showed their strength. In the most closely watched contest, conservative Republican Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina defeated Democrat Harvey Gantt, a liberal who was the first black mayor of Charlotte. In a surprisingly close race, Democratic Sen. Bill Bradley of Jersey defeated Republican challenger Christine Todd Whit' man, a virtual unknown in her first New statewide bid. Democratic Sens. Paul Simon of Illinois and Carl Levin of Michigan fought off their Republican challengers. The GOP retained all three seats where its senators were retiring. Rep. Robert Smith defeated Democrat John Durkin in New Hampshire,- Rep. Hank Brown beat Democrat Joeie Heath in Colorado and Rep. Larry Craig of Idaho won over Democrat Ron Twilegar. But in Minnesota, incumbent GOP Sen. Rudy Boschwitz lost to college professor Paul WeQstone, a political neophyte. (AP) - Demo- crats bolstered their huge redistricting advantage by adding two Florida and Texas big prizes to the list of states where they hold a lock on redrawing political lines for the next decade. Besides taking the governorships in those two states considered key because together they stand to gain Demoseven U.S. House seats crats added Rhode Island, Oklahoma and New Mexico to their remapping monopolies on Tuesday. Republicans won a crucial redistricting battle by taking the California governor's race. The GOP needed it to keep a role in drawing lines for the seven new House seats California is expected to gain, because Democrats easily retained control of the Legislature. The GOP also scored victories by winning the Ohio and Illinois governorships, but Democrats clearly will have the national edge on the process of reapportioning the 19 House seats that will change hands due to population shifts of the 1980s. Advantages won Tuesday should help cement Democrats as the House majority party for at least another decade. Democrats also said the Florida and Texas wins would boost their 1992 presidential hopes. "We feel better about the prospects of fair districts when the pen is in Democratic hands," said Paul Tully, political director for the HOUSE RACES Democrats grabbed nine seats from the Republicans and GOP closely ns Democrats boost their redistricting advantage Mr office in watched ballot initiative, Calif orro-arejected Proposition 128, a lineup of environmental regulations dubbed "Big Green" by supporters who included a galaxy of Hollywood stars. Opponents, led by industrial companies, marshaled $10 million in their campaign to defeat it. Measures backed by environmentalists to regulate land use and pollution also lost in Washington, Oregon and Missouri. A $1.97 billion bond issue to pay for environmental projects failed in New York. Citizen initiatives calling for drastic tax cuts or limits on government spending lost in Massachusetts, Nebraska, Colorado and Florida, Democrat Lawtoa Chiles unseated Republican Gov. Bob Martinez and Rhode Island Gov. Edward DsPrete was defeated by Democrat Brace Sundhm. Democrat Joan Finney, an abortion opponent, ousted Republican Gov, Mike Hayden is Kansas. But Democrat Dianne Feisstein lost the California gubernatorial race to Republican Sen. Pete Wilson. In Massachusetts, Republican William Weld won bis race against Democrat John Silber. Dlmois Republican Jim Edgar defeated Democratic rival Neil Hartigan. In Georgia, Democrat ZeS MiBer grabbed the seat given up by a retiring Democrat time triumphed in California, Colorado and Kansas City, Mo. j;everaers. Democrat Ann Richards was the victor of the hotly contested Texas race, defeating Republican Clayton Williams. ' Former VS. Sea. Lowell Wekfc-e- r, twining as m independent, won in Connecticut. La anti-dru- g "There have been some threats, bomb threats, personal threats," the source said. On a recent swing through Alaska, where be campaigned for a ballot measure to marijuana, a third bodyguard was assigned. The source said the concerns "have been building. I've seen it start to eat away at him." activists and urging toucher drug laws and novel punishments as well as treatment and education programs. He was critical of Congress when it tried to change bis plans and called calls for drug decriminalization "stupid and morally atrocious." Bennett has no new Job lined up yet and no successor has been tapped, the source said. One reason Bennett is leaving is concern for his safety and that of his wife and young sons, the source said. . When Bennett was confirmed in March 1988, many said mat fighting the war on drugs would prove a hopeless task. ten' (Ktoml&fis nix 'Big iiCSteBi) WASHINGTON forcemeat, the rest to treatment and education. Bat treatment programs grew the fastest ander Baonetti guidance. Bennett beaeves the anti-dru- g war coarse is set and aeetag some sucoeas, and therefore his Job is done, the sooret said. The voistte Bennett has used his tob of director of the Office of National Drag Control Poacy as a bully pulptt, much as he did when he was education secretary under President Reagan. He traveled the nation, praising Democratic National Committee. "These are not only net victories but victories in places that because of their population growth will grow more important to the future of this country and also to the presidential race," TuDy said. According to preliminary Census Bureau figures, eight states will gain and 13 will lose seats when House districts are reapportioned next year. Democrats wiD control the process outright in at least five of the states gaining House seats. mood Despite the thought to be sweeping the country, voters appeared unwilling to turn out their state legislators. Millions of dollars were spent on legislative races this year due to their importance in the redistricting picture, but few chambers changed hands. The GOP turned back Democratic efforts to take over the senates of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Redistricting power will be shared in all three states, which win lose House seats in 1992. "This proves die Republican Party is alive and well despite the doom and gloom predicted," said New York's state Senate Republican leader, Ralph Marino. Democrats fended off Republican efforts to take over the state senates in Illinois and Florida and the lower chamber in Pennsylvania. The GOP was trying to wrest control of the Oregon House from Democrats, too. Arizona's gubernatorial race was up for grabs, as the lead seesawed throughout Election Night. MeanwhOe, the GOP lost the Indiana House, but Republicans kept control of the state Senate. Democrats captured control of the state Senate in Arizona. A Democratic effort to gain control of the Washington state Senate hinged on absentee ballots in two races. In Michigan, Republicans kept control of the state Senate. By losing in the governorships in Texas and Florida, the GOP lost its say in how political maps will be drawn for those new House seats. Similar gubernatorial wins in Rhode Island, Oklahoma and New Mexico gave Democrats absolute control there, too. neck-and-nec- k Utah. But in Oregon, an initiative to limit property taxes to 5 percent of assessed value passed narrowly. Florida voters amended the state constitution to require a three-da- y wait on handgun purchases. In other voting, a pair of proposals lost in Oregon, while Nevadans made it harder to change that state's liberal abortion law. A proposal to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a holiday in Arizona lost by fewer than 15,000 votes out of 1 million cast, leaving the state as one of three without a formal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader. Voters in Oregon defeated a plan to give tax credits to parents who send their children to parochial or other private schools, and Arizo-nan- s rejected a proposal to increase spending on education by about $6 billion over 10 years. The Massachusetts tax initiative would have repealed two income tax increases and rescinded fee increases since 1988, costing the state's government $2.6 billion in its next fiscal year. It lost by a 3-to--2 margin. The measure would have been d the biggest state tax rollback in history. But with the state's economic woes, voters apparently were worried about the impact, said Paul Watanabe, a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts. anti-aborti- Smith and Connecticut Republican Gary Franks, who is black, dashed the comeback hopes of former Democratic Rep. Toby Moffett. ar An upset in Wisconsin cost 22-ye- veteran Democrat Robert KUuenmeier his seat. It went to a former Madison newscaster, Scott "They wanted change but (the far,1 he said. Nebraskans voted against the "Two Percent Solution," which would have capped growth in local and state government spending at 2 percent a year. Utah voters turned down a measure that would have eliminated the sales tax on most food, and Coioradans narrowly defeated a requirement for voter approval for tax increases. Voters weren't sending a welcoming message to higher taxes, however. Montanans voted against a proposal to make the state cigarette tax the highest in the nation in an attempt to reduce smoking. 2-t- followers vow revenge CCaGnaGie - NEW YORK (AP) Followers of Rabbi Meir Kahane shook their fists and vowed revenge at the funeral of the assassinated militant leader. Police stepped up security at Arab and Israeli diplomatic offices and Jewish newspapers. Mainstream Jewish leaders in New York and Israel, where the anti-Ara- b body of the extremist was flown for burial today, appealed for calm. The alleged assassin remained in serious condition at Bellevue Hospital. A. Nosair, 34, of Cliffside Park, NJ., was identified as a Moslem immigrant from Egypt who repaired ah conditioners for the city of New York. Police said they had no established any links between Nosair and terrorist groups. "There will be revenge. We believe in revenge," said Sol Margo-li- s, president of Kach International, the UJS. arm of Kahane's extremist Israeli party, as thousands of mourners thronged a Brooklyn synagogue for his funeral. "We don't buy that crap of turn id ing the other cheek. There will be bell to pay for this affront," he said Tuesday. "Revenge!" said several signs written in red Hebrew letters outside the synagogue. "Death to Arabs!" a small contingent shouted. Mourners also took up the cry "Never again!" ti slogan of the Jewish Defense League, formed rabbi in 1968 by the Brooklyn-bor-n to take up arms against in the United States. The slogan refers to the Holocaust Police stepped up security at the U.N. missions for Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, El Al Israel Airlines offices and several Jewish newspapers. Dr. M.T. Mehdi, president of the American-Ara- b Relations Committee, said of the threats of reprisals, "I hope this is Just hyperbole, more rhetoric.' Zaheer Uddin, president of the New York unit of the Islamic Circle of North America, condemned the assassination but said it should come as no surprise. "He lived by his sword and died by it," Uddin said. "We hope mat Mr. Kahane's assassination will be the last act in the cycle of violence and counterviolence." The Israeli government appealed for peace as well, and police and army reinforcements spread out in Israel and the occupied territories to head off revenge attacks. Two Arab deaths on Tuesday were linked to Kahane's slaying. Kahane, who campaigned to drive all Arabs from Israel as an member of the extreme right-win- g Jewish state's Parliament, was shot from four feet away Monday night after addressing a Zionist group at a Manhattan hotel. Nosair was shot in the neck by a postal police officer as he fled. He was charged with murder and other offenses. The New York Times today quoted an unidentified law enforcement official as saying Nosair denied shooting Kahane when he came out of sedation. Jury: Lawyer must givo up Ruby's gun DALLAS (AP) - After a 23-ye- ar battle, a Jury has ruled that a lawyer has grossly mismanaged the estate of Jack Ruby, the killer of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. The estate's major asset is the Colt Cobra revolver the Dallas nightclub owner used to kill Oswald. The lawyer, Jules Mayer, said he plans to appeal Tuesday's verdict that effectively removed him as executor. Ruby's brother, Earl Ruby, of Boca Raton, Fla., charged that the Mayer has been trying to profit from the estate. Dallas County Probate Judge Robert E. Price must now decide how to distribute Ruby's assets. State law mandates that if he upholds the jury's decision, he must appoint a new executor. No hearing date was set. Ruby's heirs and Mayer have .38-cali- wrangled over the estate for 23 years and the fight may continue. Ruby named Mayer executor in his will, but Earl Ruby claimed his brother told him before his death that be wanted that changed. "He's got a long way to go, because I'm going to appeal it," Mayer said as he left court. The gun Ruby used to kill Oswald in the Dallas County Jail two days after President John F. Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, is stowed in a bank safe deposit box. Mayer has said it $125,000 on the collectors' market. Ruby bought the revolver for 162.50 in a Dallas gun could bring shop. Rep. Denny Smith of in his second defeated was Oregon round with Democrat Mike Kopetr ski, who had narrowly lost to Smith two years ago. Virginia GOP Rep. Stan Parris tost to Democrat James Moran, and in Florida, LwrnocraWurned-Republica- n Bill Grant was soundly defeated by Democrat Pete Peterson. Maryland Democratic Rep. Roy Dyson, troubled by character questions, was ousted by Republican Wayne Gilchrest. Five-ter-m , ' - , Mayer wanted proceeds from the gun's sale to pay off Ruby's debts. He said they include the $65,000 it has cost him to handle the estate, including the expense of fighting Earl Ruby's lawsuits. Earl Ruby, who is also acting on behalf of his sister and a nephew, wants the estate liquidated to pay off his brother's debts and "wipe the slate clean." h--- '"V CaJtETl Klug. FriEC03!l'LTaTi:3 Uffsxir. Heritage Dental 374-576- 0 271 m ms v. re run CWMrf tSfMSSt MS : measure) went too candidates captured three previously Democratic seats. 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