Spartan Daily Staff Would Be 3.3 Per Cent of the Boneparth Expressed Delight in Room When a Scuffle Occurred Bet- Truman Was the Actual Winner
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Daily SpartanSerngvi the Sun Jose Universitv 1931. State Community Since Volume 87, Number 45 Thursday, November 4, 1976 Phone: 277-3181 Three instructors analyze Democrat Party's victories By Randy Brown site of the analysis, was moved from three times" by Runyon's cam- Three political science in- the business classroom to the S.U. paign. structors put their special expertise Ballroom to allow more students to Carter's future to use yesterday and analyzed Tues- listen to the election assessment. The urban politics specialist, an day's election, which saw a virtual Approximately 170 students heard associate professor, also voiced Democratic Party sweep of na- Christensen, Gerston and Bone- hope in Carter's future actions to- tional, state and even city elections. parth. wards bettering the central city. Urban specialist Dr. Terry Chris- Runyon's advantage Christensen cited jobs, welfare, tensen said one of the reasons city Talking about Runyon, Chris- and transportation as areas where council candidate David Runyon tensen commented on his youth- Carter has promised to help. He said won the election was because he fulness and compared it to the city's Carter wants to nationalize the wel- youth. specifically mentioned, even fare program. Jdyee Fe,. Wondharn "bragged," he was a Democrat. City "San Jose is basically a young In the area of transportation. council elections are non-partisan. city," he said. "(Bart) Collins Christensen said Carter supports Instructors Terry Christensen, Larry Gerston and Ellen Boneparth during a post election presentation. California politics specialist Dr. (Runyon's opponent) is an old man. mass transit and the federal sub- Larry Gerston spoke about the He looked old, he talked old and he sidizing of mass transit operating sounded old." which is not now the case. Democrats' need to have a two- costs, 500 at Hyatt House thirds majority in the state legis- According to Christensen, Speaking about the state elec- lature and state senate. Runyon got 56 per cent of the vote. tions, lecturer Gerston pointed out Dr. Ellen Boneparth, who spe- Christensen praised Runyon's that most of the important legis- cializes in national politics, said a campaign efforts. He said he lation in this state must be passed by Democratic president and Congress thought Runyon's money was well a two-thirds majority in both the Election disco for Demos spent on a multi-faceted precinct senate and the assembly. According will greatly benefit the relationship Democratic committee to remove between the two in getting bills campaign. With the help of people to Gerston, the Democrats do have a By Theresa Padilla "I think we had it over someone passed. walking precincts, letters sent to two-thirds majority in the senate, The Democratic victory party at the Runyon signs because the party else's sign," Runyon said. "He homes and media advertisements, and are one vote away from a two- San Jose's Hyatt House was was not held for a non-partisan asked us to move it over. The contemporary topics in poli- relatively apolitical, with the 500 candidate but for the Democratic tical science class, which was the Christensen said voters were "hit thirds majority vote in the assem- "I think the sign slipped down bly. persons present more interested in candidates. and someone thought he was tearing Gerston also talked about Rose dancing to the disco music than Runyon said it was a misunder- it down," he added. Ann Vuich, who won the 15th listening to election results. standing. Continued on page 10 District seat and has be- State Senator Alfred Alquist, Party spirits die Senatorial come the first woman state senator Congressmen Don Edwards and was admitted into Norm Mineta and Assemblyman since California with the the union 125 years ago. John Vasconcellos mingled A.S. Emphasis shift crowd but only Edwards and Mineta may owe $10,000 for GOP briefly thanked them for their help. workers The state election specialist San Jose Mayor Janet Gray By Randy Brown many despondent Republicans joked about how, before now, there bath- Hayes and City Councilmen Jim payment to state "Remember Dewey," uttered voiced their view on the overall has not even been a women's back room in the state senate area. Self, Al Garza and Lawrence Gloria Brown of Palo Alto in a outcome of the elections. Pegram also were in the crowd. somber but audible voice. Susie Heffernan, SJSU art Concentrating on the national Dekker Payments an assistant pro- Hayes and Self both said they By Burt conducted a fall audit of Brown was one of the 11 senior said she was primarily scene, Boneparth, A. S. may owe the state as much the A.S. business records after the fessor, predicted that with the elec- were confident the Democrats would persons who stayed to watch interested in the Tunney- sweep most of the races. as $10,000 in employe disability and A.S. bike shop applied for a license. Democratic presidential nominee Hayakawa race. A Reagan tion of Jimmy Carter to the presi- paid the Alquist predicted a landslide for unemployment insurance not On the license application it Jimmy Carter claim victory supporter in the June primaries, dency, the South would become since 1973. was stated the shop will have em- mainstream of the country's Carter. after a Santa Clara County Heffernan said if the former "Ford had a millstone around his According to Greg Soulds, ployes. When a copy was sent to the Republican Headquarter's California governor had been in political scene. it neck when he kept all his Nixon director of AS. business affairs, benefit department questions arose "victory" party Tuesday night. the race instead of Ford, the About the Congress, iBoneparth was not known the payments were because no payments were being make-up was un- appointees," Alquist said. "The Thomas Dewey was the Republican candidate would said the Senate for a required for the several hundred made by A.S. for employes, ac- changed, yet slightly more conser- American people were ready Republican presidential can- have had more of a chance. change." programatic employes until cording to Soulds. didate who ran against former vative. She said the House of Repre- recently. Payments now are being made to was basically a Although most of the evening was President Harry Truman. While Another student at SJSU, sentatives election small groups The programatic staff includes the fund for full-time A.S. staff. non-election, noting nothing really spent with people in newspapers chose Dewey as the Brenda Evans, said the chatting, rumors flew across the tickets-takers at football games, The payments for programatic victor from early returns, Republicans lost so badly changed in those elections. student staff and Spartan Daily staff would be 3.3 per cent of the Boneparth expressed delight in room when a scuffle occurred bet- Truman was the actual winner. because Democratic candidates ween City Council candidate David advertising staff who receives hourly wage paid to Unemployment Republicans gather were talking about Watergate how the United States would be Runyon and a man in his early 20s. commissions. Insurance by the A.S. and one per Spirits were high for the first and pointing to the Republicans getting "new blood in the executive Soulds said the A.S. still did not cent to disability withheld from the branch." Runyon ruffled two hours as 65 people gathered as the source. The young man tore down one of make the payments because it was earnings. in the apartment of Bob Walker, Runyon's signs and Runyon took the not felt the programatic people were Soulds said up until January of executive director for the Santa sign away from him and told him to A.S. employes. 1972 A.S. was exempt from making Clara County Republican Party. Council confirms new leave. The young man later said he The problem was found after the the payments. Then a law went into But by 11:30p.m., the majority of was told by a member of the state Department of Benefit effect which changed that exempt the party-goers were out the status. door. The programatic staff usually )e Most of the people at the party treasurer replacement are just asked to work a couple Dr had, at one time or another, The resignation-ridden A.S. applications for funding until Dec. 17 hours and earn a few dollars to do a worked for the election of government job, according to Soulds. ry President Ford, U.S. Senate received a new and the deadline for consideration of gs treasurer yesterday. any application will be noon on the Soulds said they are not hired candidate S. I. Hayakawa or one The replacement is Maryanne with affirmative action procedures, of the other Republican can- Friday before the committee meets. ry Ryan, a business management In addition Ryan said she would do not fill out an application or sign a LI I" didates running in Santa Clara junior. A.S. Council met yesterday contract. If they are in deed A.S. County. like to "check into a lot of groups r and confirmed her appointment. that are funded by A.S." and men- employes then another fulltime staff Champagne flowed freely into Ryan, who has served for the past person will be needed to hire them the glasses of anyone who wanted tioned Title V of the educational two months as an assistant to A.S. code as the basis for determining and keep records. some, including the young vice president Jeff Brown, will take A cost of 813,000 per year could be Republican campaigners. funding eligibility.