The BG News November 9, 1983

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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. vol. 66 Issue 32 Wednesday, november 9,1983 new/bowling green state university Ohio voters say 'no' to State Issues 1, 2, 3 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A propo- again, was trailing 916,680 to 620,239, But much of the margin enjoyed by throughout the state as voters capped campaign ended. ate to raise taxes by requiring a three- sal to raise the legal age for drinking or 60 percent to 40 percent. Ohioans to Stop Excessive Taxation the hotly contested campaign which The Let 19 Work Committee, fi- fifths vote instead of the simple ma- beer from 19 to 21 and a pair of tax Voting in college campus towns was evaporated as the better-financed costpartisans almost $3 million. nanced largely by beer distributors jority now needed. proposals sparked by a 90 percent heavy, and at Ohio State University Committee For Ohio began a sus- "The turnout is very heavy. It's and retailers, used its remaining increase in income tax trailed by an extra precinct had to be created tained television advertising cam- heavy in Cleveland, Toledo, Youngs- $120,000 for advertising. The money THE CAMPAIGN against repeal substantial margins yesterday. for the voting. paign. town, Lorain (and) Mansfield." Da- almost went unspent, but the killing of depended heavily on television adver- With 48.2 percent of the precincts The margin by which the issues A mail opinion poll of 1,658 regis- vid Shutt, spokesman for Secretary of more than 230 U.S. servicemen by a tislng which warned of school closings counted, the opposition held a 58-42 were trailing came as a surprise in tered voters, published by The Colum- State Sherrod Brown, said a few hours truck bomb Oct. 23 in Beirut, Leb- and cuts in other public services if the percent lead, 905,231 votes against to view of pre-election polls which had bus Dispatch Sunday, showed that the before polls closed. anon, helped drive home a point made issues were approved. 641,580 in favor of Issue 1. shown neither proponents or oppo- margin had fallen to 55 percent in in that advertising. nents had a significant advantage. favor of repeal to 45 percent opposed. BALLOT Issue 1, which proposed to The campaign sparked a voter reg- Campaign finance reports showed Tax-repealing Issue 3 was behind An AJOTYI Beacon JoumaHJmversity raise the beer-drinking age, seemed istration drive on college and univer- that opponents of the measures raised 883,679 to 657,922, or 57 percent to 42 BACKERS OF Issues 2 and 3 had a of Akron poll in that city found 45 to lead comfortably in the polls as the sity campuses. Secretary of State $1.2 million by the Oct. 19 pre-election percent. commanding lead of 70 percent to 30 percent opposed to repeal and 41 campaign wound down, although op- Sherrod Brown said the proposal led filing cutoff date. Most of the money Issue 2, a companion constitutional percent after a successful initiative percent in favor. ponents apparently had gained. about 30,000 college-age Ohioans to came from labor unions and big busi- amendment that would have required petition drive to put the measures on A moderate to heavy turnout, due at The Coalition For 21, the organiza- register to vote for the first time. ness. Committee for Ohio leaders a three-fifths legislative vote instead the ballot, according to opinion polls least in part to the sunny and warm tion officially backing the measure, Issue 2 was designed to make it estimated they might spend $2 million of a simple majority to raise taxes in September. November day, had been reported ran out of money long before the more difficult for the House and Sen- by election day. Precinct C voter lines continuous from itoff reports On-campus students kept the lines long and moving yesterday at the Northeast Commons, precinct C, where 2,673 persons living in the first ward voted. According to one poll worker, voters were lined up out the door at different times during the day. "We've been very steady," said Erin Crowley, a paid volunteer for the Board of Elections who was working at the on-campus polls. "All the students have been wonderful... wait- ing in line." Crowley also said students seemed to take their time while voting and read everything on the ballot. A few students commented that they were more aware of what was on the ballot this time than in previous Dg news sloff/Polrck Sancor elections. The three state issues on the ballot appeared to be the main reason students had showed up at the Election day voting polls, and many said they were voting for the first time. ftujimiii Journalism major Phillip (above)The voting polls at Conneaut School had good turnout throughout the afternoon as well as the Wilson said he voted mostly in retalia- Northeast Commons (right) which had 2763 on-campus students cast their ballcs.Ed Miller, candidate for tion of State Issue 3. He said he will the councilat large seat, who was handing out pamphlets in front of the first ward voting ploce, called it not be able to handle the increase in the "hot spot" in Bowling Green as far as voting went. Other candidates also made one last attempt to sway tuition opponents have claimed will voters before the polls closed at 7:30 p.m. occur if ft passes. "Everyone is talking about Issues 1, but they are going to get beer, regard- Dg news staff/Con Lee Cifani lew " Wilson said. "I think Issue 3 is the big one and no one realizes it" Senate resumes after bombing Mayoral hopeful WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI agents corridor on the second - main - floor, Both chambers of Congress con- and erratic people will be phoning in a *" * combed through an estimated SI mil- adjacent to the Senate chamber. In vened under unusually tight security. lot of idle threats," House Majority lion mound of debris yesterday as the addition to shattering windows, splin- The second floor on the Senate side Leader Jim Wright, D-Texas, said. Senate attempted business as usual in tering wood frames and exposing was sealed off to the public. As the Theodore Gardner, the special makes quick exit the wake of a bomb blast that ripped brick wall and pipe, the blast knocked Senate debated a military spending agent in charge of the Washington through a hallway and severely dam- the doors to Democratic Leader Rob- bill, members had to raise their FBI field office, said analysts had not aged a meeting room near the cham- ert Byrd's office off their hinges and voices to be beard above the sound of yet determined whether the bomb by The Associated Press UJvagi, 34, conceded to Owens when ber. Officials said the device was destroyed several implacable paint- broken glass and masonry being shov- that rocked the Senate was dynamite. only 25 percent of the vote was Sered by a wristwatch. ings, including portraits of Daniel eled up only feet away. However, a Senate official said the Democratic Councilman Peter UJ- counted and he was leading. But later s Senate will not be deterred or Webster and John Calhoun. The visitors' galleries on the third investigation bad determined the vagi quickly conceded the Toledo returns gave Owens, 46, the lead. intimidated," declared Majority HOWEVER, THE Senate chamber floor and the entire first floor were re- blast was caused by a black-powder mayor's race yesterday to Republi- Leader Howard Baker Jr., R-Tenn., itself was left intact, although a coat- opened to the public early yesterday. susbstance, not plastic explosive. can Councilwoman Donna Owens, Owens would become the first Re- as he held the Senate to a schedule ing of dust throughout the chamber But, for a brief time in the morning, "It was a high explosive device with who was seeking to become that city's publican mayor in Ohio's fourth-larg- which began at 9 a.m. EST. greeted maintenance workers in the the first floor of the House side of the delayed timing," Gardner said. He first woman mayor. est city since 1967. Baker said that had the Senate been morning. Capitol was sealed and evacuated said the group which claimed respon- At 9:15 p.m., Uivagi said he be- in session at the time of the explosion, Byrd aide Mike Willard said the after a fresh threat that a bomb had sibility before the blast, the "Armed lieved Owens would succeed Demo- In Columbus, with 48 percent of the there would have been "grave injur- damage could reach SI million. been placed near the House restau- Resistance Unit," was the same cratic Mayor Doug DeGood, who did votes counted, Dorrian led Rinehart y... and. perhaps, loss of life to sen- The FBI said the blast was caused rant. However, no bomb was found group that claimed responsibility for not seek a fourth, two-year term.

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