The Plain Dealer from Cleveland, Ohio (2024)

April 30, 1970

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The Plain Dealeri

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Cleveland, Ohio

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Thursday, April 30, 1970

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10

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A THE PLAIN DEALER THURSDAY APRIL 30 1970 Hi ft kill Kan 62 Area High School Seniors Win National Merit Scholarships Big Races in Ohio ailing to Arouse Sluggish Electorate never voted in an election All of Cloud Holds 9 Edge on Brown 1 1 rom irst Page 1 Poll Shows Gilligan Winning With Ease 4 Greater Cleve yesterday were berger Hudson Hazel A Morrow Willoughby South Mott Given Lokowood si Richard A Kora Valley orge Mark Bozik at Joseph Donald Reed St Joseph Bruce Bush North Royalton George Miller Olmsted alls Monira Balozv Garfield Heights John O'Donnell Seoul Korea ft Jenee Euchner Avon Lake Richard Myers Cathedral Latin Eunice Bickel Painesville Harvey team and has been promi nent in science activities John son of Kevin director of the Peace Corps in Korea is also a broth er Kevin Jr was a winner James Noran Lakewood Lance Smith North Olmsted 1 8 John Broughton Brecksville Paul Kukuca Midpark Deborah Swam Berkshire Ian Gloss Euclid Robert Wasko Marshall previous winners ONE IS JAMES Nor an of Lakewood High School whose brother John won last year John is at tending Harvard University James hopes to study phi losophy at Macalester Col Larry Boyer Heights Mark Delerhoi Westlake Mark Gardner 4 St Ignatius Elizabeth Blossom Hathaway Brown Mary Ifft Beaumont Kevm Reichlev St Edward Karen Sullivan Mayfield two years ago The family lived in airview Park until 1966 when the father took the Peace Corps post in Seoul JOHN WILL graduate from the Seoul oreign School He plans to pursue East Asian studies at Yale University His older broth er is in the same field at Harvard Winners in northeastern Ohio were selected from 305 semifinalists named last fall inalists had to pass a second examination and re ceive the recommendations James Strnod University Dwight Spreng Marshall 3 Ethan A Merritt heights Jerald A Meyer Brooklyn Michael Solms airview James Borrick Euclid Robert Berens Hudson Palelhi Joseph Ralph 1 Hexter Shaker Sarah Harrigan Heights Elaine Gibbons Parma Deaorah Bailey Heights David Kincaid Heights Marilyn Murphy I Heights Richard urnas Heights Thumas uller Shaw Roy Baumeister Euclid Timothy pelf Shaker Cohen Heights Don Blumenthal Shaker were working overtime to render the retri bution In Urbana a hardware store owner told the PD Poll: a businessman sir and I voted for Rhodes before but when he put in that 301 234 136 329 Mariorie A Wher lev Midpark 333 185 111 370 Margaret Terpen ning Chagrin alls William Dickey G'lmour Thomas Down ing Edward William pear son Painesville Harvey read about them I talk about them diiuiuuu i ucire ciuuui uiciii air enuugii HE CONTEMPLATES in Lancaster where he is' a businessman who on his way to the bank freely admits he is going to vote in the Democratic primary is a responsibility and a he announced is the reason leaning toward (former Gov Michael V) DiSalle and (ex Sen rank J) Lausche again Very responsible gan 430 Sweeney 178 and McElroy 5 with 337 undecided Voters who are unemployed support Gilligan 421 Sweeney 13T and Me Robert Arrison University SI Ptter Albright Heights Except for the elusive 10 that poll sters felt had some grasp of the candidates and politics the reaction to this election is a combination of grumbling irritability boredom and only fleeting and manufac tured concern over who might be elected Mark Dean Painesville River side Sixty two landers named winners of National Merit Scholarships two thirds will re ceive a grants providing $400 to $6000 to ward college tuition The others won one time awards of $1000 The four year scholar ships are sponsored by col leges corporations and foundations The $1000 grants are sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corp businesses and foun dations an in John hometown in New Con cord is for the The demographic division is birth fas cinating and frightening There are two distinct political worlds in Ohio the urban suburban world and the rustic hamlets vil lages and towns that alone seem insignifi cant but together present a silent political charm that Vice President Spiro Agnew woos EAR CRIME IN THE city is evi dent to the pollster who finds the citizen EDWARD Smith Na tional Merit president an nounced the names of more than 3000 high school sen iors who won awards Among them are about 200 honorary winners receive no money They in clude students who plan to lege St Paul Minn He is a attend service academies two year member of Lake who have accepted other fi wood's nancial aid or who do not need assistance In Ohio there are 196 win ners including four living abroad Among Greater Cleveland winners are two brothers of Richard Kenne dy Rocky River William RatnoH Joseph Rock Shaker Shaker University Edward Kronenberoer un decided LAKEWOOD Mott Given Rennsseloee (South High) Hazel A oiviecnnic insTiruie jomes a Naron Macalester College High) Koren Sullivan wiuuLEouNV nriun i imiaoaqj High) Mariorie A Wherly Macoles NORTH O1 AASTn lone Smith: BEAUMONT Mary Ifft University Notre Oame University NORTH ROYALTON (E Root High) Bruce Bush Mocolester Colleger OLMSTED ALLS George Milltf Yole University PAINESVILLE (Harvey High) Eunice nrl Dlt t1 Owl Uli llUII vvilllulli (lira Pearson Hirom College (RiveM siae Higni work uean nose Polytechnic Institute Michael Kerr Boston College PARMA Elaine Gibbons Valaarol so University PARMA HEIGHTS (Volley orge High) Richard A Kern Yale University ROCKY RIVER Richard Kennedy Miami University tji SHAKER HEIGHTS Don Blumen thal Oberlin College Ralph Hexter narvara university Hmoiny kof sum iwuuiwmww Doff Yale University William UNIVERSITY SCHOOL Robert 1 Ratnoff Harvard University Joseon Arrison undecided James Strnaa Rock Amherst College Harvard University Swain Baldwin Wallace College CHAGRIN ALLS Margaret Terpen ning Denison University CLEVELAND HEIGHTS (Heights High) Peter Albright Wheaton College Deborah Bailey Radcliffe College Larry Bayer Carnegie Mellon Uni versity Neil Cohen Massachusetts Institute of Technology Richard urnas Cornell University Sarah Horrigan Carleton College David Kincaid Kenyon College Ethan Merritt Stanford University Marilyn Murphy undecided EAST CLEVELAND (Shaw High) Thomas uller Brown University EUCLID Baumeister Prince ton University James Barrick New York University Ian Gloss Yale University i AIRVIEW PARK (airviewHIgh) Michael Solms' Texas Christian University GARIELD HEIGHTS Balo zv Barat College HUDSON Robert Berens Brown sales tax he hurt the businesJSjnan I told my friends then that I would personally see to it that I cost Rhodes 50yofes sure I Striking Teamsters in County raged at Rhodes and their sudden eco nomic inconvenience Theyvowed to vote against him as they collected their welfare checks I BUT GILLIGAN anybody in the world but said aVnari in Cin cinnati I have a dlfdice but not the guy got shot' upinto said an ironworker in Canton Glenn has not done a thing for the party and I 1 rom irst Page the favorite of all groups of voters except much of the labor vote that helped him de one PD Poll showed McElroy former Ohio feat Lausche in the senatorial primary in aiiwuej geueiai can expect io win unio farm vote the primary 1 lhe results also forecast failure of strategy of trying to keep close to" Gilligan in key urban areas and then ringing up pluralities in the small towns and rural areas PRIMARY campaign based on a conservative low key image apparently has not aroused any interest among Democratic voters in Cuvahoea Countv home countv of Sweeney and McElroy was fa vored by 505 of the registered Demo crats Sweeney 20 and McElroy 75 with 22 undecided In other key urban communities such as Hamilton home county and ranklin Lucas Mahoning and Mont gomery Gilligan held a commanding lead particularly among younger voters and the college educated PD Poll results are as fol lows: Hamilton Gilligan 686 Sweeney 86 McElroy 29 and 20 undecided ranklin Gilligan 491 McElroy 75 Sw'eeney 38 and 396 undecided Lucas Gilligan 40 Sweeney 125 McElroy 125 and 35 undecided Mahoning Gilligan 542 McElroy 104 Sweeney 42 and 313 undecided The man forgets they were losers in another year political ghosts no longer on the ballot When you conduct a political poll yous learn to appreciate the apathy that iaces the electorate Maybe 10 of the people know or care enough to be informed or most it is an inconvenience many it is an imposi tion IN WASHINGTON observers partici pants and writers anticipate the Ohio gov race and the Senate race for one questioning instant alarmed and i ney are the political races of the year and even the White Houses is attentive In Washington Court House 0 the race is just to be endured like another sea son There was talk about Jim Rhodes making it again as the governor and addi tional comment about this Howard Metzen baum who is giving the astronaut a good run on electronic saturation "He is for the said a wom Lennord Pauloz BBEdward Kronen zi St Ignatius of their schools BROOK PARK (Mldnark High) Paul Kukuca University of Denver According to a i a 1 Brooklyn jeroid a Mover Goshen Merit findlists scored in BURTON (Berkshire High) Deborah about the upper half of 1 of graduating seniors on the original qualifying test Each finalist will receive a certificate of merit Greater Cleveland win ners by high school and col leges they plan to attend: CLEVELAND JOHN Dwight 5 Spreng Yale Robert Wasko MSU METROPOLITAN AREA AVON LAKE Jenee Euchner Miami University BEREA Kenneth Novak Dart mouth College BRECKSVILLE John Broughton undecided I Michael Kerr Pamesvtlle River side Cloud leads in (Cleveland) Montgomery (Dayton) ranklin (Colum bus) and Hamilton (Cincinnati) PD Poll results among city dwellers Cloud 315 Brown 234 Lukens 103 Undecided 348 PD Poll results among suburban resi dents: Cloud 299 Brown 198 Lukens 141 Undecided 36 2 PD Poll results among rural voters: Cloud 271 Brown 200 Lukens' 79 Undecided 450 Cloud is the first choice amonglabor ers as well as professional people Poll results among laborers: Cloud 315' Brown '185 Lukens 89 Undecided 411 Poll results among professional people cioua Brown Lukens Undecided Cloud is the first choice among voters who have some college education: Cloud 309 Brown 226 Lukens Undecided '331 Cloud also is leading the potential labor vote by a wide margin PD Poll results among registered vo ters who said they are members of labor unions: Cloud Brown Lukens Undecided Down there off in Ohio away from con crete conduits designed to deliver human 'them the politicians are' rotten I ny witn uasie on num mese siuices mix ing the urban areas and shielded by the Interstate bypass the voter contem plates his democratic responsibility He contemplates in Elyria where the issue is not who or on the ballot but whether to make the effort at all and leave work early He contemplates in Zanesville where he is a gunsmith with big forearms and a good smile that splits with pride when he says: Montgomery Gilligan 625 McElroy McElroy 83 with 432 undecided Veters 125 Sweeney 63 and 188 undecided over 50 give Gilligan 389 Sweeney 12 Vi PD Poll predicted Gilligan would retain and McElroy 103 with 38 undpeiripri Gilligan 49 draws identical strength uiiz aim 2iiiiii i i iiii iiiirorc cities Gilligan can expect 437 Mclrev AMONG LABORERS who said they did 9 and Sweeney 89 with 38 4 undecid not belong to a union Gilligan gathered ed Suburban results of PD Poll are Gilli SWPPIIPV 19 4 and MnTTlrnv 7 non JO dfrf 111 with 436 undecided Here Gilligan can ex pect to capture a substantial number of the undecided voters uouu TijAG Kjvvuciicy 10170 and lvlc Among union members Gilligan had Elroy 93 with 355 undecided 38 Sweeney 155 and McElroy 85 with 38 undecided Again Gilligan can ex HOUSEWIVES approve strongly of Gil pect to win a larger percentage of the unde They gave him 432 Sweeney 12 cided union vote an(I McElroy 8 with 368 undecided Negro voters PD Poll predicted would Gilligan generally has spent little on his provide valuable support for Gilligan As of Primary campaign His strategy has been last week Gilligan had 412 of the Negro vote Sweeney 78 and McElroy 59 with 45 undecided Again Gilligan can proba bly expect substantial support from the un decided voters GILLIGAN IS strong among college ed ucated Voters and professionally employed people PD' Poll results show College educated: Gilligan 57 Swee ney 97 McElroy 72 262 undecided Professionally employed: Gilligan 50 Sweeney 93 McElroy 93 313 unde cided i 1 Voters 21 34 years old give Gilligan 496 Sweeney' 98 and McElroy 65 i with 341 undecided Voters aged 35 49 sud 1 port Gilligan 382 Sweeney 104 and Gov Michael DiSalle support Cuts across age educa tional occupational and geographic lineg Only with housewives who favor Brown does Cloud rank second The housewife vote according to PD Poll: Brown 287 Cloud 234 Lukens 96 Undecided 383 PD Poll results contradict the predic tions of some political observers who ex pected Lukens to be the favorite among the younger voters Lukens at age 38 the youngest of the three candidates and a former national chairman of the Young Republicans makes his strongest showing among voters 21 to 35 but still is the third choice PD Poll results among voters in the 21 35 age bracket: Cloud 26 0 Brown 194 Lukens 15 8 Undecided 388 Results among voters in the 35 49 age JJUUjZ Cloud 296 Brown 193 Lukens 97 Undecided 414 Results among voters age 50 and over: Cloud 326 Brown 232 Lukens 123 1 Undecided 319 candidacy finds its strongest support in the southwestern Ohio In Montgomery County (Dayton) one of PD six key counties Lukens is running second to Cloud In each of the oth er five key counties he is third Brown leads in two of the six Lucas (Toledo and Mahoning (Youngstown 10 save ior the general election campaign He has dealt primarily with Ohio's low rat mgs in aid to education and aid to fighting the urban crisis in Ohio cities Gilligan was defeated in his bid for the US Senate in November 1968 bv former Atty Gen William Saxbe He lost by ILU'UVV VUltJ) Sweeney 45 who hastiWh from the i Democratic party organization in Ohio has campaigned hard to try to pKhfc independ ence across in hopes of winning large blocs of urban votes while winning pluralities in rural areas i McElroy 63 has also campaigned hard in rural areas He ran for governor in 1962 Sfv Wm efattredJn the Primary by former 11(1 Mirnsiol reluctant at being approached There are those voters who could mea dUIt LAJULIvcbI UcI ivl IlldllLv ill LIlv IIIUoL LnA knzM tx devastating way economically and they Of a Democrat and proud WESTLAKE Mark Deierhol Northwestern University Morrow Macalester College (May dMia Migni Iffiith College CATMOI ir LMlchigan tAI HEDRAL LATIN Richard Myers Michigan State University STf" EDWARD Thomas Downing University Kevin Reichlev 'Ohio State University Karl Hollin ger Webb Institute of Naval Architect GILMOUR ACAUtMY William Dickey University of Michigan ST IGNATIUS Leonard PaulozzC Yale University Mark Gardner John Carroll University ST JOSEPH Bezik Cleve land 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