Viking 1965

elections Balloons, bands, blunders, bally- hoo, and broads-it was a typical Portland State student body elec- tion. Despite protests of election rule violations and sniping by candi- dates at their opponents for evad- ing "the most important issue," the vote turnout exceeded 1,600 better than ever before. X{uch of the turnout was attributed to presidential candidate Timme Helzer whose night-before-election phone campaign to underclassmen apparently paid off. Hel zer and Jim Westwood snatched the two top offices from the opposition, the Jim Bishop-Bob Erickson and Roger IlcGee-Richard Reinoehl tickets. Pat Oberlander, this year's Social- Recreation Board chairman, took the second-vice president's job with a write-in campaign. 1!iW Nffi Tffi .--,;;;; :iliru ..:'a:!:5SSS