Edmonds Loses; Bredernitz Wins

After yesterday's primary election, it appears that one member of the Board of Commissioners has been ousted from any chance of retaining his office, while another member is virtually guaranteed another term. The defeated candidate is Cmsr. Donald M. Edmonds of Ypsilanti. He will be replaced on the Democratie ticket in November by James Cregar, of 1127 Borgstrom, Ypsilanti, a Washtenaw Community College instructor. Cregar outpolled Edmonds 437 to 251. Cmsr. Albert Bredernitz of Saline Township fared much better, despite the fact he received slightly less than 50 per cent of the Republican vote cast for the District 9 seat. Bredernitz defeated two opponents by snaring 490 votes. Placing second behind him was Paul W. Meyer with 259. He was followed closely by E. A (Jack) Morris with 248 votes. In other primaries. Mrs. Vanell Williams, mother of nine, defeated Alee Bouxsein for the Democratie nomination for District 5; John F. Barnes defeated John J. Hensel for the District 12 Republican nomination; Mrs. Susan Sayre outpolled Jack A. Keiler Jr. for the bid to run on the Republican ticket in District 11; and Frederick J. Schwall earned the right to run on the Democratie ticket by defeating Charles Da vis Jr. in District 10. In the District 12 race, E d m o n d s showed e a r 1 y strength in his home city of Y p s i 1 a n t i , but was soundly defeated by Cregar in the Ypsilanti Township precincts of that district, by a 279 to 58 margin. Edmonds, chairman of the board's Office of Economie Opportunity subcommittee, has served on the board since 1969. In defeating his two opponents for the Republican nomination in District 9, Bredernitz virtually assured his reelection to the board since he will run unopposed in November. Cmsr. Jay L. Bradbury of Lima Township also is guaranteed victory, as he faced neither primary nor general election competition. Much of the margin for Bredernitz's victox-y came in Saline and York Townships, where he gained 268 votes to the 93 total for his closest competition there, Meyer. The commissioner was outvoted in his district's largest unit, Pittsfield Township, where Morris edged him by seven votes. The closest Ann Arbor race took place in District 5 where Mrs. Williams of 1507 Traver slipped past Bouxsein by 25 votes. The final unofficial tally was 378 for Mrs. Williams, and 353 for Bouxsein. Both