Carl Levin, a former Delroit City Council President, bested five rivals to emerge today in the Michigan Democratic primary as the party nominee for U.S. Senator and will oppose incumbent Republican Sen. Robert P. Griffin in the November election. Griffin easily defeated his only challenger, L. Brooks Patterson, the Oakland County Prosecutor.
Levin, who is active in Jewish communal affairs, declared at a pre-election forum here that the “stranglehold” of Arab oil on U.S. foreign policy was demonstrated in the Senate vote clearing the way for the sale of U.S. fighter planes to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, a transaction he called “a tragic change” in U.S. policy. Levin denounced what he called President Carter’s policy of supporting Egypt’s call for Israeli concessions before peace talks resume.
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