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THE BATTALION Page 9 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1980 state Bush only Republican candidate on Texas presidential primary ballot Carter, Connally favorites, according to Texas survey United Press International AUSTIN — With less than a week emaining before the filing deadline, George Bush is the only Republican residential candidate who has qual- fied for a place on the Texas GOP rimary ballot. Nine other candidates have re quested petition forms to collect iignatures to place their names on he ballots, and Ronald Reagan and brmer Gov. John B. Connally are onsidered certain to obtain the tecessary 5,000 signatures and file hem before the 6 p.m. Monday deadline to assure themselves of places on the ballot for the May 3 primary. Others who requested the petition forms were Sen. Howard Baker, R- Tenn., Benjamin Fernandez of Cali fornia, Harold Stassen of Minnesota; Rep. Phil Crane, R-Ill; Austin news paper columnist John Kelso; Gerald T. DeFelice of Connecticut; and Donald J. McNeil of New Hamp shire. “I don’t think Stassen, DeFelice or McNeil will qualify,” said Ann Prestige of the state GOP headquar ters. “All the rest are possible. I know all the other people have work ed on it.” The petition forms were not mailed to Crane until Jan. 15, mean ing he would have only three weeks to collect the 5,000 voter signatures. Texas Democrats have not yet de cided if they will have a presidential primary. Will Garwood, who was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Bill Clements, is the only Republican who had filed for statewide office through noon Tuesday, although Professor’s mistake leads to drug arrests United Press International LUBBOCK — A Texas Tech pro fessor flying home from a Florida business trip picked up the wrong suit bag and unwittingly involved himself in a cocaine smuggling oper ation. A copyright story last week in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal said the misadventure resulted in two arrests in Tennessee and the seizure of an estimated $200,000 worth of cocaine. It may also have given drug agents a foothold in breaking an ex tensive narcotics trafficking opera tion in the South, the newspaper said. ' The professor, who requested anonymity, described his role in the case as “inconsequential. Like any weary traveler, the man said he was “disgusted last week when he arrived at Lubbock Interna tional Airport and found he had pick ed up someone else’s bag. “I’m not exactly sure where the mixup occurred,” the Lubbock man said, adding that he had changed planes about four times between Florida and Texas. He said that when he boarded his final flight from Dallas to Lubbock, he noticed his bag seemed heavier than usual. He decided to inspect it in Lubbock, he said. "I unzipped it a little and it didn’t even look like my clothes. I was dis gusted.” However, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration couldn’t have been happier when the professor showed them 100 small packets of cocaine which were inside the suit bag. A day later, the real owner of the bag telephoned the Tech professor. “He just said he had some impor tant papers and stuff in there and would lose his job if he didn’t get it back” the professor said. “I wanted my bag back too.” The distraught owner made arrangements with the professor and Lubbock airport officials for the transfer of the bag to Nashville, Tenn. The man did not know, however, that all of the cocaine pack ets inside except one were fakes, and that an undercover narcotics agent from Lubbock was accompanying the bag. The Texas drug agent cooperating with Tennessee authorities watched as two men approached the bag at the Nashville airport. Both were arrested immediately. Tennessee authorities said the in vestigation would continue and de clined further comment. Additional arrests are expected, the newspaper said. John Thomas Henderson said in a news release he will file before the Monday deadline as a candidate for the Republican nomination to the Railroad Commission. Henderson ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat in 1978. Two Republicans have filed for the District 10 congressional seat now held by Democratic Rep. J. J. Pick le. They are Radcliffe J. Finley and Jack Bower, both of Austin. Two Democratic members of the Supreme Court — Robert M. Camp bell and Sears McGee — have filed for re-election and Houston District Judge James P. Wallace, a former state senator, has filed for the Demo cratic nomination to the Supreme Court place being vacated by the re tirement of Judge Zollie Steakley. Rep. Buddy Temple, D-Diboll, is the only Democrat who had filed by Tuesday for a place on the Railroad Commission. Temple is seeking the place now held by Commission chairman John Poerner, who has cal led a Monday news conference to announce formally his re-election bid. Commissioner Jim Nugent has said he will be a candidate for elec tion and Jim Hightower already is campaigning against Nugent although neither has paid his filing fee. The Democrats already are assured of two contested races for congressional district nominations. Rep. Joe Wyatt Jr., D-Texas, who voluntarily commited himself for alcoholism treatment early this month has filed for re-election and is being challenged by former state Rep. Joe Salem of Corpus Christi. Several others also are reportedly considering that race. Paul D. Rich of San Antonio has filed for the District 23 congressional seat now held by Rep. Abraham Kazen Jr. who bas filed for re- election. United Press International AUSTIN — President Carter has the overwhelming support of Texas Democrats and independents while former Gov. John Connally holds the lead among Republicans, a statewide survey shows. A Texas Monthly survey of 1,000 registered voters statewide showed Carter leading Sen. Edward Ken nedy, D-Mass., by 63.8 percent to 28.3 percent. Carter also was the preferred can didate of independent voters with 43 percent, while Brown and Kennedy both were attractive to only about 13 percent of the independents. In the first Texas Monthly poll, Carter and Kennedy were running virtually even. Since November, u 846-6714 & 846-1151 " UNIVERSITY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTEi ^ CINEMA I daTlY com NG !-"THE PR I it FIGHTER"(PG) 1 ^^ wmcE U - LOCK - IT I 10 x 20 - $25 I ^ 693-2339 however, Carter has gained substan tial support. Kennedy remained the Democratic choice only of minority groups in the poll taken Jan. 2-6. On the GOP side, Connally has an impressive 54.5 percent of Republi cans and 43.6 percent of indepen dents supporting his candidacy. 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