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NEW YORK — A wallet-sized,
updated vintage guide to Italian
wines is being distributed free by the
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Republicans
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AUSTIN — The gains are not
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I growth in the GOP.
[j The prospect of a hot race between
* four leading Republican presidential
I prospects — Ronald Reagan, John
y Connally, George Bush and Howard
| Baker — on the May 3 Republican
N 'primary ballot and the presence of
the state’s first Republican governor
since Reconstruction has spurred
GOP activity in areas of the state
where no one has ever been labeled
Republican.
“At the present time we have
county chairmen in 235 of the
(state’s) 254 counties,” said GOP
state chairman Chester R. Upham.
“We’re anticipating a primary elec
tion in every county. This will be the
first time that’s ever happened.’’
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tions were conducted in only 175 of
the 254 counties because GOP offi
cials could not find local residents
willing to organize and ballot as Re
publicans.
“We got much more participation
at the county level than I think we’ve
ever had before,” Upham said.
GOP ballots for nomination to loc
al offices across the state will be lon
ger and in many cases include names
of individuals formerly elected to
office as Democrats.
“We’re enjoying more turnout in
more places than ever before,” Up
ham said. “We hope to double our
representation in the Legislature.”
Republicans now hold only 24 of
the 150 seats in the Texas House of
Representatives and five of the 31
Senate spots.
Three of the current GOP law
makers were elected as Democrats
and switched parties only late in
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1979. Of that three, Sen. Bill Braeck-
lein, R-Dallas, opted not to seek
reelection and one of the two repre
sentatives, Rep. Clay Smothers, R-
Dallas, is relinquishing his seat to
run for Congress.
Upham, however, said Republi
cans expect to retain their present
seats and gain 20 to 30 new House
members and possibly seven sena
tors.
“We’re targeting about eight to 10
Senate races and hope to win seven
of those as a minimum,” the GOP
party chairman said. “We’ve had ex
cellent recruiting. We’re targeting
25 to 30 House races and expect to
elect 20 to 25. ”
Upham said the number of candi
dates running for the Legislature on
the GOP ballot has jumped consider
ably. The 107 House candidates who
filed this week represent a 29 per
cent increase from 1978 showings,
he said.
“Even more significant,” he said,
“is that this year we have contests in
20 House districts. In the 1978 prim
ary the GOP had opposing candi
dates in only 12. ”
On the Senate side Upham re
ported 21 candidates seeking the
GOP nomination in 13 of the 16 dis
tricts up for election.
“In 1978 we had seven state Sen
ate candidates in six districts^
one contest, ” he noted. “Theoijj 3
sion is unmistakable. Officwe
have become aware that tie [.
nomination is worth something I
you can run for office as a R
and win.”
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ments’ 1978 election upset to
come Texas’ first Republican a
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anee has given us credibility," i ; of sou
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Boxer denies saying
Carter used him in Africa
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WASHINGTON — Muhammad
Ali denies that he said President Car
ter may have taken advantage of him
by sending him to confront African
opposition to a boycott of the Mos
cow Summer Olympics.
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champion returned to Andrews Air
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