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Millions of Russians vote
in Parliament elections
Warped
by Scott McCul
United Press International
MOSCOW — Soviet leader
Konstantin Chernenko and mil
lions of ordinary citizens voted
Sunday in uncontested national
elections for the Supreme So
viet that serves as a symbol of
public support for the Commu
nist system.
Security was tight as the mo
torcade of black limousines car
rying Chernenko and his wife
Anna sped down boulevards
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draped with red banners to the
regional poll, where they cast
their ballots for two delegates to
the Supreme Soviet, or Parlia
ment.
“How many of you have cast
your ballot?” Chernenko asked
the handful of foreign and So
viet reporters and security men
at the All Union Agency of Au
thors’ Rights, which was cor
doned off while the 72-year old
party general secretary voted.
About 50 bystanders ap
plauded Chernenko, who was
dressed in a dark woolen over
coat, and his wife, wearing a fur
coat and hat, as they emerged
frnm the building.
Chernenko wished the crowd
“happy holiday” as he got into
his black Zil limousine.
By the end of the day, more
than 99 percent of the adult
population will cast their ballot,
many by proxy.
Voters go to the polls once
every five years to elect the
1,500-member Supreme Soviet,
which is convened twice a year
to give rubber stamp approval
to laws and directives from the
Communist Party’s ruling 12-
man Politburo.
Each ballot at regional poll
ing stations contains the name
of two unopposed candidates
nominated with Party approval
to five-year terms in the Su
preme Soviet.
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Staff Writer
At a fund raiser Sunday for
the Brazos County Republican
Party, U.S. Sen. John Tower
said the probable GOP candi
date for his Senate position is
front-runner Phil Gramm.
Tower, second-ranking Re
publican in the Senate who is
not running for re-election in
1984, said at a news conference
before the $50-a-plate dinner
that an unbiased outsider’s view
obviously shows Gramm as the
most probable Republican can
didate for the Senate seal, tak
ing into account his current
lead in the race for the primary.
Tower, a senator for 23
years, has served on several key
Senate committees and has par
ticipated in such landmark leg
islation as the War Powers Act.
He said the act is an inhibi
tion on the president, and that
the United States is the only
country with such restrictions
on its leader.
Tower went on to discuss
other defense-related issues.
The withdrawal of the Ma
rines from Lebanon has hurt
American credibility in that
part of the world, he said.
“Our influence in Lebanon
has been adversely affected by
the pullout,” he said.
As a member of the Senate
Budget Committee, he said
President Reagan’s proposed
defense budget probably will
not make it through Congress.
“I don’t agree with that,” he
said. “I don’t want to see it cut.
The defense budget shouldn’t
be sized according to appro
priations, but to the require
ment according to the threat to
the security of the U.S.”
Sen. John Tower gives the “cut” signal at the I
end of a press conference held before the ban
quet given in his honor at the Brazos Center j
Sunday night.
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May 4, with Cisneros speaking
to students graduating from the
colleges of Agriculture, Geosci
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from the colleges of Architec
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their commencement exercises
the evening of May 4, with
White as the tentative guest
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