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Wednesday, February 5, 1986/The Battalion/Page 7 Slouch By Jim Earle "Haven’t you ever been curious about how much foam is in one of these things?” Commissioner charged in bribery scheme Associated Press CONROE — Montgomery County Commissioner Weldon Locke was charged with bribery Tuesday in connection with an al leged scheme in which thousands of dollars in expenses were submitted for work not done, a prosecutor said. District Attorney Peter Speers said County Auditor Marilyn Thom ason was suspended Tuesday morn ing by district court judges, so finan cial records in her office could be examined. Justice of the Peace Gary Collier submitted his resignation Tuesday morning and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, Speers said. Bond was set at $20,000 for Locke, who was arrested Tuesday by Texas Rangers. Locke was taken into custody at Thomason's house, where Speers said the commissioner had been living. Invoices approved Monday by Montgomery County commissioners involved invoices for $8,800 sub mitted by Locke for traffic, road and signal maintenance work that was not done, Speers said. A woman who answered the phone at the Montgomery County auditor’s office, but would not give her name, said the office was closed Tuesday by order of district court judges. GOP claims poll shows White vulnerable Dr. Joesph LoPiccolo is a recognized leader in the field of sex ual therapy. His Handbook of Sex Therapy has been widely acclaimed and is one of the standard references in the field. Dr. LoPiccolo will talk on and answer questions on: “Love and Sex in the 80’s” February 5,1986 Rudder Auditorium 8:00 p.m. $1 00 admission /MSG GREAT ISSUES^ Tickets will be on sale at Rudder Box office at noon Wednesday until the start of the program. Associated Press AUSTIN— The battle of opinion po\\s began Tuesday in the 1986 governor’s race, the day after the Democratic and Republican parties found out who all the players would be on May 3. The filing deadline for places on the primary ballot passed Monday with five Democrats challenging Gov. Mark White for the party nom ination. The winner will face the survivor of a three-way Republican primary. State GOP Chairman George Strake said Tuesday that a new poll taken in mid-December, financed by his party, “indicated the next gover nor of Texas will be chosen in the Republican primary” White’s pollster, based in New York, disagreed with the GOP re port. “We polled 600 likely voters Jan. 10, and 52 percent said they would choose Gov. White over 41 percent for Bill Clements if the election was held right now,” said Dick Morris, who also was pollster for White in his successful 1982 defeat of Clements. “Right now, Mark White would defeat Bill Clements by a wider mar gin than he did in 1982,” Morris said. Strake refused to name a choice from the field of former Gov. Bill Clements, U.S. Rep. Tom Loeffler and former U.S. Rep. Kent Hance. Strake said a Washington-based polling firm, hired by the national GOP, contacted 880 registered vot ers in Texas — 41 percent Republi cans, 44 percent Democrats. The rest were independents. “Fifty-two percent of the voters said Mark White has not performed well enough to deserve re-election and they believe it is time to elect someone else as governor of Texas,” Strake told a news conference. On another subject, Strake said the Texas Republican Party showed big gains Monday with record num bers of GOP candidates running in Dallas and Harris counties. He said there would be a total of 145 Repub lican candidates on the primary bal lot in Dallas County, 88 in the Hous ton area and 36 in San Antonio. Strake said there are a total of 75 candidates for the Texas House of Representatives including most of the 55 Republican incumbents. sponsored by Student Government Imprint A IT! # Tradition The Big Event (a community service project) March 8 Lend A Hand to your Community Pledge your organization now! All individual students also encouraged Applications Available in the Student Programs Office in the 2nd floor the MSC and in the Student Government office 2nd floor of the Pavillion. i— T iTUDENT KNMENT UNIVERSITY THE LAST DELTA CHI RUSH PARTY THIS SEMESTER! mm wl ■» 1 S B tNf ' Mr ** * * ¥ 1 ■ WmmwWM v*. S8R- '-mk imi r'!' 1 I!.",'"’, I « ■ Cl 131 9 •• l ■ v , * - ' ii .ii i in.- ir y.f. THE HOUSE 846-5053 T M «plwl wimBfi iillllilliil FRIDAY, FEB 7 8:00 JOHN HELWEG 693-3155 LOUPOTS NEW LAUNDROMAT OLD COLLEGE THE HOUSE “Make it a large, Medium charge” All you have to do is say “Make it a large, medium charge” when you order, whether you eat in or have it delivered. No coupon necessary. Good thru March 2. North CampusAA/est Bryan East Bryan South College Station 260-9060 776-0076 693-9393 4207 Wellborn 3131 Bria re rest Dr. 1103 Anderson (at Holleman) Hours: 11-1 Sun.-Thurs., 11-2Fri. &Sat.