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1 ti6 Battalion ■ ________—_____— —■—— — I Vol. 87 No. 112 (JSPS 045360 10 Pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 9, 1988 ) I State results MS-!!- MS-lt MW MS-!! is-n MS-! MS-!! MS-!' MS-S MS-!' M5-li!| M54S! MS-!!! MS!!!; MS!I> : MS!I. : , MS!! MSI" MSIU MS!!! MM! MM- MSI" MSI" MSI" MSI"' MS#' MS!'.: MS!!' MM1! MS-!!* MSI# MS-!!! MSS# MSS# MSI!: - MSS» MS-!!! MSMi* MS!#' MS-SIS MS-iC- JM-St MSSI! MSS#' MS-Ill! MS-SIS ISM! ISW IS-KII ISHU ISS! :! IS!)!! IS-!#! ISIS!' ISMSl! IS-!!# IS»# ISSSf 5-SiS 5-SSii 5-5MI 1 s-ose S-0!l! 5M« SMW! 5-SIS! 5-MW S-!!H S-JSMI SSIII S-SM# S-HSI S-SS# S-0!1 : SOS! 1 SOM! ssss 1 i-SSII ,-5S# ,-sim: .ns! IMIS’ -151! j ,!!!! -!!l! i-!!)! •S!!’ •0!!l -!*!) )«!! 10# 0 SI# si:s MS# SIS! (Oil M!'l SOMI 91)1 9011 9)0' SOS-' Sill 59# SSI’ SSI’ s» ! iV'i s?: ; ills Following are the results of the statewide Texas Democratic and Republican primaries as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. Preference for Presidential Nominee Republican: George Bush 316,077 64.0 % Pat Robertson 77,697 16.0% Bob Dole 69,294 14.0 % Jack Kemp 24,153 5.0% Alexander M. Haig, Jr 1,771 0.0 % Pete du Pont 1,606 0.0 % Democratic: Michael S. Dukakis 336,613 32.0 % AlGore 231,721 22.0 % Jesse L. Jackson 217,259 21.0% Dick Gephardt 161,991 15.0% Gary Hart 53,764 5.0 % Paul Simon 19,205 2.0 % Bruce Babbitt ....7,877 1.0 % Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr 6,637 1.0 % David E. Duke 6,052 1.0 % W.A. Williams 4,460 0.0 % Norbert G. Dennerll Jr 2,484 0.0 % United States Senator Republican: Wes Gilbreath 178,871 35.0% Beau Boulter 157,202 31.0 % Milton E. Fox 97,302 19.0 % Ned Snead ....74,589 15.0% Democratic: Lloyd Bentsen 976,534 84.0 % Joe Sullivan 191,791 16.0% Railroad Commissioner Republican: P.S. “Sam” Ervin 59,345 31.5 % Ed Emmett 57,781 30.6 % Ralph E. Hoelscher 50,859 27.0 % Dale W. Steffes 20,548 10.9 % Democratic: James E. “Jim” Nugent 316,314 63.5 % Jerry J. Langdon 109,177 21.9 % John Thomas Henderson 72,963 14.6 % Railroad Commissioner, Unexpired Term Republican: Kent R. Hance uncontested Democratic: Clint Hackney uncontested Chief Justice, Supreme Court, Unexpired Term Republican: Tom Phillips uncontested Democratic: John E. Humphreys 207,133 51.3 % Ted Z. Robertson 196,689 48.7 % Justice, Supreme Court, Place 1 Republican: Paul Murphy 122,835 68.8 % George Barbary 55,613 31.2 % Democratic: Lloyd Doggett 317,482 71.2 % Marsha Anthony 128,605 28.8 % Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 Republican: Nathan Hecht 70,210 37.7 % Ronald S. Block 61,994 33.3 % D. Camille Dunn 54,014 29.0 % Democratic: Bill Kilgarlin 255,100 56.9 % Carol R. Haberman 193,017 43.1 % Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3 Republican: Charles Ben Howell uncontested Democratic: Raul A. Gonzalez 272,916 58.9 % Art Vega 190,479 41.0 % Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4, Unexpired Term Republican: Barbara G. Culver uncontested Democratic: Jack Hightower uncontested Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Republican: David A. Berchelmann Jr uncontested Democratic: Mike McCormick 252,222 57.9 % Ron Chapman 183,024 42.1 % See State, page 6 Brazos County results Following are the Brazos County totals for statewide primary races and local races as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. United States Representative, District 6 Republican: Joe Barton uncontested Democratic: W. Alton Parish 519 39.0 % John E. Welch 425 31.0 % N.P. “Pat” Kendrick 386 29.0 % uncontestedMember, State Board of Education, District 10 Republican: C.B. “Buddy” Jones 4,089 53.0 % Dorothy Chandler , 3,620 46.0 % Democratic: Will Davis uncontested State Representative, District 14 Republican: Richard A. Smith uncontested No Democratic Candidates Chief Justice, 10th Court of Appeals District Republican: Wesley “Wes” Peyton uncontested Democratic: Bob L. Thomas uncontested Justice, 1st Court of Appeals District, Place 1 Republican: Carol H. Lane uncontested Democratic: Michol O’Connor 1,339 51.0% Geraldine B. “Gerry” Tennant 713 27.0 % Bert Moser 541 20.0 % See Local, page 7 Bush reaps wins in primaries Photo by Jay Janner Four Corps members vote Super Tuesday in the voting booths are on the right of the divider. Republican primary at the voting cubicles in Bush won the Republican primary in Texas and Rudder Exhibit Hall. The Democratic Primary Dukakis won the Texas Democratic primary. Republicans approve referendum on English George Bush won Super Tuesday primaries from one end of Dixie to the other, reaping a rich harvest of convention delegates to seize control of the Republican presidential race. Michael Dukakis captured Florida and Maryland in a demonstration of nationwide appeal and Sen. Albert Gore Jr. emerged to split Dixie with Jesse Jackson in the splintered Dem ocratic race. Jackson and Gore dueled one an other in a series of close contests in the 14 Southern and border states on the busiest night of this or any other presidential nominating sea son. That left Rep. Richard Gephardt the odd man out in the Democratic contest. He won only his home state of Missouri and was failing to qualify for convention delegates in several states. Pat Robertson’s best states were Arkansas and Louisiana, where he challenged Dole for second place. Rep. Jack Kemp was in fourth place in most of the states, and was a can didate for withdrawal from the race. Democrats give Dukakis nomination By Tracy Staton Senior Staff Writer Massachusetts Gov. Michael Du kakis pulled slightly ahead in a four pronged race for the Democratic presidential nomination, capturing 32 percent of the Texas vote in Su per Tuesday’s primary and 33 per cent of the vote in Brazos County. Sen. A1 Gore of Tennessee was second statewide with 23 percent, but Jesse Jackson assumed runner- up status in Brazos County. Jackson won 25 percent of the county vote with 34 of 41 precincts reporting. In Precinct 20 on the T exas A&M campus, the field narrowed to Duka kis and Jackson, but neither candi date clearly dominated. Dukakis gar nered 38 percent to Jackson’s 36 percent of the campus vote. No other candidate won more than 10 percent of the 105 Democratic votes cast on campus. By Mary-Lynne Rice Staff Writer Ninety-one percent of Republican voters decided Tuesday to approve a non-binding referendum proposing English as the official state and na tional language. With 26 of 45 precincts reporting, 4487 people voted to approve the referendum; 385 voted against it. Across the state, 91 percent ap proved the referendum and 8 per cent rejected it. Although approved, however, the referendum — only an opinion poll to gauge voter’s response to the pro posal — will have no legal conse quences. The Texas Legislature last year voted down the placing of a similar Voters in Brazos County and statewide strongly supported the only referendum on Super Tues day’s Democratic ballot in Texas — to maintain the state’s current policy of electing state judges rather change to an appointment system. Statewide in the Democratic pri mary, with 19 percent of the vote counted, 87 percent favored the cur rent system of selecting judges, while 13 percent would prefer the ap- referendum on the November bal lot. The Democratic party chose not to include the referendum on its pri mary ballot, claiming that it is solely a party concern, not a state issue. “There is absolutely no support in the Democratic party for mandating that English be the official language of the United States,” said Ron Gay, chairman of the Brazos County Democratic Party and a member of the Texas Democratic Executive Committee. “This is a multicultural society — we are the melting pot of the world,” he said. “It is helpful for people coming from a foreign country to learn English, of course, and for pointment of judges by the gover nor. In Brazos County, with 34 of 41 precincts reporting and 5,538 votes counted, 82 percent of the voters re sponding to the referendum ap proved keeping the election process as is, while 18 percent of those re sponding indicated they would like to see it changed. There were 1,127 ballots returned without a response. Of the 105 voters who cast their ballots at the Memorial Student Cen ter at Texas A&M, 65 percent of those who responded to the referen- anyone to be successful here, it be hooves them to learn English. “We need to quit being so arro gant, and to be open to learning other languages. The alternative smacks a little bit of isolationism.” But neither isolationism nor eth- nocentrism is the issue behind the official-language campaign, said Lou Zaeske, chairman of the Ameri can Ethnic Coalition. “It isn’t a slap against anyone,” he said. “It’s a plus for the state and the country.” The proposal provides for En glish to be the only language used in government and law — including ballots, city street signs, general edu- dum were for maintaining the cur rent process, while 34 percent were opposed to it. The referendum, which appeared at the bottom of the Democratic bal lot, asked voters if they wish to con tinue electing state judges or if they would prefer an appointment proc ess created by the legislature. The executive committee of the Texas Democratic Party put the ref erendum on the ballot to gauge Democratic voters’ opinions on the issue, said Ron Gay, a member of the See Judges, page 6 See Democrats, page 6 Bush gets 64 percent of T exas vote By Jamie Russell Staff Writer Vice President George Bush swept the rest of the presidential candidates under the rug in the Su per Tuesday Texas primaries, win ning an overwhelming 64 percent, according to results available at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Bush also stole the lead in Brazos County, winning 61 percent of the vote. Texas State Rep. Richard Smith of District 14, has endorsed Bush for the Republican nomination. He said he was impressed with the voter turnout and participation in Brazos County, and that he was happy with Bush’s victory in the primary. “It was a Bush tidal wave,” Smith said in a phone interview. Smith, because he did not have a primary opponent in the state rep resentative District 14 race, spent the last few months working for the Bush campaign acting as regional di rector for a six-county area. Bush’s victory spilled over into the student population at Texas A&M. In Precinct 20, in which the voters are solely students, 67 percent of the vote was for Bush, but since not all See GOP, page 6 See English, page 6 State, county supports option to keep elections forjudges By Drew Leder Staff Writer Group says vandals ruined apartheid shack By Tracy Staton Reporter Members of Texas A&M’s Stu dents Against Apartheid said Tues day that vandals damaged their anti apartheid shack early Tuesday morning. Derek Kalahar, a Students Against Apartheid member, said the group reported the incident to the University Police. Police reports were not available Tuesday evening. The shack, which was placed near the Academic Building on Sunday, was damaged sometime between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. Tuesday, said David Luckenbach, vice president of Stu dents Against Apartheid. He said the shack was turned over, its roof was damaged and one wall was torn off. “We definitely suspect that people took it down,” Luckenbach said. “No wind could have done that.” Senior journalism major Deborah Jensen said she saw a student remov ing a white posterboard labeled “KKK #1” from the shack about 9 a.m. Tuesday. About 12 members of the group rebuilt the shack Tuesday afternoon. Luckenbach said the shack’s door was forcibly taken out. “The side wall that was taken off was fairly well put in there,” he said “It would take a hurricane to take it off. The only way it could be wind would be if there was a 200 mph gust last night.” Luckenbach said the group will rebuild the shack as often as nec essary. “They can break it, burn it, de stroy it or take a hacksaw to it,” he said. “But we’ll keep putting it back up until they get tired of taking it down.” The group put up the shack to draw attention to South Africa’s pol icy of apartheid, or racial segrega tion. The shack has drawn complaints that it is an “eyesore” on the A&M campus, Luckenbach said. But de stroying the shack also destroys its value as a symbol, he said. “By turning it over and messing it up, it no longer has significance,” Luckenbach said. “It’s just a big pile of wood. At least before it had mean ing and importance to lot of people. We had a lot of positive comments. It achieved its purpose because it caused a lot of people to ask a lot of questions.” (A