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Bush Texas'
By MICHAEL HOLMES
Associated Press Wrltor
AUSTIN - Tcxans will head to
the polls this week in the largest
Super Tuesday presidential primary
state with opinion polls showing
Vice President George Bush leading
Republicans and Democrats knotted
in a four-way war.
With its 197 Democratic and 111
GOP national convention delegates
the Lone Star state could be pivotal
for the hopes of several candidates.
"Texas is the jewel in the crown
of the 20-state Super Tuesday" said
former U.S. Sen. Ralph Yar-
borough. For Bush whose voting address is
a Houston hotel polls throughout
the campaign show him well ahead
of rivals and the vice president has
sought to capitalize on his Texas
ties.
"As a Texan I know our state's
special needs" Bush said in a letter
to potential GOP primary voters.
"For 20 years in public life and for
Co-chairmen
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committees
By HOLLY HOWARD
Optimist Staff
The steering committee for Wel-
come Week V was announced
Monday in Chapel.
Members ot tne committee were
chosen by the co-chairmen before
Sing Song but because of all the ac-
tivities with Sing Song and Lec-
tureship the announcement was
postponed said Ron Oltmanns
member of the Spiritual Life com-
. mittee.
' The co-chairmen for Welcome
Week V are Gregg Pearson junior
industrial management major from
Mesquite and Betsy Beauchamp
junior human communication major
from Garland.
In charge of the Source Book are
Amy Frciling sophomore nutrition
major from San Antonio and Gary
Vaughn junior radio-TV from Lit-
tlefleld. The Inter-G Committee b headed
by Autumn Smith junior education
major from Friendswood and
James Townsend junior psychology
major from Garland.
The Campus Crew consists of
Melody Alexander junior
psychology major from Carrollton;
Beth Cordncr junior accounting
major from Piano; and Jena Jones
sophomore biology major from
Abilene.
Oltmanns junior Bible major
from Hobbs N.M. and Laurie
Young junior biology major from
Fayetteville Tenn. will head the
Spiritual Life Committee
Student Lite Committee members
are Toni Provenza sophomore
human communication major from
Sugar Land and Kirk McClcllan
junior management major from
RuidosoN.M.
The Program Committee is led by
Kim Couch junior biology major
from Garland and Ben Stevens
junior radio-TV major from
Madisonville.
In charge of the Intramural
Committee are Todd Roberts
sophomore biochemistry major
from Odessa; Jill Young junior ac-
counting major from Austin; and
Carenda Martin junior accounting
major from Rockdale.
The steering committee's finan-
cial director is Leslie Wilborn
sophomore business major from
Denton.
Melissa Warpula junior elemen-
tary education major from
Stillwater Okla. will serve as secre-
tary for the steering committee.
The theme for Welcome Week V
will be "Time Out" with material
derived from Landon Saunders'
book Hon to Win Seven Out of
Eight Days a Week Pearson said.
Flans are to have Saunders come
and speak in person during the
week at a general assembly he said.;
Saunders' book will be given to
each Welcome Week participant
just as last year's The Friendship
Factor. The format will be the same
as previous years "because it
works" Pearson said.
He said the purpose of this year's
Welcome Week is the same as in the
East: "To orient the freshmen
reak the ice and just have a week
of fun before hitting the books to
meet friends and get acquainted."
Applications for Inter-G leaders
are due Friday in the Students'
Association office.
20 years in business in Midland and
Houston I've prepared for this
campaign and the challenge of serv-
ing as president."
A Dallas Morning News'Houtton
Chronicle poll published Tuesday
showed Bush with 60 percent sup-
port. Kansas Sen. Robert Dole was
second at 15 percent former TV
evangelist Pat Robertson third at 8
percent and New York Rep. Jack
Kemp fourth at 4 percent.
Dole who picked up the en-
dorsement of former Gov. John
Connally said he was giving
nothing away although his cam-
tiaign appearances in Texas were
imited and he skipped a major
Dallas debate.
Dick Collins chairman of Dole's
Texas eiTort said the GOP nomina-
tion battle would go beyond Super
Tuesday. "I think this is a horse
race all the way through" Collins
said. "It's premature to say that
Bush has got it in the bag."
The most speculation before
Super Tuesday surrounded the im
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U.S. Rep. J.J. "Jake" Plcklo D-Austln speaks at a press conference Tuesday at the Abilene
Municipal Airport to endorse 1888 presidential candidate Richard Gephardt. Pickle was one of nine
House mombers from Texas traveling together across the stato pledging their support for the repre-
sentative from Missouri.
Support aids
By ERIC T. MCMILLAN
Optimist Staff
Jeff Davis sophomore accoun-
ting major from Abilene re-
mained in Hendrick Medical
Center Thursday after being hit
by a pickup while riding his
bicycle Feb. 21.
Davis said he hopes to be out
of the hospital by this weekend.
He was hit at about 6:35 p.m.
at the intersection of Judge Ely
Boulevard and Ambler Avenue
when he crossed the intersection
while making a left turn.
The light was yellow said Dr.
Alvlc Davis. Jeff's father and a
professor in the Chemistry
Department and Jeff said he
favorite before Tuesday
pact of Robertson's candidacy.
George Strake Texas Republican
chairman said he expects Robert-
son to pick up some delegates.
"His workers are very dedicated"
Strake said. "The people who are
behind him as I see it are people
who are worried about the drug
culture pornography running ram-
pant sending their kids to the
schools they want to and not being
able to say a prayer when they get
there. Robertson is probably ad-
dressing those concerns more than
any other candidate."
Because Texans don't register by
political party and can choose on
Super Tuesday which primary they
wish to participate in Robertson
said he is counting on substantial
crossover support.
"That's my secret weapon" he
said. "I've got tremendous appeal
among Democrats and George
Bush doesn't" he said.
Although their names were placed
on the Texas ballot after a scan-
dal over allegedly forged signatures
thought he had time to make the
left turn.
Before JefT could complete his
turn the truck hit him broad-
side. JefT sustained head injuries a
broken right collarbone a
cracked left pelvis a broken bone
in his leg and serious damage to
his knee.
All the ligaments in hit right
knee were torn his father said
and doctors performed surgery to
repair it Feb 24.
His father said that although
the doctors don't know for sure
indications are that the knee is
doing very well.
Jeff has several stitches in his
head a brace for his collarbone
on their nominating pettions
Alexander Halg and Pete du Pont
have pulled out ot the race.
For Democrats the regional
primary is the key test for Ten-
nessee Sen. Albert Gore who
bypassed early contests in Iowa and
New Hampshire to concentrate on
the South.
Gore has won endorsements from
top Texas Democrats including Lt.
Gov. Bill Hobby House Speaker
Gib Lewis and party Chairman Bob
Slagle.
Calling his opponents "peas in
the same pod" Gore said they were
like soldiers prepared for the last
war but ignorant of the new reality
a super primary with more than
30 percent of convention delegates
at stake.
"All of the other campaigns not
only borrowed to do well in Iowa
they took positions that were out of
tune with Texas" Gore said.
But several recent polls showed
Gore running fourth behind
Massachusetts Gov. Michael
John Pul OfOwnlowOptlmlit
Davis' recovery
a right leg cast from hip to toe
for his knee and leg and time to
heal his pelvis.
He said he started therapy
Monday and gets around some
on crutches but he doesn't know
when he will be released.
His father said doctors want
him to stay in the hospital until
he can use his crutches a lot
more.
JefT said he has no major pain
but he does have lower back pain
from laying on it. He also itches
a lot because of the cast.
Emotionally he is doing really
well said his father. His state of
mind is good.
"I appreciate all the concern
I've been getting from ACU stu
Dukakis Missouri Rep. Richard
Geohsrdt and the Rev. Tease
Jackson. Experts called the situation
"volatile" as levels of support for
each candidate shifted.
Dukakis whose campaign won
highmarks for its organization em-
phasized his record on economic
development and appeared to have
strength in South Texas.
Dukakis also ridiculed Gore's so-
called "Southern strategy" saying
"The fact is I don't have a
Southern strategy or a Northern
strategy or a Texas strategy. I have
an American strategy. The people
of Texas and Florida and Virginia
aren't voting for a ZIP code they're
voting for a president of the United
States."
Jackson who won a good-sized
share of Texas Democratic conven-
tion delegates in 1984 reactivated
his campaign organization and
reminded Texans during a Dallas
debate that he too is a Southerner.
"I am an authentic Southerner"
said Jackson a South Carolina
Group to
adoption
By CINDY LEEPER
Friday Naws Editor
The newly formed Adoptee Sup-
Eirt Group sponsored by Christian
omes of Abilene will conduct its
first meeting Monday to discuss
various adoption issues.
The group will give participants
the opportunity to meet other
adoptees and discuss their feelings
about adoption said Bob Parkhill
director of social services at Chris-
tian Homes of Abilene.- . .-
"We would like it to be a forum
for discussing the emotional impact
adoption has had on their lives" he
said.
Adoptees ask many questions
such as "Who am I really?" "Is
there something wrong with me
because I want to find my parents
or because I don't?" "Do other
adoptees want to search?" he said.
"They are not comfortable talking
with parents because they don't
want parents to think they don't
appreciate them" Parkhill said.
They really have no opportunity to
talk about their history and the
meeting will provide them with
that he said.
Local educators
endorse senator
The presidents of Abilcne's three
institutions of higher learning
gathered today to show their sup-
?rt for state Sen. Grant Jones D-
emplc during a press conference
Wednesday.
Jones will face Sweetwater lawyer
Temple Dickson in the March 8
Democratic primary in his bid for
re-election to the 24th District seat.
Dr. Thomas Kim of McMuny
College Dr. Jesse C. Fletcher of
Hardin-Simmons University and
Dr. John C. Stevens chancellor of
ACU representing ACU President
William J. Teague endorsed the
senator.
Jones is a major force behind the
education reforms in Texas for both
hrgher and public education accor-
ding to a release from Jones' cam-
paign headquarters.
As chairman of the Senate Fi-
nance Committee Jones assured
dents" Jeff said and he is
"thankful for their prayers."
Some ACU students stayed
with him the past few days so he
would have company when his
parents were unable to be there.
The students also helped him
with the little things he couldn't
do like turning over onto his
side or getting water from across
the room.
The students volunteered
because of an announcement
made in Chapel and had not met
JefTpreviously.
Some stayed the night and
others ate lunch with him.
JefT said he appreciated the
company because it got boring
just laying around.
native and veteran civil rights lead-
er. "I worked to make the South
better and the nation stronger."
State Rep Al Edwards chairman
of Jackson s Texas campaign said
the candidate's appeal spanned
racial lines.
"We've got blacks browns and
whites ... No one is going to beat
Jackson in Texas" Edwards said.
Gephardt brought Texans the
message he used in winning the
Iowa precinct caucuses urging a
trade policy that would retaliate
against countries that discriminate
against the United States.
He also portrayed the fight for the
Democratic nomination as a
Gephardt-Dukakis battle and laun-
ched a vocal attack on the
Massachusetts governor and Gore.
Gephardt said Dukakis' experi-
ence in foreign policy "consists
almost entirely of negotiating with
the governor of New Hampshire
over the issue of nuclear power."
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discuss
issues
The decision to form the group
was made after several adoptees in-
dicated an interest in conducting a
discussion about adoption he said.
Also to be discussed is the Texas
Adoption Registry Act. The act
states that any adoptee 21 years or
older has the right to search for and
locate his biological parents if they
have given permission to do so.
Since the act passed in 1984
Christian Homes has implemented
several programs to help cor-
respondence between birth -parents-and
adoptees he said. The cor-
respondence is designed to help the
child be prepared if he wants to
locate the birth parents later.
"We would like to do what we
can to help not to encourage neces-
sarily but if it's going to happen we
need to know our role" he said.
The group plans to meet at 7
p.m. in Room 102 Highland
Church of Christ.
The meeting is open to all
adoptees whether adopted from
Christian Homes another agency or
a privately arranged adoption. Par-
ticipants should be 18 years or older
or have written parental consent to
attend.
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Abilene. The funding for the Tu-
ition Equalization Grant program
and local -junior colleges are includ-
ed in bills he sponsored according
to the release.
"The Tuition Equalization Grant
program has allowed many of our
finest students to remain here in
Abilene to attend school" Fletcher
said. "Funding for the TEG would
have been cut dramatically without
Senator Jones' support."
Service to the community is a
family tradition for Senator Jones.
Senator Jones'" mother and his fami-
ly have been an important influence
in Abilene community afTairs for
nearly a century according to the
release.
The three presidents closed the
press conference making an appeal
to voters to take care of important
business in Abilene first.
Jeff Davis
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