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8 THE BOSTON GLOBE MONDAY. MAY 5. 1980 The Texas primary Governor backs Reagan DEMOCRAT 5809 of 5811 precincts REPUBLICAN 2981 of 3022 precincts U6H CAMPAIGN '80 Of 1 Anderson, as an independent contender, and Carter, the likely Democratic candidate, would each get 32 percent of the vote. Reagan, the likely Republican candidate, would get 28 percent, 6 percent were undecided and 2 percent opposed all three, it said. The poll was taken for the Courant by Research Analysis Corp.

of Boston among 800 registered state voters last week. I 4. at North AP PHOTO George Bush greets cartoon characters Carolina amusement park. Bush 237,379 47 Reagan 263,616 52 Kennedy 310,701 22 Carter 766,704 56 Other: Uncommitted 7923 (1) OthR Uncommitted 256,240 (19); Brown 35.727 (3) Withdrew but name on ballot non-binding preference poll the newest jacket is a sweater from Susan Bristol' of Topsfield Turnout: Democrat 1.4 million; Republican .5 million Texas boosts Bush and undecideds By Rachelle Patterson Illinois Gov. James Thompson yesterday endorsed Ronald Reagan for President in a show of support after the candidate's capture of 65 delegates in the Texas primary.

"I think it's a great day for Republicans and it just tops off a morning in which I've learned that I picked up 130 delegates," Reagan told reporters at a news conference at Chicago's Midway Airport. Reagan now has 692 of the 998 delegates needed for the GOP nomination. Thompson, while acknowledging he differs with Reagan on such issues as the equal rights amendment and abortion, praised the former California governor for, among other things, his ability to win. "Against a field of some of the most talented and best men in American politics, he has steadily and repeatedly come out on top," said Thompson. Thompson said Reagan also Is the best man "to lead us out of the difficulties we face." New York Mayor Edward Koch, an early supporter of President Jimmy Carter, said yesterday that if the election were held now Ronald Reagan would carry New York City a Democratic bastion where the GOP front-runner has never been popular.

"If an election was held today between Carter and Reagan, it would be a vote against the Administration," he said. "If there was an election, I believe Reagan would win." But Koch, speaking to reporters after a police breakfast, predicted the President would "turn it around" by November. Buddy Temple won the Democratic nomination for a full six-year term on the powerful Texas Railroad Commission, defeating Incumbent John Poerner in Saturday's primary. Democratic incumbent Jim Nugent, appointed to the commission two years ago and running for the two years remaining in the term, led political newcomer Jim Hightower at a late hour. Hightower, former editor of the Texas Observer, ran a strong race for the commission, often called the most powerful state agency in the nation.

In the Republican primary, Hank Graver of Houston, a former state senator, won the nomination for the full term and will oppose Temple in November. I I Democratic presidential challenger Sen. Edward M. Kennedy hopes to meet with a former rival, California Gov. Edmund G.

Brown to "discuss issues of mutual interest" when. Kennedy campaigns in California later this month, a Kennedy spokesman said Saturday. The spokesman, Edward Martin, denied rumors that the California governor had offered to endorse the Massachusetts senator's candidacy. But Kennedy himself left no doubt that he'd be glad to get the backing of Brown, particularly in view of the critical importance of the Democratic presidential primary in California on June 3. "I'd welcome his support," said Kennedy, who Is campaigning in Gary, Ind.

Minnesota, where home-state hero Walter Mon-dale helps make President Jimmy Carter popular, yesterday chose 21 Democratic National Convention delegates and the Carter-Mondale ticket looked to continue its domination there. Three congressional districts held conventions, wrapping up that phase of the state's selection process. Other district meetings in the state previously picked 30 Democratic delegates with Carter getting 17, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy two and the other 1 1 uncommitted.

Minnesota's other 24 national delegates will be selected at a state convention next month. The state has a total of 75 Democratic delegates. Independent John Anderson would tie President Jimmy Carter in Connecticut, with Ronald Reagan trailing by a small margin, if the general election were held today, a newspaper poll concluded yesterday. The Hartford Courant said in a copyright story Globe Staff AUSTIN George Bush ran surprisingly strong in the Texas primary Saturday but the talk of the town was the high number 19 percent of voters who cast Democratic ballots who did not want to vote for either President Jimmy Carter or Senator Edward M. Kennedy.

Given the opportunity to make no choice, 256,240 of the 1.3 million Democratic primary voters decided on that option. On the Republican side, only 1 percent were uncommitted. Those results should please independent presidential candidate John Anderson, who claims that much, of the electorate is disillusioned, and make Carter wonder about the implications for the general election in the fall. With 99 percent of the precincts reporting. Carter received 56 percent of the vote; Kennedy, 22 percent; and California Gov.

Edmund G. Brown, who dropped out of the Democratic race, 3 percent. In the Republican contest, the favorite, Ronald Reagan, narrowly defeated Bush in his adoptive state. 52 to 47 percent. Billy Goldberg, the erstwhile Texas Democratic chairman, attributed the uncommitted vote to farmers who were protesting their economic plight, tight credit, and high interest rates.

At the same time, he said, they could not bring themselves to vote for a liberal such as Kennedy. Gov. William Clements, the first Republican governor of Texas in 100 years, said the large uncommitted vote suggested there would be a big vote in Texas for the Republican presidential nominee, presumably Reagan, in November. He also said that many Democrats who would have crossed over Saturday were lured to the Democratic ballot because of local and statewide races. Texas is traditionally a swing state.

Carter narrowly edged out former President Gerald Ford here in 1976. Bush managed to protect his honor in his own backyard, picked up 15 of the 80 GOP delegates at stake, and advanced to the remaining primaries with some additional adrenalin. Campaigning in North Carolina for tomorrow's primary, Bush said his stron-ger-than-expected finish in Texas "stunned" him and he pledged to "stay in the race all the way." Reagan nevertheless moved closer Saturday to garnering the 998 delegates needed to win the nomination. Along with the 65 Texas delegates. Reagan picked up 85 delegates in GOP caucuses or conventions in Oklahoma, Arizona, Minnesota, Missouri and Uuam.

Bush won only eight, in Minnesota. Reagan is favored to win the bulk of the 140 GOP delegates at stake tomorrow in primaries in North Carolina, Tennessee and Indiana. He is not on the ballot in the District of Columbia. Bush ran very strong in his home city of Houston and other urban areas, but Reagan generally ran well in all parts of the state. Reagan's team credited the strong Bush showing to the fact that Bush spent more than a half-million dollars in the final two weeks and campaigned personally for five days.

Reagan said he understood that Bush was about to encounter the same spending limit problem that has hampered his own campaign and thus isn't concerned that Bush might mount a similar blitz in Reagan's home state of California. That state, along with seven other states, holds lt primary on June 3. Carter forces here say the President will capture about 105 of the state's 152 delegates during the caucuses that began Saturday night and end June 21. His campaign manager, Robert Strauss, said Carter will have 90 percent of tfie delegate majority he needs for renomination after tomorrow's voting. Campaigning in South Bend, yesterday, Kennedy said he would do better in the Texas delegate selection process than he did in the "beauty contest." "We had limited resources in Texas, and all of our energies were devoted toward the delegate selection process," Kennedy said.

Kennedy enjoyed strong support in heavily Mexican-American areas, but failed to carry a clear majority in the three counties that he visited during his one Texas campaign swing. I xct.t'VSrA I Jr 1 Iff vJ 4 i .1 J- 4-ri i v. v. t-iirtl fat 'T v.i ir iA I I 1 Ohio fire fatal to 4 is blamed on wiring LISBON, Ohio A short circuit was blamed for a house fire that killed a mother and her three children. Dr.

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