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B8 B8nll8llEtlw Herald Priday January II If Willis qualifies for long shot run in White House derby By Ted Bryant George Wallace Secretary of State Don Siegelman and Jimmy Knight chairman of the state Democratic Party He quoted Siegelman as saying recently that Alabama does not have a favorite son in the race Willis said he should he recognised as the favorite son Wallace has not indicated whether he will back a candidate in the race although he has been courted by most of them including the only Hack running Jesse Jackson Knight is not supporting an individual candidate "If they refuse te consider me they are betraying the confidence placed in them by the voters end the Democrats of this state and the Willis said He also appealed for support from "the working man the housewife the rank and file workers that have made Alabama great am their only hope as I am the only Alabamian that will be on the bauot March IS and I urge them to vote for Gerald He insists a win in Alabamn would boost him toward the vice presidency Alabamians will back me this and California Sen Alan Ctanston as the only Democratic candidates who had qualified for the Alabama ballot as of late yesterday At least four other presidential candidates and a large number of candidates ruining as delegates to the Democratic National Convention are expected to'-file qualifying papers at the party's Birmingham head- quarters today the deadline for listing names on the primary ballot Those yet to qualify include Ohio Sen John Glenn" considered the second-place candidate and a possible winner in Alabama The Glenn campaign is expected to file a full slate of delegates in each of the state's seven congressional districts today campaign leaders here also are expected to qualify their candidate and a slate of possible delegates today Also likefy to qualify today are Colorado Sen Gary Hart South Carolina Sen frits Hollings and former Florida Gov Reubin Askew Rollings has paid his qualifying fee but has not filed the required petition which must be signed by at least 500 voters will give me delegate forces (so) that I can become the rice nresidenlial Alabama will have of almost 40M delegates to the convention In addition te qualifying for the primary yesterday Willis said he would be filing a slate of delegate candidates in both Alabama and Georgia The Georgia primary also falls on March IS Willis said he expects to go to New Hampshire where the vote is a week earlier than the Alabama primary He said he will he listed on the ballot twice in New Hampshire both as a presidential and vice presidential t-aiutiriain expect to win hi Alabama I expect to do good in Georgia I expect to do good in New he sail WUlis a former Calhoun County commissioner and a member of the Legislature from 1979 to 1913 has qualified for the ballot in only three states Be joined former Vice President Walter Mondale Alabama's native son presidential candidate former state Rep Gerald Willis of Nances Creek has become the third candidate to fulfill the Democratic qualifications to appear on the March IS presidential primary ballot Willis a virtually unknown Calhoun County lumberman wbo announced he would seek the presidency a year ago paid a $1360 qualifying fee and filed a petition bearing the names of more than 500 registered voters yesterday to fulfill the party requirements would take a Willis said at a Birmingham press conference when asked if he expects to win the party's nomination Nevertheless he asked Alabama voters to support him in the primary giving him a chance for the vice presidential slot when the Democrats hold their convention in San Francisco in July In particular Willis appealed for support from Gov Stop paying too much for auto parts come to i UUhy do we carry so many different batteries? 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