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1972 elections.
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Tomorrow's "Houston Chronicle" reports that shortly after Texas Democratic Chairman Dr. Elmer Baum today denied a published report that he has to resigned his post, an aide Governor Preston Smith called the newspaper and said the resignation IS "in the works". The paper quoted the aide -- Otis Green -- as saying that Baum probably will resign this month, bt that the resignation will go the State Democratic Executive Committee... .not to Smith. Baum todaq denied a report in the Dallas Morning already News that he has/submitted his resignation to the I Governor but he declined to comment if he intends to serve out his present term, which q runs thru the