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Show Close Contests Mark Local Vote As Candidates Face Nov. Test Although the total number ' of voters to go to the polls in Tuesday's Primary Election Elec-tion will not be known until the votes are officially canvassed can-vassed next Monday, County Clerk Barbara Domenick reported re-ported Wednesday that turnout turn-out was very light. Despite 111 is, races for all of the County positions were very close. On the Republican ticket, George H. (Hub) Newell defeated de-feated Bob Robertson fur the nomination as four year County Commissioner by a mere five vole margin. Total figures were 502 for Newell and 497 for Robertson. The Democrats ran a close race for the two year County Commission seat with William Wil-liam (Bill) Hancc narrowly defeating Marvin Somerville by a vote of 189 to 174. The largest margin of votes in any local race was won by Dwain C. Barker who defeated de-feated J. C. Bee-son, Jr. by a margin of 19n to 152. In State races, Robert Wol-thuis, Wol-thuis, former administrative assistant to Senator Wallace F. Bennett, won a victory over Joe Ferguson by a narrow nar-row margin. Mr. Wolthuis will now face Democrat in-cumbent in-cumbent K. Gunn McKay in the November election. In the race for Secretary of State, A. F. (Fred) Becker Beck-er was defeated by Salt Lake County Commission Chairman Chair-man William E. Dunn, who captured 72 per cent of the vote. David Smith Moiison captured cap-tured 52 per cent of the vote to win over Gerald R. Hansen Han-sen in the Republican race for State Auditor. In Grand County Hansen v 'S ahead 549 to Monson's Jo. In the Democratic race for position of State Auditor, Lynn Baker captured 72 per cent of the vote over Joseph (Jody) Elder. El-der. Sid Lambourne captured the Republican nomination for State Treasurer over his opponent Sherman J. Preece. In Grand County that was reversed with Preece garnering garner-ing 554 votes to Lambourne's 324. In the First Congressional District, incumbent Sherman P. Lloyd defeated his opponent oppon-ent Mark Anderson by a 2 to 1 margin, the largest in any major contest. t r ! 'A 1 i - ! ! V i 5 'a L George (Hub) Newell r-- .. -. f . ... f Dwain Barker r - f - .V" 'V -i i i rr: -' '. "'Biif Han'ee'" watermelons, games of skill and chance. An arts and crafts bazaar and fair will be held at the LDS Church at noon and the church will also be the scene at 6 p.m. of a supper. Square dancing at the Wooden Ni-- Ni-- ckel will begin at 8 p.m. and the annual Firemen's Western West-ern Dance will be held at 10 p.m. at the firehouse. On Sunday, events begin at ' 1 p.m. with a motocross featuring fea-turing the Green River Lions ana urana junction - ueseu Scramblers. At 5 p.m., the Jeep Posse is scheduled to sponsor an event -to wind up the festivities. festiv-ities. As usual, the farmers around ar-ound Green River have lent their support to the Melon Days celebration and during both days, all the watermelon you can eat will be given away to those who attend. |