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Show NEWS, Wednesday, November DESERET g 5, lf6? 3C vkairray AAsy - k 8 idle .', the Dunn also stated that revenues of the power department provide several services normally borne by the taxpayes and said the power rate structure is among the lowp-- t in the state. The Murray mayor has served in leadership pots m the Murray Chamber of Commerce, Javcees and Rotary Club. Mayor Dunn, his wife and their four children reside at 350 launders St. Cushing was first elected to the Murray City Commission in 1957 and had served three terms before his Tuesday. During his terms on the commission he has been especially active in parks and recreation development. He is regional representative of the National Recreation and Parks Association and chairman of the Utah State Municipal league Park and Recreation Division Cushing is in the electrical contracting business. votes 61 to ci's 258 registered Cand- write-i- n ida i e Oliver CarLsen. Carlson filed to oppose Dunn on the ballot, bill the Utah Attorney Generals Of- fice ruled that his petition for candidacy was invalid because it did not designate the cffice that Carlsen was seeking. Dunn will serve another four years. Relected to the Murray City was I.. Clark Commission Cushing, who received 2.556 votes to 1,601 for James L. Hendrickson. balloted voters Murray in favor of overwhelmingly the proposition for creation of a public transit district, approving the measure 3,726 to 495. Dunn, a pharmacist, moved to Murray in 7954 to operate the Murray City Pharmacy. William . . . Dunn E. returned by voters elected mayor 11 years later. He is president and manager of the pharmacy. He campaigned on his record over the past four jears citing tax reductions in Murray every year since 1966, an improved water system, strengthened fire and police He was the coin of four tn the will be seated after Tuesdays close balloting. fu-- -- Mr. Cnnliffe Sir. Webster in Tuesdays election. Mayor Frank M. Mumford and Councilmen Leland A. Gunliffe and Wesley 0. Webster were reelected without opposition. So, All three were named terms as city four-yea- r ers. to lead- They were nominees of the Citizens Party and no other candidates filed against them. votes. There were no write-ivote to had residents Sandy on the ballot question proposing creation of a public transit n SOUTH SALT LAKE -Mayor Oliver P. Davis and two incumbent city council-me- n were turned to fice Tuesday by South Salt Lake voters. Davis defeat-d challenger L. ay n e Car Ison by 1 039 votes to e 749 I n cumbent Mr. Adamson Nathan W. Adamson. with 994 votes, and incumbent John P. Oreno Sr., with 874 votes, led the balloting for the two council seats. Other candidates for the council seats were Oscar E. Johnson. 688 votes; E. Max Allred. 628 votes; Robert J. lace '"I received TRANSIT VOTE the voting on formation of a transit district. South Salt Lake residents cast 1,507 r! votes for the proposition 182 votes in "f, I Tues-electio- j mv Par tv. . . . f g I t I fly Mr. Helt J. Usher who had 160 votes. Helt, and Frank Mumford unopposed in Sandy his life. He campaigned on the pledge to give the city the best possible roads, water system and police and fire de- eight years before appointed mayor. FULL-TIMJOB (two mates running for the Progres,ve Party who ran for the counciimeiis post, swept into office together. B. Peterson Willis Petersen received votes and Bruce Peterson lied 422. The new mavor 455 tal- was rhal- - Helt i Oreno was reHe had council being Oreno served 12 years on the council, heading the South Salt Lake Streets Department. an independent trucker and livestock feeder. Bruce Peterson is owner and operator of Pearson's Market m Riverton and Willis Petersen is a builder and general contractor. District 545. Joe White, 3060 S. 7200 West. 61 votes; Arthur Roberts, 3321 S. 7495 Vvest. 25 votes. District 552. Iou 8650 W. 3150 South, 13 cumbent. Bello, 3170 S. votes. Welck-e- the District 549, Davis Councilman Melvin L. who had served C. 'Glore. 2945 S. 8600 West. 52 votes: F. J. Roberts, 2755 S. 8600 West. 37 votes; and T. W. Jones. 2745 S. 8650 West, the incumbent, 11 votes. District Adamson has been on the council eight years, and previously served on the South Salt Lake Town Board for four years. He has supervised the sewer treatment plant and water department. Vote Draws 137 Of Tropic's 140 TROPIC Out of i 0 registered oters in Tropic's municipal election, 137 voted Tuesday. The town has had a culinary water problem, and this was an issue that brought out the heavv vote. vote-gett- Nelson. Midvale voted in heavilv Nelson, an industrial hygienist for the State Department cf Health, Air is a former mayor of Midvale. The fierce contests for ail city positmps seted like a magnet for the voters, drawing 70 per cent of the 3.555 Quality-Divisio- Bingham's 18 Voters Re-ele- ct BINGHAM CANYON 3 - All voted for three incumbent officials. else Nobody 3026 S. West, votes; Earl Kramer, - The JORDA.x 441 or was number mag.c and all the 442 if you prefer winning candidates here Tuesday hit it on the nose. O r r i n W. JI Beckstead. S. kjj " H Orion and Ivan Ray I all Oakeson, SOUTH New-bol- Beckstead. On Nov. 18, the new officers will be chosen for the council and the newly elected members will take thpir reals 3 Win Posts In Cottonwood COTTONWOOD H. 7040-287- HEIGHTS Paul Bywater, East, a Realtor, Tuesday as 0 was president of the Cottonwood Heights Community Council. He garnered 116 votes out of a possible 153. Irby N. Arrington, 2721 E. 7260 South, who operates a firm, was dry cleaning elected to the round! with 96 votes, and Louis C. 746a Brown. Westerling Wav. won a council seat with 65 voles. has served the past 10 years as a councilman. He worked for 35 years at the U.S. Smelting Company 10302 S. 1300 West, Mrs. Fontana Mr. Farnsworth 9200 West, 14 votes. Of the 2,600 eligible voters in the city, only 584, or 23 per cent, voted. Wtkl 1 JIf 39 3007 S. to the polls, acrordtr.g to City Recorder Lawrence Mineer. The population of Midvale is 7.800. registered voters was on the ballot. The mayor S. O. Newbold Mr. Oakpson of and a city members c o u n c ilman ,he Xon' in a supervisory capacity and were the lest Mr. Beckstead Partisan ParMr. Dimas has served on a senior citto vote just ty, made it a before the polls closed. izens committee. clean sweep for that slate of the mayOakeson, 49, is an active Mayor Peter C. Dimas got candidates, winning oralty race and two riy coun- Scouter, has been an athletic all 18 votes, as did Mrs. cil posts, respectively. coach and now works in the Evelyn Fontana, city council-womaBeckstead and Newbold But Councilman Gail quality control department at Farnsworth must have an each received 441 votes and the Kennecott Refinery as a Oakeson did them one better secretary. He is also a part-tim- e at 442. real estate salesman. The losers were all ProgresNewbold, 62, is a past memsive Party nominees. Howard 224 votes tallied Newbold fer ber of the Jordan Board nf mayor; C. Elmo Turner Education. He has served m picked up 254 votes for counthe Lions Club, as vice presicilman, and Dennis Newbold dent of the South Salt Lake 189 for the other council seat. 557. Dale Ander9150 Joseph Mazuran beats veteran mayor Jordan 3n S. registered voters in this small community turned out to the polls Tuesday and 18 . Sweep Mayo son, er clref. n, three terms. He ran third in a tight fourway race for two city council posts, ranking behind Jed Y,7. Wasden and Casper A. in- Dale voles: 8620 West, 12 favor of joining in a public district. The vote was "yes" 1,849: no." 532. Wasden was high in the entire race, Wasden including Mazura". votes; Nelson polled I. IS 1.100 1,164, Christopherson and Jack D. Canning 1,067. In the mayor contest, Mazuran amassed 1,320 votes, contest which saw Beckstead best Mazuran by a scant 52 votes. Mazuran is probably as well known in Midvale as the veteran mayor, having served eight years on the city council and eight years as police r. District 516. Mrs. Beth Buckner. 7074 W. Glenwood Ave., 19 votes; Mrs. Rubv Daybelt. 3472 S. 7615 West. 18 votes; and Paul Pixton, 3121 S. 7900 West, 14 votes. DISTRICT 547 District 547, Mrs. Helen R. Jones, 8365 W. 3090 South, 40 votes; the incumbent. Dick Monsen, 3191 S. 8240 West. 32 votes. District Since becoming mayor, he has devoted full time to the city's top elective post. votes. The elected town council was established six years ago because Magna residents felt they weren't getting enough representation from the regular council, which is composed of members cl various clubs. DISTRICT TOTALS Here is the district rundown for Magna: 1 Beckstead 1,138. The tight final election had been presaged by the primary votes. d 149 Town Council chairman Charles Paris said these four persons will be called together for the coin flip to see who gets the seats. District 548, Jack Gardner, 2899 S. 8500 West, 42 votes: Bemell Day, 2833 S. 8560 West, the incumbent, 19 E partments. m.yj contractor. FLIP PLANNED DISTRICT 548 provement Party. was Davis appointed four vears ago to Mr. the mayor's post, and elected two years ago. served on the city drew support of 623 residents. He is 54 years of age and has iived in the Sandy area most of loting with Petersen Har- - MIDVALE Henry Eeck- A c eJ mayor of Midvale was ended Tuesday, as his opponent Joseph Mazuran fashioned a slender victory margin. Also upset was incumbent i' p LU.U14 In d;strict 551. there was a tie at 18 votes between Tom Colling?, 8453 W. 3370 South, a supervisor at Kennecott Copper Corp.. and Jay Larsen, 8431 W. 3100 South, a building n. 555. Boyd 3066 S. 9000 West, 38 votes; B. L. Casey, 2610 S. 8990 West, 13 votes. and rington Olsen's ticket was known as the Civic Im- n W. Carlson, the Taxpayer , and Petersen Robert L. Cowdeil, w ho received 213 votes, and Glen L. Markus, who gained 194 vote. Donald B. Peterson balwas last in the fne-ma- bent j inciira mayor George r I votes againsf Economy Party. Johnson and Allred formed Petprsim n w days and unseated an'1 The incumbents campaigned under the banner of the lenged by Elias C. Butterfield, who captured 204 votes. Albert I.. Crowton received 105 votes and trailed Usher. 267 Bowden, 90 votes. In R.L He it, Running Mates Win in Riverton Balloting ; A votes; June votes; and Wal- 161 O. Olsen. 102 full-tim- e - reof- development RIVERTON Robert L. Helt, a Riverton City councilman for the past four years, L Oliver P. Davis earns another term Harrington, three years as mayor and four years on the city council, received 635 votes. He was appointed mayor to fill a vacancy and was elected to the unexpired te.m in 1967. He pledged continued water and advocated increasing the city police force to five men. He is Cunliffe, who won his second term on the council Tuesday, is a locomotive engineer for Kennecott Copper Corporation. He was elected to the council in 1965. A resident of Sandy for the past nine years, he is interested in the development of parks and recreational programs for young people. He is 46 years old, and received 604 votes. Webster, who has served three years as councilman, . In district 553. there was a Harold P. Hawkes. 2868 S. 8850 West, a barber, and Mrs. Jovce Nielsen. 8920 W. 29C0 South. the incumbent. Each received 25 votes. tie between Incumbents Win In South S.L. district in Salt Lake Valley and 668 citizens made their wishes known in this regard. The transit district was overwhelmingly approved by a 542 to 126 vote. Not all the residents who voted marked tneir ballets for city officials. inMumfoid, a cumbent who has served Jri? . . 3 Sandy Candidates Faced No Opponents SANDY Residents here like their incumbent city officials. 7T A flip of MAGNA will decide which two eieetod can.didae? Magra Town Council department, commercial and mdus'nal growth and an acfor tive 'nvestmerr 3 Districts Have Ties ir William E. MURRAY Dunn won a spcond term a? Murray Tue-d- a v. tallvirg Mazur an Defeats Mayor Beckstead 2 Magna - He reenemy somewhere. ceived only 17 ballots. There were no write-ins- . VOTERS DWINDLE Since the last election, the number of registered voters in the town dwindled from 38 to the present 18 representing nine couples. At one time, the community had a population of 6.000, but the copper mine Ls gradually extending its operations right into the former town. On the proposal for a transit district, there were 15 votes for and three against. It was Fonta- na aLso have been elected to two previous terms, and the three officials seem to hare politics in Bingham Canyon locked up, since they make up three of the last nine families in town. farmer. W. Jordan Elects New Councilman WEST JORDAN - Two new city councilmen, Earl Ray Bateman and Lawrence C. Hunt, were by West Jordan elected voters the only question on the ballot. TURNOUT SHRINKS Dimas, who was to his third term, has seen his voter turnout get mighty small over the years. Tne first time he won with 70 votes, last time with 34 and now with 18. Farnsworth and Mr?. County Mosquito Abatement District, on the Salt Lake County Farm Bureau board and with the County Beet Growers Association. He is a Tues-- d a y. Mayor Bruce G. reE g bert tained his of-- f i ce u nop- posed. There were three candidates for only the two city council positions, Councilman and incumbent Hunt trailed the field. He had served two and a half years. Despite his lack of opposition, 388 citizens took he Mr. Hunt Mr. Bateman trouble to mark an X opposite Egbert's name. Baternan got 346 votes, and Hunt 2.58. Anderson's total war 145. Egbert and Bateman were running under the banner of the Progressive Party, while Anderson campaigned as an independent. ,L Winners, Losers Express Feelings On Vote Result Candidates for the Salt Lake City Commission and a city judge pcs offered congratulations and expressed appreciation m their supporters m these statements today: CITY COMMISSION Conrad B. James I want to Naturally. I am pleared that I was thank the 3.500 volunteers who made my electon possible. I congratulate Mr. Harrison for having won and Mr. Rnnnow and Mr. Beck for having waged good campaigns." Harrison want to thank the people of Salt Lake CiD for their confidence in me as a member of the board of commission- C. Clark ftonnew ' I ers. While we again failed to get a majority of the registered voters to the polls. I feel a strong indication of support for an aggressive program fer the development of this great city. I also express mv sincere appreciation to those who have helped in so many different wavs in our campaign. I congratulate Commissioner Barker cn his success and commend the two losers for their strong showing and for " their persistent and campaigns hard-workin- L. Barker Jr. made because it like 1 11 than I four timo? mors in did in the primary, and the incumbents only got twice as Ick? I am very pleased with the shewing I man I want to thank the many wonderful people who worked on my campaign. I met many wonderful people. The cammost rewarding experience of my ife paign was te Christian P. Beck strictly a I want to thank very much my rempaign manager, my wife Julie, and the many, many people who have helped me in this campaign. I also want to thank my campaign staff, who have been with me day in and day out. Without these people, I would not even begin to make the race. So I have no real regrets. The incumbents ran hard races, as expected. "I'm only sorry that we did not get near hr vntpr turnout that Salt Lake City is capable of producing. However, this must indicate a satisfaction with the way things are in the city government. Again, I wish very much in thank all those who sup" ported me and vomd for me race, and thpy worked ceaselessly to inform others about my candidacy. All those who campaigned and voted for me have my deepest gratitude. In commenting on the campaign. I must say it was disturbing to note how little the voters know about the judiciary. Judges play an important, but subtle, role in shaping cur society. It seems to me that the citizenry should observe closely the quality, ability and performance of their judges. I congratiate Glenn Acomb for a splendid campaign. The closeness of the vote shows that he has strong support for the electorate. I think the City Commission should seriously consider Mr. Acomb for the fifth Salt Lake City judg-shiauthorized by the last Utah State Legislature. word-of-mou- Glenn M. Acomb "!t' bepn a real humhiing experience hut a very wnrth-wle one. want to puhlidy thank mv friends and supporters for their wonderful work on my behalf. Without thpir assistance, my campaign would not have been possible. Im sorry that I lost, but I sincerely congratulate Mr. Grant for a very fine rare and with him evpry success in his new endeavor. 1 learned learned to appreciate came in contact with added something about my appieciation of people. I will continue to slave to sre that we have better gova lot about peepie and I them and the work they do Evrvone I I ernment m Sait Lake Cttv and Sa't Lake Countv." CITY JUDGE Paul G. Grant 'Mv friends were invaluable :n this mpa!gn. It was L |