Show JL — allies on Romney Hatch state winners V-- 4 By Peter GOUna Reagan” said Carlson "Reagan’s action was - v m last-minu- te two-to-o- v' i N GOP gubernatorial candidate Ferguson outdistanced San Juan Cbunty Commissioner Cal Black by 8000 votes It was Ferguson’s third try for the GOP nomination He lost a 1072 primary and was eliminated in convention balloting in 1974 In the Second District Marriott of Salt Lake City won the nomination with more than of the GOP vote defeating physician Jay Hughes The victory made him a heavy favorite to win Howe’s seat in November' Marriott promised to run “a positive campaign and talk on the issues” rather than attacking Howe for his conviction on a charge of soliciting sex from two police decoy prostitutes Howe was not on the primary ballot because he faced no Democratic opposition Many Democratic party leaders are considering fielding a write-i-n candidate in the race in November But some Democrats including Gov Calvin Rampton have written off Howe’s seat and predict a write-i- n would only make it easier for the Republican to win But Marriott said he wasn’t banking on Howe's troubles “I intend to go out and work as if I were 20 points behind in the polls” he said "I want the people of Utah to know me and to know the Issues I’d rather the people vote for me than against someone else” improper" incumbent Hatch will face three-terDemocrat Frank Moss in November Moss had no primary opposition attack Matheson said Rampton’s mi freer "certainly helped us” The attorney for Union Pacific Railroad was trailing in the polls when the governor who is retiring after three terms attacked Creer’s campaign promise to eliminate the sates tax on food He called the proposal Irresponsible because freer had not said where he would make up the lost revenue SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Two political newcomers — Republican Orrin Hatch and Democrat Scott Matheson — today credited last minute endorsements by Ronald Reagan and Gov Calvin Rampton for their victories in Utah’s primary Hatch a Salt Lake (Sty tax attorney received election eve help from Reagan and to win overwhelmed Jack Carlson the GOP UJS Senate nomination Tuesday Matheson an attorney for Union Pacific Railroad captured the Democratic gubernatorial nomination after Rampton leveled a harsh attack at his opponent Salt Lake lawyer John Preston Ckeer State Attorney General Vernon Romney won the Republican nomination for governor Airline pilot Joe Ferguson captured the GOP congressional nomination in the First District arid insurance agent Dan Marriott easily won the Republican congressional nomination in the Second District and a chance to challenge Democrat Allan Howe Hatch 42 was quick to thank Reagan for his interior se ' a former immediately said he thought Reagan had been “unfair" "Gov Reagan’s endorsement swung the heavy vote and was a tremendous help to us’’ Hatch said “I think we would have won anyway but it would have been closer “I simply didn’t run well against Ronald ‘J j iwiiiiWi Matheson defeated freer by two-thir- 15000 votes statewide Romney who has been attorney general for eight years drew strong support from urban areas to defeat rural State Sen Dixie Leavitt of Cedar City the GOP leader in the upper house of the legislature Leavitt carried the rural counties but Romney beat him by 14000 votes in populous Salt Lake County enough to give the attorney margin statewide general an 11000-votThe defeat put Leavitt out of office for the first time in 14 years He gave up his Senate seat to run In the First Congressional District Ferguson an avowed member of the John Birch Society from American Fork won the Republican nomination and the right to challenge incumbent Democrat Gunn McKay who also had no primary opposition e The closest race of the election was the Republican primary for lieutenant governor in (Continued on page 2) Scott Matheson Democratic primary winner Herald Journal Tin© Covering Bridgerland - Northern Utah And Southern Idaho VOL 67 NO 222 LOGAN UTAH WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 1976 FIFTEEN CENTS In Cache County primary election The returns Theurer defeats Olsen for office By Mike staff writer Cadre County voters threw out an incumbent county commissioner and voted for fire losing Republican candidate for governor Tuesday in a problems primary election marked by m the Hall of Justice One of the closest and biggest upsets of Tuesday’s county primary was tire Republican race between vote-countin- ar incumbent County Commissioner Marion Olsen and commission hopeful Ray Theurer Theurer edged Cues by 17 percent or the difference between S£38 for Theurer against 3279 for Cisen in the GOP primary (Olsen reflects on his loss in an interview on page 2 today) lights go oat The interest greatest at the votacounting ceremonies in the Hall of Justice Tuesday night however was not focused on who would win any of the races but whether or not tiie lights would come back an so the votes could be counted Overloaded electrical lines into the building gave out Tuesday morning at about 10:30 am and by poll closing time 8 p jn electricians were still trying to drill through the thick granite walls to string new power lines into the bul Cedi Kura Logan City lights superintendent said the wiring was the old original lead cable wtliilrhad served the building while it was still the old post of- ballots were tabulated by 12:30 ajn today Light turnout '9 Allen said that even with the delay in vote counting the problems were reduced by the small number of voters who turned out Of the 27869 registered voters in the county only 9413 or 337 percent voted in the primary Allen said The state’s percentage total was approximately 42 percent of all Utah registered voters One other local incumbent Cache County School Board member Clifford J Stauffer was also unseated in his bid for another term No other major surprises were reported in county races In the Republican race for Utah House of Representative District 58 (Logan voting districts Norman Wahlstrom eliminated Doug Brunnette by 359 votes Wahlstrom gathered 1135 votes and Brunnette 778 In the closest county race Stauffer and Kenneth B Bailey were separated by only 4 votes for the second sprA on the general election ballot for Cache County School Board member for Precinct 1 (Hyrum Millville Nibtey and Paradise) board races thetop two vote getters In in each precinct will be placed on the Nov 2 general election ballot In the Cache County School Board Precinct 1 race Larry Olsen got 292 votes Kenneth Bailey 209 and Gifford Stauffer 205 votes Qnty Olsen and Bailey will on the November ballot 2 (Providence WeDsvilte Mendon and College-Youn- g Wards) the voters’ top two picks were Justin Anderson 403 and W Adrian Gale 302 The two who missed in their bids were James Bradley with 202 and Gale Leetzow with 132 In the race for Utah School Board member District 4 (Box Elder Cache Morgan Rich Weber) Jay Monson Logan finished ahead of both John Owen Wellsville and Norman K Solomon Logan Monson who got 4529 votes in Cache County Tuesday will face incumbent Owen who got 1958 in the general election Solomon received 894 votes in the primary and was eliminated In total percentages Monson raced by with 613 percent of the Cache County count fice He said that men working for a private contractor had to drill through 18 indies of granite concrete and brick foundation run new conduit and rewire the entire service entrance to the fuse box Fortunately at least for half of the candidates the power was returned to the building at approximately 10:15pjn and Cache County Clerk Seth Alien said the 4) non-partis- Tar ' f i’ - - v- n IVs ' 'rtr ' I- - f v ' w ' ' g V1 ' I’: 'Ai' ’ i j 'l v‘ ' f ' - t f V '' Governor race results ' fi s In the Republican race for a gubernatorial candidate the majority of Cache voters were disappointed Cache County voted 3847 to 3351 in favor of Dixie Ijeavitt over Vernon Romney The state total however slighted Leavitt 75914 in favor of Romney 1 ' 86892 On tiie Democratic gubernatorial ticket Scott Matheson showed a clear majority over John Preston freer in Cache County 1001 to 752 dose to the statewide percentage (Continued on page 2) by the light of a a Coleman lantern supplied by Mrs Peterson’s husband Power was off for 11 aad aot restored until about 18 pm Ballots inted by computer after power was (Herald Journal photo by Bob actually it’s the checking ia of ballot boxes from Cache County's voting districts ia the HaD of Justice Tuesday light Lights in the building were completely out so Cara Peterson ( left) and Bessie Alverd election officials wotted A SEANCE? No i Inside today Public health nurses are' giving TB skin tests at every school in the valley this fall as they do every year R doesn’t hurt but some tots are never quite sure For one little girl’s reaction turn to page 5 i§ V r i 'l About Cache Jack Anderson Classified Ads Comics Crossword Food Horoscope Dr Lamb Kk Utah Roundup Weather Dick West A n continues to decrease By Paul Carter ' - staff writer I 14 23 19 22 U 22 22 J I 4 12 Generally fair weather tonight and Thursday is forecast for Utah and Idaho Forecast for Friday fair through Sunday is equally favorable-mos- Qy with warm temperatures ' The Logan City School District — to no one’s surprise on the school board — is still losing students but there are some enrollment statistics which may indicate a leveling of that trend in a few years Thera are 3543 kids going to city schools so far this year the Logan City School Board learned Tuesday as it received its tint enrollment report of the year The report came during a three-hosession covering a wide range of business The district has thus for seven fewer students than it did one year ago Clifford Poole the district’s director of special sendees told the board That’s a decline of 2 percent he said Logan City's student population has been going down now for six yean Poole told The Herald Journal today And the trend is likely to continue for at least two more years he said ' ur These figures stand in stark contrast to the latest enrollment statistics from the Cache County School District which last week reported an overall enrollment increase of more than 3 percent classrooms at one of its schools r Butin Logan the student population is declining at a rate of about 2 percent per year Poole said There should be a change however in declining enrollments in the city’s Junior and senior high schools In about two years Poole explained Tuesday he told the board that the low point in student numbers in the district’s schools is in its fifth grades where there are Just 202 students today Enrollments increase in both directions from that point he said to a total 4 326 students in city kindergarten classes and 306 in the ninth grades Supt Jim Blair today said he too believes district (Continued or page 2) Statu rwprwsuntativw Dist 58—Republican Norman Wahlstrom Doug Brunnette 1135 776 Cache County commissioner Republican Ray Theurer Marion Olsen Cache County School Board Precinct 1 — Larry Olsen Kenneth Bailey Clifford Stauffer William Moore Cache County School Board Precinct 2— Justin Anderson Adrian Gale James Bradley Gale Leetzow ( Top In Nov two in ooch 2 general election) non-partis- 3538 3279 non-partis- 292 209 205 175 non-partis- an 403 302 202 132 school board raco will face each other I Tf7 oraI plant shut - DETROIT (UPI) Ford Motor Co production lines were shut down today by the third nationwide strike in the company’s history and 170000 workers were off the Job in a telllon-dolla- r contract dispute The strike by the United Auto Workers was the largest industrial shutdown since General Motors was closed by its 400000 blue collar employes for 67 days in 1970 Further negotiations was postponed down until at least next Monday UAA President Leonard Woodcock in an interview on a national news program s Today Show) said the strike would have to go at least three weeks because of the mechanics of ' negotiating a settlement and getting ratification The strike is not expected to have severe economic repercussions unless it drags out for more than 30 days ? The atriEeoffidally "began at 9:59 p on MDT Tuesday (NBC-TV’- |