Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday September 13 1971 Firmage edges Cooke in Utah Second District contest SALT LAKE CITY (UP1) — Law profeuor Firmage squeaked past banker politician Peter Cooke today in a primary race to become the Democratic candidate for Congresa in Utah's Second District Cooke immediately demanded a recount in the election which firmage won bjr only 390 votes about one percent of the total Salt Lake County residents also tuned down hr a margin of 1 in Tuesdays election a Ehrln 4-- to turn the unincorporated areas of the which would have And raters across the state thinned the field of candidates for a host of county offices legislatt seats and school board elections Cooke 21 a marketing executive for Tracy Collins Bank and former field man for n Frank E Moss said be had to ask for a recount because of the closeness of the vote "We have worked two years on this campaign and 1 owe that much to my staff" he said “If Firmage were in my shoes he would do the same thing" Firmage a former staff assistant to Vice President Hubert Humphrey and the choice of old line party leaders replied that he considered himself the winner and would immediately begin campaigning against incumbent Republican Dan Congressman Mormon father of seven children "I hope Peter can be persuaded to change his mind" There are Uf rating districts in the Second House District Since the difference was less than one vote per district Cooke can have a recount at public expense The contest was the only major race in the Utah primary Tuesday which had the lowest levels of voter participation in state history Only 91000 votes were cast in Salt Lake County where nearly 900000 people are registered voters The final unofficial talbr in the congressional was 11969 for Firmage to 11575 for primary There was no contest in the state's first House District where Democratic incumbent ex-Se- Marriott "Recounts almost always mid up confirming the vote particularly where there are several hundred ballots involved" said the Gunn McKay won renomination without opposition and Republican challenger Jed was ricked at the State GOP Convention Salt Lake County had the primary races greatest number of voters chose popular conRepublican servative radio talk show host Bob Salter as their candidate for a County Commission seat He easily defeated radio station owner Henry Hilton who has lost two previous trids for the same office two-ye- ar The Republicans also chose Nick Morgan as their candidate for sheriff to face Democrat NJ) "Pete" Haypard in November County officials had asked voters in uninIncorporated Salt Lake County to formally to end — move Into a a designed corporate city the annexation of the county's tax base by cities The action would also have prevented the unification of Salt Lake Chy and County a proposition that will be on the November ballot But the measure was overwhelmingly defeated 23368 against to 1176 in favor Democratic voters in Magna also wrote the final chapter in a political story that began four years ago in the State Senate They ousted three term incumbent Sen Carl E Pettersson who was kicked out of the Democratic Senate caucus for siding with Republicans when the Democrats had only a one-vot- e majority in the upper chamber Magna solon ousted Old (OH) MAGNA — Democrats have ousted maverick State Sen Carl E Pettersaou from the seat be has held for U years Attorney Jerrald E Gonder IL defeated the veteran Styoarold lawmaker by 8M rates in Tuesday's primary dUdtina svrcdp Scotch n kH Buy-3- 2 gums bice JADSE Scotch Coy-3- 2 or ox Scotch Doy4oog Groin 0 msrHnf mtsL: political confrorarsy mat began nearly four years ago in the of LegsUatare retterseon a trills became a HAPEXDHS maned man in Us party when he broke the with'' Democratic leadership fat the Senate doing the UTSaesskn The Granite School fhlaUai j unmet amnmriMT was majority leader when Ms party had a one vote margin over the Republicans But he became embnOed in a miter nun won then Senate President Ernest Dean over patronage Scotch 1— -- ppnfnFwifflfg -- A lldwoO-3foic- ei Bvy-Uhi- to ('1 tyJ : Tropkol-4-6 ox con o 140 Lot ! PEAS Scotch pence APRKQTS GDATGSS PEACHES ' ex Dwy-1- 4 Scotch Doy-1- 6 i It! ox Froostono-2- 9 ox m - legislative organisation rencrssoo won vu Dean and sided with Republicans on several key votes He was then kicked - out of Ms leadership Job and the Democratic caucus — where the party ploted its legislative strategy Gonder 51 a former for the lawyer Legislative Counsel's Office where he wroteNDs for six years set out to mmeat Pettersson and the pair fought a hard eaavalp this spring and summer that spilled over into two Houseraees Caoder had the backing of organised labor & Senate District uuuvG38 A lQF Scotch Doy-29- Scotch Day Caw oz Legal which 12 includes Democratic hi neighborhoods Hunter and Magna Granger Pettersson a representative of the heavily TASTY SLICED dc:zless DEEP LIVER CHUCK ROAST ::i-A-Ro- riA DG3ELESS HALT Mormon Church’s Council of 12 Apostles neighborhood packed mass meetings with Ms backers and ptnuaded Modldat— 0 riiall— g incumbent Democratic House members Del Buckner and DLeon Reese both of whom had heavy labor support Buckner was defeated at the Democratic county convention and Reese had to fight a primary of his own against Gerald Wright Reese won by a twoto one margin "The people of Magna finally realised that Cart couldn't represent them Heme Freezer gpecMf itoch Ho November election general baof S grsuad baafl Cobed Ved Steaks Patties Fresh Beef Hearts lt!S m IBOS Owica Saat Paly ’I” il49 S- 9S Leon Beef Briskets Top Round Steaks Boneless— 1 1" — 2" Beef Rump Beast 2” nano imxeh seooj waring with tinaertip control Full chrome plated boilers vit triple CHECK THESE! 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