| Show Page 3 Monday November 4 1996 The Herald Journal Logan Utah In brief Local politics: GOP but changing Rape suspect arrested at USU By Phil Jensen the local electorate staff writer A man suspected of sexually assaultUtah State Universiing an ty student in Green Canyon last week was arrested Friday Police took the man into custody at about 10 pm Friday after he called the woman’s dormitory room and asked to come over and talk to her Cache County Sheriff’s Lt Lynn Nelson said Nelson said the woman told him to come over then hung up and called police The suspect was taken into custody by USU police in the parking lot of the woman’s dormitory on campus Cache County Sheriff Sid Groll said the woman was assaulted alter getting in the man’s car last week The incident was reported to police Monday Oct 28 desInstead of going to an agreed-upo- n tination the woman was taken up Green Canyon where she told officers she was httacked The two were reportedly coworkers who had known one another about three weeks The suspect is being held in the Cache County Jail on charges of rape and aggravated sexual assault Bail has been set at $22900 Indeed The Cache County Republican Headquarters is at 7 N Main St in an old building sandwiched between a cafe and a place advertising homemade chili The Cache Democrats are at the other end of the block in a larger building between a bank and tuxedo rental shop What's wrong with this picture? Republicans are traditionally the party of the rich the party of big business Democrats have always been known as the party of the common person the guy who makes ends meet who might like to hunker down to a steaming bowl of homemade chili Cache County has voted Republican for as long as most people can remember and the party says it still has a lock on favored by Cache County voters in local state and national races again Tuesday and the Democrats didn't even bother fielding a candidate for the only state Senate race on the ballot But April Johnson said the club's goal is to sign up 200 to 300 paying Republicans are Democratic Party activists say the local political landscape is beginning to show some subtle changes Political insiders say the charge of the Democrats is fueled from two fronts: A renewed effort to make it a year-roun-d party and a changing population “A lot of people have moved in in the last six years with new nontraditional ideas said Beth Hendricks president of Cache County Republican Women “Whether that carries them out of the Republican Party I don’t know” The other side thinks it members and the have resources to recruit candidates throughout the year “The Republicans have had a free ride for too long” Hendricks if anything sides with her Democratic foe on the notion that signs of Democratic life and changing demograph- might “There is a perceived notion that you are a Republi- can in this county” said Dell Johnson chairman of the Big y CD Club “We need a system in Cache Wiley” two-part- ics could threaten CD stands for Cache Democrats and the Big CD Club is a new effort to keep the minority party functioning with money d and candidates So far the club has signed up 60 members at $60 a throw and organized a monthly newsletter it sends to about 850 people if not loosen that Republican grip “The biggest problem the Cache County Republican Party has is that they think they year-roun- have it” Hendricks said “If they don’t continue to have good people for candidates they are going to find themselves out of office” Hendricks said Republicans in Cache County have capitalized in part on voter apathy “We’ve just gone dormant between elections” said Johnson who lives in Avon and who helped start the club last SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Brigham City police officer has been charged with a misdemeanor weapons confrontaoffense following an off-dution with another lawman Robert Michael Keone 28 is accused in charges filed last week of taking the - gun from a Perry officer and threatening the man with it during a dispute over a woman He was subdued by other offi- cers and there were no injuries in the Ijune 3 confrontation ' According to the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office Keone and his rival £Jirst argued outside the Perry officer’s Willard home Keone also fought with Qvo Willard officers before allegedly pushing into the man’s house v Keone was carrying his service weapon during the confrontation but he ’ras disaimed before he got through the Keqnc is accused of grabbing the ty will vote for Fred Hunsaker and they say because they know him and they don’t know Neuhold” Hendricks said But she said a strong recruitment effort by local Democrats could attract candidates good enough to rattle the Grand Old Party “People like to affiliate with a party where they are needed and if they are on the fence they will go to the Democrats because they want candidates” See POLITICS on Page 12 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — and Rep Bill Orton ah Republican challenger Chris Cannon are locked in a dead heat while Utah Gov Mike Leavitt appears headed toward and unprecedented victory according to the latest poll The copyright Deseret poll by Dan Jones & Associates shows no other surprises as Utah voters prepare to NewsKSL-T- V head to the polls on Tuesday With the exception of the attorney general's race Republicans 'oor appeared poised to maintain their hold on Utah politics Attorney General Jan Graham year the only Democrat holding statewide office in Utah leads Box Elder County authorities handed the case to state prosecutors to avoid a conflict of interest Assistant Attorney General Steven Morrissett fried the charge in Salt Lake City’s 3rd District Court to keep the defendant out of the Brigham Gty court Keone has been on unpaid leave since the incident His job is in jeopardy but a termination hearing has been postponed three times said Chief Charlie Earl Micron Democratic Party “You ask people why they Leavitt Graham in lead armed confrontation ' Here Republican incumbent Fred Hunsaker is being challenged this year by John Neuhold chairman of the Cache County of Representatives which has turned local elec Officer charged in if convicted tions into a personality contest She could have picked about any office but took as an example District 4 in the Utah House Behind the scenes Republican Iron County Attorney Scott Burns 54 percent to 32 percent with 12 percent undecided Burns ran against Graham four years ago and lost by just 2 percent Jones interviewed 1213 registered voters between Oct 28 and Oct 31 for the presidential and other statewide races In those contests the poll carries a margin 3 perof error of cent Tex Sorters with the Bear River Association of Governments moves a stack of voting booths at the Cache County Clerk's office this morning Sorters said he does a variety of work for BRAG but for the last two weeks all of his work has been centered around Tuesday's general election Polls will be open from 7 am to 8 pm Tuesday For more information about polling places call the 2 Cache County Clerk’s Office at 752-354- sales may be on the decline again plus-or-min- us For the congressional races Candidates rally in 1896 Logan BOISE Idaho (AP) — Micron Technology Inc should prepare for another year of declining revenue from its main- to stay microchip products according analysts reviewing a multiyear forecast by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics Over the past year prices for dynamic random access memory chips DRAMs have dropped up to 80 percent because of an oversupply on the market DRAMs represent 19 percent of the world chip market ana are Micron’s inain product “If you look at this industry it tends to run in marked cycles” said Micron spokesman Julie Nash “As supply and demand become balanced we should fee a return to price stabilization” Although the semiconductor industry overall should grow 74 percent in 1997 (o $1388 billion the market for pRAMs will decline an additional 139 percent the trade report said Y College and Cornell Law School has never held an office in his life WW Maughan a nice gentleman but a persistent office seeker has held public office for 20 years Editor'! note: In celebration of Utah's Centennial In 1996 The Herald Journal will feature each week articles that appeared in Cache Valley newspapers 100 years ago Spelling and grammar appear hi the stories as they were written a century ago FOR ASSESSOR Simpson M Molcn an old citizen and taxpayer of the county who needs no introduction Excerpts from The Journal Nov 3 1896 COMPARE THE CANDIDATES - FOR SENATOR Joseph Monson who is a wide awake efficient legislator who stands well in his community Henry Hughes who deeps through legand islative sessions is can’t cany his own ward ve FOR LEGISLATORS Joseph Kimball an honest conscientious upright man who has been true to every trust James Z Stewart a pleasant man whose official record in Cache county as School trustee will not bear investigation (See school trustee’s books entry made by Peter W Maughan in 1881-2- ) a Agendas Tha Logan City School District sets In executive session at 730 v Tuesday at the Logan High diool Media Center to discuss the irehase of property Moroni Price one of the common people blunt outspoken eloquent William II Lewis a good farmer a shrewd trader a nice man but no talker The Richmond City Council sets at 8 pm Tuesday in the Black h White Days Building in Richmond rote on the new sewer rate i other business the council is iedu ed to discuss: Riley Reynolds' proposal for a gun ge by the old milk factory on 35 S Wsstj ICThorcnson an aggressive progressive Citizen experienced in legislative work AMIsraclscn a tall man with a full beard but no business experience I Business license request of aine Holllger for selling ait from ne on 49 S 200 East her FOR COUNTY TREASURER Aaron R Farr Jr a householder landowner and tax payer of Cache county Joseph Odell who is NOT a householder landowner or taxpayer of Cache county (We have just learned that the firm of Thomas and Odell per Mr Odell docs pay taxes) Got a local news tip? Call City Editor Jennifer Hines 1 Ext 3023 752-212- Joseph H 0mMimim4 J— — plus-or-min- us record-breakin- could even outdo the lopsided the state of our beginnings FOR COUNTY CLERK Ilopkin J Matthews an efficient officer whose real name is Ilopkin J Matthews Albert A Law a nice young man whose real name in Albert Shelton (No reflection upon the young man or his name but simply a warning to voters that they arc liable to lose the votes they cast for Mr Law His real legal name is Shelton but he was raised by his grandfather whose name he has taken) FOR COUNTY RECORDER Elizabeth Morchcad an intelligent representative young woman the only one of the ticket in the county Charles G Hyde the present incumbent who sought the nomination in the Democratic convention but was beaten by Miss Morchcad FOR SHERIFF Fred Turner who has made a splendid record in the sheriff's office satisfactory to all Frank Blair a radical Republican who at best would be but an experiment in an important office FOR ATTORNEY Frank K Nchckcr a graduate of the B FOR SURVEYOR Edward Hanson a citizen and taxpayer of Logan and an experienced surveyor Karl G Schuab? FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Hyrum Hay ball a careful painstaking business man who keeps track of everything going on in the different county offices Thomas Smart a wealthy sheepman and money loaner who has been angry at the county board because they wouldn't cut down his personal taxes William Sparks a good citizen a payer and conscientious official Alma Jensen a radical Republican tax- Martin Woolf a native of Utah an educated intelligent competent young man for any position Samuel Holt a good man violent Republican partisan who has sought one office before on the Republican ticket Ibkc the foregoing list of names compare them for yourselves and tell us on what ticket you find the champion office holder office seeker and chronic salary grabber of Cache County Then if you think the taxpayers of the city and county haven’t paid him enough vote for his perpetuation in office i m Salisbury comparatively unknown Jones interview 400 voters in the 1st and 2nd districts and 413 in the 3rd District Those polls have a margin of error of 5 percent Jones is an independent pollster who has also done work for Gra ham Leavitt and Cannon Leavitt could be headed toward win in his race g a Salt Lake County former against commissioner Jim Bradley The popular Leavitt seeking his second term as Utah’s chief executive holds a heady 81 percent to 13 percent lead over Bradley Bradley is facing a pasting that mm— — 1972 gubernatorial race in which Democratic Gov Cal Rampton whipped Republican two-ter- m Nicholas Strike 70 percent to 30 percent In the presidential contest Bob Dole leads President Ginton 48-3- 2 percent with Ross Perot getting 9 percent of the vote and 8 percent undecided Ginton got only 25 percent of the vote in Utah in 1992 placing third behind George Bush (43 percent) and Ross Perot (27 cent) per- Of the three congressional n races only the contest appears dose according Orton-Canno- to the Jones poll Orton wss favored by 47 per- cent of those questioned while Cannon received 43 percent The difference falls within the poll’s 5 percent margin of error making the race a statistical dead heat Orton led in some previous polls but the undecided vote in the 3rd District has always been a factor Past noils showed the don hovering between 15 and 20 percent Jones’ poll had the undeddeds at 8 percent and it appears that many of those who matte up their minds landed in the Cannon camp y |
