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Show Page 16 - THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. Mor.dav. .November 10, 1986 Money and GOP mistakes brought Owens a victory By MICHAEL WHITE Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY APi After 12 years wandering in political purgatory. Wayne Owens' ascension to the U.S. House demonstrates there is life after electoral death for Democrats in this Republican-dominated state. After losing campaigns for the U.S. Senate and governor. Owens comeback by made his winning the 2nd District seat with a 55 percent trt 44 percent victory over Republican Tom Shimizu "They call me Utah's most persistent politician I've been very anxious to get back into public service," Owens said in an interview Friday. "I'm not a reluctant candidate. I've wanted it." Owens' return to the seat which he held in 1973-7highlights the apparent resurgence of the Democratic Party in Utah, where Democrats had not won a major slute or federal office since liifio Along with Owens. Democrats captured 15 new seats in the Legislature, nearly doubling their strength in the Utah House to 27 seats and increasing their Senate presence from six to eight. But the victory also marked a personal triumph for Owens, who - long-soug- v ' r" k At I . J I ?i w A - $l A ii I A: V j A. - i 4 mm years of wandering in the political wilderness, Wayne Owens finds the promised land 12 had said following his gubernatorial defeat in 184 that he would not run for office again. This time Owens managed to Republican dodge the complaint that he is a liberal in the mold of Sen. Edward long-voice- d Kennedy, for whom he once worked as a Senate aide, Moreover, he was able to raise $650,000. nearly twice as much money as his opponent collected. said that made his much easier since political-- committees typically rather action will five to an incumbent than a challenger. State GOP Chairman Larry Lunt n conceded during a speech at the University of Utah Law School the party had pressured Monson to drop out, fearing he could not hold the seat against Owens. Second. Republican Stan Parrish, a former administrative assistant to Sen. Orrin Hatch, was eliminated from the race for the GOP nomination at the party's state convention in June. Owens said low-keye- -- After 0er.s And the most popular Republican on the ticket, incumbent Republican Sen J jke Gam. did not personally attack Owens, keeping a pledge he made early m the campaign, Owens said. Garn endorsed Shimizu and appeared in television commercials on Shimizu's behalf, but kept his role "I think that, by and large. Jake treated me very gently, setting the tone for us to work very well together." Owens said. With those elements in his favor. Owens was tree to take the initiative against the Shimizu. "I think we set the agenda. Things went just like we planned it from the beginning. We did all the textbook things and every one of them worked." Owens said. "Intellectually. I was convinced three weeks before the election we were going to win. but emotionally, it was kind of a roller coaster." Owens cited two other factors that greatly enhanced his chances. First. Republicans leaders forced out incumbent Rep. David Monson. who had planned to seek a second term, after a Deseret News-KSpoll last January showed Owens a 12 point favorite. Monson and Parrish probably would have been the strongest Republican candidates. "I really feel like Republicans by talking gave me two breaks David out of it in the first place and then by knocking Stan Parrish out of it," Owens said During his years out of office Owens maintained a private law practice focusing on administrative law and development. He was western states coordinator for Kennedy's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1980, and served on the State Board of Regents. Teachers ay day ff saves money - DaKAYSVILLK. Utah (APi vis High School's faculty is urging all state employees to take one day off without pay so the money saved can be distributed to the state FACTORY REPRESENTATIVES FROM JAPAN will be on hand to answer questions in the Mid vale and Salt Lake locations Fri. Nov. 7th 12-- 9 Sat. Nov. 8th 10-- 6 education system to ease budget shortfalls. Corine Sayler, chairman of the school's joint staff committee, said the idea is intended to provide a way to help all school districts affected by Gov. Norm Bangerter's Not Evolutionary Revolutionary directive to trim budgets by 2 percent for the current school year. i's list In of proposed budget-t- i measures, the Davis Dis-c- t has included one day off without pay for teachers and other scnol district personnel. This could save $:64,0()O. about of the $16 million the district must one-fift- h trim. Sayler said that by making the proposal a statewide effort involving all state agencies, a significant cut in the shortfall could be realized without cutting instructional programs. The proposal has been forwarded to Davis Superintendent Lawrence E. Welling and the Board of Education. Sayler said the group hopes the district will support the idea and forward it to the governor. Davis High also has asked that the proposal be put on the agenda of the Davis Education Association PIONEER CD inj. SGettumttmm cable-read- tuner y detachable remote, 4 surround sound mode selectors and built-isurround amps. FMAM 16 station Quartz-PLSynthesizer Tuner random presets, station search. floor standing speaker system Double Quick auto reverse cassette deck with dolby programmable linear tracking turntable Surround sound speaker system n L . mmi,,.,,.,,,,., tuner with MTS stereo and SAP broadcasts. 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I grf-y- .11 1 portal ion Nelson will replace C V, Skip" Anderson, who will Invonie surveillance engineer assigned to the const met ion division, said Kim Morris, , UDOT communi; relations director. were etlec-tiv- e The reassigninents t MUIKMM LASERVISI0N VIDEODISC PLAYER COMPACT DISCLASERVISION PLAYER i Dan Al'. E. Nelson, state highway planner and engineer since l!'tf. has been named as new District 6 dirrtor by the Utah Depaitmcnt of Trans W' . ' 1g2 of District 6 & Review $0Q U7 11 vfv- mwmi mm -; HOME STEREO J"i Nelson, a RiihiuM native, h.iv bivn a materials engineer, ir.its LJr SPEAKERS pioNEen CD 1 15" speaker system l RJ1 portation engineer, aetoiiautic.ii planning engineer and most recently higlma planning engineer with bachelor s degree in chemistry from Southern Utah State College and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Univer,sitv of Utah UDOT District Six 6 covers Utah. Wasatch, Juab. Duchesne and Uintah counties. tI i e cable-compatibl- new head UDOT. He received . Outstanding (300 ft. Lamberts) brightness and sharpness (450 line horizontal resolution) UDOT picks Nov. ft tF U PIONEER help." LKE J CO 40" PROJECTION MONITOR help those districts that have smaller reenues and need more SALT I i 1 Front-loadin- faculty representative meeting next week. Sayler said Davis High hopes that by working through the DEA, additional teacher support can be generated to help organize and get the movement rolling. Davis High would have to work through the school district administration to get the matter passed on to the governor, but if the DEA picks up the idea, it could take action on its own. Sayler said S3U per employee would be enough to solve most of the shortfall problems, and. she noted, most people make more than $30 in a day. "Education is a statewide program, and by getting all state employees involved, there is more of a statewide effort to solve the problem." she said. 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