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Show LIBRARY umiRsnY er utab 2 9 1958 The Utah MPHir CITY University of A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Utah Good Government VoL 12; No. 38 Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, September 26, 19581 "U J Announcement of a visit to Utah BYU. and Senator Everett Dirksen of Illi- Vice the of President the United Other speakers hat will be in nois. by States Richard M. Nixon was made Utah for rallys include Fred W. These speakers are expected to this week by Thomas G. Judd, Re- eSaton, Secretary of the Interior be in Utah during October. publican state chairman. I I vice president will be in Utah Oct. 16 and 17 to give campaign talks in Salt Lake City and Provo. The Provo speaking engagement has been scheduled at BrigRepublicans in Salt Lake Oct 16. ham Young University. According to Mr. Judd negotiations have been under way for some time. to have the vice president visit Utah. Final confirmation of the dates were not known until Wednesday when they were made at the Washington, D.C. office of penditures on Utah highways this year, according to the most ac- Senator Arthur V. Watkins. curate estimates of the Bureau of The two-da-y visit of the vice Public Road. a list of dis"Utahs tourist income will soar president highlights from Utahs favored position in rec- tinguished speakers planning to Dixon keynote rallys in Utah. lamation and highways, predicted. He noted that three milMr. Nixon will arrive in Utahs lion people visited Lake Mead every the evening of Oct. 16. year for recreational activity. After capital city A statewide rally has been schedit is filled Glen Lake will be the lake in uled for the vice president that second largest man-mad- e the United States and should com- night beginning at 8 p.m. The place pare favorably as a tourist attrac- for the rally is yet to be announced. tion and recreational center with The following day the vice presiLake Mead. dent will leave Salt Lake City for During the afternoon Congressman Dixon addressed approximate- Provo. A motorcade beginning at 8 ly 50 employees of the Coleman En- a.m. in Salt Lake will make several gineering Company conducting ex- stops along the route to BYU. periments for tiie Air Force at HurThe rally at the school will begin ricane Mesa. that morning at 10 a.m, Open to the He gave them good news that their operation would continue public, the address will also be atthrough fiscal 1959 at the same tended by students and faculty of level of work load as was maintained in fiscal 1958 in spite of budget cuts affecting this type of work. Dixon read a recent telegram from Lt. Gen S. E. Anderson, USAF Commander, confirming Air Force intentions. The Vice President Nixon will Address Dixon Campaign Swings Info Action in Utah "Speeded up construction of the fabulous Colorado Project is the best answer to the recession," Congressman H. A. Dixon declared at the highway ribbon-cuttin- g ceremony near Glen Canyon Dam on Friday morning. "Approximately 3,933 new jobs were created this year for Utahns by reclamation activities in the state and the Colorado Storage Project, he stated, according to the best estimates of the. Bureau of Reclamation which I received yesterday. j This includes employment in the construction of the projects, employment in supplying materials and employment generated by the money spent by those directly employed. The reason this is one of the best answers to the recession is because the construction fund costs are paid back to the federal Treasury from water and power revenues. At the same time new taxable wealth is created which means the returns to the Treasury will be vastly greater than the outlay. Dixon added that 4,000 jobs for Utahns were created by federal ex KANAB Benson Speaks in SLC; Stresses Campaign Issues Praising team unity of the Utah delegation in Congress, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson stopover in completed his two-da- y Salt Lake City, Wednesday. We are fortunate to have this unity," the Secretary stated. The Republican Party has a great story of accomplishment to tell. The party record is good. It is not perfect because it is made by human beings. But if there have been mistakes they have not come from the heart, he continued. Featured during Mr. Bensons visit to Utahs capitol city was a large Republican rally. Including banners, a brass band, Utahs congressional delegation, state officials, civic leaders and Republican officers, the rally was held following the Secretarys arrival, Monday. At the GOP rally, Jaren L. Jones, Republican national committeeman acted as master of ceremonies. Senator Wallace F. Bennett introduced Mr. Benson. Prior to his leaving for Boston, Wednesday, Mr. Benson underwent a physical checkup at the Latter-da- y Saints Hospital in Salt Lake. a In Boston the Secretary addressed the 10th annual convention of the National Federation of Republican Women. The convention, held September 25 and 28, attracted several NFRW members from Utah and the Intermountain Area. Secretary Benson keynoted the annual meeting which was under the direction of Mrs. Peter Gibson, NFRW president. Mr. Benson was accompanied to Salt Lake City by his two daughters. A son, Mark, greeted his family upon their arrival. Mrs. Benson was unable to accompany the Secretary. I regret that Mrs. Benson is not SEE HIGHLIGHTS OF BENSONS ADDRESS IN SALT LAKE PAGE here to see this wonderful welTWO. come, Mr. Benson stated. Utah Statesman Sponsors Annual Hawaiian Tour . The Utah Statesman is happy to announce completion of arrangements for the 4th annual Hawaiian Tour to Paradise. This year, for the first time participants in the tour will have the choice of round trip travel by plane, or the leisurely plan of going by boat and returning by plane. The tour will depart for those going by boat from Long Beach Harbor , on Jan. 15, 1959 and will arrive in the islands on Jan. 20. For those who decide to fly to Hawaii, the tour will depart from Lockheed Airport on the morning of Jan. 19, 1959. Fabulous, unprecedented, roman. words cant describe the tic breath taking tour to Hawaii arranged exclusively for the readers .. of the Utah Statesman. Arrangements have been made through the cooperation of the Hawaiian Steamship Company, Transocean Airlines and the Vic- tor Bloom Agency Tour A includes five days by ocean aboard the S. S. Leitani to the islands . . . seven days and six nights at the Hawaiian Village, and return trip aboard Transocean Airlines featuring their luxurious Super Constellation service.. Tour A price is $397.80. Tour B features air travel from the mainland to the islands and re; turn. The eight day tour also features fun and relaxation in romantic Hawaii. Total price of TourB is $292.00. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson speaks to some 300 Republicans at a rally held during his stopover in Salt Lake City. |