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Show ! 'Christememi, Sewtis, Slih, i j IPirke Winn 11 mi IPnmmy Wotte JOHN PRICE OLIVER G. ELLIS nl JOE L. CHRISTENSEN Dr THEODORE GEURTS In one of the "lightest" elections elec-tions in recent years Salt Lake voters this week named four candidates can-didates for the two city commission commis-sion posts and pared a slate of 44 charter commission candidates to 30. Scoring primary election victories vic-tories were incumbents Joe L. Christensen with an unofficial 10,297 votes; Oliver G. Ellis, 6, . 874; Theodore (Ted) Geurts, 7,163; and John Price, 3,756. Eliminated were Halie Comet Wood with 3,368 and Julius C. i Reichert with 2,275 votes. :j Total votes cast, approximately 16,970, was second lowest in 10 f years. The normal vote for a qualify-1 qualify-1 ing primary has been around 20,-000 20,-000 for elections in which two ; commissioners and a city auditor (Continued on Page 8) Ch listen sen, Geurti, Ellis, Price Win In Primary Vote (Continued from Page 1) have been selected. The total four years ago was 22,000. Voting in the "home rule" charter char-ter race followed no definite pattern. t appeared that candidates candi-dates who have held public office of-fice before were the ones who ran best. Voters, left largely in the dark on where various charter commission com-mission candidates stood on the question of changing exisiting city government, evidently chose those names they knew best. Garnering the most votes was Julian M. Bamberger, a former state senator. Mr. Bamberger has come out in favor of a change in the city's charter. Right behind be-hind him was an outspoken foe of the proposed change, Gaylen S. Young, an attorney. On the basis of unofficial returns re-turns the following 30 candidates candi-dates will go on the November a Incumbent Councilman Merle E. Brown and newspapers Mel-vin Mel-vin L. Christopherson, Jew W. Wasden and Charles R. Clayton were elected to try for the council coun-cil seats. Two of the City Commission seekers were eliminated in the 1,426 ballots marked in Murray. Newcomer L. Clark Cushing drew 417 votes and the right to oppose incumbent Shelby West who had 507. Murray also will pick a mayor in November between incumbent J. Clifford Hansen and Ray P. Greenwood, both unopposed in the primary. Ogden voters werepicking general gen-eral balloting candidates for three councilmen at large and three ward councilmen. Unofficial winners with 87 out of 87 districts reported were: Councilmen at large (six elected): elect-ed): Elmer H. Myers (with the top number of 4,388 votes), Del- 5 ballot for the 15 member charter char-ter commission: Julian M. Bamberger, 7,691; Gaylen S. Young, 7,627; Quayle Cannon Jr., 7,571; Dilworth S. Woolley, 7,107; Mrs. C. J. Jack, 7,013; Vernon B. Romney, 6,963; Sheldon R. Brewster, 6,834; W. C. Lamoreaux, 5,997; Wendell L. Cottrell, 6,034; Charles A. ' Boynton Jr., 5,560; Ted Anderson, Ander-son, 5,546; Calvin S. Rampton, 5,053; Beverly S. Clendenin, 5,060; Regnal W. Garff Jr. 4,712; Franklyn B. Matheson, 4,690; D. A. Skeen, 4,655; Karl V. King, 4,343; William G. Hardy, 4,381; Sunday C. Anderson, 4,191; Gordon Gor-don C. Holt, 4,208; Joseph Nelson, Nel-son, 4,115; A. Palmer Holt, 3,984; Mrs. Brigham E. Roberts, 3,973; Justin S. Stewart, 3,821; Fawn Poulson, 3,762; Thelma MceKan, 3,757; Mary Jane Carter Due, 3,491; Ralph A. Hedquist, 3,409; William F. Weiler, 3,348; and Roy Glazier, 3,269. The finalists for mayor and four for council seats were chosen cho-sen by 1,526 votes cast in Mid-vale. Mid-vale. Mayor Henry Beckstead topped top-ped his two opponents and he will be opposed by Peter Yeng-ich, Yeng-ich, now a commissioner. Ray S. 1 Lester lost in the bid. I bert M. Poole (second with 4,-027), 4,-027), Leroy B. Young, Lisle L. Hadlock, Scott B. Price and Clifford Clif-ford K. Keeter. Top vote getters in the wards were Raymond S. Wright, ward One; Mrs. Andrew Yeakson of Ward Two ,and B. Austin Sea-ger, Sea-ger, Ward Three. Six of 12 candidates seeking three at large Provo City Council Coun-cil seats survived the light voter turnout there. Mrs. Stella H. Oakes, the only women candiate and the only incumbent, in-cumbent, garnered 2,038 ballots to lead all others. Also sent into the November runoff were A. K. Breinholt, Dr. Lloyd L. Culli-more, Culli-more, J. Kenneth Davies, Dr. Vasco H. Tanner and Alton G. Giles. Some 54 per cent of the eligible eli-gible marked ballots in Logan. T. Earl Hunsaker and E. G. Earl were picked over three other hopefuls to oppose each other in November for the mayor's job. Incumbent W. W. Owens did not run. Newell Winget and Sterling Nelson were picked as the candidates can-didates for the one city commission commis-sion post. A five-man field was in the race. Of the 7,288 Logan voters registered, 3,926 voted. Yn |