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Show Young Democrats Stra wPoli Indicates Kennedy Strength - A straw poll conducted by Utah Young Democrats at the recent Salt Lake County Democratic Demo-cratic Convention indicated that Senator John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) (D-Mass.) was the most popular candidate can-didate for the party's presidential presiden-tial nomination in 1960. Grant Macfarlane Jr., reporting report-ing on the poll this week said delegates and visitors to the convention con-vention were given straw ballots on which the names of a number of possible candidates had been printed. Voters were asked to indicate their first, second and third choices. Sen. Kennedy received both the greatest number of total votes but also the greatest number num-ber of first choice votes. As a money raising project voters were charged a "registration "registra-tion fee" to participate in the poll. .The registration entitled them to participate in a contest in which an automobile was siven away. The "lucky" winner drove away in a 1931 Chevrolet. The car was decorated with various slogans. Among them were these: "The Eisenhower (Continued on Page 4) is Young Democrats Stm wPoll 5 I Inspecting prize auto which was presented during recent Salt Lake County Democratic Convention are sponsoring Young Democrats and other convention goers. At top, from left to right are Grant Macfarlane Jr., Billie Clay, Virginia Fitzgerald, Nancy Larson, front; Dan Dix and Richard Moffat, rear. Bottom picture, Nancy Larson, Virginia Fitzgerald, Richard Moffat, Billie Clay, Grant Macfarlane Jr. and Dan Dix. Car decorated with slogans. (Continued from Page 1) Look"; "Golf, Gettysburgh and Goldfina"; "Nixon, Dixon and Fixm"; "I Was Imprudent." On the rear of the auto was painted "What's Good for General Motors Mo-tors Is Good for the Country." Results of the poll follow: Total 1st Choice Votes Votes of Ogden is acting president, will hold their meeting Saturday, August 23, at 10 a.m. Committee members are Harriet Tonks, Morgan; Emily Eldredge, Bountiful; Bounti-ful; Addie Anders, Ogden, and Iva Critchley, North Salt Lake. Meeting is to be held in the Davis County Court House. Purpose Pur-pose of this meeting is to establish estab-lish permanent officers. Kennedy 136 90 Stevenson 100 60 Williams 60 14 Harriman 51 18 Kefauver 47 15 Johnson 43 18 Meyner 35 12 Symington 31 - 12 Humphrey 31 13 Bowles 10 3 Clark 5 9 |
