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Show Page Eight FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1958 THE SALT LAKE TIMES County Chairman Resigns, Laurel Brown Seeks Post tl 'i LAUREL BROWN (Continued from Page 1) ing mentioned as likely candi-dates for the party's nomination for Representative in Congress from the First and Second Dis-president- ial year. The Eisen-hower votes falling to Senator Bennett were credited with giv-ing him the edge needed for vic-tory. Those attempting to convince Senator Hopkin to make another try point out he will face no such disadvantage this vear. It is assumed that former gov-ernor Herbert B. Maw will be a candidate for the Senate nomi-nation although he has not made a public announcement. Others still being talked about include Salt Lake and Ogden businessman Robert H. Hinckley, Mr. Weilenmann, the recently-resigne- d state chairman; Julian M. Bamberger, businessman and former state senator; National Committeeman Calvin Rawlings. tricts. A campaign to convince State Senator Alonzo F. Hopkin to try for the nomination reportedly is gathering steam. Senator Hopkin was the party's nominee for the 1956 Senatorial election. He was defeated by Senator Wallace F. Bennett, who was running in a City Commission Supports Study of Finance Problems written report to the Utah Leg-islative Council which in turn would present its findings to the Legislautre. A meeting of the Council's local government finance advis-ory committee to examine com-plete financial statements from Salt Lake City, Provo and Og-de- n is scheduled for February 24. The information from these reports is expected to reveal the cities' needs and expected reve-nue for the next five years. o Utah Legislative Council's sub-committee on municipal finance this week obtained the full sup-port of the Salt Lake City Com-mission. State Sentaor Sherman Lloyd had sought the commission's sup-port for the sub-committe- e's ac-- I tivities. He discussed the various j problems of municipal financing with commissioners in an execu-tive session early this week. I After the meeting with com-missioners the senator said, "The problem of municipal financing will be high on the priority list of , the next Utah legislature. I assure you our committee is try-ing to find th facts and the solu-tion to the perplexing problem." The senator was told by Mayor Adiel F. Stewart that Salt Lake City intended to seek a sales tax through the legislature in 1959. The mayor also noted the city is considering floating a 15 mil-lion dollar bond issue for capital improvements if voters approve such a proposition. The senator learned from City Treasurer Oliver G. Ellis that for Salt Lake City to raise a large amount of money it would be necessary for the city to have a sales tax or raise the property tax. Senator Lloyd said his com-mittee would eventually make a Democratic Council Conducts Meeting A Democratic Advisory Coun-cil met last Saturday and Sunday at the Council offices. All day sessions were held on both days. Attending were Adlan E. Stevenson Senator Hubert Humphrey, Senator Estes Ke-fauv- er, Gov. Averell Harriman, Gov. G. Mennen Williams, Mayor Raymond Tucker, former Sen. Herbert Lehmann, Chairman Paul M. Butler and members of the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee. Most of Saturday was devoted to considering foreign and de-fense policies. The Council was briefed by Dean Acheson on the activities and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Foreign Policy of which he is chairman. Draft policy statements have been under consideration by the committee and by the Council for the past week. The Commit-tee is expected to issue a major policy statement on Foreign and Defense Policy soon. Later the Council devoted it-self to the work and recommen-dations of the Advisory Commit-tee on Economic Policy of which Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith of Harvard University of chairman. All sessions of the Council were closed to all persons ex-cepting members of the Council, the officers of its Advisory Com-mittees, and members of the ad-ministrative committee and the immediate staff of the Council. Utah Publishers Chart Convention The 60th annual Utah State Press Association convention is scheduled for February 14, 15 and 16 at the Newhouse Hotel in Salt Lake City. Convention Chairman Roy E. Gibson, publisher of the Nephi Times-New- s, this week said a number of outstanding speakers has been lined up for the affair. Speakers include Carl Chris-tense- n, coordinator of research at the University of Utah, who will address a publishers lunch-eon Saturday noon, and George S. Eccles of the First Security Corp., who will address the as-sociation's annual banquet Sat-urday night. Elections will take place Sat-urday and a number of business sessions and workshops also are planned. Convention activity officially begins Friday at 2 p.m. with a meeting of the USPA business committee meeting in the USPA offices. The board of directors will meet at 3 p.m. in the Newhouse Hotel. Registration of convention j guests will begin at 3 p.m., and j ' continue until 8 p.m. Lederle Appoints Division Chief Stanley Graff, 1815 Yalecrest Ave., this week took over as Salt Lake-Phoen- ix district manager for Lederle Laboratories, a divi-sion of the American Cyanamid Company. A graduate of Cornell Univer-cit- y, Ithaca, N. Y., Mr. Graff is a veteran of the Korean War, being stationed in Kwangji as chief laboratory technician of the First Station Hospital,(JfS. Army. He bean his career with Led-erle in New York in 1950, and achieved membership in the "Gold Cup" club for outstanding salesmanship. 0 " O Navy Nurse Corps Proves Popular Commander John R. Bohlken, Officer in charge of Salt Lake recruiting district, announced that the new Navy Corps can-didate program which was insti-tuted a few short months ago has proven very popular. The Navy Nurse Corps Can-didate program gives selected senior college students in nurs-ing an opportunity to join the Navy while continuing their ed-ucation. The Navy plans to select an-nually a number of nursing stu-dents enrolled in fully approved basic collegiate schools of nurs-ing when they begin their senior year. The advantages of this pro-gram are that while participat-ing in the program as a nursing student, a monthly pay check of $99.37 will be received, and the Navy will pay for tuition, books, fees, room and board. Upon receipt of their degree, the nurses will be commissioned ensigns in the nurses corp, with a 2 year active duty obligation. For further information contact U. S. Navy Recruitnig Station, Room 420-- A, Post office build-ing, Salt Lake City, |
