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Show ' ' ' . ' RAULINS B. YOUNG 2135 SO. 19 EAST I CIIY 6 10- - 53 f ' ' ' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1958 William Thurman Announces For County Attorney Post of Granite high, University of Utah and George Washington University Law School. He has held numerous legal positions in the federal government includ-ing that of attorney for the RFC and assistant general counsel in five government corporations under the State Department. He has been chief deputy in the county attorney's office for the past six years and has been en-gaged in the private practice of law in Salt Lake City. The candidate has served the Democratic Party in many capa-cities including that of voting district chairman, delegate and committeeman, member of the state Democratic Central Com-mittee and chairman of various Democratic convention commit-tees. In 1952, Mr. Thurman was chairman of the Salt Lake coun-ty Democratic central committee. Mr. Thurman has long been active in church and civic af-fairs. He is a member of the High Council of the Canyon Rim Stake, president of East Mill Creek Lions Club and chairman of the Utah State Chapter, Na-tional Multiple Sclerosis Society. He is married to the former Zettella Wheeler. They are the parents of four children and re-side at 3096 South 23rd East. WILLIAM M. THURMAN William T. Thurman, chief civil deputy in the office of the Salt Lake County Attorney, an-nounced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for coun-ty attorney Wednesday. He is seeking the position now held by Frank E. Moss, who recently became a candidate for the nomi-nation for the United States Sen-ate. In making his announcement, Mr. Thurman stated: Lake County is in the 05alt of great expansion and growth. Demands for new public services are constantly increas-ing, law violations are growing. If nominated and elected, it shall be my purpose to firmly enforce and fairly interpret the law to the end that these demands may be reasonably met and that this county may become a safer place in which to live." Mr. Thurman, a native of Pro-v- o, was educated in the public schools of Utah and is a graduate County Democrats Elect Laurel Brown Chairman if .m.-- w?.rr major speaker, told the party members that the "crusade" which brought the Republicans to power had become a pathetic misnomer; that it was lead by tired old men and soft soap sales-men; that the administration's conduct of foreign affairs had lost much of the world to com-munism or neutralism and its do-mestic policies had produced five million unemployed. In his foreign policy talk Dr. Tanner said that any party, to desire a victory, must present a program not only to make the country militarily strong but to prevent a missile war. He declared that if foreign policy problems are not solved domestic problems will not mat-ter because there will be none to solve. Prof. Tanner, who said he spoke as an independent, recent-ly returned from a tour of Soviet Russia. He declared that both the U.S. and Russia have perfected mis-- sile programs capable of destroy- - ' ing each other; that in view of this there can be no permanent security in military power or a stalemate, that security can be found only in a program to pre-vent missile war. He said he was aware that weakness would surely invited communist aggression, that com-munist destruction of our sys-tem by non-milita- ry means will mean total enslavment; that we therefore have no alternative but to build up armed strength as a means of buying time. But this alone, he emphasized, can only lead to national destruc-tion. To find security against this, he said, we must develop a pro-gram to make such a war im-possible. Spelling out such a program, he said we should greatly ex-pand communications between the peoples of both the United States and Russia; eliminate from our thinking the theory that war is inevitable; develop moral strength and cooperate with the world's hungry people. LAUREL J. BROWN Salt Lake County Democrats this week had a new chairman. He is Laurel J. Brown, West Jordan fur rancher and athletic promoter. He was elected at the County organization convention in the Rainbow Randevu. Mr. Brown was elected without con-test. He succeeds A. Wally San-dac- k, who resigned. Mrs. William H. (Dorothy) Henderson was elected vice chairman in a three-wa- y contest. Her opponents were Mrs. Sunday C. Anderson and Mrs. Alice M. Hewitt. Mrs. Henderson received 152 votes, Mrs. Anderson 138, and Mrs. Hewitt 57. Mrs. Hen-derson will replace Mrs. M. Phyl (Fawn) Poulson, who resigned. Other officers elected were Stephen P. Smoot, secretary, and Otto R. Maas, treasurer. Mr. Smoot with 183 votes defeated Billie Clay with 145 votes for the position. Standing ovations were given the convention's two speakers. In an unusual move the conven-tion formally concurred in the foreign oplicy views included in the address of Dr. Obert Tanner, University of Utah professor of philosophy and a Salt Lake busi-nessman. Albert J. Colton, the other iiiiiirHHt4iriitittiiMiiMiuiifHitttittif!(itiiituiiitutmBUiuiititJuminoniifimi(itiuttrtiir I News Preview ( Friends say Harry Truman has narrowed his choice for the 1960 Democratic Presiden- - tial nominee to three men, and that Senator Kennedy is notj j among them and that Truman j will disclose his preference j early in 1959 . . . Mrs. Nixon, wife of the Vice President, j will dedicate the keel of thef Savannah, first US atomic merchant ship to be laid in May at Camden, N. J. . . . j Richard Mack is threatening! to disclose Congressmen he I says sought to pressure thel j FCC before he resigned under j 1 fire. iiuiimHniiiiiinRiininiiianiiiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiuiinitiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiK S. L. Voters Okeh Water Bond Issue By an eight to one vote, Salt Lake City taxpayers this week voted in favor of an eight million dollar water bond issue. The money will be used to further the city's water purification pro-gram. Some 8,156 persons voted. Un-official results showed 7,226 for and 930 against. The election was called by the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City. Hampton C. Godbe, assistant manager of the water district, said the total vote represented about 14 per cent of the 60,000 eligible voters. , Ogden Democrat Seeks Nomination to Congress Mr. Welling withdrew hs name from consderation as the Weber County Democratic chairman and then made known his can-didacy for the Congressional post. In his announcement Mr. Well-ing said: "It becomes necessary that we replace high-livin- g and plain thinking Republicans with plain living and high thinking Democrats if our society is to survive and achieve its promise." Mr. Welling resigned as prin-cipal of the school for the deaf about a year ago after serving for 10 years in the post. He is a graduate of Weber Col-lege and Utah State University. He also was graduated from Gal-laud- et College in Washington, D.C., receiving his masters de-gree. During World War II he served in the Naval Reserve. He was at-tached to the staff of the Com-mander Fleet West Coast. Mr. Welling is a member of the Ogden Chamber of Com-merce, is vice president of the Associated Civic clubs of north-ern Utah; director of the Weber County Watershed Protective As-sociation; secretary of the North Ogden Watershed conservation Corp., and a member of the Og-den Kiwanis Cilub. He is a member of the Church! of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints.' He is married and has three children. DAVID M. WELLING Democrats in Utah's First Con-gressional District this week had a candidate for nomination to Congress. He is David M. Welling, former principal of Utah State School for the Deaf and now owner of a travel bureau in Ogden. The seat currently is held by Rep. Henry A. Dixon, former president of Utah State Univer-sity. Young Democrats Name Secretary Utah Young Democrats this week had ap-pointed Miss Nancy Larson of Magna as execu-tive secretary. Miss Larson is a student at the University. The appoint ment was an-- Miss Larson nounced by Al-len T. Howe. Miss Larson is a daughter of State Senator W. G. (Bill) Lar-son. She is vice chairman of the Young Democratic Organization on the university campus and a member of the board of directors of the Salt Lake County Club. Miss Larson also is secretary and treasurer of her voting district. As executive secretary of the state organization she will work in both administrative and policy making fields. TODAY'S EDITORIAL V S Important Vote in Granite District Tuesday, April 1, will be an important day for the residents of Granite School District. For it is on that day they will go to the polls to vote on two important proposals presented by the Granite District Board of Education. These two issues are separate in terms of legal application (Continued on Page Four) |