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Show I i.:r ,?ARY . - ) ' UNIVERSITY of UTAH" pekicdical division -- ':J .: ; i i traivEnsir library j f ' JAN 5 1959 UNIVESHY OF ltah q .1 CITY 12 A CM' : SALT LAKEM--A . .. SALT LAKE CiTY, UTAH-FRID- AY, JANUARY 2, 1959 Ceremony on Monday Installs Democrats in County Positions ! ' GEORGE YV. BECKSTEAD County Sheriff ALVIN KEDDINGTON County Clerk W. G. LARSON County Commissioner "'. ' K" i If. I il MRS. C. L. JACK County Recorder DAVID P. JONES County Auditor ROSCOE BODEN County Surveyor " ' iriwiMirnmnn mm SHARP M. LARSEN County Treasurer Salt Lake County's new Democratic team will take over county offices Monday. . They will be officially sworn iii Monday at noon in county commission chambers. The state's constitution pro-vides that the swearing in shall take place the first Monday after the new year. This year the first Monday is January 5. The S. C. (Cliff) COCKAYNE County Assessor ceremony, by law, is to be at noon. It was undecided this week who would administer the oath of office. It was expected that one of the district judges would officiate. Taking the oath will be newly elected four year county com-missioner W. G. (Bill) Larson; S. C. (Cliff) Cockayne, county GROVER GILES County Attorney assessor; David P. Jones, county I auditor; Grover A. Giles, county attorney; Roscoe Boden, county surveyor; Mrs. C. L. Jack, coun-ty recorder. Holdover office holders include Sheriff George W. Beckstead, County Clerk Alvin Keddington and Sharp M. Larsen, county treasurer, and Republican two-ye- ar Commissioner Gundersen. Look at Campaign Talks Provides Key to Sen. Moss1 Aims, Beliefs , , , , . y - t ItM What kind of action can the voters of Utah expect from their new Democratic senator? While it is certain Senator-ele- ct Frank E. (Ted) Moss will give the state first class repre-sentation, how does he stand on specific issues? A review of Mr. Moss' cam-paign speeches provides a good clue to his beliefs and to what he will be fighting for in the Senate during the next six years. Here, then, is a flash back to October when the then Demo-cratic candidate for election was touring the state in search of the votes that gave him victory. The support price program, which he said was essential, should be "based on the princi-ple of allowing farm commodity prices to seek their own level in the market place, thus passing (Continued on Page 8) ' '' "" "FRANK MOSS U. S. Senator Rep. David King to Investigate Legislation of Oil Royalties ! Rep.-ele- ct David S. King said Monday he has launched a per-sonal inquiry into recent legis-lation which may cost Utah mil-lions of dollars in oil royalties. The Democratic congressmen said Public Law 85-86- 8, passed by the 8th Congress, "possibly has jeopardized the interests of Utah in important mineral re-sources within state boundaries. "As a representative of the people and the state of Utah, I am convinced the matter war-rants my early attention." Mr. King issued his statement through staff aides in Salt Lake City. The congressman and his family now are at their new Washington home. His statement observed that a recent Department of Interior decision based on Law 85-86- 8, "seems to have made the law an instrument for wiping out pri- - (Continued on Page 8) DAVID S. KING U. S. Congressman TODAY'S - EDITORIAL Progress vs. Tradition With all the plans being rumored and officially announced, it appears that the Utah State Road Commission soon will have as much to say about how and where we live as any branch of the state or federal government. The commission which certainly has its problems handling an ever-increasin- g traffic load holds vast influence over the (Continued on Page Four) |
