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Show ; Weber County Commissioner Enters 1st Dist. Congress Race Lomond Hotel, Ogden. Assistant Weber County Attorney Darrell Robinson was in charge of the luncheon. Present were some 30 prominent promi-nent Democrats of the District. Maurice L. Richards, Weber County attorney, noted at the luncheon that it was imperative that Weber County Democrats get behind one candidate and that he felt Mr. Frost was the logical candidate for the office at this time. Mr. Frost, in making the announcement, an-nouncement, said he believed he is qualified for the position from his background as a farmer in Wyoming in his early life and from his background in labor. He said that as a railroad employe em-ploye he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Train-men, Lodge 68, and "any man is a fool or a liar who says I am anti-labor. At the same time I am not the tool of any man or group of men." Continuing, he said: "All my life I have been actively identified identi-fied with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in bishoprics, as a member of a stake presidency, as a high councilman coun-cilman and in other positions." Mr. Frost was the first mayor of Ogden under the council-manager form of city government. He also has served in the Utah House of Representatives. GEORGE T. FROST Utah's First Congressional district dis-trict this week had its first candidate can-didate for the Congressional I seat being vacated by Rep. Henry Aldous Dixon, Republican. He is Democrat George T. Frost, Weber County four-year J commissioner. ; Announcement of Mr. Frost's i candidacy was made during a f luncheon Monday in the Ben |