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Show William G. Bruhn Seeks Demo Nomination in First District if H v s Xnv t i I Utah's First Congressional District got another Democratic candidate for Congress this week when William Bruhn, Garfield county commissioner, announced he would seek the party's nomination. nomi-nation. He is the fourth candidate to seek the nomination. Others are State Senator Glen M. Hatch, Heber City attorney; M. Blaine Peterson, Ogden attorney, and George A. Frost, Weber County commissioner. In making his announcement Mr. Bruhn said: "I feel my experience in local government has given me an insight in-sight into the problems of our state whether they be urban or rural. "The pressing need in the rural counties of Utah is for increased economic opportunity. While a part of the state is experiencing phenomenal industrial and business busi-ness growth many of our outlying outly-ing counites have remained relatively rel-atively undeveloped. A few are even losing population. "Utah cannot forge ahead to take her rightful place among Western states until these population popu-lation trends are stabilized and economic growth afforded to all sections. "It is my belief that the key to a balanced economy hinges on our development of our water and power resources. We must particularly push for increased water development by both the WILLIAM G. BRUHN ' During his term as mayor he was chosen as the "outstanding young man of the year" by the Panguitch Junior Chamber of Commerce on two occasions and was recipient of the State Junior N Chamber Distinguished Service Award. During his tenure as mayor he was a member of the board of directors of the Utah Municipal League, and represented the league on the water resources board of the American Municipal Munici-pal Association, and at present is a member of the governor's committee com-mittee for economic development and employment planning. He was president of the Utah Municipal Mu-nicipal League in 1957. He married the former May Lund in St. George. They have three children. state and federal government if our natural resources are to be properly exploited." Mr. Bruhn is a native of Paro-wan Paro-wan and was reared and educated educat-ed in Panguitch. He served as a sergeant with the Second Infantry In-fantry Division during World War II and on his return to civilian life was elected mayor of Panguitch. He served in that office for eight years. |
