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Show GRAPEVINE Richard C. Layton, member of the Clearfield City Council and former Davis County Democratic Chairman, has announced hife candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the Utah House of Representatives from District No. 2 in Davis County. Arden B. Engebretsen has been named chairman of the Salt Lake County Republican organization. Other officers named at the GOP County Convention were Mrs. Fern Escandon, vice-chairman; William E. McCarthy, secretary, and Robert E. Freed, treasurer. James L. Barker, an announced candidate for chairman, withdrew with-drew from the contest before voting for a chairman began. Mrs. Oma Ellison Wilcox, member of the Layton City Council, Coun-cil, has announced her candidacy candi-dacy ,for Republican vice-chairman at the GOP State convention conven-tion April 28. Also announcing for the post is Helene Parker, American Fork, Utah County GOP vice-chairman. Gov. George D. Clyde said this week he was awaiting letters of clearance from party Central Committees before formally making appointments to vacancies vacan-cies in the Utah Legislature. The governor said his decision to fill the vacancies now did not indicate indi-cate plans to call a special session of the Legislature. Appointment of Weston E. Hamilton, vice-president of Walker Bank & Trust Co. as chairman of a committee to select a site for a new Elder Citizens Center was announced this week. The appointment was made jointly joint-ly by Salt Lake City commissioner commis-sioner L. C. Romney and Salt Lake County Commission Chairman Chair-man W. G. Larson. The Salt Lake City Commission Commis-sion this week directed the city auditor to investigate present methods of handling parking meter money collections. The commission also discussed a re- -port that some parking meters have been rendered inoperative because coin collections were not made soon enough after the meter coin boxes became full. The Salt Lake City Commission Commis-sion this week voted unanimously unanimous-ly to appeal a Third District Court ruling concerning the appointment ap-pointment of Metropolitan Water District directors to the Utah Supreme Court. Action was taken by the commission when City Attorney Homer Holmgren reported at the board's meeting that a formal declaratory judgment judg-ment had been signed in the case by Judge Merrill C. Faux and entered in court records. Army Pvt. Sheldon Behunin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Behunin, 1013 Euclid Avenue, recently arrived in Germany and is now assigned to the 3rd Armored Ar-mored Division. Behunin, a medical specialist in Headquarters Company of the Division's 45th Medical Battalion Batta-lion in Frankfurt, entered the Army last August and received basic training at Fort Ord, Calif. He is a graduate of Richfield high school. 1 |