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Show "1 . UNiVI-riSii- Op UTAH gJ ' PERIODICAL D IV 13 1 CM As iDrT APUl o iui ; : i university library W Jll ') UrJIVESITY OF ITAH lffly rr-- r nOOY, CITY 12 AC SALT LAKE GTY, UTAH FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1962 Democrats Moving Ahead on '62 Gala J-- J Banquet 1 H WILLIAM G. FOWLER Utah Democrats are moving ahead rapidly on plans for their traditional major fund raising dinner, according to Mr. William G. Fowler, Chairman of the evenj;. The Jefferson-Jackso- n Day Banquet will climax the Demo-cratic State Organizing Conven-- tion activities on Saturday, April 21st at the Terrace in Salt Lake City. The guest speaker, expect-ed to be a member of President Kennedy's cabinet, will be an-nounced shortly according to Mr. Fowler. Mr. Fowler and an Mrs. Lee Utley are pleased with the initial response from Utah Democrats. "It is anticipated that this year's Jefferson-Jackso- n Day Banquet will have an extraordi-narily large attendance due to the public enthusiasm and in-terest in the National Democratic Administration. "Utah has clearly evidenced its desire to join hands with Pres-ident Kennedy in his New Fron-tier program, and the ballot box is expected to demonstrate this support in November." County Clerk Keddington Files Intention to Seek Re-electi- on Mr. Keddington, a veteran of county service, has served five terms as county clerk and six years as chief deputy. In his announcement Mr. Ked-dington said: "If nominated I will seek re-electi- on entirely i upon my experience and the rec- - ord of my administration of the responsibilities of the office dur-ing the past years. "I have endeavored to build up an organization of persons schooled and instructed to serve all citizens requiring service whether it be in district court or general county business. "If I am reemployed by the vote of the electorate I will en-deavor to continue such service." Mr. Keddington long has been active in Salt Lake County civic and church affairs. He is a member of the Amer-ican Society for Public Admin-istration; Bonneville Knife and Fork Club; Mormon Battalion, Optimist Club and Browsers Club. He has also participated in various musical and church or-ganizations. ALVIN KEDDINGTON Salt Lake County Clerk Alvin Keddington this week filed a declaration of candidacy for and re-electi- on on the Democratic ticket. Charles O. Bonner Voices Intent To Run for County Treasurer Post the latter was elected as state treasurer. In his announcement Mr. Bon-ner pointed out the, business of his office had grown tremen-dously during his tenure as chief deputy and treasurer and added: "It shall be my purpose, if elected, to continue to safeguard the interests of and to serve all the public, always maintaining a highly competent office person-nel who will, under my direction serve the taxpayers of the coun-ty in the most efficient, courte-ous and dignified way." Mr. Bonner has been engaged in public fiscal work for many years. For four years he was deputy state auditor. He was ap-pointed chief deputy in the county treasurer's office in 1951. He continued in that position until he was appointed treasurer in 1961. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bonner has been a resident of Utah for 45 years. He is a life-long Democrat and has been ac-tive in the party organization, both as a member and as an of-ficer. He is a member of the Salt Lake Lodge of Elks and has been active in various civic projects. CHARLES O. BONNER Incumbent Salt Lake County Treasurer Charles O. Bonner has announced his candidacy for and reelection on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Bonner is currently serv-ing an appointive interim term. He was named to complete the term of Sharp M. Larsen when TODAY'S EDITORIAL Y 4 Political Activity Increases in Utah As State Conventions Draw Near state are the three announced Democratic hopefuls for the Sen-ate post, Rep. David S. King, Calvin L. Rampton and Joseph Weston. Pushing their campaigns in the Second District are State Sen. Bruce S. Jenkins and for-mer attorney general Clinton D. Vernon. Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, the Republican incumbent, is ex-pected to have no opposition for renomination. In the Second Dis-trict only State Sen. Sherman P. Lloyd has announced for the GOP nomination. The post is being vacated this year by incumbent Rep. David S. King, who is running for the Senate instead. Utah political activity has stepped up its pace and is ex-pected to continue at full steam ahead from now until Novem-ber. With the state organization conventions just two weeks away a number of would-b- e candidates are coming out of hiding to announce their intentions. On the county level Salt Lake County incumbents are announc-ing intentions to seek re-electi- Already announced are County Treasurer Charles O. Bonner, County Attorney Grover Giles, County Clerk Alvin Keddington, County Commission Chairman W. G. Larson and County Com-missioner C. W. (Buck) Brady. Others, including County Aud-itor David Jones; Sheriff George Beckstead. Assessor Cliff Cock- - ayne, Recorder Mrs. C. L. Jack, and Surveyor Roscoe Boden are expected to announce shortly. The Democratic State organi-zation convention is planned for April 21 in Salt Lake City. Darrell G. Renstrom, Ogden attorney, this week was appoint-ed temporary chairman of the convention. Action in the campaigns for the Democratic nominations for the U. S. Senate and the U. S. House of Representatives has been steadily increasing. Campaigning throughout the j Why the Democrats are Strong Democrats are in a strong position because business conditions are good, since early 1961 unemployment is down, the gross national product is 8.3 per cent; total personal income is up 6.(3 per cent, and retail sales of automobiles are up 18 per cent. Democrats are in a strong position because the threat of inflation is subsiding, because the cost of living went up less last year than any year since 1956. Democrats here are in a strong position because the public lias confidence in President Kennedy s firm but reasonable approach to our international problems; we have weathered the worst of the 'Berlin crisis; we have strengthened the ties with our free world allies in Latin America and Europe. Democrats, here and elsewhere are in a strong posi-tion because the Kennedy legislative program has power-ful public appeal. The federal aid to education bill, the medical acre for the aged bill, are bottled up in Congres-sional committees. This is not $ue to lack of public sup-port. Do you have any doubt that if these bills could be the subject of popular referendum, that they would pass overwhelmingly? Do you have any doubt that if the bills education aid and medical care, could get out of committee, they would be enacted by Congress? j Democrats here and elsewhere are in a strong posi- - (Continued on Page Four) i C. Nelson Day Picked For Judge Position Deputy State Attorney Gen-eral C. Nelson Day this week was named by Gov. George D. Clyde as a judge of the Fifth Judicial District. A native of Fillmore, Mr. Day succeeds Judge Will L. Hoyt. Nephi, who resigned March 31 for reasons of health. The fifth district comprises the counties of Juab, Millard, Beaver, Iron and Washington. ' The newly appointed judge served as first assistant U.S. at-torney for Utah from 1953 until he resigned to accept the state attorney general office last Janu-ary. iiiiiiniuiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiuMiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig I News Preview f I France will press hard for an East-We- st Summit if the I Algerian problem straightens out. . . . "Unofficial" East-- 1 West negotiations are reported underway now to reach a seri-- 1 ous solution to the Berlin problem. . . . Don't be sur- - 1 prised if Red China tempo-- 1 jrarily shelves its differences with Moscow. |