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Show 3 o fJ o v n jZZrf J r--f j i I PERIODICAL DlVlSiwvi m O UHIVtltSIlY LIBAKY f& UNIVESUY OF tfAH 110 S' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-FRID- AY, JULY 13, 1962 Marvin Jenson Files Candidacy For Democratic Commission Nod ' m . mi J& - w boxers, Marvin G. Jenson, has filed his candidacy for Demo-cratic nomination for the two-ye- ar Salt Lake County post. He is the second Democrat to file. Also seeking the position is W. G. (Bill) Larson. Mr. Jenson built and operates a clubhouse and gymnasium in West Jordan. The facilities are used by fighters and the general public of the area for various types of entertainment. Mr. Jenson served nine years on the Jordan District Board of Education. He served eight years on the West Jordan town board. For four years he was mayor of West Jordan. He has served as West Jordan Stake Sunday School presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. He currently is Sunday School superintendent of the West Jor-dan First LDS Ward. He is married and has three sons. MARVIN JENSON A West Jordan mink rancher and widely known manager of Primary Contests Loom For Five Of Six Congress Nominations All but one of Utah six con-gressional nominations will see : primary contests this year. The lone exception is in the First District where incumbent Democrat Rep. M. Blaine Peter-son does not face a primary op-ponent. Late filing hours before the July 10 deadline left the Con-gressional picture like this: Rulon R. Garfield, Ogden, will face Laurence J. Burton. Ogden, for the Republican nomination for the First District House seat. In the Second District State Sen. Bruce S. Jenkins and for-mer Atty. Gen. Clinton Vernon are contesting for the Demo-cratic nomination. On the Re-publican side State Sen. Sher-man Lloyd is opposed by Reed A. Benson. In the Senate race there also will be contests for both nomi nations. Three Democrats, Rep. David S. King, Calvin L. Rampton and Joseph Weston are seeking the nomination. Republican incumbent Senator Wallace F. Bennett will battle with Salt Lake Mayor J. Bracken Lee for the GOP Senate nod. Only state partisan office to be filled this year is that of at-torney general. William H. Hen-derson and Bryant H. Croft are running for the Democratic nom-ination and current attorney general A. Pratt Kesler is un-opposed on the Republican side. Two holes in the Democratic State Senate ticket were filled this week. Sen. Thorpe Wad-dingha- m filed in the Millard-Beav- er District and State Rep.! J. L. Larsen of Huntington filed in his district. Mrs. Esther Peterson Will Address Utah AFL-CI- O Meet Mrs. Esther Peterson, Assist-ant Secretary of Labor and na-tive Utahn, will be the principal speaker at the Sixth annual con-vention of the Utah State AFL-CI- O which will convene August 6, 7, 8 at the Steedworkers Hall in Orem, it was announced by President John R. Schone. An extensive and comprehen-sive program covering problems confronting labor unions in the state has been planned for the three day sessions. The Executive Council of the Utah State AFL-CI- O will meet at the Steelwork-er- s Hall in Orem Sunday, Aug-ust 5 to discuss matters to be presented to the convention. Mayor J. Bracken Lee Will Oppose Bennett For Senate Seat MAYOR J. BRACKEN LEE Salt Lake City Mayor J. Brack-en Lee this week filed his can-didacy for the Republican nomi-nation for the Senate. He will oppose incumbent Sen. Wallace F. Bennett. Mayor Lee said in his an-nouncement: "I have accepted the invitation to become a Can-didate for the nomination ifor the U.S. Senate on the Republi- - can ticket because I believe that the Republican party offers the best opportunity for a conserva- - tive like myself to fight effec- - tively for the principles in which I believe." Mayor Lee served as mayor of Price a number of years. He served two terms as governor and has sought the senate seat before as an independent. He also ran for a third term as gov-ernor as an independent. An efficiency expert is a man who is smart enough to tell you how to run your business and to smart to start one of his own. Ten Candidates Beat Deadline; File For Many County Offices Attorney: Grover A. Giles, Democrat; Clarence J. Frost, Re-publican. Surveyor: Roscoe Boden, Dem-ocrat; Jay Sweet and Dale Holt, Republicans. Auditor: David P. Jones, Dem-ocrat; J. Elmo Ostler and Glen T. James, Republicans. Ten candidates beat the July 10 filing deadline this week and filed for Salt Lake County, of-fices. Of the ten, seven were Repub-licans and three Democrats. Filing Tuesday for Democratic nominations wer Marvin G. Jen son, for the two-ye- ar Salt Lake County Commission post; Leo-nard W. Elton, for the State Sen-ate in District No. 1 and Samuel S. Taylor for the State Senate in District No. 4. ; Republicans and the offices they are seeking were Rodger S. Gunn for sheriff; Roland G. Kai-ser for clerk; Delia Richards (Dee) Abbott and Isafbelle Mc- Allister Shaw for recorder; Glen T. James for auditor; William H. Doxey for state senator in Dist. No. 1 and C. Earl Alsop for state senator in Dist. No. 4. The new filings left the lineup for nominations for the various county offices as follows: Four year Commission: C. W. Brady, Democrat, and J. Rex Mackay, Republican. For two-ye- ar Commission: W. G. Larson, Democrat; Marvin G. Jenson, Democrat; Dale Curtis, Republican; and Roger S. Gunn, Republican. Assessor: S. Clifford Cock-ayne, Democrat; John R. Burt, Republican. Clerk: A 1 v i n Keddington, Democrat; Newell Knight and Roland G. Kaiser, Republicans. Recorder: Mrs. C. L. Jack, Democrat; Hazel Taggart Chase, Rella Richards Abbott and Isa-bel- le McAllister Shaw, Repub-licans. Treasurer: Charles O. Bonner, Democrat; Sid Lambourne, Re-publican. TODAY'S EDITORIAL V - 4 Senate District No. 2 Democrats Slate Party for July 25 A candidate card party has been scheduled July 25 at 8:00 p.m. by Senatorial District No. 2 Democrats. The party will be held at the Moose Fireplace in Fairmont Park in Sugar House. Dr. Truman TJriggs, chairman, urged district residents to "come meet your friends and the can-didates." He said there would be no speeches, "just fun and enter-tainment. Cost is $1 per person. Ladies of the district headed by Ardell Miller, vice chairman, will pre-pare refreshments. Prizes will be awarded. We Need More Economics Education Americans need to take a sophisticated attitude to-ward economic problems rather than rely on myths and slogans. Newspapers daily emphasize the seriousness of 'economic issues in national and international affairs, noting that economic problems become more and more complex. Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges stated recently in an article that "if ignorance paid dividends, most Americans could make a fortune out of what they do not know about economics." He said that hardly one person in 20 has the sketchiest idea of how our economy func-tions. He pointed out that no more than 10 to 15 per cent of today's high school students tomorrow's citizens will ever take a separate course in economics, either in high school or college. To state that questions of economics are ever more (complex, and that to solve them requires a sophisticated approach, does not resolve the problem. If the American pepple are to rule themselves, and avoid being ruled, as are peoples throughout the world, they must understand the principles of economics and make sound decisions in that field. Isn't is possible that the central problem here is less difficult than it sounds? Isn't it possible that the basic 1principles of economics, like those of mathematics, are really Nunchanging and can be grasped by intelligent high , (Continued on Page Four) VllllltllllllllllHM News Preview j Communist East Germany is stepping up pressure for West German credit so it can meet Moscow's industrial pro- - fduction goals . . . Iran is g threatening to use its oil as a club for Common Market! Association" . . . The U.S. will ask UN Secretary Gen-- eral Thant to warn Ghana on an attack on Togo. .iMfrnnnitinu jTiiij:mTiiiini JininiiJ if iitirt iiniiitriiiiiiHiiiiiJiiiniifif niiini |