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Show v fily (If Price kk To fawn!, J I'lirmil l'iiviiriilslc S'lildiiiiv li'i.-i'.i political wm tin mr7,n th0T,;tl'l"-e confident 'a " io W Utnh citils will , " th0 P!,st attacks upon c rentUit 'A"''7' , lhe ""funded c k it statement 5, and any fut-o fut-o nmisntums for what they he X3r3vst dirty politics i YunirV, a pcopl,e ami a com-fe com-fe re , Wt lst "terially no dif. cr B ion 0thC1'S f liUe C,CS- sffof Utah"" thr0Uut e M Tl, SpvinjJ'Villo Herald thia ,. r,v,ivod a statement from ,i(y ,,f Prico signed and not-'l not-'l vd iv A. I1- Keller, mayor and 1, '"'Inilu-rs of the council and the '.'"vrdor. with an urg-out request tint f b lnlWis,UHl as llu:1,is C viiiit.TiU-tinsr tho unncvorabte Ulioitv which that city has renvoi! re-nvoi! diirincr f'10 current political mpaiun The statement follows: "xi "The' sood people of Pik-e are y wtlv roWntful of the insinuating I J't'ite'iiu'iits and veiled accusations j hurled nt their community from 1 political sources in Salt Lake, j "Four years ago, a libelous at-j at-j 1,0k was launched against this V L people and their officials ' nd vatteixxt all over the State. T Ac-Miii this year, unjustifiable I 'cHtementts ad adwrtisements I he appeal in the metropolitan press a"" . . Lmphlets have again been widely rirculated reflecting upon the T morals of our people and upon the ntegrity of our local governmental government-al units; and we understand that other like diatribes are even now in the making. I "Our people must rely upon the rood sound common sense of the j citizens of Utah to discredit these periodic "smear campaigns", and 4 o recognize them as baseless at-' at-' tacks by unscrupulous politicians. Thousands of our guests at con- ventions and regional meetings held here over the span of years, ! I and other visitors who (are famil- ' j jar with our city and county and ! their residents, are well aware of J the highly unfair criticism that has been so selfishly directed at us. "We feel that to support our I position that the charges against us have been and are without foundation in fact, we need but call attention to the fact that no crand jury was drawn or summoned summon-ed to investigate the. operation of any of our local governmental units or the actions of its officials. "The laws of the State of Utah 1 1 provide as follows : "A grand jury shall be drawn or summoned only when, in the opinion of the judge I of the district court of the county, I the public interest demands it." As it has never been considered : 1 necessary or expedient to call a I grand jury in Carbon County. - it . may be safely presumed that the public interest did not demand it Jl -that the alleged charges were I without foundation in law; could not be substantiated, and were 1 merely accusations designed to ! mislead the general .public for |