Show Map I GOP Congress B d George Staples Sevier County educator and civic leader Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day announced he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress from the tile First Dis Dis- The scat he seeks now is held by Rep Walter K Granger a Democrat who is seeking his party's nomination for United States senator y r n ns s r y 1 I George Staples r Seeks G 0 P Pi i nomination for Congress seat Mr Staples said his platform v would be integrity in government government govern govern- govern I ment resistance to aggressive communism from without and creeping socialism from within I and opposition to further centralization centralization centralization cen cen- of power in the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government As an educator Mr Staples said he would fight any tendency toward federal control of schools He is a former president of th the Richfield Chamber of Commerce Com Coni- Commerce merce a former basketball coach at South Sevier High School and andas was as as a star athlete at Snow College College College Col Col- lege and Brigham Young Uni- Uni ty From B BYU Y U he received a masters master's degree in political science and educational administration adminis adminis- I During the past two years ears he has attracted attention in southern southern south south- ern Utah for a radio commentary I 1 program which has won him two national awards from Freedoms Foundation For seven years he was principal principal principal pal of Richfield High School lIe He has served as president of the Richfield Rotary Botary Club vice president president president dent of Southern Utah Teachers and secretary of the Southern South South- ern Utah Baseball League Active in G GOP 0 P organization work he is a member of the party's Sevier County central committee a delegate to the I state convention and has served eight years as chairman of the Sevier County Young cans t. t |