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Show Storehouse Report ... filnny Candidates and Issues ' ? Insure Ho! Political Races Bv C. SHARP Many candidates filed for political offices before the ' deadline of May 10. This insures that voters will enjoy choices and that citizens citi-zens will hear some hot campaign cam-paign speeches in the rivalry now shaping. State candidates and those filing for Congress are: U. S. Senate Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, Republican, incumbent, incum-bent, one Republician challenger, chal-lenger, Mark E. Anderson, Salt Lake City, attorney and former John Birch Society area coordinator. Challengers Three Democratic challengers challeng-ers Dr. J. D. Williams, University Un-iversity of Utah political science sci-ence professor; Atty. Gen. Phil L. Hansen and Milton L. Weilenmann, executive director, direc-tor, Slate Department of Development De-velopment Services. U. S. Representative, First District Laurence J. Burton, Bur-ton, Republican, Ogden, incumbent, in-cumbent, with no Republican opponent. Democratic challenger Richard J. Maughan, Bountiful Bounti-ful attorney. Second District Sherman P. Lloyd, Republican, Salt Lake City, incumbent, with one Republican challenger, John Reese Hunter, Salt Lake City, optometrist and legislator. legisla-tor. Congress Aspirants Three Democratic challengers challeng-ers Glen Ross, Salt Lake City, attorney; Walker E. Anderson, An-derson, Salt Lake City, who resigned as U. S. district attorney, at-torney, and Grant M. Pris-brey, Pris-brey, deputy secretary of state. Governor Calvin L. Ramp-ton, Ramp-ton, Democrat, incumbent, without opposition. Three Republican challengers challeng-ers Carl W. Buehner, Salt Lake businessman; Wayne E. Carroll, organ technician, and Lamar A. Rawlings, Salt Lake County auditor. Secretary of State Clyde L. Miller, Democrat, incumbent, incum-bent, with no Democratic opposition. op-position. Secretary Post Four Republican opponents Rodney S. Williams, Salt Lake City, marriage license clerk; Clair R. Hopkins, former for-mer state director of finance; Lamont F. Toronto, former secretary of stale, and Willis H. Muse, Salt Lake County Republican chairman. Attorney General Four Democrats Charles M. Pickett, Pic-kett, an assistant attorney general; C. Van Drunen, chief deputy attorney general; Fel-shaw Fel-shaw King, Kaysville, and John Preston Creer, Salt Lake City, former county commissioner. commis-sioner. Four Republican challengers challeng-ers Robert B. Hansen, Vernon Ver-non B. Romney, Joseph P. McCarthy, and A. Pratt Kes-ler, Kes-ler, member of the Tax Commission Com-mission and former attorney general. State Auditor - Linn C. Baker, Democratic, incumbent, incumb-ent, with two Republican opponents, op-ponents, Sherman J. Preece, former state auditor and treasurer, trea-surer, and Joseph L. Fakler, deputy Salt Lake County treasurer. trea-surer. Four Challengers State treasurer Sharp M. Larsen, Democratic, incumbent, incumb-ent, with three Republican opponents, Wayne T. Blom-quist, Blom-quist, Golden L. Allen, Jennings Jen-nings Phillips, Jr., Salt Lake City treasurer; and Lane L. Ronnow, director of building and zoning enforcement for Salt Lake County. Two men heading the houses hous-es of Legislature filed for reelection re-election and decided not to run for governor: Speaker Franklin W. Gunnell, R-Log-an, and Senate President, Haven J. Barlow, R-Layton. The lot of the Navajos in Utah is looking up. Since 1961 the State Welfare Wel-fare Division has provided medical care, aid to families with dependent children with fathers unemployed and general gen-eral assistance. Attending School A high percentage of children child-ren of school age are attending attend-ing school regularly. The San Juan County Welfare Depart ment headed by Bruce Shum-way Shum-way specializes in meeting Navaio problems. Of 726 residents of the county coun-ty receiving public assistance at the end of 1967,, the great majority were Navajos. President Johnson is expected ex-pected to sign a bill soon, passed by both houses of Congress, Con-gress, which will enable the State Indian Affairs Commission Commis-sion to spend royalty money for all Navajos in San Juan county. The federal government increased in-creased the size of the reservation reser-vation in the county in 1933 and earmarked 37 per cent of all oil, gas or mineral royalties roy-alties to the state to be spent for the benefit of the' Navajos Nava-jos residing in the extension. S5 Million Fund John S. Boyden, commission commis-sion chairman, reports that the commission now has more than $5 million on hand from the royalties earning a substantial sub-stantial interest. "We plan to use the interest inter-est and new royalties for developing de-veloping a five-year program for the Navajos," Mr. Boyden Boy-den said. About $530,000 a year will be spent, he said. One of five committees, on housing, is considering purchase purch-ase of 67 abandoned houses owned by the A.Z. Minerals Co., a subsidiary of Atlas Corp. These, with utilities, are available for $250,000. They are near an abandoned uranium mill near Mexican Hat. Hearings Planned Hearings will be conducted by the commission this summer sum-mer at 01 Jato, Navajo Moun- tain and Aneth on the proposed propos-ed five-year plan, Mr. Boyden Boy-den announced. Twenty-five boat owners carried the protests of 5,000 Utah boat owners against what they believe to be excessive ex-cessive taxes on their boats to Gov. Rampton May 8. Paul James, principal spokesman, spo-kesman, said taxes on boats are almost confiscatory because be-cause of the short season the boats are used. Colorado, Maine and Oregon Ore-gon have abolished taxes on small boats, he "said. ' Gov. ' Rampton said a constitutional con-stitutional amendment would be required to accomplish this. He agreed to review with the State Tax Commission Commis-sion guidelines being issued by the commission to county assessors as-sessors to assist them in assessing as-sessing boats. |