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Show Mitch Mslich ?o Speok g! Moab Luncheon Thurs. Friends of former Moab-ite Moab-ite Mitchell Melieh are invited this week to attend at-tend a "dutch treat" luncheon lun-cheon Thursday, Oct. 22 at the Ramada Inn in Moab. Mo-ab. Mr. Melieh, who is currently serving as Solicitor Sol-icitor General of the Department De-partment of Interior ;n Washington, D.C.. will be makintr a brief swing through Southeastern Lta.i on behalf of the candidacy of Laurence J. Burton for ' United States Senator. "I am happy that we were able to include a luncheon stop in Moab on thc trip -since it will not cnlv enable me to speak i in mv home town for Con-: Con-: Kres,:man Burton, but w,l give me a chance to vis't , with scores of old friends, Mr. Melieh said. The luncheon, at ?2.o0 per plate, will begin at ? 15 p.m. Mr. Melieh will , (,;,ivor a hVMhe-, , ne,- address, and will the anwer quesUons from th'. . floor about the current campaign, and about H".s J present work as a top o-icial o-icial in the Departme, t of Interior. His schedule calls for him to fly on to 1 Monticcllo following tne d Moab engagement. He v. 11 , return to Salt Lake C ty ! l;,te Thursday mgdit. leveling le-veling with the former Moab lawyer will De n:s wife. Doric. The Interior Department official practiced law in Moab for many years. Dur. inp his years in this community, com-munity, he served in numerous num-erous civic and governmental governmen-tal eapacties and served as State Senator from the Southeastern Utah area for eight years. lie also serve;! as president of Uranium Ur-anium Reduction Company from its foundation until its merger with Atlas Corporator Cor-porator and then served for a number of years as an officer cf Atlas. I:i shortly before leaving leav-ing Mor.b. he was the Republican Re-publican candidate for governor gov-ernor of Utah. Mrs. Melieh is likewise very well remembered in Moab. having been extremely ex-tremely active in Girl Scout work and other civic and community affairs over ov-er the years. Reservations for the dinner din-ner will not be ncvessnrv. Tickets will be sold at the door, and the price includes in-cludes only enough to cover co-ver the expenses of the meal. t Arrangements for the affair are being handled by Gene Leonard. Republican Repub-lican County Chairman, and by Sam Taylor, region-;,1 region-;,1 coordinator for the Burton Bur-ton campaign. |