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Show r f if i -f- "tltom.- ---" .i ' .. President Richard M. Nixon was met by Congress-'.man Congress-'.man Laurence J. Burton and other officials at the Salt Lake Airport on his arrival last Friday. Uttihns Welcome President Naxon Durinq Brief Stop in SIC At the invitation of Congressman Laurence J. Burton, It-Utah, President Richard Nixon returned to Utah Friday for his first visit since his election to the Presidency of the United States. As the huge Presidential Presidenti-al plane, Air Force One, touched down at the Utah Air National Guard strip east of the Salt Lake International In-ternational Airport, the President was greeted by a crowd of nearly 2,000 and was quickly met by Congressman Con-gressman Burton and Secretary Sec-retary of the Treasury David M. Kennedy, a native na-tive of Utah who has been in his home state since Thursday (723) attending attend-ing "Days of '47" festivities. festivi-ties. Accompanying the President were wife Pat and daughter Tricia, George Geo-rge Romney, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dev-elopment, and Secretary of the Interior,' Waller J. Hickel. Among the dignitaries digni-taries on hand to greet the President were Congressman Con-gressman Sherman P. Lloyd and Governor Cab. vin Rampton. The President's motorcade motor-cade followed a route East on North Temple past an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people who gathered gather-ed to catch a glimpse of the nation's leader. Arriving Ar-riving at the LDS Church Office Building on South Temple, the President was again greeted by a crowd estimated at 15,000. Beam-i Beam-i n g obvious pleasure, President Nixon, flanked by President Joseph Field-' Field-' ing Smith, Nathan Eldon Tanner, Harold B. Lee, Congressman Burton, payed pay-ed tribute to the LDS Church and the pioneer spirit which built Utah, "the spirit doesn't try to blame adversity on someone some-one else." He added that he had always found his trips .to Utah "heartwarmng and compared the spirit that founded Utah with "the spirit that sent Americans Ameri-cans to the moon." A brief meeting with LDS Church President Smith and other Church leaders followed in tho walnut paneled . President's Presi-dent's Room" with President Presi-dent Nixon and President Smith seated at the head of the table. As Prescient Nixon and Congressman Burton left the Church Office Building, Build-ing, the President stopped to say hello to an old friend former Senator Arthur V. Watkins. The President then entered the waiting Presidential limousine lim-ousine and drove to the Salt Palace to view the "Days of '47 Rodeo" performance. per-formance. The Presidential Presiden-tial party received a standing stand-ing ovation from the capacity cap-acity audience of about 12,000 and settled in ap-parent ap-parent enjoyment to watch the events. At approximately 9:40 p.m., President Nixon and his party left for the final fin-al leg of his trip to San Clemente, California, the Summer White House. He was accompanied to the Presidential Limousine by Congressman and Mrs. Burton. President Nixon has visited vis-ited in Utah at least 3 times in the past, his last previous visit being in the fall of 1968 when he spoke before an overflow crowd at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. |