OCR Text |
Show Democrats rally at Wilson visit A handful of devout Democrats greeted Mayor Ted Wilson as he stepped off the airplane into a predominantly Republican county during the first six hours of his 36-hour campaign marathon for a U.S. Senate seat. "I tried to get a little sleep on the plane on my way over here, but they woke me up saying 'that isn't fair,"' Wilson told the crowd, who greeted him Monday at the Vernal Airport. Wilson, six-year mayor of Salt Lake City, said one thing he would support, if elected, that would help the Uintah Basin, would be to get the "synfuels going again." "The present administration," Wilson said, "has shut much of the synfuels down. Exxon closing the Colony project scares me to death. With the energy situation as bad as it is we need to pursue it on all fronts." Following a brief reception at the airport, Wilson traveled to downtown Vernal to meet local business people and residents. He attended a luncheon at the White River Shale office to discuss energy development and rapid jrowth. ''Impact is basically a state concern, but there are a few things the federal government should take care of," Wilson said. One of the areas in which Wilson supported federal impact support would be for school aid. 'The state should control water and land issue especially those dealing with thp environment," Wilson said. Wilson visited several local businesses and met with Mayor Samuel Snyder. According to Corey Grua, White River Shale, who accompanied Wilson while in Vernal, under more relaxed conditions, Wilson had to have i try on the spiral slide at Independence Park, north of the Community Swimming Pool. "He asked me if I had gone down the slide and I said I had," Grua said. "It'll probably not help my campaign, but I've got to try it." Wilson, said before conquering the slide. "I can't imagine Senator Hatch (Wilson's contender) ever going down the slide," Grua said. "I am basing my campaign on two issues," Wilson said. "First, economic fairness and second, my record as mayor." The present tax cuts are not helping the average Utahn, Wilson said. "I support a modified flat tax which would cut taxes 28 percent rather than 14 percent under the present program." . "Reagan's tax cuts only benefit the rich," Wilson contended. Of his record as mayor, Wilson said t- - - , - !- .. i( , i 'jaVt.- , j i 1 - -.., 7 FIRST TO GREET Mayor Ted Wilson, right, after stepping off his plane at the Vernal airport is Paul Pyper of Vernal, in i! ; !-JrK ' ; J v - - . ' - . v ) 'I ( SALT LAKE CITY Mayor, Ted Wilson, receives a warm welcome during his short stay in Vernal Monday. Corey Grua, left, helped escort the mayor. he initiated improvements in the Salt Lake Airport and spearheaded a $90 million airport expansion project. He also reduced crime in the Salt Lake City area by enacting a neighborhood watch program. "I'm sorry if I sound like I'm bragging on myself too much, but that's the way we politicians have to be," Wilson said after stating his accomplishments as mavor of Salt Lake City. |