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Show 'Legislative Clinic' Gives Students Opportunity To Study Lawmaking Milford students were interested participants in the "legislative clinic" held in the high school auditorium aud-itorium last Thursday evening. State -Representtaive Jack Mahoney Ma-honey of Milford, Representative Carl H. Taylor of Ogden, and Dr. Royden C. Braithwaite of Cedar City made up the panel, with Dr. Braithwaite as moderator. State Senator Thorpe Waddingham was unable to attend. Mr. Mahoney and Mr. Taylor answered questions of the students and questions from adult constituents constitu-ents pertaining to schools, taxation, taxa-tion, legislation being considered in the State Legislature, and television. tele-vision. Later, Dr. Braithwaite stated this is the first 'clinic" of this type he has attended, and he was particularly par-ticularly gratified at the avid in terest shown by the Milford students. stu-dents. Representative Taylor, who was forced to miss several important committee meetings in Salt Lake after . severe weather grounded their plane, said "It was worth it to see the attention from those kids. It's the most appreciative audience I ever had.'" Only point of disagreement between be-tween the two legislators was on the Sunday Closing bill, with R?p. Taylor favoring and Rep. Mahoney opposing the measure. |