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Show DEMOS SET SATURDAY FOR STATE CONFAB William T. Thurman, Democratic state chairman, announced Saturday Satur-day that Governor J. Howard Ed-mondson Ed-mondson of Oklahoma will attend the Democratic State Nominating Convention and deliver the principal princi-pal address at a Victory Dinner to follow. Both events will be held at the Terrace Ballroom in Salt Lake City, Saturday, July 30. Senator Sena-tor Frank E. Moss, Congressman David S. King, and the party's gubernatorial candidates also will speak at the dinner. Governor Edmondson, 33 years of age, is the youngest governor in the United States. He was elected chief executive of Oklahoma in 1958. Mr. Thurman said the Victory Dinner would be a major fund-raising event for Utah Democrats and predicted an overflow crowd. S. Cliff Cockayne and Maud Kimball are serving as co-chairmen of arrangements. ar-rangements. Price of tickets to the dinner is $10 a person. Mr. Thurman also disclosed plans for the nominating convention conven-tion are nearing completion. Walter K. Granger of Cedar City, former Democratic Congressman Congress-man from Utah's First District, will be chairman of the convention, and Freda Pruett of Tooele will act as co-chairman. A high-spirited gathering is forecast in view of the fact that there are four candidates candi-dates for governor, five for attorney attor-ney general,' three for secretary of state, and four for congressman from the-First District. Second District Congressman David S. King has no primary opposition, op-position, and will be declared the nominee of the convention. D. Frank Wilkins is chairman and Frances Anderson is co-chairman of the arrangements committee commit-tee of the convention. Other important im-portant convention appointments include Bryant Croft, Salt Lake City, chairman of the platform and resolutions committee; J. Elmer El-mer Clark, Payson, chairman of the credentials committee; James A. Alger, Price, chairman of the rules . and order of business committee; com-mittee; and Jacob Weiler, Salt Lake City, chairman of the elections elec-tions committee. Mr. Thurman said registration of delegates will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the convention will be called to order at 9 a.m. Because of the large amount of business to be transacted, there will be no formal keynote address and entertainment entertain-ment will be kept to a minimum'. He expects the rules to allow supporters sup-porters of the four gubernatorial candidates to put on short demonstrations, demon-strations, but to prohibit parades for candidates for other offices. |