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Show IK Lake Tribune, Sunday, April Thp Sa The Continued from Page B-- 18-Year-O- i!l2 2, Vote in Utah: ld marked Sandra Fisher, 19. Altamont. at the Univeisity of Ltah. "Nobodys interested, Ann Stewart, l politicians must have sold themselves a hundred Hmes over. 18, Kaysvihe sophomore at Weber State Few interviewed expressed interest in s.i.d in frustration. Shes secreCollege, the primai y elections under way in other for toe Republican campus chapter, tary states. Fec;',ently the comment was one of the few activists found in ranheard about political participation as dom interviews. by r.ll Buckley, a Granite High "You u y to get people interested. senior working as a gas station alien-deifdont even want to register to voir, They "I just don't think Ill have brne. especially vhen you get down to the Xhe common thread of inertia towaid I level. .lust fv to go to a high pdlttics seemed to creep across into school and inte ent students in doing issues that appeared to bother younger something." people. The t datively low Ipvel of conKent Pc'crson, turning 18 in June, is fetti appeared in sharp contrast to the an execppinn. Hes a member of thp antagonism evident across the nation Governor's Youth Advisory Committee. race. The Ben Lomond High School senior will fiHtj- years ago ir. the presidential The end of the war of course, was participate in mass meetings. "It kind of most by the younger voters as shakes the adults up. II I and a few their immediate concern, but it lacked friends get together, I could get elected the virulence of old, and appealed as is to something, he said. sue drawing ambivalent attitudes toward None of the presidential candidates the President as troop withdrawals are seemed to turn anyone on to a great made. degree. TIjp President, despite much Jhe diversity of views over the Presi-rigrf- s publicity as to his supposed lack of emperformance, or the issues seemed pathy with youth, seemed to draw severa triple proof that there is no ready bloc al reserved comments in his support. vote. High schoolers frankly spoke of Among 'T.llegp students, thre apaigumen's with their pa. fids over candipeared slightly morp support for Sen. dates and issues, while others made it George MrGoirrn. Somp said thev evident that their thimdng to date has leaned toward Sen. Edmund Muskie. No been formed by patents. one mentioned Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey. A high school class split its vnio hotween "The kids are going to vote for the same people as their parents' do," re Sen. .McGovern, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ; Among 3 Crash Dead KINGMAN. AP.IZ. (AP) -- A Brigham Young University-studen- t from Malaysia, an Oregon man and a California woman were killed late Fricrash day night in a head-onn 'J.S. 93 about 30 miles nortl) of here. The highway patrol said Kenneth Farner, 22, Medford, Ore., tried to pass another car and his vehicle and an oncoming car driven by Dinesh Ratpnshi Shah, 27, Malaysia, collided. The collision killed Farner, Shah and Nancy C. Kieffcr, 22,, San Diego, a passenger in n Farncrs car. A passenger in Shahs car, Vtjayan Warrier, 32, another Malaysian student who had transferred from zona State hospitalized condition. BYU to Ari- University, here in was critical "I think he's doing all right. He brought my friend home from Vietnam. Anything after Johnson has got to be better. The ht;. issue with me? It's welfare, the abuse of it and these food stamps. 1 qualify for .ood stamps but I'm not using them while other families who have wm king cl ildren spenn hundreds of dollars of stamps. "Nixon ? 1 try not to think about him." responded Becky Shunter,, just turned 18, who sells flowers on street corners on about voting. nice days. "Im just We got to get out of the war, but I dont really have a solution. Im really idealistic about a lot of things, but I dont think much about the issues. County clerks are uiging unregistered voters, particularly the large number of new young voters, to sign up now rather than wait until fall. C'tizens dont have to wait until fall when neighborhood registration agents are available. "Were encouraging all eligible people to register as soon as possible, said Salt Lake County Clerk W. Sterling Evans. The county clerk's officp in each county can register otrrs any regular work day during normal business hours from now until shortly before the primary and general elecitons. The clerks offices dose to registration 10 days before an election. They are also closed six days in August and October when only voter district registration agents are available. Mr. Evans said even who will be 18 by election day are eligible to register. The primary election is Sept. 12 and the general election is Nov. 2. "If new voters would act now, they can avoid late registration lines and a lot of inconvenience over questions of proper residency, Mr. Evans said. State law requires state residency and county residency for eligibility to vote. and Gov. George A. Wallace in descend- ing order of popularity. s, The proving nothing as to the relative suppport among young peo- - Andy Ruerkert, wars gone on too long. We could have done four years ago what were trying to do now. !t ad seems just so political. High School Senior on School Board? This Year In addition to the many partisan oftces, Utah's nonpartisan state and local boards of education could be targets for candidates this fall. In fact, with extension nf the voting francm.se to it is conceivable that the slate could see a high school senior seeking election to the hoard that governs Ihe school in which he is enrolled. Though there were 67 school board candidates under the age of 21 involved in elections across the nation last fall, the 1972 election will be the first open to the newly enfranchised voters and candidates in Utah. ,or election to two open positions to represent the state's Regional School District Three, which includes Sait Lake, Tooele, Daggett ard Summit counties. He lost his bid for election in the September primary runoff. However, tn any of the state's school observers feel there will be more of the under-2n erowd out when time romes around this state superintendent of tion to that will help them participate in their Hi &t election. Some feel this instruction wil lalso encourage to seek public partisan and nonpartisan offices. According to The American School Board Journal, publication of the National School in- struction, said the state school board has sent a memorandum to each of Utahs 40 district superintendents encouraging them to provide instruc Its Distinct Possibility of the 67 candidates between 18 and 21 who sought election to local schopi boards in 1971 were elected. Four more are serving on Board Assn., nine school boards appointments. Neat-lhalf of the through 67 young fBWJtOttf candidates ran in Ohio elections, more than a dozen were from Texas, fewer than 10 each were from Washington and Iowa and there were fewer than five in Arizona, isfU 5ttrJ2erv Mas sachusetfs, California, Rhode Island, Oregon and Wisconsin, the journal said. year. No Announcements Darrell Yet J. Utah Long, School Boards Assn, executive secretary, said so far there have been no announcements of candidacy by would-b- e teen-agboardmen and women. e In the 1970 elections, Blame Elswood, Salt Lake City, became the youngest candidate in Utah history to seek a position on the Utah Slate Board of Education by filing for that office at the age of 21. Mr. Elswood was pitted 10 where they would have a larger youth vote to eount on, Mr. Long said. Dr. Lerue Winget, deputy Ntxcn s trying, hut he iust doesnt seem to be doing it." said Gloria Salazar. who works in a rafpteria. I got nn particular favorites." Keith H:!ls, 18, works in a ear wash. g elri-tio- 1 Youngest Candidate against in enllpgp towns pitth-pottlin- Why change horses in midstream? said Frana Houston in Logan. "This bombing is ridiculous, but we might come up 'nth something. On the other This hand: Hollie Beach in Logan Salt Lake Cm, 2(1. From Slate But, Mr. Lqng said there is no reason tn believe there will not he a number of youthful Memo candidates fall. on Ihe ballot this I would think the under-2candidates will most likely be 1 other candidates SPECIAL HAMMOND ORGAN SALES EVENT Save $3C5 on Deluxe Hammond "all tab" Organ with Rhythm! Never hit o tab voice teriei feotwred tony teeciol effect combmetiem to fit bi itereo your mwsictl mood. P from cbanntl) ompllficotio. (two and "theater" to "contomeerory, i orcboatrol" five yoo koleidoicopo of ioitremontol effect. Piono, lip Horpticherd, ftololoiko, , lend liter, o.d Mwitc Bex ore ome ef the e'cecti yoo con itt eeit-lThere ore mony mere. Orig. $1,725 SPRING CLEARANCE! 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I'm turned off to Nixons persoadmits Tom E. Davis, 21. Midnality, vale. a coHcge student. "But Im a McGovern supporter. The big issue is the class diffei ences. Id like to see the government do more in providing jobs." "We got to stop around with this war. remarked Mike Pluim from Ogden. Nixons doing okay. This forced busuig is no good." Nixon says take a few out of Vietnam, then he puts a few back. I dont know about that, said Susie Fowler, who is attending Salt Lakes Utah TechCo lege with nical funds provided through vocational educational programs and the Neighborhood Youth Corps. It would appear that it will be up to individual candidates to attract the allegiance of a rather amorphous new electorate, and further motivate them to the polls. But, after all, thats what theyve been trying to do for years, even before the youth rte. so-s- o pie for presidential contenders, seemed t0 indicate at least one thing. No one countered with any real enthusiasm, ine-iew- He's joining the Army Reserve to get training tj be a male nurse: I think Nixons been doing all light. Tina Riches, 19, Salt Lake City cc'lege coed: Now we got this wage price thing going and that seems like a pretty good political thing. Xaihy Buttars, 18, Preston. Idaho, a ISU student: "I think Nixons who goes to college, is married, and works virtually fulltime at a grocery srote, is a supporter of President Nixon. Apply to Vote Now d RYU Student There's a Lot of Apathy aa 4. J, m- ts A4 A.-f- a t |