Show T 4ft Standard-Examin- Thursday March er 17 1 988 Metro 3rp LL Craig Oliver will attempt to unseat Rep Nielsen By PHIL JENSEN start tandard-E&arran- I TAYLORS- VILLE — Craig Oliver the upstart Democrat ho came out of nowhere to capture his party’s nomination for the US Senate Jn 1986 is run- ning for Congress in Utah’s Conservative 3rd District Oliver said he will file next month and begin campaigning for the Democratic nomination to GOP Rep take on three-terHoward Nielsen of Provo r “He can be beaten” Oliver said Tuesday from his Taylorsville iome “He has done absolutely nothing for his district” ' Oliver said the key to beating Nielsen is to get GOP votes in Provo and other parts of Utah County one of the state’s most heavily Republican regions “But I think they’ll vote for the man after they hear what I have tq say and if we’re sincere” Oliver said He said he plans to visit every home in Provo About half of the votes in the m district comes from Utah County Another 25 percent are in Salt Lake County and the remaining 25 percent are scattered through the smaller counties of southeastern Utah “For the past six years Nielsen hasn’t done anything about the severe economic conditions in this district” said Oliver 35 Oliver surprised party regulars by coming from behind in the 1986 primary election to win the nomination against Republican Sen Jake Gam Gam won in a landslide but Budd Scruggs Gam’s campaign manager said Oliver came on strong near the end of the campaign “He should be given the award as the candidate” Scruggs said last week most-improv- y Standard-Examine- 20 has been running for the nomina- - NOW : k Hi Tensile Steel Frame Shimano Shifting 18 Speed Cantilever Brakes Men's or Women's Frames DIA Compe TETON Reg $450 NOW Tange Chromoly Main Tubes Shimano SIS Index Shifting Light Weight Alloy Rims Sealed Hub Quick Release Front Wheel Dual Pressure Tires constituency lilUdWHgS © 1 PEACI ability of Howard Nielsen” Horiuchi said “He’s probably one of the more inactive congressmen we’ve ever had in Utah” Horiuchi said the GOP can no longer take the 3rd District for granted despife its conservative cratic party chairman in Utah County and also a businessman 0 C3 DOWN HOLDS YOUR DIKE 0(1 LAYAWAY FOR SPRING Democratic chances by bringing to light Nielsen’s record “This shows what people perceive as the inactivity and vulner- own party for the nomination Robert Stringham the Demo- © (3i00S0Du) gmee PORT Committee is important to the third district’s mineral base Horiuchi said an intra-part- y scramble should be good for But Oliver a businessman must overcome a fight within his qc 0 GO the House Energy and Commerce race WASHINGTON TERRACE — the board An experimental program that alTaggart said he wanted to get lows school districts to receive board permission before further money with few strings attached exploring the program Once the is tempting Weber School District ’pluses and minuses have been evaluated he said he would tell dfikials 'But a Weber School Board the board whether he felt the dismember says she’s worried about trict should apply That recommendation won’t be the way state education officials until the state board finmade select districts school to parmay ishes in the up the applications drawing ticipate program and the guidelines for selecting The board asked its staff Tuesthe five districts day to explore a pilot program Celia Archibald Weber School that will allow five selected school districts to receive their Board vice president said she’s a State funds for three years on a little leery of the way the state block-graboard may prepare the guidelines basis 'A new state law calls for five and select the five districts “The selection of those five disdistricts to be selected by the State Board of Education this tricts is pretty much in their year Those five will have one hands" she said “It occurs to me that those selected may not be year to plan and will begin receiving their state funds in ’the ones most likely to succeed in block-grathis kind of program” form for the 1989-9- 0 School year Archibald said after the meeting Although the selected districts that “it’s not a matter of not will still have to provide state-an- d trusting the state board But this is new it’s innovative and their federally mandated programs such as vocational education and track record isn’t the greatest” special education they will be She said she’s also concerned free to spend most of the grant about the pressure that various funds as they wish educational groups will put on The state board currently prethe selected districts to spend pares a budget for all the state’s money on specific programs education programs and the Leg“I just want this district to realislature allocates specific amounts ize that if we participate in this of money for each program desigh we will have of that nated in the budget “Our staff has shown some pressure” £ Nielsen 63 a former speaker of the House in the Utah Legislature said Tuesday his position on 1 COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING CLASSES interest in this program” Weber Superintendent Jay Taggart told start r r GO TP City” Block grants tempt Weber school officials By SUSAN IPAKTCHIAN ©© in November “Nielsen really hasn’t done anything and this is one of the most depressed districts in the state” Stringham said “We have 45000 homes for sale in Utah County That’s like wiping out a small Randy Horiuchi state Democratic party chairman described Oliver as a bright verbal campaigner who will conduct a high-energ- (550 tion since December Stringham 43 said he welcomes Oliver’s challenge but with strong support from party regulars is confident of taking the nomination and beating Nielsen ed o THURS-Fm-SAT-SU- 6 UTAH AT ALL N STORES ENROLL NOW!! wL iff You Could Rocoivo Up To $530000 in Student Financial Aid if You Qualify For Student Aid Call Doug 825-380- 6 Painter's College ’uMl" CHILD CARE WHILE ATTENDING CLASSES 'Silt 3T®zi 'SLit 'JLlv tio o- efr - 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