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Show Church and State SALT LAKE ( ITY Headquarters says Gov. Calvin Rampton, and ver, its record in that area should continuetoimprove. But that does not will not continue to affect the that religious principles way in which men and women one and administerour laws. t, the effect of th —. may very well increase. Mormon will not contini elect Mormonstooffice and to Strachan of church Rampton Gets Law and_ said state. in a bicentennial lecture to the Emigration LDSStake Friday It mere means neither shall don Bar would do less and less to influence the state in most said, Association lergate figure Gordan For the next 100 years, Strachan he of any effort certified practice law in Utah “I would see a continued decline Nine by organized churches be a Utah can Clarence Secor of chairman ofthe Utah ef the Alabama to vote that Strachan was qualified to practice law and will be certified to the Utah theocratic SupremeCourt.” government they had “ruled by majority con- tributed tothe45-year delay in Utah's gaining statehood. But he said as early as 1849 the pioneerstried to set up a civil government separate from the “As might beexpected, with almostall of the population at that time being Mormon, Mormons dominated the new civil government. Brigham Young was elected as the governor. “However, it appears that as well’ as possible under the an attempt was being made to draw a line between church activities and state activities.” Hesaid despite prohibition of the unionof churchandstatein both the United States and Utah Constitutions, “it would be too much to hope that religious affiliation would not be a matter that would be exploited in electionsfor public officials, or that religious beliefs would not influence the enactmentof legislation.” But Ramptonsaid in neither the country nor the state has “religious affiliation been a decisive issue in the election of public officers during thepast three decades. The governor said Utah has had its proportional share of Mormonsin the Congress, the State Capitol and in the legislature, but not the preponderance which could be expect- ed if the Mormon Church actively involved itself in endorsing candidates. In the State Legis! said, a very hig percent the lawmakers are Mormon But heattributed that to the fact that rural Utah is even more heavily Mormon than urban Utah, andtothefact that the average Mormon running for office has a built in edge over a non-Mormonopponent. “It would appear that the characteristics of leadership. intelligence, integrity and personality which might lead to the selection of a man or woman for a churchoffice are also prime assets of an individual for partisanpolitical office “It is also probable that the greater percentage of the Mormon’s close social associ ates will live in his home neighborhood (becausehis so: cial life is centered around his ward or stake) and are thus able to vote for him than would be thecase of the non-Mormon candidate, whose friends and associates are less concentrated geographically and so a fewer percentage of themregistered voters in his home legislative district But Rampton said when candidates try to exploit the church to ensure his own election, or the passage of a Those persons who are elected to office, he added, tend to vote their conscience — if they are Mormon, so will be their thinking and their legisla: tive leaning The governorsaidthepublic and its elected officials are becoming more attuned to where the churches have nght to make their feelings known, and where they do ot last year, federal Judge John Sirica dismissed all charges againsthim. He was the second person home of the largest tobacco market west of the Mississippi River, according to the Mis: souri Division of Tourism. thi Dinosaur Land becauseit is spread more ini backer. Mayor Sam Sr Vernal area, proclaiming itsef but hopes to Currently fie storm ap Northwest Coast attempt to embarrass ther for Wallace at May 17 state er egior y will spread some ea available later in west of the divide bootlegging” liquor laws. Grismore opened his defense as defense witnesses Highway Patrol Superinten. dent Roy Helmto appear the UHP andfederal agents. Brimmer also ad Gris more's request for a transcript the right to call Burns. He did. Grismore said Helm cot t testify to aconspiracy between Brimmer Thejudge denied Grismore sessing $635,810 in however, order former Utah preliminary hearing Heart Test Ends Aopa the calf had survived more than 122 da when doctors ended its life Friday. is a violation, the people ed should be placed it was thinking about said Durbano. the stamps bjections of But Carver said that would cover of his agents e ther neffective blow and took ne action on the two The commission saidit would cost more than $300,000 for the aif State to stamp the bottles itself Wild Flowers JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (UPI) — Missouri has more jet there would be no way forhis types of wild flowers than any Grismore was charged by a 28ents to control the other state, according to the : importation of booze from Division of Tourism federal grand jury with pos ordered transcript SALT LAKECITY (UPI) — A researchcalfthat set records for survival on anartificial heart was put to sleep by University of Utah Scientists When a mechanical valve fractured. there The citizens grou ing Secretary of the Treasury Burns. his family. Grismore promised to prove the consipiracy in his opening statement Friday. The prosecution rested its case includ: I personally feel that. if The State Liquor Contr week indercover liquor agents who observe violations ars leave the notify owners later that they are in violation r n premise and two changes the state te and abuse he Commission said earlier in the Counterfeit Trial Underway in Utah OGDEN,Utah (UPI) — John made the over the _ But Carver said without the §reen and yellow stickers, sessing the counterfeit money Artificial Organs said a right je arrested by undercover intake valveof the heart broke. gaoret Service agents April 28. But he added that the heart 1975, and $712,060in phony bills take a sunbreak! itself was in excellant condition yasconfiscated fromhis car and there was no sign of Part of the money was infetionordiseaseinthecalf. excluded from the grand jury Olsensaidthevalve, similar indictment to one used ¥24Utah’s Dixie is the gettaway spot. Great place for a weekend vacation or for that next business meeting! Write or call as a replacement in Grismorefaces asecondtrial humans,has beenrecalled by its manufacturer because of before Brimmer as soonas the currentoneends. Otherfederal defects. Thedivision has anothercalf indictments charge him with named Louie which haslived 73 selling $76,500 in counterfeit bills to federal agents. days with an artifical heart ri BEM ENN EEE EEN SHOP AND SAVE ON HOME FASHIONS IN OUR bogus Theprevious longevity record was 44.8 days. D. DonOlsenof the University Medical Center's Division of Information Center + Oid Courthouse St. George, Utah 84770 * Phone: 1-673-3671 4 PIECE SPANISH BEDROOM SET King Size Neadbeard, Frame Box & Matt. Includes Triple Dresser, & Mivvor ALL 4 PIEC Headboard, S-drawer Chest $ 299°5 COUNTRY PINE 4 PIECE BEDROOM SET House postin 1973 and moved to Salt Lake City, where he has beenworkingas a lawclerk. He told the commissioners at tue January Commission he again admitted destroyingfiles dealing with the Watergate burglary, but denied he had any prior knowledge of the break-in. “Myambition took control of Set Includes Dresser Chest Mirror $ 95 & Headboard myjudgement,”’ he said. ‘and it wouldn't happenagain.’” Bar commissioner James B. Lee said the committee discussed the Watergate evidence t length during Ready for Your Finishing Friday’ session, including a deposition given to the Januaryhearing Touch former White House attorney Ss 239" PORTABLE —== COLOR TV AllSolid State Prices Start At John Dean. But the key issue before us is whether he was presently qualified, and we concluded he Automatic Fine Tuning was,” said theattorney Leesaid theballot certifying Strachan was secret and the final tally would not be disclosed Cycle Gangs Questioned; No Suspects SALT LAKECITY (UPI) Salt Lake County authorities say they questioned members of local motorcycle gangs among others this week in slayings of two young women — but still have no strong suspects in the deaths. We are still out shaking the weeds,” sheriff's detective Captain N.D. Hayward said Friday The body of Kathy Harmon, >, was found by a hiker near Mountain Dell Reservoir last weekend. State corrections officials discovered the body of 197 diagonal COLOR TV 1 Year Parts 1 Year Labor 2 Years Pic. Tube SAVE NOW ON BEDDING Chromacolor I! Twin = 578 =] Model F4e30 1OMLY FULL 588% s \s1¢ QUEEN: 54qge QUASAR Quasar |, le Ree 13"rogona! PORTABLE COLOR $339°* ‘Model 1802 2 3 ne diagonal CONSOLE COLOR +599" 9"viagonat XL-100} 25”ciagonat COLOR COLOR TV Model FT463 Carolyn Sarkesians Monday in a garbaged-illed halfway house in Salt Lake Both Salt Lake women had raped Mo. admit thereare problems w the pound, but say the si violate who Saturday fenses to go free. Theother was been strangled. CITY, V Democratic delegate support Kenneth W. Parkinson, an attorney for the Committee to Re-elect the President who was acquittedin the cover-uptrial. Strachan resigned his White City JEFFERSON in state law charged with Watergate of- trailer behind the prison's (UPL) Thenorthwest Mis: souri town of Weston is the officials pot arrests of nast Intermoun formerassistant attorney gen- eral Robert Mardian — all of whom were convicted But Strachan’s case was separated from the others and are Tobacco Market Pets swelter in the heat freeze in the cold. Visit ( County Pound Vernal. Watergate burglary. Whenany church oversteps itself in this regard, citizens inclined to ignore the admonitions, and in fact in maneSociety Director Lonnie Johnson leasedbillboard space also told the citizens advisory panel Friday ng liquor agents land Strachan was originally indicted in the Watergate coverup along with Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, former Attorney General John Mitchell and favoredpiece of legislation, the connection with the rape- ployoftenbackfires + mistreatment of a Utah Page Il Arrest ViewsTold Weather the bullet riddled The billboard borrowed a city has no funds to make promotional themeused by the improvements to the pound after he moved to the state in money, asked Brimmer to 1973 subpoena a nuniber of persons Strachan, 32, was a White House aide during the Nixon Administration, working for H. R. Haldeman. He testified to the Senate Watergate Committee that he purged the White Housefiles of political intelligence memos that might haverelated to the % circumstances, first request was denied shortly whole worldto know aboutit ig colidston Ider to denouncethe pound The court normally follows against the 43-year-old the bar's recommendation. Bountiful man earlier in the The commissioners reached y their decision after reviewing Federal Judge Clarence the transcript of a two-day Brimmer recessed the trial hearing held in Januray on until Mondayafter Grismore Strachan’s secondpetition to be launched his defense admitted to the Utah bar. His Grismore, charged with pos: church hierarchy For Utah The Utah e Society doesn’ like the Vernal City Dog Local to commissioners met in closed Arthur Burns and a promise to a government influence governmental action session for twoand a half hours prove except in those areas where Friday and then announced conspiracy to harass him and there is a clear moral issue involved Ramptonsaid fears in Wash: ington aboutthe possibility of a iE HERALD, Provo, ~ Liquor | Stamps, Forecast ir National Mi (UPI governor. against counterfeit charges Bar with an effort to subpoena Utah SALT LAKE CITY Pound and wants the headquarters in Sait Lake City mass meetings character and fitness committee has recommended areas. opened Secor said he hopes to pick up LT LAKECITY (UPI) — other. But he predicted President Candidate George Wailacehas Hill Air Fore Approval that the CITY (UPL) — Secoris a formerresidentof Alabama. He now works as an airline ticket office manager at legislate alonglines consonant with Mormonbelief ‘Separation of church and state does not mean hostility Humane Opens Utah some cases to react against SALT LAKE them Tatic This does nat mean, howe. De! (UPI) — n early start rch and state got g Society, Vernal in Dispute Wallace & Rampton Discusses beaten and Hayward said Mrs, Harmon had been marriedto a member of a local cycle gang, and that members of that gang and a rival group had been questionedaboutthekillings But we found noe tion,” he sajd connec: Cae teks 560 NORTH,STATE - OREM PH. 224-1521 |
