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Show d A county commission race and visits from party dignitaries will highlight the Carbon County Democratic Nominating Convention at 7 : 30 p.m. Friday in the County Courthouse. tightly-conteste- Matheson, Huish to attend county Demo convention Utah Gov. Scott M. Matheson will be in attendance, County Clerk Norman Prichard confirmed Monday. Joining him will be Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson, candidate for Hank U.S. Senate, and Henry Huish, candidate for Utahs new 3rd Congressional District. State Democratic Chairman Mike Miller is 91st Year expected to attend, as are State Vice Chairman Janet Prazen, a Carbonville resident; state Sen. Omar B. Bunnell, County; state Rep. Mike Dmitrich, and state Rep. John Garr, Carbon. County Commission incumbant Floyd Marx faces challengers C.A. Chuck Davis and Aaron H. Chico Flores, both of Price, in seeking the party nomination for the four-yecounty commission seat. Prichard will square off against Marvin J. Mutz, Price, to be the partys nominee for county clerk. to attend the convention. D-E- ar Price, Carbon County, Utah Wednesday, May No. 39 To avoid having to run in the Sept. 14 primary election, a candidate must woo at least 70 percent of the 102 delegates expected elected Other county officials, all Democrats, are unopposed for the party nomination, although the party faces opposition from Republicans seeking both available county commission seats as well as the sheriff position. In addition, one independent candidate is running for sheriff. The Republican Party will hold its county convention June 17. 46 19, 1982 Pages Single Copy 25c area ready for holocaust? Is Ham radio operators say 'No' By ANGIE HYRE Staff Writer If the Soviets decide to start a nuclear holocaust and aim one of their 8,000 warheads at the Wasatch Front, Carbon County could be caught with its pants down, some observers say. The population could double hour by hour, as residents from over the mountain pour into the narrow Spanish Fork Canyon in an attempt to seek protection in bomb shelters here. According to Lou Arnold, supervisor over switched services at Mountain Bell, the situation would be like ants coming through the desert. There wouldnt be a piece of food available as all stores would be stripped immediately, he said. With only one peace officer for approximately every 2,000 people, Arnold is afraid pandemonium will result. there would be no emergency medical services He Volunteer ham radio operators, such as Allan Orton, have offered their services to the county in an effort to upgrade the civil defense communications department. said available to go up the canyon in the event of accidents. Within two hours, the hospital would be filled to the brim. To complicate the situation, if the Soviets decide to deploy the c dreaded pulse (a electro-magneti- charge that travels through communications Amateur candidates battle for new 3rd District seat Staff Writer And theyre off... The political jockeying for the d 3rd Congressional District seat has begun. An newly-forme- unusually high number of eight Republican candidates are in the race. The GOP State will June Convention, narrow the field to two and the state primary will choose the candidate that will meet the sole Democratic representative, Henry Hank Huish. Although mud slinging is bound to occur in the election process, executive director Republican Dave Hansen said the party is trying to keep the race clean. Were doing our best to try to avoid a bloody primary, Hansen said. The reason we have so many candidates is because its a new seat and the district is very Republican. Hansen said Huishs problems with getting on the Democratic ballot havent changed election 25-2- 6, strategies. Its going to come down to a race and I think that all of our people still take Hank Huish very seriously, but they have to get past the primary first, Hansen said. All of the GOP hopefuls are busy meeting with delegates and voters and all of them feel they have a realistic chance. The following is a summary of the Republican candidates views as told to the Sun Advocate in a series of telephone interviews: BUI Arsenau The manufacturers two-part- y representative for Manhattan Shirt Co. and Kaiser-Rot- h hopes to use his business Inc. and Weve got to get America administrative skills in Congress. Im shocked that nobody in producing again, Beckham said. He said his prime target is high Congress has asked for a review of the Federal Reserve Board, he interest rates because once the said. The main thing hurting the rates are down and business ineconomy is high interest rates and centives are introduced unem- its the FRBs fault. ployment will stop and growth will Arsenau, the Utah County Reagan campaign chairman, says he is committed to Reagan out of I think we should freeze the budget at 1982 levels so by 1984 we conviction, not out of political expediency. I have some differences with the Reagan administration. We need to beef up defense, but not to the saturation point, Arsenau start. can start decreasing it, Beckham said. The candidate said he would like to serve on the Ways and Means and rendering them useless), almost every form of communication could be virtually wiped out. However, despite this bleak picture, several men in the county want to establish a com- wiring systems munications system that withstand any attack. 8 GOP By BRETT LOWART Volunteer ham radio operators, such as Allen Orton, have offered their services to the Government radio will operators throughout the county contend they will be the only link with the rest of the world in the event of a nuclear holocaust. Allan Orton, radio engineer with the state, is a member of the Sinbad Desert Amateur Radio Club along with Arnold. They are both in the communications business and want to see the county prepared in the event of a blast. According to Orton, if an electromagnetic pulse is sent through communications lines by the Soviets, even Mountain Bell would be rendered helpless. In last weeks Carbon County county in an effort to upgrade the civil defense Photo.br smuovd communications department. Arnold Commission meeting, approached the group proposal to update the communications network defense. I have put together modern approach with a countys for civil to a more civil he said. The problem is prevalent in virtually every community in the United States, not just Carbon County. Arnold said in studying Russias plan, he found that underground shelters are no good. He said evacuation is the sole means of survival in the event of a nuclear attack. Some statisticians figure a 90 percent chance of a nuclear attack within 15 years. People in the Wasatch Front know there is no way of surviving a nuclear attack without coming to Carbon County, he said. Im asking for us to think about how to handle this problem of food and water for the increased population. They would strip this town like defense, locusts. Arnold asked the commissioners to consider developing a communications plan utilizing ham radio equipment and volunteer operators. Commissioner Lee Semken told Arnold the county does have a communications plan but he didnt know what situation it was in. He told Arnold he would check into the matter and would consider his suggestion. A look into the basement of the Carbon County Courthouse where the countys civil service com- munications department is located, revealed two shortwave radios and a citizens band radio. According to Carbon Countys emergency management director, Joseph A. Delpha, there is no antenna hooked up to the radios currently. He said they have the antennas but they havent gotten around to attaching them to the radios. Operations Committees in order to bring taxes down and cut back on waste and fraud. Weve got to watchdog spending a lot better than in the past. We might be able to make modest cuts in defense, but our very existence depends on how we can protect ourselves, he said. Robert D. Lamoreaux Lamoreaux, 41, lives in Payson and is a lawyer at a Provo law firm. He has worked as an estate tax attorney for the Internal Revenue Service and the LDS Church Development Office. the The middle American, family that makes $10,000 to $40,000 a year, isnt benefiting from Congress, Lamoreaux said. e candidate is a He said he believes in the The Reagan tax cut program and it devout believer in the Reagan New must be given time to work. Federalism plan. This district needs somebody The president said balancing who can build up seniority over 10 the budget and restricting to 15 years and establish a power government spending was going to base that will help the district. hurt, but it is unrealistic to solve 40 Raymond E. Beckham years of problems in one year, he Beckham is banking that his said. Weve got to stick to the background as a Brigham Young plan. University communications and Lamoreaux, who worked for administration professor will three years at U.S. Steels Geneva convince the people of his ability to plant in Orem, also wants to pul work with Congress. (Continued on Page 7A) first-tim- Playground acrobats It might look like an aerial ballet but it isn't. Actually its only recess play on the rainbow bars. These Durrant Elementary School students don't know the meaning of fear as they hang suspended in mid air, swinging from one bar to the next, sometimes rightside up, sometimes upsides down. Photo by Al Hartmann |