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Show Democratic Delegates Range From Students to Retirees By Douglas L Parker Tribune Political Editor Amidst the titled Utah Democratic figures representing the state at the partys national convention are a host of the buck privates in the political army assaulting San Francisco this week. They range from students to retirees; from housewives to trial law yers; some longtime volunteers and some recent recruits; some who plotted to be chosen and some who saw it as a lark. And some had to scramble to pay their own expenses. rank-and-fi- Take Sandy Montano, a West Valley City housewife, who found out the day she was elected a national dele- gate at the party state convention that her husband, Tony, had been laid off as a Kennecott machinist. She was elected as an uncommitted delegate, encouraged by Utah State AFL-CIPresident Eld Mayne to seek the spot as a potential supporter for former Vice President Walter Mondale. Her husband is active in Hispanic voter registration. I didnt think I had a chance of getting elected, and then we I did, we wondered about the money, said O came politically active with former Gov. Calvin L Rampton's 1964 campaign, and with retirement said he now finds the time to fulfill a goal of being a national delegate. The only people working at this end of the county are school teachers or grocerymen, and since Im neither now, the time has come, he said. But another store owner, from Midway in Wasatch County, is taking off. She is Joyce Coleman, wife of County Commissioner Pete A. Coleman, who was elected as a delegate pledged to the nomination of Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado. daughter of an Air Force officer and West High School graduate. She turned to a combination garage sale with Mr. Maynes wife, Karen, which raised a few hundred dollars. Later, the Montanos got d together with other delegates to split s xne money from sponsoring a car wash for friends. Another uncommitted Utah delegate, Gordon Parker, comes from East Carbon City, where he operated a grocery store for 30 years following clerical work in the nearby coal mines. The retiree be Mrs. Montano, labor-oriente- The couple used some strategy to get to San Francisco. She sought election in the caucus of Hart supporters at the convention. He bid to be elected as an uncommitted delegate in an- lected as a uncomitted delegate from the 1st Congressional District. A Judge Memorial High School graduate, he'd been working working in California for eight years before returning to Utah just last October. A visit to a neighborhood precinct caucus in April led to an election speech before 300 Democrats at a June state convention and a seat on the national convention floor in July. other caucus. The plan was whoever wins, both get to go. I won, Mrs. Coleman said. Petes father, Guy A. Coleman, was a county commissioner for 30 years, and the family has operated the general store in Midway for 73 years. As the "only Democrat on the block in Bountiful, John K. Johnson, a attorney, said he was almost an automatic choice to be se A University of Chicago graduate student, Theresa Mar-chaof Provo, had her parents cam- - nt See Page 2, Column 1 Mondale Boots Party Leader Lance to Kirn Campaign By Cliff Haas Associated Press Writer Walter F. SAN FRANCISCO Mondale moved to take charge of the Democratic Party structure Saturday by dumping Charles Manatt as party chairman and naming Georgia party chief Bert Lance as general chairman of his presidential campaign. - Persistent rumors that Lance Bart Lance will take helm of Mondie camp, while Charles Manatt, right, will step down as Democratic Party chairman. San Francisco Abuzz As Demos By Cynthia Gorney Washington Post Writer SAN FRANCISCO Suddenly the town is ablaze with excitement, as though the biggest parade in history were about to fling itself through the streets. Banners flap from lightposts, posters are up in downtown shop windows, mounted police jam shouting crowds back onto the sidewalks, the late-nigsubways are filled with women carrying suitcases and laughing merrily about Geraldine A. Ferraro. Massive flower displays in - ht Convention Schedule, A-- 7 Golden Gate Park paint an American flag and the Liberty Bell in begonias and sea pinks. There are red, white and blue streamers in cheap hotel lobbies, and signs on Mission Street storefronts: Sweet Flavors Welcomes Democrats. DAD Deli Welcomes Democrats. And at taxi stands, on buses, in hand-color- short-orde- restaurants, people r squint at other peoples identification tags and grin. San Francisco is an experienced convention town, where in the summer every other body downtown seems to have a plastic tag affixed to its lapel But this one is different This is not the private terrain of the Lions Club or the American Dental Association. On The Inside Tribafre Telephone Numbers, Page A-- 2 Page Arts Business Classified Common Carrier Crossword Editorials E-l- -5 F-l-C-l-- 8 3 A-1- 6 E-6-W-l-- B-1- 9 A-1- 7 D-l-- .'... S-- U AND MORE . . . Tribune Sunday Magazine, Travel Magazine, Parade Magazine and full-col- comics. Todays Forecast PartSalt Lake City and vicinity ly cloudy with a chance for showers. Lows 60s, highs 90s. Details, B-S. .V 4 See Page 2, Column 5 Train Crash Kills 36 in Yugoslavia A DIVACA, Yugoslavia (AP) freight train smashed into the rear of an idling holiday, express to the Adriatic coast Saturday, killing 36 people, according to a state radio broadcast There were about 1,500 people on the overnight passenger train, the official Tanjug news agency said. It quoted railway station officials as saying all those killed were Yugoslavs. The "death toll rose to 36, said the unattributed radio report Earlier, Investigative Judge Tine Rozanc told reporters at least 30 had been killed. The radio did not specify whether more bodies were discovered on the scene or if some victims in hospitals had succumbed to injuries. Tanjug said 24 people were hospitalized, some in serious condition. Officials said most of the passengers were young Yugoslavs, heading south on the first weekend of the peak vacation season. The accident at this village about 15 miles south of the Italian border city oi Trieste occurred at 6:10 a.m. The freight train, moving at about. 37 mph, plowed into the express stopped on a shunting rail, derailing and heavily damaging the last three cars, according to Tanjug. The freight train engineer was held while investigators tried to find out if he failed to respond to a flashing stop signal or if the device malfunctioned, said Tanjug. It said the l light train began braking only about 15 yards before collision. "All of a sudden there was a terrible crash, passenger Vera Milojevic, 41, told Tanjug. Coaches started to break and steel to crack. "A girl fell into my arms; she did not survive. The express was heading from Belgrade, capital of this Balkan nation, to the Adriatic seaside resort town of Koper and then on to Pula, another coastal community about 50 miles south of here. It was the worst postwar rail accident in the Yugoslav republic of Slovenia, Tanjug said. 14-c- ar A-1- Entertainment Food, Lifestyle Foreign Foreign National National Obituaries Public Forum Sports Star Gazer Washington This is Democrats, and politics, and 15,000 press people, including nearly every famous face from nightly television news programs, and evface that plugged ery a television camera into a battery would be named to Manatts post sparked stirrings of rebellion among Democrats in this convention city soon after they started Friday night, but Mondale appeared to skirt the threat by stopping short of naming Lance as party chairman. . At a news conference in the yard of a vacation home in Lake Tahoe, Mondale commended Manatt for his superb leadership of our party but said he nonetheless would exercise his option as the presumed Democratic presidential nominee to replace Manatt by the end of the week. He called Lance an old friend and supporter. The announcement came after Mondale met with Lance, former President Carters budget director who resigned amid questions about his financial dealings. New Leadership Its time for new leadership, Mondale said when asked why he was replacing Manatt It in no way reflects on Mr. Manatt Lance, standing by Mondales side, said, "I am excited by this opportunity. Asked if he was concerned that the allegations of past financial irregularities could become a political issue again. Mondale replied, I consider myself a good judge of character Bert Lance is a very, very fine human being with good values, a deep reli-- . gious faith and a marvelous family. Mondale said Lance would work with him in the search for someone to replace Manatt by the time the Democratic National Committee holds its session Friday. Manatt, asked about the developments when he showed up at a fundraiser for Larryann Willis, a Democratic national executive committee member and a congressional candidate in Oregon, said he had no comment on that However, Mrs. Willis said she had spoken with Manatt and that "I can unequivocally say that he told me he is not withdrawing but is not getting into a fight with Walter Mondale and will leave it up to the Democratic National Committee. Lances responsibility as general chairjnan of the Mondale campaign will include coordinating the activities of the Democratic National Committee, the House and Senate campaign committees and various local political committees. In that way, it will be similar to the role being played in the Republican Party by Sen. Paul Laxalt of Nevada. Told Carter Asked whether Carter had played a role in his selection of Lance, Mondale replied, I told him about an hour ago what I was going to do. Mondale said he talked to Manatt three or four days ago and told him he planned to make a change in the party leadership. Asked who would prevail should a conflict arise between Lance and the new Party chairman, Mondale said, the chairman of my committee will be very, very influential Mondale campaign manager Bob Beckel had said before Mondales announcement that Lance was being interviewed because he has strong political credentials in the South, which Beckel said is very critical to us for - a November victory. Lance helped us enormously to recover from Mondales early primary setbacks and win the South, Beckel said. Democratic sources who spoke on condition that they net be quoted by name said Friday nigut that Manatt would be replaced as party chairman by Lance. But that touched off a flurry of criticism Saturday, which apparently led to a reversal of the plan for Lance to take over the party operations. Manatt apparently was told Friday that Mondale wanted to turn control of the committee over to Lance. While it is traditional for the partys new presidential nominee to install the party chairman of his choice, Democrats appeared startled that Mondale chose to make the move before the nominating convention convenes Monday. Sen. Gary Hart, Mondales chief rival for the presidential nomination, criticized the timing of the change of party leadership and praised Manatt as one who had done an excellent job under difficult circumstances. Hart said during the bitter primary See Page 2, Column 2 Gardner and Bangerter Narrow Big Gaps to Make Races Closer By J. Roy Bardsley In the aftermath of last months party conventions, the contests for governor in both Democratic and Republican primaries Aug. 21 are looking more and more like a horserace. In Salt Lake Countys 2nd Congressional District, however, LL Gov. David Monson is holding a 1 lead over Alice Shearer, Salt Lake City council-woma- n. 2-- On the Democratic side of the gubernatorial race, businessman Kern Gardner has sliced 29 points off an earlier deficit, and now trails former Congressman Wayne Owens by a 0 percent margin. Meanwhile, Republican House Speaker Norman Bangerter has closed a gap between himself and four-terCongressman Dan Marriott, whose lead has narrowed to 6 percent And among the voters most likely to go to the polls Marriotts margin shrinks to five 9 points percent These are the major findings of an exclusive statewide survey completed last week. The study establishes trends based on a benchmark survey conducted in late May, which also included other contenders eliminated at the party conventions. say they will vote the Democratic ticket. The remaining 18 percent are undecided. About 43 percent of respondants identified themselves as Republicans, 22 percent as Democrats and 35 percent as independents. Following are breakdowns of gubernatorial candidate preference by county and voter types. The "undecided has been ommitted in the comparisons. Smaller county figures are based on limited samples and should be considered directional only. Marriott 51. RopubNcOT Democrat Mod Mkoty to vote 2 years of opo 44 54 54 11-- 43-3- nt m 47-3- 43-3- The poll conducted by the Bardsley and Haslacher research organization, was sponsored by The Salt Lake Tribune. Here are the results in the gubernatorial mat- 45-- 5 44 or over Male Weber Salt Lake ottters 24 3t 32 41 45 35 3V 42 44 50 33 42 33 42 31 44 31 35 50 30 23 52 41 41 45 44 45 54 Utah 47 44 37 47 51 -- Davis Owens Gardner 34 34 43 47 Female Box Elder Coche All 3 Bangerter 45 32 27 30 30 39 31 24 23 23 43 24 24 27 In the 2nd Congressional District, Lt. Gov. Monson is vying with Councilwoman Shearer for the right to face former state Senator Frances Farley, who is unopposed for the Democratic nomination in making her second bid for the seat being vacated by Congressman Marriott. Here is the 2nd District preference patterns. 2nd District Republican Roce chups: Democratic Govomor David Monson Alice Shearer Other Undecided Total Supporters of the several minor candidates who were eliminated at the GOP Republican convention last month have distributed themselves equally, leaving roughly the same margin recorded in May. Second District' results are based on 179 telephone interviews, which have a maximum error of 7.59, plus or minus. The maximum standard error range for the Democratic gubernatorial results is about 5.1 percent, plus or minus, and the error range for Republican balloting is 4.3 two-to-o- In the gubernatorial race, results reveal a minimal (5 percent) crossover vote between Democrats and Republicans. Forty-fou- r percent of independent voters intend to participate in the Republican primary, while 38 percent percent New Zealanders End Reign of Muldoon By Barry Renfrew Associated Press Writer WELLINGTON, New Zealand -The Labor Party led by David Lange ended Prime Minister Robert Mul-doonine-yetenure with a landslide election victory Saturday. The conservative defeat was seen fueled by voter discontent over Muldoons economic policies, confrontational style and close US. defense ties. It appeared Labor would win 57 of the 95 seats in Parliament and Muldoons National Party 36 seats. New Zealand television said. The Social Credit Party would probably win two seats, it said. Five of Muldoons Cabinet members lost their seats in Parliament. Ejection officials said turnout was heavy around the country despite bad weather. New Zealands Youngest Lange, who at 41 will become the youngest prime minister In New Zealands history, called Saturday for national unity and a return to the prosperity and harmony many of his countrymen fear has been lost forever .He urged New Zealanders to for ns ar . A ' get party ties and work to restore the countrys fortunes. Lange told cheering supporters that work would begin immediately on dealing with the countrys foreign debt, running at more than 111 billion. During the campaign, Muldoons rivals charged that New Zealand was prowith 3.25 million people counmost indebted the portionally try in the world and faced economic ruin. Took Reins Last Year Lange entered Parliament in 1977 and became leader of the Labor Party oply last year. He Intends to act as foreign minister as well as prime minister In the new government Muldoon, flashing the feisty spirit with which he has dominated the country since 1975 through three terms in office, Immediately asserted In 1987. He he would win dismissed any possibility his party would dump him and said the new government leaders were Incompetents doomed to fail Three yean from now were going to be back In a landslide," the 62- - d conservative said in what was supposed to be a concession speech. Critics said that Muldoon, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year, ran the government during his three terms of office with an aggressive, even autocratic style of leadership. Muldoon increasingly resorted to executive orders to govern the country and run the troubled economy. Tough Wage Controls Many workers opposed Muldoon for tough wage controls and what n legislathey considered tion. Business criticized him for limiting interest rates and investments. New Zealanders expressed concern about rising unemployment, now at 6 percent. Until 15 years ago, New Zealand prided itself on having full employment U.S. officials were reported to be edgy about Labors campaign promise to sharply cut or ban visits by U.S. warships. The officials were worried that such a ban could spread to countries such as Australia and Japan. Muldoon lost his one-semargin year-ol- anti-unio- at in Parliament last month when a member of his party defected over a motion to ban nuclear weapons from New Zealand. Muldoon moved up an election that had been scheduled for November. Some New Zealanders say that visiting U.S. warships carrying nuclear weapons make New Zealand a nuclear target The Labor Party has promwarised to ban all nuclear-powere- d ships and says the United States will have to state if conventionally powered vessels have nuclear arms. All warships would be banned if the United States refused to answer the questions, Labor says. U.S. policy is to refuse to say if any of its warships are carrying nuclear arms when they visit foreign ports. American officials have said restrictions on U.S. naval visits would destroy a defense pact between the United States, New Zealand and Aus- -, tralia known as ANZUS. U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz is due to arrive Sunday for the annual meeting of the defense pact, which was scheduled well before Muldoon called elections. 1 , |