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Show UTAH P PRESS ASSOC. 0 COX 1327 04110- CITY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH ' Scott M. Matheson ' Scott K. Matheson and John Preson Creer two Salt Lake won the Utah Demoattorneys cratic Party's support to face a Sept. 14 primary election for the gubernatorial nomination. At the Democratic State Convention, the two were the highest vote - FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1976 Mayor Asserts Voters May Be Ready For Change L. Money Granted For Pedestrian Safety Facilities Candidates Nominated For Utah Democratic Primary EX According to Mayor Ted The Utah Transportation Commission, programmed $716,150 to construct pedestrian safety facilities at 31 locations in David, Weber, and Salt Lake Counties. The funds are the first to be programmed from a $1 million appropriation the Utah Legislature made to the Utah Department of Transportation last January to struct pedestrian facilities and correct pedestrian hazards along state highways. Director of Transportation Blaine J. Kay explained to the Commission and counties in the State and at a later date will make recommendations programming them. cerning The funds will become available for sidewalk construction projects July 1. Mr. Kay said that local John Preston Creer ,s officials have the option of having their own staffs handle the design not follow. my candidacy isn't the product of and construction of the facilities or any special meeting or group, said requesting that the UDOT staff do Mr. Creer, who was the partys it. Commission Chairman R. nominee for attorney general in Cox expressed the gratitude 1968 and a former Salt Lake Commission to the members of the County commissioner. Hoc Sidewalk Committee of Ad the two see that Im determined to which determined the distribution of the- $1 million appropriation. La-Va- un - Jeri Turnbow Named President Legal Secretaries Wilson, consolidation of govern- ments may be better than a unilateral change of the system by Salt Lake City. Mayor Wilson who has been the chief public advocate of a mayor-cit- y council for the government for the city, said recent events have prompted him to look at alternatives. The Chamber of Commerce has already been asked by the City Commission to set up a committee to study the alternatives and formulate a recommendation for action or inaction. Wilson said he plans to ask county officials to consider joint participation in the study to develop a new consolidation play. The mayor said, 'Tve always been in favor of consolidting the city and county governments, but I didn't think it was politicallyt possible. He added, That's why I have been proposing the mayor-counc- il system for the city alone. wilson said the consolidation issues are now reaching into the of the people, who pocket-books Mayor Ted Wilson may also be changing their minds. Voters rejected dation in 1974. city-coun- ty consoli- My rethinking on the issue was prompted by the double tax issue and by the common problems of spending the money of two governments for similar things, added . Wilson. TODAYS EDITORIAL A Success Story In the current atmosphere, some have described as government officials frequently question the appropriateness of public support for certain research projects. Recently, Congress has threatened to impose unheard of restraints on such which anti-scienc- e, Congressman Allan T. Howe Senator Frank E. Moss getters in balloting among five aspirants. Mr. Matheson, a regional legal counsel for the Union Pacific Railroad, making his first bid for public office, said the challenge for Democrats is to build on what three-terGovernor Calvin L. Rampton "has done for our party and our m state. Mr. Matheson, the son of a former U.S. attorney for Utah, said the states choice "is not whether to change but how to progress. When it comes to such issues as economic growth and protection of our environment, fiscal strength and the education of our children, the solutions can only come from a careful balancing of priorities, added Mr. Matheson. Mr. Creer, the other primary contender, said he would work to provide more jobs, expand the tax base and maintain the state's environment. He pledged a progressive administration and referred to the governor: "Cal has shown we need a governor who will lead and research, particularly behavioral research. In the clamor, the cases where research findings have had a Creer. direct and positive impact on public policy are largely His reference was to the Republican attorney general who seeks the ignored. nomination GOP gubernatorial .1; A dramatic success story is reported by John after eight years as attorney genArchea and Stephen Margulis in the May 1976 eral against two other contenders. Newsletter of the American Psychological AssociaRepublicans will choose their nominees at their state convention next Jeri Turnbow tions Task Force on Environment and Behavior. The Democratic month. although Mrs. Jeri Turnbow, PLS, was beginning with the speeches indicated they expect Mr. installed as president of the Salt authors reconstruct the events for to be the opponent Romney Lake Legal Secretaries Association research by Norman Bourestom and Leon Pastalan of governor. at a recent banquet at the Fort the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Eliminated in the governos race Officers Club. Installing Douglas were John H. Klas, the partys officer was Mr. John Parsons, Michigan, and ending with a documentation of how the state chairman for nearly eight attorney at law, Mrs. Turnbow's research findings and recommendations became the years; Desmond L. Anderson, the employer. basis for regulatory, legislative (11 bills in the U.S. mayor of Logan, and Stphen Dirs, Other officers installed were serving his second term as mayor Mrs. Carol Sommers, vice presiCongress), and judicial (7 cases in 5 states) decision. of Ogden. At Michigan, psychologist Bourestom and sociologist dent; Miss Karen Anderton, reThe vote results in the guberDonna Mrs. Rigsecretary; Pastalan found increases of up to 100 percent in the natorial contest were Matheson, cording Mrs. corresponding secretary; by, 624; Creer 458; Klas, 249; AnderTerri Dyer, treasurer; and Miss mortality rte for elderly persons affected by forced son, 18, and Dirks, 160. Ronda Baddley, NALS representa- transfers from one institutional setting to another, and TTie totals showed Mr. Matheson tive. picked up 36 percent of the vote Mrs. Linda Taylor, PLS, im- that these increases in mortality were directly related and Mr. Creer 27 percent. mediate past president, was ap- to the degree of environmental change and the victims State Treasurer David L. pointed parliamentarian. (continued on page 2) on page 4) terms Romney will be all that Vernon will have, added Mr. A Dun-(continu- ed |