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Show ARY LWfZSin' Of Mins nfers Congressonal Race; Will Rid for 3rd Term in Office Senator Arthur V. Watkins, Monday, , filed with the Secretary of State declaration as a candidate for the Republican nomination for United State Senate. By this action I shall subunit my candidacy to the voters of Utah. The action is based not only on my record during the past 12 years but also on what I sincerely believe I can do for the State and the nation during the next 6 years, Watkins said. In a prepared statement he continues: In any announcement of candidacy in 1946, the statement was made that we were living in critical times and that there were many important problems ahead which demanded the utmost care and consideration in seeking solutions. Critical times are still with us. And some of - the problems ahead have grown in magnitude. For two decades we have moved from one crisis UTAH jf to another. On the other hand, we have survival many crises, and in the process have acquirfp experience and knowledge which should contribap to the solution of these new problems. Perhaps the greatest problem confronting tag today as a nation is the grave and complex prT-leof keeping the peace without surrendering either our national honor or our hard-wolibQj ties. This blessing of peace and liberty which wta want foe ourselves and all others cannot & achieved unless America gives leadership and assistance to honest efforts to keep the world at peace. If I am returned to the Senate, I shall utilize the experience I have acquired in an earnest and prayerful effort to contribute to the solution of this paramount national and international problem. Turning to problems of primary concern to the State itself, the problem has changed consid-- ( Continued on page 3) m n The Utah A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government Vol. 12; No. 26 . Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, July 4, 1958 Thousands Expected for Republican Lagoon Outing, August 1, 1958 Thousands of Utah Republicans from every county in Utah are expected at the annual Lagoon Outing which will be held Friday evening, August 1, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The function will precede the Nominating Convention I which will be held the following day. The affair is sponsored by the Republican Club of Utah in cooperation with the Federation of Utah Republican Women and the Young Republicans of Utah. . . Prime Contracts Awarded To Small Rusinesses Since the establishment of the Small Business Administration, some $2,750,000,000 In prime contracts have been set aside for award to small firms, the SBA reported. During April, a new monthly record of $178,363,707 in set aside contracts was achieved, more than three times as great as In the same month a year ago. This record, a survey shows, is just one in a long list of accomplishments of the SBA which was created by the Republican 83rd Congress in 1953 upon recommendation of President Eisenhower. Many thousands of small firms have also been able to obtain sub --contracts through assistance provided by the Agency. It was pointed out that the SBA has working agreements with tiie Department of Defense and other Government Departments. Representatives of the SBA and the purchasing office point-l- y determine which orders Shall be set aside for ithe exclusive bidding and award to small business. A booklet issued by SBA lists more than 4,000 classes of items which the Government buys, telling who buys and where. It is called the U. S. Government Purchasing and and Specifications Directory can be bought from the Superintendent of Documents, Government (Printing Office, Washi ngton. All the small business man needs to do is look in the Directory for the items he produces, and the Directory will tell him the names of Government offices which buy those items. Then he can write to have lis name put on the bidders list, and be notified the next time the Government is in the market for his product. I chairman of the affair is Salt Lake County Commissioner Lament B. Gundersen. Assisting him as general finance and tick chairman is Kenneth B. Price. The Young Republicans, under President Stanley C. Mann will handle entertainment and prizes Mrs. D. C. .Williams of Spanish Fork is President of the Federation of Utah Republican Women and State Senator Sherman P. Lloyd, is President of the Republican Club of Utah. Commissioner Gundersen reports that our other committeemen will be appointed within the next few days. Tickets will be mailed to every County Chairman, and Republican Club workers throughout the state will assist in the ticket sales. Price of the tickets is only $1.00, and Commissioner Gundersen reports that the evening will be devoted to an old fashioned political rally, with candidates to be featured on the program. I ; ; Senator Sherman P, Lloyd, President of the Republican Club of Utah and Commissioner Lamont B. Gundersen, general chairman, discuss annual Lagoon outing. The outing which draws hundreds of Republicans annually, ' will be held August 1, 1958. Federal Roard Tells OF Economic Business conditions in May since the decline started last showed upturns in almost all cate- year. The FRB reported, Economic gories, including durable goods manufacturing,, the Federal Reserve Board reported. This was a reversal of an eight month trend of decline, and the upturn is continuing in June, other reports show. Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks on June 10 said that recent business statistics have looked better than at any time Adam Mickey Duncan Announces (id for Representative Reflection Adam Mickey Duncan, incumbent Legislator from House District 8, today announced his can- to the and didacy for House of Representatives on the Republican ticket Mr. Duncan, the youngest member of the last Legislature, was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Aeronautics. He is currently serving ias Executive Vice President of the Salt Lake County Republican Club and a member of the Governors Committee on Civil Rights. re-electi- ADAM MICKEY DUNCAN . . . enters Utah election race torn He is a former L.D.S. Seminary teacher, and principal and served as Counsel to the Utah State Tax Commission and Law Clerk to Justice Henri Henriod of the Utah Supreme Court. He saved as a member of the Appropriations Committee,. the Business and Finance Committee, the Welfare and Institution Committee where he was a strong opponent of increased spending and of expanded government regulation of business. Mr. Duncan promised to continue his opposition to any form of deficit spending and any raise in taxes. activity firmed in May following eight months of decline. Industrial production, employment and Incomes edged up, and retail sales were maintained. Unemdeclined more than ployment seasonally. Output of manufactures and minerals in May, the report noted was one index point above April. Increased activity in durable goods industries in May reflected some recovery in output of reduced levels . . . Output of household furniture and television sets also increased in May. Activity in the aircraft and ordnance industries continued stable. 0 Unemployment declined to 4.9 million. Seasonally adjusted retail sales in May remained at about the improved April level, and were 3 per cent below the peak reached last summer. Sales of department stores which advanced slightly in early June. Sales of new. autos while still low, reached a new high for the year in May. Inventories continued to decline and rail shipments rose. Personal income during May was at an annual rate $1.2 billion higher than in April and $1.1 billion higher than May 57. The personal income total for the first five months of 1956 is well above that for the same months in 1957. 200,-00- m f 3 O P 3 |