Show Officials Tour East Sanpete County Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commiss Commiss- ioner and Mrs Keith S. S Hansen Hansen Hansen Han- Han sen Fair Fairview view and County Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner and Mrs Clifford Blackham Moroni were among Utah delegates attending the annual convention of the Nation National al Association of Counties held In Washington D. D D C July 28 29 30 and 31 Commissioner Hansen president president president pres pres- ident of the Utah State Association Association Association tion of Counties headed the Utah delegation that met with 2500 other registered elected officials from all parts of the United States The purpose of ot the county associations is to promote more government participation on the grass roots level rather than through Increased concentration tion on the federal level The Association Is trying to get more and better county government which can better understand and solve problems on a local level Hosting the Utah delegation at the convention were Utah's Senators Wallac F Bonne I L' L d dF Frank an E M r l UC ill Tl g i Ste te In Sheraton Park Hotel to hear Governor Claude Kirk Florida Senator Eugene McCarthy Minnesota Minnesota Min Min- Governor Nelson A. A A Rockefeller New York Mayor John V. V Lindsey New York City Governor George Wallace Alabama Ala Ala- Alabama bama Vice President Hubert H H. H Humphrey former Vice President Richard M. M M Nixon and syndicated nationally-syndicated column- column Drew Pearson Ed Munro commissioner of King County Washington and president of ot the National Association of Counties presided Among the NACO clinics atthe at atthe atthe the Town and Country Congress attended by the Utah delegation were a County Development and Coordination Clinic labor- labor Management Relations Clinic Economic Development Clinic Manpower Training Clinic and Public Lands Clinic Delegates also attended committee committee com com- committee policy workshops which were Jointly sponsored by NACO standing committees and attn affil Hates Bates Topics discussed In Included Included in In- eluded crime and public s safety fety health and education natural natural- resources taxation county planning urban areas and water and air pollution A town and country panel which featured Orville Freeman Freeman Free Free- Freeman man secretary of agriculture and Robert C. C Weaver secretary secretary secre secre- tary of ot housing and urban development development development dev dev- as Interviewees presented presented pre pre- presented an ACIR report entitled i and Rural America oPo tues fo for Future Commissioner and Mrs Hansen Hansen Han- Han Hansen sen and Com Commissioner missioner and Mrs Blackham and their daughter Marie took a tour of ot the WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House and a Potomac River Cruise and visited Mount Vernon Vernon Vernon Ver Ver- non home of George and Martha Washington They also traveled to Palmyra Palmyra Pal Pal- Palmyra myra New York In order to attend the Hill Cumorah Pageant presented by the Church of ot Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints |