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ed that the flooding over the past 10 years ms damaged much of their cropland to the point that it won’t even serve as pasture As a group the farmers have bpied loosely together and are preparing to initiate a lawsuit against the power utility over the issue will ask primarily they said for compensation for damages done and for a dredging river to prevent futher damage Close to 3000 acres are damaged by the periodic "flooding” each year according to than r Can’t Understand" i Going tocourt let this flooding go on especially in the foil?"-“I had about 7 acres of alfolfo seed that I was (Continued on page 4) along the river produced these comments about the damage two weeks ago and about the flooding in general: periods Water is released from the Oneida Reservoir to power the dun’s generators during these periods he said ' i thousands and thousands of dollars of damage the past several years statement about not understanding The power company never gives a thought about what that water is doing claimed Wood adding that : Idaho Covering Bridgerland - Northern Utah And Southern VOL 67 NO 261 - s r 1 LOGAN UTAH SUNDAY OCTOBER 31 1976 “ Ford PRESIDENT gets a quizzical look from a baby (left photo) during a rally Saturday in Houston Meanwhile Democratic challenger Jimmy K Carter was greeted by crowds in the French Quarter of New Orleans La as he and hbewVif(SMk paraded with Governor Edwards Telephotos) It couldV be as close as the 1960 race Steve tierstel United Press International i- Ford evidently bouyed by polls that have him against coming from far behind to a dead-he- at Carter told cheering Texans at rally outside the Houston Music Center: “I think we are going to win and win overwhelmingly’’ “Crane on down to Washington oh Jan 20 for the inauguration of Jerry Ford and and Bob Dole” the President shouted to the crowd his voice hoarse but a smile on his face ' At a colorful rally in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter Carter appealed to a large voter turnout imploring his supporters to make a “sacrificial ef-to the polls your help" Carter said “This election is - President Ford predicted an overwhelming victory and Jimmy Carter called it a “very very dose’’ race as each pushed his campaign to the limit Saturday in the photofinish fight for the presidency of the campaign span resources with only three days to go before the election Most polls pointed to a finish that could be as close as the Kenhedy-Nixo- n race in 1960 and the Hum phrey-Nixo- n contest in 1968 itica By Peter Gillina SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Threetom incumbent Democratic Sen Frank Moss is fighting to save his political life in Tuesday’s election — a life threatened by an articulate young conservative riding the crest of the wave Republican lawyer Qrrin Hatch leaning heavily on the endorsement of former Calf-fomia Gov Ronald Reagan hopes to torpedo Mom — the number- - three man in the Democratic Senate leadership who has never had smooth sailing in his four campaigns to office in this basically conservative state Polls taken less than a week before foe election showed Mom and Hatch running a dead heat as they hurled charge and countercharge at each other But bt foe gubernatorial race Mafoeson foe Democrat’s choice to si ' retiring Gov Calvin Rampton appeared headed to an easy victory over Republican : Attorney General Vernon RomneyThe polls showed Mafoeson an attorney to Union Pacific Railroad leading Romney by a comfortable 10 to 13 per cent They also showed the Democrat with considerable Republicans incumbent Gram congressman by a & ‘JfjfV S !! : O' v r: & E&t'f I - dont know enough about Hatch to elect him SoSitutM " ' and made public a $5 J million civil fraud Suit in which the Republican is a defendant Hatch accused Mom of using the “vicious tactics of a man who knows he's losing’’ The attorney-denierightwing groups controlled his campaign and noted that Mom received nearly a third of his funding from labor unions Hatch called the lawsuitlrspur-an- d fous” and said he was innocent of any wrongdoing He said Mom acted improperly in injecting it in foe campaign because of foe financing reports shows that both candidates received about half their funding from sources outside ttie state Moss got large contributions from labor unions and Hatch big sums from con servative political action committees But both also collected substantial sums in the state from traditional party sources The National Republican Party and the Minor party candidates abound in Utah this year — from six presidential hopefuls sharing the top of the ballot with President Ford ana Jimmy Carter down to dozens scattered among legislative and county races But of all those candidates only two splinter party US Senate hopefuls have any chance of affecting foe outcome of the elec- tion"'' Libertarian : :r Steve Trotter who has the endorsement of former Republican Gov J Bracken Lee and American Party hopeful George Batchelor might draw enough con servative votes away from Hatch to give Mom victory if foe race is as dose as foe polls indicate Between them they could take 1 J to 2 per cent of the total vote In the govemors’s race Romney 49 the state's attorney general to eight years and the beneficiary of a famous Mormon name came out of the Sept 15 primary with a big lead over Mafoeson 47 Rampton 's hand- H picked successor !v general- X : v 1 i - v who is The Mg news is Tuesday — election day If you’ve still got doubts about who you want to : vote to maybe you’d better 47 read our voters’ guide About Cache Jack Anderson 0 0 0 Business Classified Ads 0 0 0 0 Comics o e o o Crossword Editorials 0 0 0 0 00 o o Horoscope Dr Lamb 0 0 0 Obituaries OOiOOOOO People Sports Theatres Utah Roundup Weather O The weather to Halloween — fair” And don’t forget clocks should be turned back one hour the nation’s return to standard time 4 to The minister said the government was postponing elections for the second year in a row “to consolidate the gains of the - emergency” 'v ' - --- Tens of thousands of Mrs Gandhi’s political opponents have been arrested civil rights have been suspended and foe press has been censored under the emergency Krishna Kant ousted from Mrs Gandhi's ruling Congress party on the day she imposed the emergency said the decision “completely negates forir claims of foe gains of emergenrule" cy” and ls s step toward “one-part- y i‘The present move is a complete subversion of the democratic process’’ Kant a - - Law Minister H R Gokhale said the “disruptive forces” which he said compelled Mrs Gandhi to declare foe emergency in June!1975 were “continuing their activities in a more dangerous manner than before foe emergency" “The time is not ripe” for elections he said ‘ !A S ill JM - iy ’it'll retiring after 12 years as Utah’s most popular modern chief executive questioned Romney’s mental capacity to run the state Republican leaders were outraged at the remark and demanded an apology from foe governor which he refused to give Rampton ‘ ' - But Romney’s campaign slumped due to an admittedly poor television ad campaign and Mafoeson forged ahead utilizing an expert organization hordes of volunteers and Hampton’s personal attacks on the attorney The govern- pone national year because “disruptive forces" were an even more dangerous threat than they were when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed a state of emergency 16 months ago ' NEW DELHI India (UPI) ‘ I Inside today amno - v Mom fought back by charging that right- wing political pressure groups and wealthy ultraconservatives like Colorado beer baron of campaign defen- Republican Senate Campaign Committee gave Hatch $25000 while Moss $11000 from foe Democratic Senate Cam- paign Committee Sti lead over McKay held a Republican Joe Ferguson in foe First District congressional race But Republican Dan Marriott was on the verge of capturing the Second District seat now held by Democrat Allan Howe who was disavowed by his party after being convicted sex from two police decoy Marriott a Salt Lake insurance agent held a comfortable lead over Howe with candidate Daryl Democratic write-i- n McCarty trailing for behind Howe showed growing support in the closing days of the was leading among non- But the district’s Mormon voters Moirnon the convicted was rejecting majority In the Senate race Mom 65 has told Utahns they have an “investment’’ in his 18 years seniority Hatch 42 has tried to brand Mom as a congressional big spender and sympathizer with the eastern liberal establishment - Hatch a trial lawyer who moved to Utah years ago from his hometown of Pitts- Jack Carlson to the Senate nomination He then pulled ahead of Moss in a campaign that has serai both candidates spend nearly a quarto of a million dollars An examination : : two-to-o- ne h embarrassment it might cause other i dants margin ne three-memb- on j three-to-o- Itowintneol Republicans were two major offices on Capitol Hill — attorney general and lieutenant governor — which er would give the GOP a majority on the State Board of Examiners Robert Hansen Romney’s chief aide to the past eight years was ready to succeed his ! boss:after a virulent campaign against liberal lawyer Gilbert Afoay In the lackluster race : to lieutenant governor between Utah’s two incumbent financial officers Republican State Auditor David Monson held a substantial lead over Democratic State Treasurer David Duncan a few votes can going to be very make a tremendous Carter’s press secretary told reporters that overall the outlook for the Democratic candidate was “certainly encouraging He said "If we do what we ought to do in the southem and border states and fat the traditionally Democratic states like Minnesota then you have eight or nine big states left and wr would need only three of torn” r The New York Times-CBui release to ‘ bid said M: Sunday’s papers gave Carter the so slim that to the first time in the canw It fell within the margin of statistical error ) : r (Continued on page 4) itf Miji - ' (rf opposition parties said leader of a in an Interview “No authoritarian regime will ever like to go to the polls” Kant said “They are not going to elections because they are afraid of their own shadow’ V Gokhale however contended in parliament that the Congress party his more support than ever before and would easily win an election - 'v'' “The time is not ripe to elections in fob larger interests of the country” he said “1 do not think that wo have come to a situation where it is poradMe in the larger interest of foe country to go to foe polls now” L |