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Show - Representative Laurence J. Burton Announces Candidacy for Re-Election Ir Rep. Laurence J. Burton, R-Utah, announced he will seek reelection to ,the U. S. House of Representatives from Utah's First Congressional District. Rep., Burton said he will campaign for. reelection on his record "as an independent moderate who represents all the people of this' district." , ". Rep: Burton serves on trie House Interior Committee and the Reclamation, National Parks, and Mines and Mining subcommittees. He helped get through the House a bill setting up a commission to review use of public lands and expects to be appointed to the commission. Rep.. Burton arranged the U-tah visit of Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Mortimer M. Capita' which resulted in keeping the IRS tax center in Utah. He also secured field hearings on the Dixie project, first ever held in the state. Early in his 'term, Rep. Burton was selected to give the I: H?: -HHS: H Washington Birthday address to the House. He later was appointed as a special advisor to American delegates at the international lead-zinc negotiations in Switzerland. A native of Ogden, he is married to the former Janice Shupe, they have four children. |