Iron County Record | 1960-01-28 | Page 9 | St. George Mayor Seeks Democratic Entry to Governorship

St Gccrgo Llaycr Scclis Democratic Entry to Governorship I ml William A. Barlocker, 38, may. or St. George, businessman and owner-operator of an extensive turkey business, recently announced an-nounced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. gov-ernor. tfr. Barlocker, first Democrat to formally declare his candidacy candida-cy for governor, has established establish-ed campaign headquarters in the Newhouse Hotel In Salt Lake City, and supporters have for some time been carrying on organizational or-ganizational work throughout the state In his behalf. Mayor Barlocker said, "I Intend, In-tend, of course, to wage a vigorous vigor-ous and militant campaign In every quarter of the state In order or-der that the voters afl Utah will know and fully understand Just what my position is on all political poli-tical issues of the oncoming campaign. cam-paign. "If I am elected to the high office of chief executive of this great state, I will resign immediately immed-iately from the numerous executive execu-tive positions I now occupy in various industrial, insurance, poultry and other commercial enterprises en-terprises to the end that my entire en-tire time is rtfvotc3 exclusively to the principal Job of promoting and improving the general welfare wel-fare of the state with special attention at-tention to the development and facilitation of Irrigation, industrial, indus-trial, mining, scenic and tourist trade aspects." The candidate has business interests in-terests in various parts of the state and for the past ten years has been a part-time business resident of Salt Lake City.