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Show Political Activity Quickens lis Filinq Deadline Draws Near , assistant executive secretary i of the National Education Association. As-sociation. McRay Cloward, Iron County Coun-ty Democratic chairman, also announced this week that the party intends to have a candidate can-didate to oppose the incumbent incum-bent state representative, Harold Mitchell, for that two year post. Mitchell, Tuesday of this week, filed at the Iron County Recorders Office for reelection to the State House of Representatives. Dr. Glen Snow of St. George retired educator, headed the list of local political filing this week as he submitted his bid for the office of Utah Senator from the three counties of Iron, Washington, and Kane. Dr. Snow filed on the Democratic Demo-cratic ticket and thus became the second candidate to file for thig important state legislative leg-islative office. Incumbent Dixie Leavitt of Cedar City had earlier filed for reelection. Dr. Snow is a former president pres-ident of Dixie College and more recently has served as Others intending to file on the Democratic ticket included in-cluded Bruce Decker as a candidate for the four-year Iron County Commission Post, and Dr. Cloward indicated that before the May 10 deadline Trustin Hart of Newcastle will file on the Democratic side of the ticket for the position of two-year county commissioner. commis-sioner. Also announced as a candidate can-didate for reelection was J. Harlan Burns, District Attor- j ney. Burns filed in Salt Lake City Tuesday on the Democra tic ticket. Dr. Cloward also announced this week that mass meetings of the Democratic Party of ron County would be held on May 27 at the Cedar City High School with districts assigned as-signed to specific rooms. The Iron County Democratic Convention, Con-vention, he said, will be held June 12 in Parowan at 8 p. m. |